OT: Zion Cruz to DePaul

[CL82]

I’m surprised, but good for them! One of the perks of being in the Big East conference is I actually am happy to see other teams in the conference with recruiting winds and positioning themselves to do better. In the American pie vacillated between “who cares?“ and “ I hope they rot in hell.”

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I’m surprised, but good for them! One of the perks of being in the Big East conference is I actually am happy to see other teams in the conference with recruiting winds and positioning themselves to do better. In the American pie vacillated between “who cares?“ and “ I hope they rot in hell.”

There's also at least a sliver of hope for the Big East cellar-dwellers. That is very different from the conference that need not be named.

 

[Palatine]

DePaul is a sleeping giant.

 

[Kitaman]

Chicago has its off-campus attractions, especially if you like the city life. In fact, Big East as a whole has some great locations.

 

[bendm]

Chicago has its off-campus attractions, especially if you like the city life. In fact, Big East as a whole has some great locations.

the only BE schools that arent located in or just outside the biggest city in its state are UConn and xavier although cincy is itself a big city. love the urban feel.

 

[HooperScooper]

the only BE schools that arent located in or just outside the biggest city in its state are UConn and xavier although cincy is itself a big city. love the urban feel.

The metro populations of Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus are all about the same, although Cincinnati is a little larger than the other 2. So we can say Xavier is in the largest city without fudging too much. Columbus proper is actually the biggest city but I've been to Columbus and it doesn't feel like a big city. Felt like Hartford.

Ohio statistical areas - Wikipedia

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[HooperScooper]

Think I've heard this kind of stuff before.

 

[SportsFan88]

Big East will probably have the 2nd most tournament bids from a conference and the league seems like it’s going to get even better in the coming years, I love it

 

[kansashusky]

Tony Stubblefield knows how to get dudes. He did it at Oregon and will do it at Depaul. Those Nike ties are strongggg.

 

[MDHuskFan]

Tony Stubblefield knows how to get dudes. He did it at Oregon and will do it at Depaul. Those Nike ties are strongggg.

He also has Bino Ranson. They’re a staff that’s built to succeed recruiting wise in this NIL era

 

[kansashusky]

He also has Bino Ranson. They’re a staff that’s built to succeed recruiting wise in this NIL era

100%

 

[MDHuskFan]

He also has Bino Ranson. They’re a staff that’s built to succeed recruiting wise in this NIL era

For those unfamiliar w/ Bino, he was Diamond Stones lead recruiter

 

[Hey Adrien!]

247 lists him as committed to depaul as well

Once's he's added to their team page, it'll mess w/ the team's mojo, especially their national rank:

 

[BPT2Storrs]

I think we can all agree that Chicago is home to some great basketball players. If DePaul can keep those guys from going elsewhere it will do wonders for their program. That will only help the Big East in the long run. I hope they succeed.

 

[BGesus4]

I think we can all agree that Chicago is home to some great basketball players. If DePaul can keep those guys from going elsewhere it will do wonders for their program. That will only help the Big East in the long run. I hope they succeed.

Definitely. DePaul being good increases the big East’s Midwest marketing. Imagine how much it could help Midwest recruiting if us coming to Chicago was a huge matchup every year.