Recent content by scotty7012

Of course you are correct that OV's are valuable and should be used with care BUT the reality is if you are pursuing highly skilled players you are always going to be in competition with formidable competitors and the risk of being told no will go up. If you want to only use OV's on sure thing...

I am not sure we have burned any bridges beyond repair PARTICULARLY if the program starts winning. Secondly if really want to be a winning program on a high level then we cant rely on Chicago or Illinois for that matter alone. I like the national approach that the current staff seems to be...

Relax I know we were all disappointed in last nights result but when you look at the Boxscore some numbers stand out. We outrebounded EIU, created one more TO than EIU, and had one mote steal than EIU. Our major failure was shooting 25% on 3PT shots and allowing EIU to shoot 52% on 3PT shots...

recruiting I think you will find whenever you go after high level recruits Top 150 or better you are going to make offers to far more players than you will sign. You are way more likely to easily and quickly sign lower ranked players. Some of the best will go elsewhere , some you will cool...

Minutes I think what we will find is that BU will have a relatively set starting lineup but ( injuries/ matchups) will of course dictate some change) and several non starters will see significant minutes including Frazier/ one of the new bigs/ and maybe AJ. I think it is still likely DW is a...

Horizons I am forever amazed that so many posters limit their options to Illinois prospects. Yes Ayo is a top tier recruit regardless of location but our offer list includes several better prospects than either Condit, Finke or THT IMO. If we are truly to be a top tier program we must expand...