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We are in the part of the recruiting cycle where Spanish sources are being translated to break news. I am always leery of Eruos making an immediate impact, but I don't see how you bring in a guy who will be 21 before the season and not expect production right away.



 
Omaha-Jays said:
We are in the part of the recruiting cycle where Spanish sources are being translated to break news. I am always leery of Eruos making an immediate impact, but I don't see how you bring in a guy who will be 21 before the season and not expect production right away.



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Gytis Nemeikša didn't exactly light the world on fire last season, did he? He came in as a senior. But this guy is playing at a higher level in Europe at least.
 
auror said:
Gytis Nemeikša didn't exactly light the world on fire last season, did he? He came in as a senior. But this guy is playing at a higher level in Europe at least.
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And neither did Djokovic for Xavier. But we all know the sport for Djokovic is tennis :D

I don't know how Fedor Zugic will be for Creighton, but nothing is automatic.
 
It sort of feels like NIL is drawing international kids vs staying in Euro pro leagues. Impresses me that so many international kids can qualify to enter USA colleges and survive being educated in a language different than their primary country. Even after multiple years of classes I could never have gone to school in a foreign country and understood the first thing that was going on. These kids are giving teams depth and occasional impact players. The Villanova pickups look excellent.
 
Ricker said:
It sort of feels like NIL is drawing international kids vs staying in Euro pro leagues. Impresses me that so many international kids can qualify to enter USA colleges and survive being educated in a language different than their primary country. Even after multiple years of classes I could never have gone to school in a foreign country and understood the first thing that was going on. These kids are giving teams depth and occasional impact players. The Villanova pickups look excellent.
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Most European kids speak very good English. In most places it’s taught early in school. I actually think many kids coming here find they are more advanced and find the schooling easier than back home
 
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Ricker said:
It sort of feels like NIL is drawing international kids vs staying in Euro pro leagues. Impresses me that so many international kids can qualify to enter USA colleges and survive being educated in a language different than their primary country. Even after multiple years of classes I could never have gone to school in a foreign country and understood the first thing that was going on. These kids are giving teams depth and occasional impact players. The Villanova pickups look excellent.
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Good money to be made here, and another path to the NBA.
 
Ricker said:
It sort of feels like NIL is drawing international kids vs staying in Euro pro leagues. Impresses me that so many international kids can qualify to enter USA colleges and survive being educated in a language different than their primary country. Even after multiple years of classes I could never have gone to school in a foreign country and understood the first thing that was going on. These kids are giving teams depth and occasional impact players. The Villanova pickups look excellent.
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Unfortunately the school component simply doesn't matter. They aren't coming to be educated. They don't need to understand one word of what's going on in a classroom. They just need to understand the plays the coach is drawing up. Nobody even tries to pretend that's a thing any longer. I don't know if that makes it better or worse, one could probably make points on both sides of that ledger. It is what it is.
 
Clips of the Georgetown big are very much like Wolf from Yale/Michigan. Johnson can run him to death but the guy lets it fly from the arc, drives, and passes fluidly at 290lbs and 7'. Very perimeter oriented stretch 5 offensively.
 
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Until the music stops and there is some type of cap on NIL, it seems to me that there will be more overall talent in college basketball. Even those that were skipping college will probably play a year of college ball make there first million or more then head for the draft.

As someone said in this thread education has taken a back seat to money. Or more accurately money is now recognized as much more important than education. Probably always was that way for most elite athletes but now it is ok to actually say it out loud.
 
Hunt for 7 said:
Until the music stops and there is some type of cap on NIL, it seems to me that there will be more overall talent in college basketball. Even those that were skipping college will probably play a year of college ball make there first million or more then head for the draft.

As someone said in this thread education has taken a back seat to money. Or more accurately money is now recognized as much more important than education. Probably always was that way for most elite athletes but now it is ok to actually say it out loud.
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It's always been the case, there has just always been a subsection of fans that believed it wasn't the case.
 
I hope John Fanta is boning up on all his Euro languages to keep up with the play by play next season
 
Been in general keeping up with NBE transfers in and seems like a lot of pluses. Good for league as besides UConn don't see lot of impact freshman coming in. Bottom 2 teams raise their status and top guys show out and will be argument that NBE is best conference in 2025.

Looked at one of those ESPN top OOC games threads where show starting lineups and most top teams have at least 2 projected transfer starts and some 3 or 4. Few freshman picked to start.
 
Rico444 said:
It's always been the case, there has just always been a subsection of fans that believed it wasn't the case.
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When we got dinged for failing the academic compliance requirement this forum had a lot of posters blaming JC and the UConn athletic academic support system.

