Where are all the recruits?

[Gary the Gargoyle]

some random recruiting news...

UIC just landed a 2013 verbal..was offered by Evansville & Valpo - possibly making Alec Peters an even bigger priority for Valpo...

http://chicagohoops.hoops247.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2305:markese-mcguire-talks-uic-commitment&catid=34:recruiting

they also picked up transfer Josh Crittle from UCF who is immediately eligible...

and here's an interesting story on a kid who was at Loyola in Chicago last year and even though they were horrible, this kid, Denzel Brito,
was one of their very few positives...on a bad 7-23 (1-17 in the Horizon) Ramblers squad, Brito averaged 7 ppg & 3.5 assists!
(btw- 3.5 assists on a horrid team with no scorers is impressive - and would have been tops on BU's squad and would have ranked 6th in the MVC)
But then Loyola picked up well-travelled transfer Cully Payne and cut Brito loose - essentially Janking his scholarship away from him to give to someone else - a la Matt Roth.
Bowles did get another offer but will have to sit out a year and then play his final two years at Loyola-MD
http://www.wickedlocal.com/wareham/t...#axzz25lD8Tgc4

I understand that it depends on one's perspective, but I wouldn't compare Matt Roth's situation to this kid's. After all, didn't Matt earn his Bachelor's and Master's degrees while on scholarship at Indiana?

[tornado]

I agree the situations aren't precisely alike - but very similar in many ways......
.....in the sense that after being on scholarship and on the roster as an active and productive player for multiple seasons - having been recruited by the current coach's predecessor - then, while he still had eligibility remaining - he was recruited over and basically told with little or no advance warning to get lost and his scholarship given to someone else.

[AZ BU Fan]

When will all the recruits show up? Long time passing.... (since the last LOI)
When will all the recruits show up, the last campus visit was a long time ago...
Where have all the good recruits gone?
Apparently signed with other BCS and Mid Majors, everyone

Oh, when will BU get a break? Oh, when will BU ever, get a break?


Apologies to Peter, Paul, and Mary....
(and BF.com viewers.. )

[Gary the Gargoyle]

When will all the recruits show up? Long time passing.... (since the last LOI)
When will all the recruits show up, the last campus visit was a long time ago...
Where have all the good recruits gone?
Apparently signed with other BCS and Mid Majors, everyone

Oh, when will BU get a break? Oh, when will BU ever, get a break?


Apologies to Peter, Paul, and Mary....
(and BF.com viewers.. )

You need to find another hobby.

[AZ BU Fan]

You need to find another hobby.

GTG, Thank you, thank you very much!



You know the old saying here on BF.com, if you don't like the posts/threads, you don't have to read them!

Now I know how Wierd Al must have felt when he got started!



Once I finish my accordian lessons, I'll be set.

Retirement is a great time to explore new hobbies!
When it is 115F outside here, nothing much else to do!

[tornado]

He actually kinda went a step further - he said...he implied if we didn't then it might be time to at least get nervous - but maybe not...panic...
"If we don??™t have two commitments by Halloween, then get nervous. It isn??™t panic time by any stretch."

Halloween is now only about a week away....anyone getting nervous?

[wily coyote]

Halloween is now only about a week away....anyone getting nervous?

Not even close. Have faith in Geno and his staff. You should try it. It feels good.

[tornado]

it's not Geno I am concerned about

[wily coyote]

it's not Geno I am concerned about

Then please share your concerns. I must be confused. Maybe I should be concerned but don't know it. Please share with me.

[AZ BU Fan]

Halloween is now only about a week away....anyone getting nervous?

What, me worry?


........

[Da Coach]

Less than 1 week to go before Halloween. But I hope nobody is getting nervous.
I am hearing that it is almost 100% certain we will have another verbal by this time next week! Maybe today.

[Braveman]

In prime recruiting season, anyone have any insights as to why we have not heard of ONE kid visiting BU yet? Seems like all the other schools are getting visits on a weekly basis but nothing is being reported from the Hilltop. This is a critical year for recruiting so maybe I'm just impatient but this is scaring me. Seems like we are losing out on our prime targets and are already scrambling for options 2,3, 4 and beyond.

A better question would be where are the verbals? lol

Keep the faith

[tornado]

A better question would be where are the verbals? lol

Keep the faith

I feel there will be good news coming - I feel less nervous.........

[LittleBrave]

I feel there will be good news coming - I feel less nervous.........

I interpret there is good news coming - is that correct? I can't decode the 1st part of your statement, T.

[it's boogie time]

I'm always nervous about recruiting. It's never done and there is always something that can go wrong. This signing period is an important one with so many open scholarships.