2 kidsUnderwood went to Europe to close on a kid, so...
2 kidsUnderwood went to Europe to close on a kid, so...
No way...Thinking MIZ for Kall
Ivisic and Holst?2 kids
May win a conference game with Kalkbrenner at center.Thinking MIZ for Kall
Are they both 5's?Ivisic and Holst?
He's playing actual productive minutes for a pro team with grown men in a league stronger than college basketball, so that would be a pretty exciting prospect.Big Z is Zvonimir Ivisic. Played for Kentucky last year and is following Cal to Arkansas.
His twin brother is Tomislav Ivisic. 7-foot Croatian. Soft touch, can pass and shoot.
Hopefully Egor DeminIvisic and Holst?
I read somewhere earlier that Tomislav was there when BU was in Belgrade.He's playing actual productive minutes for a pro team with grown men in a league stronger than college basketball, so that would be a pretty exciting prospect.
Not sure why BU would go to Belgrade to meet with a Croatian player who plays for a team in Montenegro, but who knows.
My other question though, there are some vagaries in how European youth vs. senior teams work in terms of payment, but is Tomislav not a professional player at this point and ineligible for the NCAA? Kind of a ridiculous question in the modern era but those rules still apply.
Zvonimir had played for the senior team as well before coming over, but on a very limited basis.
Given the connection with Antigua this does make some sense.
I don't think Brad is flying to Belgrade in the heart of portal season for another Matic Vesel...Not asking for names, but can you tell us if this someone will have more of a Giorgi Bezhanishvili impact or a Matic Vesel impact?
Hopefully not another euro bustUnderwood went to Europe to close on a kid, so...
Would anyone happen to have any broad timeline estimate on when us plebs might hypothetically hear more concrete info on any potential, ah, overseas kid closings?2 kids
Thinking MIZ for Kall
Probably also meeting with a Serbian player. And tomislav’s team was playing in Serbia last weekHe's playing actual productive minutes for a pro team with grown men in a league stronger than college basketball, so that would be a pretty exciting prospect.
Not sure why BU would go to Belgrade to meet with a Croatian player who plays for a team in Montenegro, but who knows.
My other question though, there are some vagaries in how European youth vs. senior teams work in terms of payment, but is Tomislav not a professional player at this point and ineligible for the NCAA? Kind of a ridiculous question in the modern era but those rules still apply.
Zvonimir had played for the senior team as well before coming over, but on a very limited basis.
Given the connection with Antigua this does make some sense.
We have to be one of those 4!Does Creighton find the $$ is the question ...
If they don't ... It's an all out battle between 4 schools based on what I've heard ...
2 kids
Nah we’re talking about the new-age Big ZWait.....BigZ is the Lithuanian Ilgauskas. Is this not the BigZ we're referring too??
I thought Big Z was Zydrunas Savickas, former world's strongest man (and also Lithuanian)?Wait.....BigZ is the Lithuanian Ilgauskas. Is this not the BigZ we're referring too??
Iffy as in not likely coming to Illinois or iffy as in not that good?Maybe but the second one is iffy, IMO.
Nah we’re talking about the new-age Big Z
I said none of the things you listed so you may be confusing me with someone else. I was definitely upset, though I don't get nearly as upset about this kind of thing as I used to. Dunigan and Humphrey to Oregon, now that was a meltdown.the insane bellyaching (i.e We're going to be in the B1G basement, won't even make the NIT, we're not capitalizing on winning the conference, we're on a downward trajectory) from people (I remember your posts acutely, you had one of the bigger meltdowns I've seen on the board in awhile) wasn't fair to the staff
Only in Grittyworld . . .Call it a self-serving take if you want, but I think it's the truth: to forgive or brush away the roster construction failures of last summer is to underrate the amazing coaching job of the following season. They go hand in hand.
BU recruited his way into a straightjacket and handcuffs at the bottom of a lake and coached his way out of it. An extraordinary performance of finding a way to make talented but ill-fitting pieces into a humming machine.
Let's make it easier this time!