Recruiting as of 5/15/25

[MuMark]

Dainja to Baylor confirmed

https://twitter.com/coreyevans_10/status/1142582840267300864?s=21

[wadesworld]

There's a lot of oil money in Texas.

[Lennys Tap]

There's a lot of oil money in Texas.

Every guy we lose sold himself to the highest bidder. Every guy we get chooses "family" over money. The world through blue and gold glasses.

[Herman Cain]

Every guy we lose sold himself to the highest bidder. Every guy we get chooses "family" over money. The world through blue and gold glasses.

Just to complete the trifecta it is important to note that every transfer got thrown under the bus:)

[Uncle Rico]

Every guy we lose sold himself to the highest bidder. Every guy we get chooses "family" over money. The world through blue and gold glasses.

Or we need bagmen with bigger bags

[muguru]

Every guy we lose sold himself to the highest bidder. Every guy we get chooses "family" over money. The world through blue and gold glasses.

Isn't it amazing...or it's "that's okay, I want someone that wants to be at MU". I always take that to mean, they don't care how talented someone is, or anything like that, as long as they "want to be at Marquette". I'm sure there's lots of D2 and D3 and lower D1 players that want to "be at Marquette".

[Galway Eagle]

Every guy we lose sold himself to the highest bidder. Every guy we get chooses "family" over money. The world through blue and gold glasses.

Its our version of "They didn't have the GPA to get into WI"

[Lennys Tap]

Its our version of "They didn't have the GPA to get into WI"

Perfect

[Cheeks]

Every guy we lose sold himself to the highest bidder. Every guy we get chooses "family" over money. The world through blue and gold glasses.

Lazy.   Every. Always. Never. 

[brewcity77]

Every guy we lose sold himself to the highest bidder. Every guy we get chooses "family" over money. The world through blue and gold glasses.

When I saw the premature Baylor announcement last week, I immediately thought "MU fans are gonna accuse Scott Drew of cheating."

[TedBaxter]

Isn't it amazing...or it's "that's okay, I want someone that wants to be at MU". I always take that to mean, they don't care how talented someone is, or anything like that, as long as they "want to be at Marquette". I'm sure there's lots of D2 and D3 and lower D1 players that want to "be at Marquette".

I'm not going to post anything on Dainja and Baylor or why Marquette wasn't the choice.  If you want some interesting comments go to Gopherhole.com.  Some there have some comments/opinions about him and it's consistent with what I've been hearing from someone who has connections with basketball people in the Twin Cities.

[Pakuni]

When I saw the premature Baylor announcement last week, I immediately thought "MU fans are gonna accuse Scott Drew of cheating."

It is shocking that anyone would question the ethics of Baylor's athletic department.

[Herman Cain]

I'm not going to post anything on Dainja and Baylor or why Marquette wasn't the choice.  If you want some interesting comments go to Gopherhole.com.  Some there have some comments/opinions about him and it's consistent with what I've been hearing from someone who has connections with basketball people in the Twin Cities.

http://www.forums.gopherhole.com/boards/showthread.php?69681-All-Things-Class-of-2020-Recruiting-Thread&p=1754046#post1754046

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

Sort of hilarious coming from Minnesota fans with a coach like Dick Pitino jr.  Im sure he learned how to run a highly ethical program fro m his father

[wadesworld]

Every guy we lose sold himself to the highest bidder. Every guy we get chooses "family" over money. The world through blue and gold glasses.

Your words.

[wadesworld]

When I saw the premature Baylor announcement last week, I immediately thought "MU fans are gonna accuse Scott Drew of cheating."

Has nothing to do with whether the kid was a Marquette recruit or not. A Minnesota top 50 kid chose Baylor? That's not hard to figure out. Just like LSU, Kansas, Duke, and Arizona kids aren't hard to figure out.

[wadesworld]

It is shocking that anyone would question the ethics of Baylor's athletic department.

Yup.

[brewcity77]

Has nothing to do with whether the kid was a Marquette recruit or not. A Minnesota top 50 kid chose Baylor? That's not hard to figure out. Just like LSU, Kansas, Duke, and Arizona kids aren't hard to figure out.

Or maybe it's that Scott Drew has a history of putting bigs in the NBA . Or going to the tourney 5/6 years from what's generally the toughest conference in the country. Or not living in sub-zero winters for the next 4 years. Or he was turned onto the program by St. Paul native Freddie Gillespie. Or maybe, like Minnesota fans are alleging, he didn't have the academics to get into some of the better schools.

Maybe he got paid. Maybe he didn't. There are plenty of legitimate reasons a Minnesota top-50 kid would choose Baylor. They aren't hard to figure out, and not all of them have negative motives.

[Cheeks]

Yup.

Let's not compare Baylor from a few years ago to today.  Massive culture shift going on.  They know how close they are to being killed by NCAA. 

[TedBaxter]

I wasn't alluding to improprieties with Dainja. I was referring to the posts about his academics.

[wadesworld]

Or maybe it's that Scott Drew has a history of putting bigs in the NBA . Or going to the tourney 5/6 years from what's generally the toughest conference in the country. Or not living in sub-zero winters for the next 4 years. Or he was turned onto the program by St. Paul native Freddie Gillespie. Or maybe, like Minnesota fans are alleging, he didn't have the academics to get into some of the better schools.

Maybe he got paid. Maybe he didn't. There are plenty of legitimate reasons a Minnesota top-50 kid would choose Baylor. They aren't hard to figure out, and not all of them have negative motives.

In one of the recent seasons' CBS "Candid Coaches" series Scott Drew was voted second as the biggest cheater in the sport behind Cal. I know college coaches have a better idea of what's going on around the sport than I do. You might have a better idea than college coaches, so maybe you're all over this.

You, like I, can believe what you would like. To me it's not hard to figure out.

[Lennys Tap]

Lazy.   Every. Always. Never.

Taking EVERY every literally in a statement using obvious hyperbole to make a point? Dumb. Always.

[wadesworld]

Taking EVERY every literally a statement using obvious hyperbole to make a point? Dumb. Always.

What?

[Pakuni]

Or maybe it's that Scott Drew has a history of putting bigs in the NBA . Or going to the tourney 5/6 years from what's generally the toughest conference in the country. Or not living in sub-zero winters for the next 4 years. Or he was turned onto the program by St. Paul native Freddie Gillespie. Or maybe, like Minnesota fans are alleging, he didn't have the academics to get into some of the better schools.

Maybe he got paid. Maybe he didn't. There are plenty of legitimate reasons a Minnesota top-50 kid would choose Baylor. They aren't hard to figure out, and not all of them have negative motives.

None of us know why Dainja chose Baylor. Could be cause he loves Waco's "middle of nowhere" vibe or how Baylor has liberalized its code of conduct to allow students to dance (and even be gay!).

But don't act shocked and offended that this comes up with a university with a long track record of improprieties, and a coach whose been suspended and had his program placed on probation for recruiting violations.
Baylor and Drew made their beds. Let them sleep in them.

Is there some sore loser-dom at play here? Maybe. But if the kid committed to Michigan State or Virginia or Iowa, nobody would say he got bought. It comes up only because he chose a program with a long, sordid history of cheating.

[Galway Eagle]

None of us know why Dainja chose Baylor. Could be cause he loves Waco's "middle of nowhere" vibe or how Baylor has liberalized its code of conduct to allow students to dance (and even be gay!).

But don't act shocked and offended that this comes up with a university with a long track record of improprieties, and a coach whose been suspended and had his program placed on probation for recruiting violations.
Baylor and Drew made their beds. Let them sleep in them.

I always wondered where Kevin bacons' character from Footloose went to college.