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Summer exhibition basketball tours

PTTB said:
And as for which rankings system I use...I tend to follow all of them from a distance, but I really think ESPN has done a great job improving theirs. I like the numerical system as compared to the stars. Stars tend to be more telling of offers, and no one knows if they have been seen. The numerical system seems to give some legitimacy to whether or not the athlete has been seen. What system do you like to use/follow?
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ESPN has a unique set up, but I feel they are the poorest of the 3 major ratings sites (ESPN, Rivals, Scout) at evaluating talent. They overrate size and underrate a player's ability to translate his game to the next level. For example, all 4 four of the MVC recruits that are listed as 3* on ESPN (89-91) are 6'6 or taller.

To be honest, I don't think there is a 'best' option. I believe Rivals to have the best evaluations, but they evaluate a small number of players. ESPN evaluates a ton of players, but their ratings are rarely congruent with what the majority of evaluators believe. Maybe ESPN is a step ahead, or maybe they're just throwing stuff up there and hoping it sticks.

My best advice? Find a train, plane, or automobile, and go watch these kids play yourself. Take it all in (the good and the bad), and make your best evaulation. Your guess is as good as any!
 
tornado said:
The Illini will be going on a tour to Italy --
they leave August 10 -- the itinerary is mostly set but it's not known yet what teams they'll play in Italy... they will begin their allowable 10 practices in July.

John Supinie has a column about the Illini basketball team yesterday...
Sammy has already started grad school at Illinois...
http://www.pjstar.com/sports/x556414057/Supinie-Foreign-domestic-hurdles
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Remember the Braves took a trip to Italy before their 32 and 3 season.
 
Great -- John Wilkins can serve as translator...

also -- the news on the schedule ought to give the 'Birds a little hope of actually seeing an opponent outside the mid- and low-major ranks...
...home games = Lipscomb, SIUE, UNC-Wilmington, and Arkansas-Little Rock. road game = Fresno State, Morehead State, the BracketBuster, and then in Cancun - Rutgers then Illinois or Richmond

also -- interesting that so many old Redbirds are back for the summer -
"Emmanuel Holloway was on the Redbird Arena floor Tuesday morning
playing a one-on-one game with Carmichael. Other ex-Redbirds expected
on campus this summer are Osiris Eldridge, Anthony Slack, Boo Richardson,
Brandon Sampay and Lloyd Phillips."
 
Per Bruce Weber interview.


Illinois will play the New Zealand National team in Italy

followed by one of Italy's highest level pro teams, and then some other lower level pro teams...
 
any such scrimmage against another D-I squad might have to be a closed scrimmage with no press coverage according to NCAA rules
 
A group of college players are on an exhibition tour in Europe calling themselves the East Coast All-Stars and playing some Euro teams..
they won their first game last night in Estonia, 104-61 against Viimsi Spordikeskuss.

Many of the players are not from the East Coast as Iowa's Matt Gatens scored 15 and Bryce Cartwright had 10
Wisconsin's Mike Bruesewitz also had 15
Syracuse's Baye Keita had 11 points and 17 rebounds off al those missed Viimsi shots and Brandon Triche had 13,
as all 10 players on the All-Stars had at least one basket.

Here's their schedule and roster...
http://guyrancourt.com/eastcoast.htm
http://guyrancourt.com/eastcoast/Roster 2011[1].doc
 
That's good for the troops. Give them a little taste of home.

I am still trying to figure out how this Michigan St. vs UNC on an aircraft carrier will go. Ithink it goes without saying, but the thing will have to be docked right?
 
No, i think it will be at sea. Aircraft carriers rarely dock because of their size. They are so large that there is not much motion while they cruise.
 
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