You can apply the logic in your second bolded to the schools you named in your first bolded.
For sure I was just trying to build a conservative case to temper hopes. Will make a potential eventual commitment that much sweeter.
I saw someone refer to Carmelo’s run in the tournament as “lucky” a couple of days ago lol.
Melo was the classic case of one super talented player going on a heater and carrying a team. They usually produce your worst champions.
Lots of champions have had a super talented player.
Eh, Florida was a 1 seed. Brunson was a great 2 seed. Those were great "teams".
Quantify widely. Syracuse was 30-5 and also had Hakim Warrick (9 yrs in the NBA) and McNamara.
Danny Manning’s championship team was definitely lucky with so many higher seeds before them being upset.
The 03 Syracuse team had Hakim Warwick too. He was the perfect compliment to Melo. He was great at all the things Melo wasn’t.
I don’t have any insight, but he seems to check all the boxes for a future Illini.
Wonder how much NIL that took.
No more than anywhere else. These guys that feel very strongly their NBA bound sooner rather than later might as well get every penny they can. Only 1 team can win a national title. Even if you go to the best team, theres no guarantee you win, so just get your money. College basketball has been turned into a professional business now.
You sort of contradicted yourself there.
This is not a “we didn’t want him anyway” post but of all the guys we’re getting on visits he was one I think the fit may not have been right. He’s a great talent and we would have been lucky to have him but an athletic wing that doesn’t really have an outside shot right now and just wants to get to the rim isn’t the prototype for this offense. I’m sure Tyler would have figured out how to utilize him but it wasn’t a must get IMO Pettigrew and Berrouet (sounds like he may recalls to ‘27) I am much more excited about their fit
I think people are underestimating the importance of the fact that he is from New York. Yes, money typically is the biggest factor these days, but these decisions rarely only come down to just one thing and local ties do still carry some weight.
Hope that's true with Pettigrew and Kelly too.
Considered by whom?
He'a Bronx kid, Cuse's stomping ground. McNamara needed to make a splash and has apparently been in on Moussa for awhile.
I don't think there is much debate about that considering the majority of the champs in this century were a 1 or 2 seed. Florida in 06 was a 3 and UConn in 23 was a 4 seed. Considering that Florida won every game by double digits except one game and UConn won every game by double digits although they didn't play a seed higher than a 3.
