9-14: Illinois
10-12: MU
Memphis, osu and ucla in between.
Quote from: The Sultan of South Wayne on August 21, 2012, 09:56:27 PM
9-14: Illinois
10-12: MU
Memphis, osu and ucla in between.
According to the schedule, thats Midnight Madness. Good date to attend.
I like being the last visit. With Ill first its unlikely he commits while there and cancels all other visits. We should have the opportunity to close the deal at MM.
At this point, with the way this recruitment has gone, I can see him giving a verbal before finishing the visits.
Just a hunch, based on the wider net of SG prospects MU seems to be casting.
He scheduled MU as the last visit and for midnight madness, he may say that all five schools are equal, but.....
Be nice if MM didn't suck ass, per usual, compared to other programs. Just sayin'.
Quote from: 4everwarriors on August 22, 2012, 04:33:19 AM
Be nice if MM didn't suck ass, per usual, compared to other programs. Just sayin'.
Good point. Having DWade and other NBA players in attendance was so tacky last year.
Quote from: 4everwarriors on August 22, 2012, 04:33:19 AM
Be nice if MM didn't suck ass, per usual, compared to other programs. Just sayin'.
Well obviously Buzz disagrees with your assessment.
From what I've heard, MM drags. Too much time for the women's team and those other skits and contests. Fans are starting to leave when the men finally start their scrimmage. Not the way to impress a recruit. Have they thought streamlining the event by moving the women's team scrimmage to the next day?
Quote from: MUfan12 on August 21, 2012, 10:25:30 PM
At this point, with the way this recruitment has gone, I can see him giving a verbal before finishing the visits.
Just a hunch, based on the wider net of SG prospects MU seems to be casting.
See I don't think Nunn will verbal elsewhere. He knows UI and MU pretty well by this point, and I have read that he regretted his early verbal to A&M, and wants to be well-informed before making his next decision.
The real question is what if another prospect wants to commit? Does MU cancel the visit?
We have a strong track record of getting commits following attendance at Madness. If he makes it there, we have to feel ok about our chances. Conventional thought says last is best, but I don't know if I want to be last when there are five schools involved, kind of got to hope he's not too impressed by what he sees earlier and commits or that he's not too sick of taking visits by then and wants it to be over with before the visit even begins.
I just hope its raining and a terrible day when he visits UCLA. After hearing his quote about LA it seems that he wouldn't mind living out in lala land. For OSU I'm going to assume they bring him in during a football game so I hope they lose and the campus is dead after. The other schools don't worry me.
Aren't there speculations that we lost out on Iman Shumpert because of a Midnight Madness debacle?
Different coach, different times though.
Quote from: cbowe3 on August 22, 2012, 09:16:15 AM
I just hope its raining and a terrible day when he visits UCLA. After hearing his quote about LA it seems that he wouldn't mind living out in lala land. For OSU I'm going to assume they bring him in during a football game so I hope they lose and the campus is dead after. The other schools don't worry me.
When OSU's football team loses with recruits in town, the boosters just reach for the bigger duffle bag of cash and prizes to help make the case for becoming a Buckeye.
Quote from: MarsupialMadness on August 22, 2012, 01:30:53 PM
Aren't there speculations that we lost out on Iman Shumpert because of a Midnight Madness debacle?
Different coach, different times though.
Was that the Madness emceed by TC in full battle karate regalia?
I think it would be amusing if MU got another guard instead of Nunn, since it seems we're the "safe school"
?
I think it would be more amusing if Nunn dropped 40 at MSG in the BE Championship or the tourney. Simeon pipeline.
Quote from: MarsupialMadness on August 22, 2012, 01:30:53 PM
Aren't there speculations that we lost out on Iman Shumpert because of a Midnight Madness debacle?
Different coach, different times though.
No idea. But I continue to hear reports of bored, restless recruits.
Quote from: MarsupialMadness on August 22, 2012, 01:30:53 PM
Aren't there speculations that we lost out on Iman Shumpert because of a Midnight Madness debacle?
Different coach, different times though.
Showing up at a kid's house in a limo without warning at midnight is a far different kind of midnight madness. Less of a loss due to boredom, more due to being creeped out.
This guy wishes he had a chance to attend any Midnight Madness.
Tony Farmer, a four star PF 2013 recruit from Cleveland, who just got sentenced to like three years prison time.
Just saw on CNN. Realized his whole world just went down the drain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B4qBVHLX9o
Quote from: nyg on August 22, 2012, 02:47:39 PM
This guy wishes he had a chance to attend any Midnight Madness.
Tony Farmer, a four star PF 2013 recruit from Cleveland, who just got sentenced to like three years prison time.
