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John Wilkins to visit isu this weekend

Off the subject for a minute :-P
Any one ever seen the movie Soul Man with Bernie Mac and Samuel Jackson:lol::lol: This is my first time, it's taring me up and I have never heard so many M F's in my life:lol::lol: This number maybe small compared to BU fans if JW picks isu:badgrin: It's just to much for me:lol::lol: My gut is killing me:lol::lol:
 
Out of Balance said:
Off the subject for a minute :-P
Any one ever seen the movie Soul Man with Bernie Mac and Samuel Jackson:lol::lol: This is my first time, it's taring me up and I have never heard so many M F's in my life:lol::lol: This number maybe small compared to BU fans if JW picks isu:badgrin: It's just to much for me:lol::lol: My gut is killing me:lol::lol:
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I like Wu-tang
 
AZ BU Fan said:
In a recruiting coup, I think BU should immediately induct John Wilkins into its basketball Hall of Fame and hang his retired jersey in Carver NOW. :lol:

Kind of like Obama getting the Nobel Peace prize.... ;-);-);-)

PS As suggested before, BU alumni association should raise money to buy Carver from Peoria and then lease it back to groups wanting to use it when BU doesn't need it...Think BIG
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LMAO with the Obama reference. Buying Carver would solve a few problems but in earnest does it make money overall?

mrcoachdude said:
If he goes to isu....we will be talking abot him alot...if its IU...not so much...
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That's about right!
 
SFP said:
LMAO with the Obama reference. Buying Carver would solve a few problems but in earnest does it make money overall?



That's about right!
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Actuallllllllllllllllly

I will give plenty of updates about him getting manhandled by the likes of Jared Sullinger, Jeremy Richmond, and Keith Appling!
 
SFP said:
LMAO with the Obama reference. Buying Carver would solve a few problems but in earnest does it make money overall?
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It does not "make money", so buying Carver is not a viable solution :eek:

While I believe we certainly need our own facility--we clearly need an arena ON campus--(not a downtown ice rink that has crappy little restroom facilities and temporary seats that act like rocking chairs)
 
CubbieBear said:
It does not "make money", so buying Carver is not a viable solution :eek:

While I believe we certainly need our own facility--we clearly need an arena ON campus--(not a downtown ice rink that has crappy little restroom facilities and temporary seats that act like rocking chairs)
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This has been discussed many times, but that is no longer and never will be feasible unless Bradley Basketball's popularity falls dramatically. Very few schools our size have a stadium anywhere near as nice as we do, and even fewer own them. And please spare me the Cameron Indoor argument (which is too small anyway).
 
From everything I have heard I would be happy w/ JW coming to BU but does anyone know how good he really is? We are getting our shorts in a big uproar over him coming or not but this guy hasn't played in 2 years and has never played a college game.
Do we know he is a banger on the inside or is he going to hang around the perimeter and want to shoot 3's all day? Can he rebound (a big necessity for us)? Is he willing to be physical on the inside? Is he going to be a Cellus or better or will he be a POB and ride 5 good games to an NBA contract?
I am not ripping on him but these are questions I have had about JW and more so the longer he doesn't play. He may be really great but may also be a bust. Look at the players over the last couple of years that have gone to other schools (talking Mid Majors here) that we thought we really missed on and are hardly producing at their present school and, because of that, we ended up w/ TW & CR and even TB.
My point is lets not get in a panic but lets wait and see what players they can come up w/ and if JW is one of them then great and lets hope he is a Cellus or better.
 
basketball nut said:
From everything I have heard I would be happy w/ JW coming to BU but does anyone know how good he really is? We are getting our shorts in a big uproar over him coming or not but this guy hasn't played in 2 years and has never played a college game.
Do we know he is a banger on the inside or is he going to hang around the perimeter and want to shoot 3's all day? Can he rebound (a big necessity for us)? Is he willing to be physical on the inside? Is he going to be a Cellus or better or will he be a POB and ride 5 good games to an NBA contract?
I am not ripping on him but these are questions I have had about JW and more so the longer he doesn't play. He may be really great but may also be a bust. Look at the players over the last couple of years that have gone to other schools (talking Mid Majors here) that we thought we really missed on and are hardly producing at their present school and, because of that, we ended up w/ TW & CR and even TB.
My point is lets not get in a panic but lets wait and see what players they can come up w/ and if JW is one of them then great and lets hope he is a Cellus or better.
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Wilkins is not an inside player...he is a skilled big guy that is more comfortable playing out on the perimeter...According to his JUCO coach, he is not a good rebounder and needs to add a lot of strength and toughness if he is going to be able to defend post players and rebound at the D-I level...

He is a skilled guy, though...and if/when he goes elsewhere, it will be a very unfortunate loss for BU...
 
My point is that only time will tell no matter where he goes. We have heard of many can't miss guys that missed. Being skilled in practice and making it count in a game are 2 very different things.
We have had players at BU that were all conf in practice but were below average and/or @ best average in games.
 
ER3 said:
.. it will be a very unfortunate loss for BU...
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but can you "lose" what you NEVER HAD?
..and if you want to consider it a loss, then whose fault is it?
Is it not the fault of those in the NCAA who chose to ignore the numerous records that were submitted
and claim Wilkins (who wanted to go to BU) was not eligible to enroll under a D-I scholarship
because he came from a European school system that gave only pass-fail and not grades?

A virtually identical situation, Nikola Dragović, but the guy chose to go to UCLA, was cleared by the NCAA Clearinghouse even tho he didn't have the full grade records and did NOT get a passing score on the SAT!!!
He had been deemed to have played THREE years on touring pro teams in Europe, but still received only a 10-game penalty for his professionalism connections, and is now a junior at UCLA.
Much of all this was kept very silent and blew by the NCAA quickly so Dragovic could play quickly with as short of a penalty as possible!
 
tornado said:
but can you "lose" what you NEVER HAD?
..and if you want to consider it a loss, then whose fault is it?
Is it not the fault of those in the NCAA who chose to ignore the numerous records that were submitted
and claim Wilkins (who wanted to go to BU) was not eligible to enroll under a D-I scholarship
because he came from a European school system that gave only pass-fail and not grades?
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Yup, him ending up at ISU after committing to BU wouldn't affect us at all. :roll:
 
Well the first talk of Wilkins I've seen on another team's board in a while...on the Iowa St. board. They seem to think they are not in contention for him, which has been the feel I've gotten from some on here lately. They even called their own program "a joke"

http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum/mens-basketball/87668-john-wilkins.html

If Iowa St. is out, and if Indiana doesn't end up offering it would be between Illinois St. and Bradley.....oh boy!

Come to Bradley JW!
 
GoBirds said:
http://www.pantagraph.com/sports/colleg ... 002e0.html

Article is mostly about Cousins but also talks quite a bit about Wilkins
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Interesting it talks about his coach thinking he could get 3 1/2 to 4 years eligibility. 3 1/2 he might already have by rule I think, but 4 would probably have to come from the NCAA. I think they would rule in favor of him there if they have any integrity in this issue.

The problem with having 3 1/2 years left is what do you do with the half a year? I wouldn't want that on my team unless it was the second half of a year, which it wouldn't be, because it'd be like losing a player to injury mid way through the year.

Either way lets just get him to commit to BU then worry about all that. :biggrin:
 
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