College Basketball 2013-2014

[Formerly Snayke]

Has there been a discussion on Boilermaker astronauts lately?

[Smack]

Has there been a discussion on Boilermaker astronauts lately?

 

I think that would be in the social forum.

[Guest]

Me? I love Purdue basketball, I just find its discussion dreadfully boring.

[imb]

KU snagged Kelly Oubre over UK and others today. Awesome pickup.

 

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/recruiting/ncb/players/full/141425.png&w=350&h=254

 

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[UMFan83]

ESPN Preseason Coaches Poll is out. B1G teams in bold

 

1. Kentucky (16)

2. Michigan St. (3)

3. Louisville (10)

4. Duke (3)

5. Arizona

6. Kansas

7. Syracuse

8. Florida

9. Michigan

10. Ohio St.

11. North Carolina

12. Oklahoma St.

13. Memphis

14. Gonzaga

15. VCU

16. Wichita St.

17. Marquette

18. Oregon

19. Connecticut

20. New Mexico

21. Wisconsin

22. Notre Dame

23. UCLA

24. Indiana

25. Virginia

 

Others: Baylor 102; Colorado 93; Creighton 87; Iowa 86; Tennessee 73; Georgetown 38; Harvard 28; Pittsburgh 23; California 16; Boise State 11; Saint Louis 8; La Salle 7; Temple 4; Missouri 4; Villanova 4; Kansas State 3; LSU 2; Iowa State 2; Arizona State 2; Illinois 2; Georgia 1; UNLV 1.

[Smack]

Exhibition games start in what, a week?

[Formerly Snayke]

Haith suspended five games for the Miami incident.

[Bruno7481]

My nephew plays for McKendree, they are playing against Illinois in Champaign tonight. Just reveived a text that it was tied at 35-35. Really?

 

McKendree is a D2 school that finished last in their conference last season.

 

Means nothing I realize, but McKendree was awful last year.

[Bruno7481]

Illini up 47-39 at half. That lead will most likely expand in 2nd half.

[illiniguy]

We return three players. It's going to be a weird year, I think.

[Bruno7481]

We return three players. It's going to be a weird year, I think.

 

IU should fall into that weird year category as well. I Have no idea who is going to score.

[illiniguy]

While I love what John Groce has done with recruiting so far, this weekend is the biggest for Illinois since Eric Gordon was on campus. That one didn't turn out so well. Hopefully he can make this a tough decision for Cliff. If he could win this recruitment I really think we are set up well to clean house on the '15 class. Fingers crossed.

[Bruno7481]

Also a pretty big week for IU recruiting. James Blackmon is visiting this weekend and apparently Jaquan Lyle is as well.

 

I still think Blackmon is headed to UK and this is just a courtesy visit, but I guess it is better than no visit at all. Lyle popping up back on the radar has been a bit of a surprise, curious to see what happens there.

 

Devin Robinson, a 5 star from Virginia is announcing on Wednesday. His final 4 are IU, ND, Florida, and Oklahoma State. He is from the same town as fellow 2014 recruit Robert Johnson.

[illiniguy]

Also a pretty big week for IU recruiting. James Blackmon is visiting this weekend and apparently Jaquan Lyle is as well.

 

I still think Blackmon is headed to UK and this is just a courtesy visit, but I guess it is better than no visit at all. Lyle popping up back on the radar has been a bit of a surprise, curious to see what happens there.

 

Devin Robinson, a 5 star from Virginia is announcing on Wednesday. His final 4 are IU, ND, Florida, and Oklahoma State. He is from the same town as fellow 2014 recruit Robert Johnson.

Lyle is a stud that no one seemingly wants. Is it grades/qualifying issues or behavior?

[Exile on Waveland]

Also a pretty big week for IU recruiting. James Blackmon is visiting this weekend and apparently Jaquan Lyle is as well.

 

I still think Blackmon is headed to UK and this is just a courtesy visit, but I guess it is better than no visit at all. Lyle popping up back on the radar has been a bit of a surprise, curious to see what happens there.

