Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
NCAA Summer League proposed
No opinion on it one way or the other as I don't know much about it, but a few questions:
Will rosters have settled in time for summer?
What's the draw if there are no implications for the season (other than injuries)?
Does this interfere with AAU or other established summer ball? Seems like this failed in an earlier version partly for that reason.
One location for the entire country seems like a really bad idea for recruiting camps.
I also wonder what the NCAA's motivation are --they haven't always done what's best for "student athletes"
Will rosters have settled in time for summer?
What's the draw if there are no implications for the season (other than injuries)?
Does this interfere with AAU or other established summer ball? Seems like this failed in an earlier version partly for that reason.
One location for the entire country seems like a really bad idea for recruiting camps.
I also wonder what the NCAA's motivation are --they haven't always done what's best for "student athletes"
IlliniSaluki
- IL metro east burbs of St. Louis
I believe outside of very late high school committing for that upcoming year all transfer portal stuff would be finished. Remember they are moving to a transfer portal windows and not just all summer/year.
Im sure $$$ are involved
Love the idea but... what if injuries cause a player to miss the regular season....think of preseason NFL...good players usually don't play for this reason.....
Tacomallini
- Washington State
Lieb + Walk Ons + IMPE All-Stars = summer team?
Damn 15 years ago I’d have had a chance
I think I'd rather just see the season start a month earlier with a slate of exhibition games against p5 opponents where the focus is on developing the new guys.
Starters only play together for about 10 minutes, maybe your best players sit out. I think this could even be a bigger draw than the early season cupcake games.
But would I watch a cbb summer league game? Yes. However, would I pay money to watch a mostly inconsequential game in person? Also yes. Give me more. Feed my addiction.
Starters only play together for about 10 minutes, maybe your best players sit out. I think this could even be a bigger draw than the early season cupcake games.
But would I watch a cbb summer league game? Yes. However, would I pay money to watch a mostly inconsequential game in person? Also yes. Give me more. Feed my addiction.
sacraig
- The desert
I'm sort of amazed an Illini fan is asking this question.
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Seriously. Think about all the posts on here during the off-season, how every clip of players practicing is meticulously dissected, and we talk endlessly about potential lineups. I was initially pretty meh about the whole idea, but let's be real, if you're currently reading this forum, let alone posting in it, you'll absolutely pay attention to a summer league.
Full disclosure: I have read nothing about this other than the tweet and the posts in the thread. Summer recruiting events? I guess, but is there really a need? And I’m sure the current system(s) has its issues, but will the NCAA really fix those issues or improve upon things? The summer league/exhibition thing sounds like a complete money grab, and usually when you’re talking about that it is meant to benefit the NCAA or big schools/conferences — and not the players. And for some reason I can’t get it out of my head that what these would be are in some way recruiting and player assessment camps for future transfers. And would smaller conference teams have the budgets to participate or are we talking about another built in advantage for bigger conferences/schools? I really don’t want college basketball to become the larger 50 to 70 schools or so plus some others and then all the rest — with “all the rest” becoming farm teams for the top rung teams. If NIL isn’t adjusted in some way, I think that is the way we’re headed — and I don’t think that is a good thing overall. And this just seems like a way to hasten that.
Meh, I don't pay much attention to practice reports either.
sacraig
- The desert
Not do I, but I do scour the board for details on exhibition games. And these are games we are talking about.
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
But you do post about them.
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But you do post about them.
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Oh, I'm sure there's some level of hypocrisy in most of my posts
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Oh, I'm sure there's some level of hypocrisy in most of my posts
I'd appreciate reports from exhibition games against good opponents who are playing a solid mix of players. The reports from when they play weaker opponents -- weak teams, or player 6-13 on another team -- or if it is just our bench playing, don't seem to convey much. The coaches can learn a lot from those games. I don't have the time/inclination to watch them.
As a data point:
- I read the forum regularly, and post occasionally.
- I will on occasion go find/watch tape of a recruit who is generating noise and has supposed strong mutual interest to attend IL.
- I often don't watch the scheduled powder-puff games (opponents ranked 200+ on sagarin/kenpom).
I do not plan to watch any of: Eastern IL, KC, Lindenwood, Alabama A&M, Bethune-Cookman. Monmouth is a fine, ease your way in, opponent.
As a data point:
- I read the forum regularly, and post occasionally.
- I will on occasion go find/watch tape of a recruit who is generating noise and has supposed strong mutual interest to attend IL.
- I often don't watch the scheduled powder-puff games (opponents ranked 200+ on sagarin/kenpom).
I do not plan to watch any of: Eastern IL, KC, Lindenwood, Alabama A&M, Bethune-Cookman. Monmouth is a fine, ease your way in, opponent.
I feel like State Farm currently has an ad campaign about this
drsmitty74
- Rochester
I think it was Snickers.
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
This has a long way to go, but there are discussions:
FWLIW, I'm all for it. Moar hoops.
FWLIW, I'm all for it. Moar hoops.
I'm all for a summer "preseason" if it means getting rid of most/all cupcake games in season. There is no need for both.
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
Would certainly be a whole lot of fun, until an promising Illini tears his ACL...
For some reason, this strikes me as odd. Why would the NCAA get involved in a summer league, other than money/control? What's the student/academic interest?
illini80
- Forgottonia
The season is already a pretty long grind, esp for freshman so I have pretty mixed feelings about it. I’m sure there would be a handful of players who would blow up during a summer league. Overall, I’m not sure it’s beneficial to the majority for real development. Lots of questions to be answered.