dlarry Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Did you watch much Iowa basketball this year? Assuming you haven't, the Hawkeyes have a lot of talent on the team. Don't get me wrong, Ingram is a great basketball player. He got some playing time, but there are a lot of guys on the team who are better ball players. Iowa is a lot better than what the RPI says they are. Most of their losses coming right at the end of the game. They are a team that will be in the tournament next year, I can assure you. Right on. Thanks for the info. I watch a krap ton of college basketball but outside of Indiana and Michigan very rarely watched the Big10 this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebill Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Iowa is a lot better than what the RPI says they are. Most of their losses coming right at the end of the game. They are a team that will be in the tournament next year, I can assure you. Do those losses at the end of games count? Just checking. I don't want a kid who couldn't find time on a team that wouldn't finish in the top half of the a10 last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Do those losses at the end of games count? Just checking. I don't want a kid who couldn't find time on a team that wouldn't finish in the top half of the a10 last year. Iowa was a good team last year. I had them rated as an A team. Easy to get lost in a conference that has a half dozen A+ teams. And Iowa would not have finished in the bottom half of the A-10. I am showing they would have finished 3rd in the A-10 behind the Bills and VCU. If there is no problem taking a sub off an A+ team in the the best conference(Abell) then there should be no problem taking a sub off an A team in the same conference (Ingram) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Bump for the last two spots. Offers: Hakim Saintil, PG: 5-11, 170, Roselle Catholic HS, Roselle, NJ. Offers: SLU and Fairfield. Possible offers: St. Bonaventure, Rutgers, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Cincinnati, and SMU. Prep school a possibility. Latest (5/10): Oddly enough, a new article popped up from a Cincinnati recruiting blog. She seems to be basing her information on Verbal Commits and a few other sources and doesn't add anything particularly new ("he’s made it clear that he wants to get playing time right away, so if he doesn’t think that’s a possibility at UC or any other school on his list, he could quite possibly head to prep school to gain more experience and open the door to even more options in 2014"). Also mentioned that ESPN ranked him the 12th-best player in NJ in the class of 2013. Previous: His AAU team has been playing in weekend tournaments, and playing well. He hit a clutch 3 to tie, followed by a steal and layup to win one of these tournaments a few weekends ago. He recently visited St. Bonaventure, following which he posted plenty of retweets from Bona fans. Also, a Tweet to a friend indicated that he's still uncertain whether he'll sign or go to a prep school. Jordan Strawberry, PG: 6-1, 170, Mater Dei HS, Santa Ana, CA. Offers: SLU, UC-Riverside, and at least 2 others (UNCW likely). Claims interest from Arizona, Virginia Tech, Gonzaga, California, and Florida State. Latest (5/13): A few tweets about "leaving Cali for good in a month" and removed the "committed to _____?" out of his profile, but no word on where he's going. Previous: Visit to SLU (and dad) went very well. Since then, UNC-Wilmington has gotten in the mix and has one scholarship left to give after Addison Spruill, a shooting guard from Brevard CC, committed yesterday, 4/30. No confirmation on an offer from UNCW but it seems likely they've made one. He seems to be SLU's backup plan to Randy Onwuasor, but SLU seems like his best opportunity. This list came out on 5/1 and Strawberry's name and picture is in it. Interestingly, Onwuasor and Lancona are not mentioned. He also told a buddy on Twitter that his visit "out there" went well and he's trying to make his decision. Randy Onwuasor, PG: 6-3, 190, Inglewood HS, Inglewood, CA. Top Choices: SLU, Miami-Ohio, and Pitt. Other offers: UC-Irvine and Cal State-Fullerton. Interest from Tennessee, Tennessee Tech, Seton Hall, Florida State, Arkansas, UNLV, Tulane, New Mexico State, and Utah. Latest (5/15): More retweets from SLU fans, along with a "Can't wait to make my college decision!!" Tweet. Will we hear today? Previous: Onwuasor has visited SLU and Miami-Ohio. SLU and Miami have both made in-home visits. He said to Ben Weixlmann that his final three choices are SLU, Miami, and Pitt. He will be playing in the Nike Global Challenge in DC in July. He has been retweeting SLU fans a lot, but the last two are about Tennessee and Tennessee Tech, both of whom are suddenly in the mix. A TTU assistant apparently visited, and he now says he plans to visit Knoxville soon. No word on offers from either. What looked like a SLU-Miami race has now opened back up. It's really hard to tell if the delay and other schools getting involved are the result of SLU prioritizing other players or Onwuasor testing the waters more. Others: Achraf Yacoubou, SG: 6-4, 210, Villanova. Transfer eligible as junior in 2014-2015. Interested in SLU, Pitt, and Georgia Tech. Latest (5/15): He was supposed to visit Pitt on 5/14 but I haven't seen anything about how it went. Previous: Two Tweets from sportswriters on Friday, 5/3 said that Yacoubou visited SLU and will be visiting Pitt and Georgia Tech next. UNLV and Miami are out of contention. According to pantherlair.com writer Matthew Steinbrink, Pitt is focused on Yacoubou, Sheldon Jeter (if he decides to transfer), and DeAndre Kane. Kane made it official, so Pitt has one scholarship left to give. Remy Abell, SG: 6-4, 201, Indiana. Transfer eligible as junior in 2014-2015. Interested in SLU, Xavier, and