College Bball Thread

[IU Hoosier41 14,465]

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

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,014]

Dwayne Bacon is a good player. Really good.

[IUsafety 2,775]

@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.

[yogisballin 2,379]

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

[Old Friend 8,389]

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.

[swatford 1,235]

keep it classy UK:

 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2419122-5-star-recruit-says-he-chose-kentucky-because-he-watched-derrick-rose-play-there

[JSHoosier 20,741]

keep it classy UK:

 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2419122-5-star-recruit-says-he-chose-kentucky-because-he-watched-derrick-rose-play-there

LOL

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,014]

@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 14,465]

@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.

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,014]

No chance.

exactly

[AZ Hoosier 8,130]

Just gonna drop this in here:

Celebrating 39 years of PERFECTION! #IUBB

[Uspshoosier 47,192]

Iowa st going on a run to start the 2nd half

[Str8Hoosiers 2,965]

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

[HoosierAloha 30,077]

Maryland's arena is empty...

[biteoftheapple 4,115]

Dukes crowd is overflowing

[LIHoosier 26,805]

Rutgers is tied with sister school Rutgers-Newark at the half. Rutgers-Newark is a Division III school. 

[Bobman1 2,909]

I hope everyone's favorite team, Eastern Washington knocks off Mississippi State.

[KingPG21 6,587]

Deyonta Davis had a freaking monster debut for MSU. 11, 11, and 5. Also, 8 of those rebounds were offensive

[BGleas 7,917]

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.

[Uspshoosier 47,192]

Illinois down 13 at half to north Florida