Precious Achiuwa

[BleedHuskyBlu]

Antoine Anderson, Dave O, Tarin Smith > Precious

Lasan Kromah was a beast lol

 

[JimHurley]

Looking more and more like a race between Kansas and UNC.

Is it only me who doesn’t see the lure of Kansas at all?? It’s not only because I don’t like them. I also don’t like UNC, Duke, Kentucky but understand why recruits go there.

 

[tzznandrew]

Is it only me who doesn’t see the lure of Kansas at all?? It’s not only because I don’t like them. I also don’t like UNC, Duke, Kentucky but understand why recruits go there.

They have a great basketball culture. I mean, their first coach was James Naismith. Really, they have the longest history of greatness of any program. And their fans are rabid.

It has a draw.

Now, Kansas itself is really boring, but when you're a star basketball player at a school with ~20K undergrads? I think they'll be a lot of fun things to do.

 

[superjohn]

Is it only me who doesn’t see the lure of Kansas at all?? It’s not only because I don’t like them. I also don’t like UNC, Duke, Kentucky but understand why recruits go there.

Arguably the most historical program, arguably the most rabid fan base, great college town.

 

[pj]

Arguably the most historical program, arguably the most rabid fan base, great college town.

Arguably one of the bigger checkbooks.

 

[superjohn]

Arguably one of the bigger checkbooks.

Exactly. No different than Duke, Kentucky, and Carolina.

 

[Scrutineer]

ESPN just signed a 12 year media rights deal for our conference, why would they want to undermine it's success by diverting talent to existing power conferences? Maybe their coverage is due to the teams you mention being ridiculously good and deservingly high profile? ESPN is running a business that depends solely on ad dollars at the end of the day, viewers ultimately decide what's covered.

I'm afraid we've become, as a league, primarily "filler" material and this contract will provide lots more cheap material for a number of sports beyond football and basketball and give ESPN a cheap way to find out how much revenue they can generate with the monthly fees for the Plus service.
If we see our major sports showing up on prime nights instead of Thursday and Sunday for basketball and Thursday and Friday for football then we'll know the league is drawing lots of viewers and ESPN bought themselves a bargain.

 

[tzznandrew]

Arguably one of the bigger checkbooks.

I mean, this isn't why we lose recruits to Kansas. Walk into Fogg then walk into the Civic Center...

 

[GHSWolverines]

I accept that there is a benefit to having players in the league. There is a bigger benefit of winning games. Plus, the benefit of having players in the league is only a means to the end. The end remains winning games.

not for the recruits

 

[GHSWolverines]

They have a great basketball culture. I mean, their first coach was James Naismith. Really, they have the longest history of greatness of any program. And their fans are rabid.

It has a draw.

Now, Kansas itself is really boring, but when you're a star basketball player at a school with ~20K undergrads? I think they'll be a lot of fun things to do.

won't beat Ted's or huskys

 

[businesslawyer]

not for the recruits

The end for us. I could care less if we have talented athletes entering in and leaving our program if they don't care enough about winning to actually win.

 

[husky429]

New mixtape. He's an insane athlete. Some of those moves look impossible

 

[Bonk]

New mixtape. He's an insane athlete. Some of those moves look impossible

He’s only gonna get better. Still so raw

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

New mixtape. He's an insane athlete. Some of those moves look impossible

Not sure he's got the athleticism to play in the American Conference.

 

[cap10dingus]

(Yes first post) been reading religiously for a few years on here and finally stepped up and got an account.

Anyone take any thought into the fact he was left off the Jordan rosters? I was expecting he not only make the rosters but be on the "home team." Bad timing for release date and trip to UNC? Seemed like a no brainer if UNC has and i'm sure they do have some pull as to what goes on with the Jordan game.

Certainly not going to change his mind away from UNC completely but if it were me, and I felt like I was deserving going to the game which i'm sure he does, this would hurt my chances of going to UNC. If we don't get a visit soon I don't know e are still really in the running TBH.

Thoughts?

 

[Vancat]

McDonald's: Precious Achiuwa likely to take more visits

 

[Zionn]

Not even mentioning good guys at this point. Sorry to have been a messenger.

 

[Tenspro2002]

So much effort and a complete afterthought. Yikes.

Was worth a shot though.

 

[Griffman]

Time to move on and sign a 7' farm boy or a 6'8" Croatian sharpshooter..

 

[husky99]

McDonald's: Precious Achiuwa likely to take more visits

Uconn not even referenced..ouch

 

[mauconnfan]

I got ya on this one Zionn...

NEXT

 

[gtcam]

They have a great basketball culture. I mean, their first coach was James Naismith. Really, they have the longest history of greatness of any program. And their fans are rabid.

It has a draw.

Now, Kansas itself is really boring, but when you're a star basketball player at a school with ~20K undergrads? I think they'll be a lot of fun things to do.

Yet only 3 NCs
Winning in the B12 was easy for them
Now that other teams have stepped up in recent years they have been much less dominant
Kids like to win NCs
I think Kansas gets the players because of the press they get and national attention.
JC had some success in luring players away from Kansas to UConn and JA picked UConn over Kansas, something that Bill Self was not happy about
Kansas gets its share but does take a second seat to Duke, UNC, Kentucky

 

[NJHoops]

Anytime a guy’s recruitment seems “off,” it’s usually because it is.

Also, it’s never a waste to get face time recruiting with Montverde or New Heights.

 

[alexd]

Time to move on and sign a 7' farm boy or a 6'8" Croatian sharpshooter..

A Lithuanian sharpshooter.

 

[HuskyHawk]

They have a great basketball culture. I mean, their first coach was James Naismith. Really, they have the longest history of greatness of any program. And their fans are rabid.

It has a draw.

Now, Kansas itself is really boring, but when you're a star basketball player at a school with ~20K undergrads? I think they'll be a lot of fun things to do.

Is it only me who doesn’t see the lure of Kansas at all?? It’s not only because I don’t like them. I also don’t like UNC, Duke, Kentucky but understand why recruits go there.

As someone who went to school at KU for three years, it's not remotely boring. It's a really attractive campus set on a hill, in a town of what is now over 80,000 people. It's an hour from KC and Lawrence has a great downtown with tons of bars and live music venues. Bands from colleges all over the Midwest travel through there. Does Storrs have anything like this? Live Music - Unmistakably Lawrence
Pearl Jam played for free on the hill during their Ten tour in 1992 when I was in Law School.

Then there's Allen Field House and the fanbase. I had season tickets the first season at Gampel, it's not close. Allen Field House is incredible. Every game is packed, no matter who they play and it is insanely loud. Just go look at the videos on YouTube.