Recruiting

[Fred Garvin]

I love what Buzz is doing recruiting wise,but it is unreal when you hear Georgetown has 4 McDonals AA's.Man,we get excitited when a potential AA has interest in coming hear.Were doing great with the players that are coming here

[willie warrior]

We need bigs, and why can't we recruit McDonald's All Americans? After all, We are...Marquette!

[ecompt]

Wasn't Doc Rivers our last McDonald's AA? That's 30 years ago.

[goodgreatgrand]

We need bigs, and why can't we recruit McDonald's All Americans? After all, We are...Marquette!

We're just not high profile enough yet. And AA's are used to winning....and they want to keep that going in college. I had no idea that the last tournament we won was in 97 (gulp).

[OhioGoldenEagle]

A majority of teams in the Big East are drawing McDonald AA's.  Problem is, it's nearly impossible to draw that kind of talent to Milwaukee, WI, and to make things more difficult, the midwest doesn't produce very many and when they do they're recruited hard by the best programs in the country.  Recruiting is a tough business.

[GOMU1104]

I love what Buzz is doing recruiting wise,but it is unreal when you hear Georgetown has 4 McDonals AA's.Man,we get excitited when a potential AA has interest in coming hear.Were doing great with the players that are coming here

Whats more...the team we beat last night has 5 McDonalds All American

Dominic Cheek (2009)
Malik Wayans (2009)
Corey Stokes (2007)
Taylor King (2007)
Scottie Reynolds (2006)

[ecompt]

wow. I knew Nova was loaded, but FIVE? That's Duke-like.

[WarriorHal]

GT's three starting guards are from three different high schools in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference. That's a league with nationally ranked schools like DeMatha. It's a huge advantage when you have that kind of talent right at your front door.

[Blackhat]

We do have Chicago right below us, if you have a very good recruiter you can get them here.    

Especially since we're the closest (legit) Big East team to Chicago.

[GOMU1104]

wow. I knew Nova was loaded, but FIVE? That's Duke-like.

They will have 5 next year too...Replacing Scottie Reynolds with former MU target JayVaughn Pinkston (assuming he qualifies)

[downtown85]

A majority of teams in the Big East are drawing McDonald AA's.  Problem is, it's nearly impossible to draw that kind of talent to Milwaukee, WI, and to make things more difficult, the midwest doesn't produce very many and when they do they're recruited hard by the best programs in the country.  Recruiting is a tough business.

I don't live in Milwaukee but the "recruits won't come to Milwaukee" argument is lame.  Louisville, Cincy, Villanova are all located in cities that are nothing to write home about.  St Johns is located in the Big Apple but doesn't seem to attract MAAs.  My point is that recruits will go to where the program and coach is and secondarily they are worried about the city.  It is only a matter of time before Buzz signs one up. 

[GGGG]

We do have Chicago right below us, if you have a very good recruiter you can get them here.    

Especially since we're the closest (legit) Big East team to Chicago.

Chicago isn't what it used to be.

[goodgreatgrand]

Chicago isn't what it used to be.

Its not so much that as it is kids being recruited to the east coast to play at prep schools. The great ones head east (Caron Butler) these days. It used to not be that way.

[GOMU1104]

Its not so much that as it is kids being recruited to the east coast to play at prep schools. The great ones head east (Caron Butler) these days. It used to not be that way.

You know that Caron was from WI, and that happened over 10 years ago, right?

[The Pickle]

I love what Buzz is doing recruiting wise,but it is unreal when you hear Georgetown has 4 McDonals AA's.Man,we get excitited when a potential AA has interest in coming hear.Were doing great with the players that are coming here

I hope you typed this when you were drunk.  Hear instead of here? Were instead of we're?  Admittedly I am a bit OCD but c'mon.  If you went to Marquette and took an English class I will be the first to write you a letter of recommendation to refund your money...

[Ari Gold]

Can I just throw this out there:
Who cares if we don't get McDs AAs? They may be the best 24 players in the country but is there anything wrong with landing players 25- +/-100?
Another argument could be made that 17 out of the 24 players from the 2006 McDonalds All American Class, and 12 from the 2007 class are now in the pros. Why not just recruit great players that will play all four years

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald's_All-American_Game

[The Pickle]

North Carolina has 8 "AA's".  What's there record? 

[Fred Garvin]

How many pickles would you like to wager that they won't be 16-16 next year?
C'mon man! One bad year and now they aren't an elite program.Really??
Look at the BIG piture.

[VegasWarrior77]

I would just like a healthy Otule next year and one decent 6'9" glass eater with a 'tude!

[NCMUFan]

How many pickles would you like to wager that they won't be 16-16 next year?
C'mon man! One bad year and now they aren't an elite program.Really??
Look at the BIG piture.

Got to agree, they won the national tournament last year looking like a NBA team against a JUCO.  And lets see a couple of years before that they won it again.  But seriously, I think Marquette is recruiting quality players under Buzz.  Clearly Marquette can compete.  Our last two highly recruited big men, Trevor and Jeronne turned out to be cases.

[The Pickle]

How many pickles would you like to wager that they won't be 16-16 next year?
C'mon man! One bad year and now they aren't an elite program.Really??
Look at the BIG piture.

North Carolina is an elite program.  I never said it wasn't.  You are talking about getting All Americans and I can only assume your rationale for that is you believe the more All Americans we have, the better we will be?  NC has 8 of them and is .500.  I'm saying having All Americans doesn't always equate to wins and I provided an example.  C'mon man!  If you are going to argue against me, at least stay on topic...

[Fred Garvin]

It doesn't make sense to you,that the more talent you have,the better your team should be?OK,I guess we aren't on the same page here.I can see why you would be   upset if these kind of kids wanted to come play here.Buzz should just look the other way.

[The Pickle]

SHOULD be...

[MuMark]

Kerry Trotter was our last Mcdonalds All American.

We need to get bigger. Everyone knows it including Buzz.

The kids don't have to be 5 star recruits. Plenty of kids who were not 5 star studs make it to the NBA.


You just have to find them and get lucky once in awhile.

[coach85]

Sultan - please explain why Chicago isn't what it used to be ?