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Makur Maker to Howard

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Wow, really cool.

Howard and other HBCU's has been in the news lately for recent school visits and offers, but this is the first major prospect to sign with an HBCU.

Even with just four wins from last year, Howard returns five players with 25+ mpg and 7+ ppg, so the cupboard isn't totally bare.
 
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Speaks volumes about the character and priorities of this young man. Kudos to him and I hope there is room for me to jump on this kids bandwagon. I always love seeing young people take charge and lead by example.
 
"I need to make the HBCU movement real so that others will follow. I hope I inspire guys like Mikey Williams to join me on this journey. I am committing to Howard U & coach Kenny Blakeney #MakerMob"

Mikey Williams responded: "We will make a change!!! Thankyou bro!! @MakurMaker #HBCU

Welcome to DC, Makur!
 
really cool for him to do this, I wonder if he’ll actually attend or go to the G league
 
Good for him, I hope he plays there. I’d tune in and watch and I’m sure others would too. How many people have actually sat down to watch a Howard basketball game live? Would be awesome. Now we just need to somehow get him, Akok Akok, and Bol Bol all on the same NBA team, that’d be something.
 
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navery12 said:
Obviously glad he ended up here but would have been fun if RJ Cole was still at Howard to play with him
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Senior PG with a phenom would have made hay. It would be cool if he picked up a running mate.
 
Just a mater of time until dook opens up a new college at dook u. The dook university college of HBCU.
 
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It’s great. It’s real positive Individual action. If more follow, then they elevate. If they elevate, then more dollars flow and more students go. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Ivies and other elites “twin” with an HBCU to share resources. That would be a real interesting experiment. Columbia kind of did that with woman through Barnard, and linkage remains.
 
FSU and FAMU (2 miles apart) have a joint College of Engineering.....and Architecture...classes taught at both locations.
 
It is a great move. I just hope he actually gets to play there next season. He is probably a 1 and done, but that 1 could be huge for HU.
 
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This kid will never walk on that campus basketball court to be a Howard player.
IMHO, They know this but I have to agree its a good publicity stunt and statement
However, I would love to see him play at least 1 year there
Playing devils advocate - maybe Howard already knows it won't play hoops this upcoming season and can always say, what if..........................................................
 
MilliniumPrince said:
It is a great move. I just hope he actually gets to play there next season. He is probably a 1 and done, but that 1 could be huge for HU.
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If he is really good, does it much matter where he plays? There was a 1st round pick last year that never started in a game in his college career.
 
billybud said:
If he is really good, does it much matter where he plays?
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For his NBA prospects, not really.

For shifting the paradigms of athletics in HBCU's, this is a big deal.

On a minor note, but some more good news for HBCU's: former Wake Forest guard Sharone Wright just transferred to Morgan State. The program added Cincy's Trevor Moore earlier in the year while also netting its best high school recruit of all-time, Naseem Khaalid. They also added a Woodstock kid this summer who surprisingly spurned UMass for Morgan State.
 
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Fatroony5 said:
Good for him, I hope he plays there. I’d tune in and watch and I’m sure others would too. How many people have actually sat down to watch a Howard basketball game live? Would be awesome. Now we just need to somehow get him, Akok Akok, and Bol Bol all on the same NBA team, that’d be something.
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I actually went to a Howard game in person last season as I try to go to every D1 school. While their gym is a dump (and was about 150 degrees inside in December) and they had close to zero fans, they did make an effort to have some atmosphere from the PA guy and did a good job highlighting some of the black history and culture that Howard has, which I appreciated.
 
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One big-time one and done is not going to generate revenue (especially with no fans in the stands due to Covid-19 this season) and build a program. Now if he stayed four years and others joined him, that could be a different story.
 
husky429 said:
He and Trey Hall both fell WAY off the map. Pretty sad. I love to see local prospects succeed.
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It'll be interesting to see if he can go to Norfolk State and make a name for himself somehow. Agreed, shame he fell way off.
 
A random thought...

Could gains by Howard be a negative for Georgetown....both in DC. If Howard gained a following amongst BB players, could they draw some that might be heading Georgetown's way?
 
billybud said:
A random thought...

Could gains by Howard be a negative for Georgetown....both in DC. If Howard gained a following amongst BB players, could they draw some that might be heading Georgetown's way?
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Good question. Between the 96-97 and 05-06 seasons when GW had four seasons when they were ranked, Georgetown had just three seasons where they were ranked.

For nine seasons after that range, Georgetown was ranked in eight of those seasons while GW was never ranked. Georgetown was ranked 18 straight seasons before that range, while GW was ranked just twice.
 
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