St. Mary's. Latest (5/15): Abell had a "great" visit to SLU. St. Mary's should be up next, probably this week. Previous: If he sticks to his timeline, Abell will be making a decision later this week. Abell is a Louisville native and of the three schools on his list, only Xavier recruited him in high school. He reportedly has an offer from VCU but has not listed them as a finalist. He was also contacted by Butler coach Brad Stevens but said the program was not the right fit for him. Abell had a good visit to Xavier late last week. Paul Jesperson, SG: 6-6, 197, Virginia. Transfer eligible as junior in 2014-2015. Interest from SLU, Northern Iowa, USC, Nebraska, and Florida. Latest (5/13): Jesperson tweeted UNI, St. Louis, USC... 3 great visits, couple more left tho" on the 11th. Previous: I'd think Nebraska is definitely one of the last couple visits, and Florida may be the other. At SLU, Manning (Virginia native) and Barnett (Wisconsin native) were his hosts. Pappy's was part of the itinerary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Randy O didn't deactivate his twitter he just changed his handle to underscore peanut 3 Corrected. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Bump for the last two spots. Do Saintil, Strawberry, Onwuasor, and Jolly have to make it official today? No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 After today any player, transfer or otherwise, will sign a financial aid agreement. And then hopefully they show up on campus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Ah, that's right. Thanks, guys. Just make it easy on us and announce today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseAndGrind Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 I don't think Yacoubou ended up visiting Pitt, at least not yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 The two stud recruits that were going to sign today were at the baseball game last night. Now they both want to go to the Missouri Valley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 The path to 200 pages. Can we discuss the best outdoor motion sensing lights? I need one. I prefer dusk to dawn lights personally. Though I despise compact fluorescents generally for their slow warm up times, it is not a problem in this usage. Any standard two flood-light setup can be run for pennies a day. There are smaller versions of course, using other cfl configurations. You should contact your local neighborhood hardware store....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyRican Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 I prefer dusk to dawn lights personally. Though I despise compact fluorescents generally for their slow warm up times, it is not a problem in this usage. Any standard two flood-light setup can be run for pennies a day. There are smaller versions of course, using other cfl configurations. You should contact your local neighborhood hardware store....... Really? I just installed one last night and it has the dawn to dusk feature. I may try that tonight and see how it goes. Are we signing anybody today? If not, I will find another home improvement topic to discuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 I don't think Yacoubou ended up visiting Pitt, at least not yet. Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria13 May Former Villanova G Ach Yacoubou will visit Pittsburgh soon, per his HS coach this was tweeted two days ago. so maybe not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 this is some what old but Roselle Catholic G Hakim Saintil did not commit to Rider and St. Louis remains his top choice, head coach Dave Boff tells tweeted may 1st Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Bump... The Drew thread is gaining on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 I can confirm that I will not be signing an LOI today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Very quiet about Abell's visit. I assume he has left town now? Unlike Lancona, Abell doesn't tweet much. No word on whether or not he still plans on visiting St. Mary's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HusakAttack Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Any updates on Jolly? When is he committing? Im scared that if he doesnt commit soon someone else will jump in and steal him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Any updates on Jolly? When is he committing? Im scared that if he doesnt commit soon someone else will jump in and steal him. Did he defeat that wash basin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Any updates on Jolly? When is he committing? Im scared that if he doesnt commit soon someone else will jump in and steal him. And Strawberry would just be the cherry on top of this recruiting class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 ACE there was a report from Ben Wexler that his visit to SLU was "great. " Nothing else out yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 ACE there was a report from Ben Wexler that his visit to SLU was "great. " Nothing else out yet.Who the fcuk is Ben wexler? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Here it it Billikenfan05 , from Verbal commits, Lucas Bigford RT @BWeixScout: #IUBB transfer Remy Abell said his visit to #SLU was "great". More later on http://t.co/AxSQoK74lr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Here it it Billikenfan05 , from Verbal commits, Lucas Bigford RT @BWeixScout: #IUBB transfer Remy Abell said his visit to #SLU was "great". More later on http://t.co/AxSQoK74lr. That's Ben wiexlmann. I don't know who Ben Wexler is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 I bow to your encyclopedic knowledge of names and other issues. It is as you say. The post is there though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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