Scholarship table
It’s very funny how easily you can pick out Gordon Hayward
Marquette has had 9 in the past 5 seasons? Pretty crazy considering what the program looked like 3-10 years ago. Soooo...1. Jimmy Butler2. Wesley Matthews3. Markus Howard4. Sam Hauser5. Juan Anderson6. Dwight Buycks(?) 7. Henry Ellenson 8. Deonte Burton(?) 9. Justin Lewis(?) Completely off the top of my head. Edit: Wow I missed OMP... So replace Justin Lewis (I'm guessing he never got into an nba game) with OMP. And I somehow blanked completely on Crowder.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
You missed Crowder, OMP, Cain, and DJ Carton. Remove Hauser, Buycks, Burton , and Lewis.The site Andrei used counts where a player graduated from (or last played for) so Cain counts for us but Hauser/Burton don't
Lewis and Prosper got “the bag” as the kids would call it these days but it seems hard to believe that their long term pro prospects were helped by leaving early.Injuries can obviously happen anywhere, so that sucks. It’s also super early, and I get that.You hear all the time that if a guy can develop in college he can develop in the nba, it’s a full time gig and the coaching and training is way better.You see these Villanova guys finding their way in NY though, and guys in the ilk of Jimmy Butler, and you wonder if sticking with an elite coach in college isn’t sometimes the best long term career strategy…I’m not talking about this bounce around stuff either, I just mean life long lessons with someone that wants your best for now and for life
The site Andrei used counts where a player graduated from (or last played for) so Cain counts for us but Hauser/Burton don't
and guys in the ilk of Jimmy Butler, and you wonder if sticking with an elite coach in college isn’t sometimes the best long term career strategy…
Jimmy improved an incredible amount in the NBA. He was not an nba allstar at Marquette.
Why wouldn't Buycks count?
Its almost freightening that someone could think this
I know, scary.Almost as scary as not knowing how to spell frightening.
Yea I considered that. Flaming out of the NBA as a first rd pick within a few seasons would be a heavy load to bear, but at least you’re still rich, an NBA player for life, and can go make dough elsewhere while you’ve still got game.Can’t get that year or decision back, however.Could be worse too, see my main man Vander Blue. Loved that kid at Marquette
Yes he improved - but…1. He was a star at MU2. He was a first round draft choice.
2x Big east honorable mention overshadowed by the 3 amigos, lazar and DJO. He was a star but his accolades essentially put him on par with Andrew Rowsey in the tiers of MU stardom history. He's two wins in the tournament from having been a complete afterthought on a mediocre transition team. I could rattle off 10 bigger stars since Jimmy got to MU and make an argument for blue, Gardner, Sam & Jamil
Saw this Q on Twitter so had to get my hands dirty. https://painttouches.com/2024/04/17/big-east-programs-ranked-by-nba-representation-villanova-uconn-marquette/If you want to sort any of the metrics yourself, also built a quick interactive dashboard: https://lookerstudio.google.com/reporting/13c7cd58-3137-48e7-a919-040d6f948cdc
Sam should be included for MU . He played 3 years and was Excellent the whole time. You are diminishing MU by not counting him.
If you read the article, you'd know that he didn't choose who did and didn't count.
I know, staying in school when you can get paid now is an insane take in 2024, when everyone is already getting paid anyway…All I’m saying is that jumping early isn’t as sure fire an argument as some make it out to be