Is John Wilkins Coming?

[real fan]

The real question is why doesn"t the clearinghouse have his transcripts by now? John took and passed his SAT"s which should have been his major obstacle, to take this long just to get his records sent to the correct people just makes no sense; I believe from everything that I have heard that he could help us this season .

[houstontxbrave]

On a related topic, I have completely lowered my expectations for Bardley Basketball. I will never be dissappointed again when; key players get hurt, recruits don't come, highly touted recruits turn out to be only average, jc transfers take a year (or more) to get it, future NBA players transfer, and on and on and on... I am just going to watch games for pure entertainment, eat some popcorn, and to throw down a couple cold ones. No more letdowns for Professor GTD! I'm getting too old for that...

I dont know you GTD but I would venture a bet on a frosty cold one that before the end of the season there will still be some sort of meltdown from you regarding Bradley basketball... Sometimes past performance can indicate future activity.

Even if Wilkins comes in to Bradley this season and is eligible I can not see in anyway he would contribute. Maybe he is just that good but even if he is I can not see JL putting him right into the fire.

[Out of Bounce]

The real question is why doesn't the clearinghouse have his transcripts by now? John took and passed his SAT"s which should have been his major obstacle, to take this long just to get his records sent to the correct people just makes no sense; I believe from everything that I have heard that he could help us this season .

I always thought it to be a LONG SHOT of him playing this year. And thought even if he did get cleared by the NCAA, that after some of the posts by T about other European players getting up to 6 game penalty's for having Pro contacts over there, that it just did not make much sense that he would want to play for a couple months and lose a whole year of eligibility.
I was in Belgium two months ago and if the problem is with the Belgium government not processing his transcripts I can understand why. They have a lot more issues to deal with than just sending grades out for basketball players.
BUT, it may not be with the receiveing of the transcripts as don't you have to submit your transcipts before your can be approved to take the ACT or SAT tests

[thefish7]

No you can take SAT or ACT before you send transcripts... At least when you're a regular student (maybe the basketball players are different). I took SAT and ACT both before I finished high school.

[Scouter]

No you can take SAT or ACT before you send transcripts... At least when you're a regular student (maybe the basketball players are different). I took SAT and ACT both before I finished high school.

I believe it's been reported he had a qualifying score on one of those tests.

[Out of Bounce]

No you can take SAT or ACT before you send transcripts... At least when you're a regular student (maybe the basketball players are different). I took SAT and ACT both before I finished high school.

Thanks tf7 as I had no ideal. You bring up a good point about basketball player's being different and then what about students rather they are basketball players or not from other countries

[tornado]

I believe it's been reported he had a qualifying score on one of those tests.

reliable sources have said he got fine, qualifying scores on both of them

[Out of Bounce]

reliable sources have said he got fine, qualifying scores on both of them

If you can answer my ?'s on post #21 we will have a idea where he is on this process.

[jeffsu]

I believe it's been reported he had a qualifying score on one of those tests.

reliable sources have said he got fine, qualifying scores on both of them

Can we just notice that tornado and Scouter CAN get along? Either the world is coming to an end or... well, I guess it is kind of a "fact" of things that were heard.

Sitll rare to see a post of agreement between you two

[georgethedog]

I dont know you GTD but I would venture a bet on a frosty cold one that before the end of the season there will still be some sort of meltdown from you regarding Bradley basketball... Sometimes past performance can indicate future activity.

Yea, you are probably right. Since I teach statistical probablilties I cannot deny with a straight face what you said could happen! I'm just going to try my best. Believe it or not, I have taken this approach with my golf game over the past 2 years and I have never left a course upset during that time and have not yet had any of my famous meltdowns--so far... Lowered expectations (and sometimes no expectations especially when I play Coyote Creek & Lick Creek) has really made the game more enjoyable. My wife has lowered her expectations of me and man has that simplified things!

[SFP]

My wife has lowered her expectations of me and man has that simplified things!

How long did that take. I need a few pointers

[dogsrus]

Nothing wrong with being upset...when you are as passionate about BU hoops as we all are its expected. Just try and keep it all in perspective and do what I do....DON'T post following a loss until the next day.

BU will be fine....book it. Recall our worst meltdown several years ago. WSU at home. We bounced back quite well. JL has dealt with this before. He'll get em straightened out.

GO BU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Da Coach]

That was the 2005-2006 season, when indeed things got straightened out, and Bradley made it to the Sewwt 16.
But things here were a lot worse until the second week of February, 2006 when Bradley went on the streak.

[braves12]

dogs,

In your opinion what does "fine" mean? I am not trying to put you on the spot (no pun intended) but I think many posters have a differeing veiw of what "fine" is.

[Stryker]

That was the 2005-2006 season, when indeed things got straightened out, and Bradley made it to the Sewwt 16.
But things here were a lot worse until the second week of February, 2006 when Bradley went on the streak.

yes, but the conference overall was in much better shape...