IU Hoosier41 Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 Definitely not complaining, just commenting on this new trend. Im just saying there are players that only seek out to play for a certain school because of their ties with a shoe company. They don't even hide the fact. Sure we are an Adidas school and Thon plays with an Adidas school now but he hasnt even mentioned it openly like a lot of other players have. I believe there is a consensus that ADIDAS will be a factor in this Quote
WayneFleekHoosier Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 Dwayne Bacon is a good player. Really good. Quote
IUsafety Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 @zkeefer: Was at Kentucky just 6 years ago. RT @JucoRecruiting Via to @HoopDirt Billy Gillispie will be new head coach of Ranger College (JC in Texas) Help, I've fallen and can't get up. ccgeneral, IU Hoosier41, Hovadipo and 1 other 4 Quote
yogisballin Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 No I had definitely heard about it, but I just really looked into it and investigated it a little more today. Its really stupid What I've been saying for years and people thought I was stupid for making such statements Quote
Old Friend Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 Just shows what a complete mess basketball has become. Now shoe companies have more influence over where a kid goes to school than any coach, any business school, or any high school counselor, etc. If coaches want to get out of college basketball, this is why. AAU basketball has done far more harm than good, and those shoe reps (many of them without much college education and rough around the edges) have become the enemy of building a program. To me, this is why the Wichita State's, the Gonzaga's, the Northern Iowa's, etc have had so much success. They can recruit kids who will be seniors. They can recruit students and people who care about the quality with which they represent themselves. There are a few major schools (Wisconsin, Michigan State, North Carolina to some extent, etc) who can recruit that same kind of kid; and they seem to "be there" every year. Then you have Kentucky who bucks every trend and just brings in the cream of every crop. And then you have the whores. Oklahoma, LSU, Florida State, West Virginia, and teams like that who'll take any great player who'll say yes and care very little for building a basketball program because football will always be first. Those schools always get a McD's All American or two, a top 50 recruit or two. And I always wonder why.....before I then remember : 'ah yes...shoes." Or "ah yes...an AAU coach with some affiliation." And I hate it for basketball, and I hate it for the kids because I think they get the short end of that stick. So many really good players are never truly developed and end up falling way short of their potential, due in large part to their whoring out because of shoe companies. And I am now off my soap box. GloryDays and WayneFleekHoosier 2 Quote
swatford Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 keep it classy UK: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2419122-5-star-recruit-says-he-chose-kentucky-because-he-watched-derrick-rose-play-there Quote
JSHoosier Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 keep it classy UK: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2419122-5-star-recruit-says-he-chose-kentucky-because-he-watched-derrick-rose-play-there LOL southsidehoosier 1 Quote
WayneFleekHoosier Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 @GoldandBlackcom: http://t.co/mDoTruoyzI Mailbag: How Caleb Swanigan might fit in at #Purdue should he wind up there ($) https://t.co/mRKZIAsEL8 I didn't read this article but lol at the thought. I would be stunned if Purdue could pull this off even with Roosevelt involved. IU Hoosier41 and Hutch89 2 Quote
IU Hoosier41 Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 @GoldandBlackcom: http://t.co/mDoTruoyzI Mailbag: How Caleb Swanigan might fit in at #Purdue should he wind up there ($) https://t.co/mRKZIAsEL8 I didn't read this article but lol at the thought. I would be stunned if Purdue could pull this off even with Roosevelt involved. No chance. Quote
Popular Post AZ Hoosier Posted April 6, 2015 Popular Post Posted April 6, 2015 Just gonna drop this in here:Celebrating 39 years of PERFECTION! #IUBB Ranger78, LockdownD, ALASKA HOOSIER and 6 others 9 Quote
Uspshoosier Posted November 13, 2015 Posted November 13, 2015 Iowa st going on a run to start the 2nd half Quote
Str8Hoosiers Posted November 13, 2015 Posted November 13, 2015 I don't know why this made me think about it (actually I know why but it's a little of topic) but does anybody do the ESPN Steak for the Cash? If so we should form a BtownBanners group for a little conversation/ridicule BtownBanner6 1 Quote
LIHoosier Posted November 14, 2015 Posted November 14, 2015 Rutgers is tied with sister school Rutgers-Newark at the half. Rutgers-Newark is a Division III school. Quote
Popular Post Bobman1 Posted November 14, 2015 Popular Post Posted November 14, 2015 I hope everyone's favorite team, Eastern Washington knocks off Mississippi State. MemphisHoosier, Naturalhoosier, JaybobHoosier and 6 others 9 Quote
KingPG21 Posted November 14, 2015 Posted November 14, 2015 Deyonta Davis had a freaking monster debut for MSU. 11, 11, and 5. Also, 8 of those rebounds were offensive Quote
BGleas Posted November 14, 2015 Posted November 14, 2015 Wisconsin had a great team last year, but the show they're putting on for raising a Final four banner is similar to what an NBA team does when they get their rings on opening night. Hate to take anything away from them, but it's a little much. Hutch89 1 Quote
Uspshoosier Posted November 14, 2015 Posted November 14, 2015 Illinois down 13 at half to north Florida Kepner 1 Quote
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