Hard to believe–my third year of doing this. Of course, I do it a little differently each time. (For proof, or for just a fun trip down Homer Ct, er, Memory Ln, here’s 2012 and here’s 2013.) 2014! It was better than 2013 for the HL. Want proof? Last year we only had 3 T100…
All the talk about recruiting this year and the year after next (ok, I started that one) got me thinking…where are we for next year? (If you read this on the forum–the entire thing–skip to the end for the excursus on the Mac Irvin Fire.) Happy Trails Ryan Fazekas (Providence) Aaron Jordan (Illinois) LuWane Pipkins…
2013 wasn’t the best of years, whether you were expecting to keep your plan, period, or whether you were a Horizon League team playing non-conference games. (Although at least the HL didn’t lose 5 million people.) Let’s see it out with a thorough look back. After that we can make like my friend KC…
The second offer to go out, as reported earlier, is Tai Odiase. 6’8, 205 lb Pf/C from Homewood-Flossmoor (Illinois, just in case. This is the Internet. One can hardly assume anything any more.) AAU Meanstreets, um, yeah, the one Derrick Rose and Eric Gordon used to play for–not to mention #1 pick Anthony Davis. Jubril Adekoya…
According to VerbalCommits, the first known offer to this class is Erick Locke. 6’0, 180 lb PG from Oak Park-River Forest (transferred back after soph years at Brooks College Prep.) AAU: Illinois Wolves (“one of the best programs in the Midwest for close to the last decade” featuring OSU commit Keita Bates-Diop), currently ranked #11…
9) Milwaukee (8-23 overall) Numbers in parentheses are first, before conference play began and second, where RPIForecast predicted them; stats courtesy rpi-forecast.com RPI: 304 (330 midseason / 331 predicted) SOS: 170 (269 / 216) W/L: 3-13 (4-10 / 2-14) Best case / worst case: 3-13 / 0-16 What happened: Was best case, although you’d be…
Thought this would be better as a blog post, even though it seems like no one ever goes here. All stats from rpiforecast.com and live-rpi.com, as of 8:30 AM EST 12/31/12. Milwaukee Record: 4-10 But really (D1 only): 2-10 RPI: 333 (There are 347 D1 teams.) OOC RPI: 335 SOS: 284 OOC SOS: 288…
VU MBB Eligibility Chart In this day and age, our roster changes almost weekly. Our future roster–even more often. Stay tuned to the above link for a visual depiction of said roster, and plan for the future–a bright future, by the way. And please comment with what we can add or how to change to…
As already announced, Chicago Foreman product LaVonte Dority is transferring to Valpo after originally playing for the University of South Florida. A highly ranked point guard coming out of high school, Dority will get two more years in a better environment to realize his admittedly excellent potential. ESPN lists him as 6’1″, 185; Rivals as…