Just saw on CNN. Realized his whole world just went down the drain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B4qBVHLX9o
Read the comments on Yahoo, it's ridiculous how often the race card is pulled nowadays.
Quote from: JDuquaine on August 22, 2012, 02:59:04 PM
Read the comments on Yahoo, it's ridiculous how often the race card is pulled nowadays.
I can't say I know what it's like to be in those shoes, nor do I know the specifics of the case, but I'm sure you can find a white person that got away with more and served less...I'm also sure OJ got away with more and served less. That said, the "race card" exists for a reason, and I believe racism exists much more than I believe a honest, fair, and just court system exists...and I think most Dems and Reps would agree with that.
Pretty sad to watch his world go down the drain...hope he can figure things out after he pays his debt...
Yeah, I feel bad for this guy...
http://fox8.com/2012/08/22/i-team-surveillance-video-captured-violent-attack-by-farmer/
Quote from: esotericmindguy on August 23, 2012, 10:11:49 AM
Yeah, I feel bad for this guy...
http://fox8.com/2012/08/22/i-team-surveillance-video-captured-violent-attack-by-farmer/
Yeah, unnatural carnal knowledge that guy.
and now you have "the rest of the story"...,
The California Penal League worked out alright for this guy.
(http://www.thesportsbank.net/core/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ricky-Vaughn-Major-League.jpg)
Quote from: MerrittsMustache on August 22, 2012, 01:36:31 PM
When OSU's football team loses with recruits in town, the boosters just reach for the bigger duffle bag of cash and prizes to help make the case for becoming a Buckeye.
I live in Columbus...and I hate to say it... boosters may throw cash at these guys Matta brings in...but my money has Nunn coming here on 10/6...a night game against Nebraska...This town is crazy for any buckeye game, but a BIG TIME opponent at night and it is ELECTRIC.(win or lose) Marquette doesn't have football and I didn't miss it at all...but you go to a night game at the Shoe, and it is hard not to get a little extra charge.
That's exactly when Nunn will be in Columbus.
Quote from: mu_eyeballs on August 23, 2012, 12:28:50 PM
I live in Columbus...and I hate to say it... boosters may throw cash at these guys Matta brings in...but my money has Nunn coming here on 10/6...a night game against Nebraska...This town is crazy for any buckeye game, but a BIG TIME opponent at night and it is ELECTRIC.(win or lose) Marquette doesn't have football and I didn't miss it at all...but you go to a night game at the Shoe, and it is hard not to get a little extra charge.
That's great—except that Nunn doesn't play football. I'm sure it's a wonderful atmosphere, but I've never understood why a hoops recruit would fall in love with a school because it's football-crazy. If I'm a football recruit—of course it makes sense. But as a hoops player, I'd want to know if the school is passionate about basketball—or is it just an afterthought.
Quote from: Groin_pull on August 23, 2012, 12:57:33 PM
That's great—except that Nunn doesn't play football. I'm sure it's a wonderful atmosphere, but I've never understood why a hoops recruit would fall in love with a school because it's football-crazy. If I'm a football recruit—of course it makes sense. But as a hoops player, I'd want to know if the school is passionate about basketball—or is it just an afterthought.
+1...but it is easy to let the mind transfer that fan fervency from football into basketball for a high school kid. The good news here is that Nunn has been to MU big time games, and he seems grounded on his hoops criteria after his A&M false start.
Quote from: Dr. Blackheart on August 23, 2012, 01:03:45 PM
+1...but it is easy to let the mind transfer that fan fervency from football into basketball for a high school kid. The good news here is that Nunn has been to MU big time games, and he seems grounded on his hoops criteria after his A&M false start.
i have to believe it's just as easy to let the mind transfer to "man this is really a football school, where football is king." it must have a positive effect on recruits, as big time football schools do this all the time, but if i were a recruit i'd want a school where basketball was king and got taken care of first.
Quote from: esotericmindguy on August 23, 2012, 10:11:49 AM
Yeah, I feel bad for this guy...
http://fox8.com/2012/08/22/i-team-surveillance-video-captured-violent-attack-by-farmer/
i do. i take no pleasure in watching any high school kid go to jail, nor do i take pleasure in paying for him to sit in jail, nor do i think his jail sentence was unfair.
Quote from: Groin_pull on August 23, 2012, 12:57:33 PM
That's great—except that Nunn doesn't play football. I'm sure it's a wonderful atmosphere, but I've never understood why a hoops recruit would fall in love with a school because it's football-crazy. If I'm a football recruit—of course it makes sense. But as a hoops player, I'd want to know if the school is passionate about basketball—or is it just an afterthought.