 

Devin Robinson, a 5 star from Virginia is announcing on Wednesday. His final 4 are IU, ND, Florida, and Oklahoma State. He is from the same town as fellow 2014 recruit Robert Johnson.

Lyle is a stud that no one seemingly wants. Is it grades/qualifying issues or behavior?

 

It's his immaturity more than anything. He pouts on the court, whines/complains to officials constantly when things don't go well, visibly becomes upset with teammates, stops playing hard, etc. This has carried over to his recruitment (decommitting from Louisville, which was a good fit, as an example). He's also had way too many voices in his camp recruitment-wise (and a number of voices that should not be there).

 

He is an outstanding player though.

[rawaction]

We return three players. It's going to be a weird year, I think.

 

IU should fall into that weird year category as well. I Have no idea who is going to score.

Sheehey should lead the team in scoring. Yogi averaged 7 last year, double digits shouldn't be that hard. Then its freshmen and Hollowell. Dont see Perea as a scorer. They'll score plenty if they can get out and run.

[XZero771679666304]

We return three players. It's going to be a weird year, I think.

 

I think there's going to be some serious growing pains/adjustments/frustration early in the year, but there's a chance to be pretty good later on.

[SouthSideRyan]

Was Blackmon the decommit?

[illiniguy]

We return three players. It's going to be a weird year, I think.

 

I think there's going to be some serious growing pains/adjustments/frustration early in the year, but there's a chance to be pretty good later on.

That's what I'm thinking as well. So far Egwu has looked great, hopefully he improved again. But besides him, I'm not sure where scoring will come from early. Hopefully rice.

[UMFan83]

Was Blackmon the decommit?

 

Yeah. He's going to UK though. I know Michigan is sort of also in the running and IU was given a late official visit but pretty much everyone believes he's going to UK.

[Guest]

We return three players. It's going to be a weird year, I think.

 

I think there's going to be some serious growing pains/adjustments/frustration early in the year, but there's a chance to be pretty good later on.

That's what I'm thinking as well. So far Egwu has looked great, hopefully he improved again. But besides him, I'm not sure where scoring will come from early. Hopefully rice.

 

Rice can score. Abrams can, Hill and Nunn can. I think we'll be better

[illiniguy]

We return three players. It's going to be a weird year, I think.

 

I think there's going to be some serious growing pains/adjustments/frustration early in the year, but there's a chance to be pretty good later on.

That's what I'm thinking as well. So far Egwu has looked great, hopefully he improved again. But besides him, I'm not sure where scoring will come from early. Hopefully rice.

 

Rice can score. Abrams can, Hill and Nunn can. I think we'll be better

I know the last two will, just think it might take half a season until they really start to with consistency.

[Exile on Waveland]

Was Blackmon the decommit?

 

He's one of them. Both he and Trey Lyles decommitted from IU. The Lyles business is shady; Blackmon is just par for the course for players committing as freshman.

 

Decommitting has been a trend for the Class of 2014 in Indiana.

[Exile on Waveland]

We return three players. It's going to be a weird year, I think.

 

IU should fall into that weird year category as well. I Have no idea who is going to score.

Sheehey should lead the team in scoring. Yogi averaged 7 last year, double digits shouldn't be that hard. Then its freshmen and Hollowell. Dont see Perea as a scorer. They'll score plenty if they can get out and run.

 

I may be in the minority, but I don't expect Sheehey to lead IU in scoring. His scoring ability as a go-to player is limited; he is not really someone to create his own shot or throw the ball to at the end of shot clocks. I expect Ferrell or Vonleh (a player I've barely seen and am merely going on reputation) to lead IU in points. Hollowell would not entirely shock me either, he has the tools to do so (or he could lazily be a relative non-factor).

[Bobson Dugnutt]

While I love what John Groce has done with recruiting so far, this weekend is the biggest for Illinois since Eric Gordon was on campus. That one didn't turn out so well. Hopefully he can make this a tough decision for Cliff. If he could win this recruitment I really think we are set up well to clean house on the '15 class. Fingers crossed.

 

heard from someone who is fairly well connected that cliff is pretty much a lock for kansas, but the illinois loyalty insider types still seem confident, so who knows.