Scholarship table
Makur Maker chooses Howard over Kentucky, Memphis and UCLA amongst others
This is excellent news. Hope more players follow .
Not that Howard would have big time athletics boosters but what are the odds someone or an organization (maybe a shoe company) made it worth Maker’s while to pick Howard?
Howard was 4-29 in 2019-20, NET of 349 (out of 353), averaged 1,140 a game. Their top two scorers graduated.
Howard has a profile very similar to Marquette. It's not like he's heading to Mississippi Valley State.
one of my best friends at MU (and senior year roommate) was headed to Howard. Then he went up for their version of "Preview." He and some others were stuck in the airport for two hours as the school forgot to pick them up. By the time they got to campus they couldn't go out because the gates were locked due to the neighborhood around campus at the time being so rough. He made the switch to MU a few days later.
To be fair, many top-tier schools are in bad neighborhoods. Columbia and UChicago are incredible schools in neighborhoods that have fluctuated between so-so and pretty bad over the past few decades. Case Western is a great school in a downright scary part of Cleveland. Even the neighborhood around MU was dramatically worse in the 70s and 80s than it is today.
Are you sure about Case Western? I have a friend who is a professor there and he lives within a few blocks of campus.
I think I was just a few blocks from the Howard campus a couple years ago.Reminded me more of the area around DePaul that is being bought up and remodeled with expensive homes.There still could be some sketchy areas bordering the campus, but it appeared quite affluent where I was.
I just googled the Shaw Neighborhood and it borders Howard. The average home price is $731 per foot. So for $800,000 you can get an 1100 s/f revamped mini-Victorian.There also is a region nearby called Little Ethiopia.
No...and after reading many many psosts from people on this board that do...I have to say I'm MUCH better off, if this is the type of "intelligence" a degree from MU gets you. It sure is on full display I will say that.