Believe it or not, a lot of these guys want to be part of the student body and want to be part of a vibrant overall campus experience.
Is it so hard to believe that a basketball player would love to be part of a spectacle as awesome as Ohio State football -- or, for that matter, that a football player would love to be part of a spectacle as awesome as Kentucky or Duke or Kansas basketball?
I mean, none of us was on the Marquette basketball team but we sure loved rooting for the Warriors. Many of us chose Marquette at least partly because of the basketball team's success even though it had nothing to do with our business, journalism, philosophy or nursing majors.
Quote from: MU82 on August 23, 2012, 10:09:48 PM
Believe it or not, a lot of these guys want to be part of the student body and want to be part of a vibrant overall campus experience.
Is it so hard to believe that a basketball player would love to be part of a spectacle as awesome as Ohio State football -- or, for that matter, that a football player would love to be part of a spectacle as awesome as Kentucky or Duke or Kansas basketball?
I mean, none of us was on the Marquette basketball team but we sure loved rooting for the Warriors. Many of us chose Marquette at least partly because of the basketball team's success even though it had nothing to do with our business, journalism, philosophy or nursing majors.
You beat me to it by eleven minutes. Unfortunately, I believe that you are spot on. Hopefully, MU makes more sense for Nunn basketball wise, and he comes back to that.
Quote from: Groin_pull on August 23, 2012, 12:57:33 PM
That's great—except that Nunn doesn't play football. I'm sure it's a wonderful atmosphere, but I've never understood why a hoops recruit would fall in love with a school because it's football-crazy. If I'm a football recruit—of course it makes sense. But as a hoops player, I'd want to know if the school is passionate about basketball—or is it just an afterthought.
Unfortunately, how good a school is in football could have a big effect on how good of a conference the school might end up in. That could be a legitimate concern for a hoops recruit. Nagasaki?
Quote from: kclem on August 24, 2012, 09:30:03 AM
Unfortunately, how good a school is in football could have a big effect on how good of a conference the school might end up in. That could be a legitimate concern for a hoops recruit. Nagasaki?
Tampa Bay?
Denver?
San Diego?
Moscow?
Give it a break, I don't think the fans are going to meltdown if Nunn goes somewhere else... The whole Hiroshima, Nagasaki thing gets way over played.
Quote from: MU82 on August 23, 2012, 10:09:48 PM
Believe it or not, a lot of these guys want to be part of the student body and want to be part of a vibrant overall campus experience.
Is it so hard to believe that a basketball player would love to be part of a spectacle as awesome as Ohio State football -- or, for that matter, that a football player would love to be part of a spectacle as awesome as Kentucky or Duke or Kansas basketball?
I mean, none of us was on the Marquette basketball team but we sure loved rooting for the Warriors. Many of us chose Marquette at least partly because of the basketball team's success even though it had nothing to do with our business, journalism, philosophy or nursing majors.
I can honestly say MU hoops did not enter into my decision to become a student. If I was going to select a school based on its sports teams....I would have picked a school with football. And I certainly wouldn't have attended MU (I was a student during the Dukiet years).
I understand the excitement that a big-time football game can generate on campus. But if I'm a hoops player, I'm much more concerned about the status of the basketball team. Why go to a fotball-crazy school where basketball is a complete afterthought?
Quote from: JDuquaine on August 24, 2012, 10:06:59 AM
Tampa Bay?
Denver?
San Diego?
Moscow?
Give it a break, I don't think the fans are going to meltdown if Nunn goes somewhere else... The whole Hiroshima, Nagasaki thing gets way over played.
I don't believe
any player is a "must get." And certainly not Nunn. He's a decent player, but somehow, I think MU would survive without him.
I would be just as happy with a player like Darin Johnson as I would be a player like Nunn. That being said, I hope Nunn commits because he seems like the highest-major target Marquette is after. But we're not talking about his teammate, Jabari, here.
Quote from: Groin_pull on August 23, 2012, 12:57:33 PM
That's great—except that Nunn doesn't play football. I'm sure it's a wonderful atmosphere, but I've never understood why a hoops recruit would fall in love with a school because it's football-crazy. If I'm a football recruit—of course it makes sense. But as a hoops player, I'd want to know if the school is passionate about basketball—or is it just an afterthought.
Rest assured, OS is passionate about Basketball. If he is looking for the big time atmosphere, then going to OS for a prime time night
football game against Nebraska is a good as it gets.
Quote from: 79Warrior on August 24, 2012, 01:59:51 PM
Rest assured, OS is passionate about Basketball. If he is looking for the big time atmosphere, then going to OS for a prime time night
football game against Nebraska is a good as it gets.
Sure, if you don't mind being in Ohio.