There were nine other schools including Cal Poly that were sanctioned. We were the only bb powerhouse however.

Those angry posters joining in the blame game were mostly intelligent rules based individuals that valued education.

Yet as intelligent as most were they could not place any value to the fact that universities were self reporting the grades of their athletes and ignored those of us that recommended they give that point some consideration. I wonder if they were shocked when the situation at UNC was revealed.

Kentucky got rid of Tubby Smith even though he won an NC because he failed to get top recruits. The squid gets hired and year after year gets the best recruits starting before he had success. Yet in spite of his NC at UMass being vacated for cheating and what happened to Tubby a majority of posters argued Calipari’s recruiting success was because of the Kentucky brand.

A booster was caught handing out upwards of fifty thousand dollars to visiting recruits at Arizona. The FBI gave evidence of money being given to recruits at multiple institutions.

A division 3 women’s field hockey coach gets fired because she paid recruits to come to her program.

Cheating has been going on well before the Chicago Black Sox scandal. Part of our species success is the ability to figure out ways to do things easier and better. Cheating fits that criteria. Fan’s desire for success, coaches need to supply that need, universities need to keep wealthy alumni happy are the perfect formula for cheating.

The only thing NIL has changed is it allows those individuals who support following rules to get involved in providing money to athletes. As a consequence cheaters now have more competition. And this means they will have to pay more than previously. NIL hurts cheaters. Cheating programs are likely to suffer in the long run.
 
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ctchamps said:
When we got dinged for failing the academic compliance requirement this forum had a lot of posters blaming JC and the UConn athletic academic support system.

There were nine other schools including Cal Poly that were sanctioned. We were the only bb powerhouse however.

Those angry posters joining in the blame game were mostly intelligent rules based individuals that valued education.

Yet as intelligent as most were they could not place any value to the fact that universities were self reporting the grades of their athletes and ignored those of us that recommended they give that point some consideration. I wonder if they were shocked when the situation at UNC was revealed.

Kentucky got rid of Tubby Smith even though he won an NC because he failed to get top recruits. The squid gets hired and year after year gets the best recruits starting before he had success. Yet in spite of his NC at UMass being vacated for cheating and what happened to Tubby a majority of posters argued Calipari’s recruiting success was because of the Kentucky brand.

A booster was caught handing out upwards of fifty thousand dollars to visiting recruits at Arizona. The FBI gave evidence of money being given to recruits at multiple institutions.

A division 3 women’s field hockey coach gets fired because she paid recruits to come to her program.

Cheating has been going on well before the Chicago Black Sox scandal. Part of our species success is the ability to figure out ways to do things easier and better. Cheating fits that criteria. Fan’s desire for success, coaches need to supply that need, universities need to keep wealthy alumni happy are the perfect formula for cheating.

The only thing NIL has changed is it allows those individuals who support following rules to get involved in providing money to athletes. As a consequence cheaters now have more competition. And this means they will have to pay more than previously. NIL hurts cheaters. Cheating programs are likely to suffer in the long run.
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Calipari had a Final Four appearance with a very good UMass team, but he didn't win a national championship with them.

The rest of your post about NIL is on point.
 
gsmooth said:
Calipari had a Final Four appearance with a very good UMass team, but he didn't win a national championship with them.

The rest of your post about NIL is on point.
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Thanks for the correction.
 
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aceboon said:
Was an early pickup in the portal, I haven't watched him play but the HLs look good

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Got the chance to watch Brickus play in person last year when I covered La Salle at Fordham.

Played a combo guard role alongside Khalil Brantley and is most dangerous as a distributor off penetration. Shifts gears nicely and controls the pace. Excellent perimeter shooter too. Strong build for a shorter guard but will be a defensive liability, at times.
 
Husky68 said:
Been in general keeping up with NBE transfers in and seems like a lot of pluses. Good for league as besides UConn don't see lot of impact freshman coming in. Bottom 2 teams raise their status and top guys show out and will be argument that NBE is best conference in 2025.

Looked at one of those ESPN top OOC games threads where show starting lineups and most top teams have at least 2 projected transfer starts and some 3 or 4. Few freshman picked to start.
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Somewhat pedantic, I realize. But still: it's really okay to just say Big East (BE) now. No NBE necessary.
 
Hey Adrien! said:
Creighton adds a big guard out of Montenegro.



My guess is Neal (Arizona State transfer) and Zugic will battle for the 3 guard spot with the non-starter becoming the first guard off the bench.
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There goes the three-peat.....................:rolleyes:
 
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