Patrick Spencer
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More like a sign of "we got 3 scholarships open for 2019-20 and are willing to take a chance we wouldn't otherwise take"........
If only it were that easy. That discussion has been happening literally for decades.
Yes ... but any team with three open scholarships and no proven point guard is desperate by definition
I cut and paste from an article...but Shelby did play w Memphis for a couple years
Bob, you can change next years narrative to CCC having open scholarships AND Lacrosse players in the rotation.
Whether its the swimmer from Stanford or countless rape charges on fraternity members or normal students in universities across the country from various degrees of pedigree. I dont think there is a gpa cut off to avoid rape.
I trust CCC and Fitz to choose high character men. A guy with work ethic and good morals should be given an opportunity even if he falls a little short of the cut off requirements.
That kid played for the Belgian national team. Lots of video on him if you want to see his skill. He is 6-7, 220 and made 40% of his threes last year. Averaged 16 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.
Antigua has international connections and they recommended this kid. Illinois kept the recruitment quiet and signed him as Michigan, Washington State and Stanford came in with late offers. I don’t think it is a legit comparison to a lacrosse player. Not saying the lacrosse player might not be good, but Bosman-Verdonk is an experienced international basketball player.
Doubters were laughing at Underwood taking Giorgi this time last year. Giorgi averaged 8 points and 2 rebounds at his prep school. Look at him now.
Doubters? The Illini fans themselves were bemoaning the recruitment of Giorgio. Now some of them act like they knew all along.
I saw the video on him a week or two ago....may be the best recruit thus far for Underwood at U of I....very fluid and powerful
Just thought I'd try to help a little with Spencer. He was the Zion of lacrosse if we actually want to compare him to a basketball player. He's a great athlete who is also happens to be very physical. He dropped to #7 in the draft for a couple of reasons with the first reason being that he wanted to play basketball in college before going pro which scared teams away from drafting him. The second reason was that he is very likely to choose to play in the PLL, where he was chosen first, in a year so that also scared all of the MLL teams away from drafting him which resulted in him being picked seventh
Thanks. I realized some of that after I read about MLL. But he does look like a sick athlete. And bringing a winner’s mentality will be key, cause this team has played a little timid last year. Other than Gaines.
Uh, link to those late offers? Giorgi was a ranked player who BU saw in person. This is an unranked player that no one on your staff has seen in person. And those tapes? Let"s just say I could play better D than some of his opponents. And even his stats have been called into question on some fan message boards. If he is not a total flyer, I don't know who is....
We must have seen different videos-- the ones I saw featured some of the worst competition I had ever seen on a basketball court. And I think if CC had recruited a kid sight unseen from YouTube highlights, he would have been roasted on this board, and rightly so.
Really don't have a clue about his BB skills or where they will fit but he did get NU some good publicity , when the Trib. had a front page sport section story on him.
Link? Was it the U16 team?
EDIT: n/m that is the main video in the committment stories. Don't think that is the US National team, or else someone would had mentioned that in their reporting. If it is, our national teams have gotten absolutely horrendous on defense....
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Thank you, thank you. he can sure get up there but can he shoot? Just kidding, sort of.
Here is an interview (thanks to Louie for posting it on twitter):
https://www.insidelacrosse.com/arti...elebrating-the-tewaaraton-pro-prospects/54844
https://www.insidelacrosse.com/arti...elebrating-the-tewaaraton-pro-prospects/54844
Well.... there was a day not too long ago where we would get excited if one of our recruits could dunk. At least CCC has improved things to where dunking is not so mysterious in Evanston.
Hold me to it. I just hope this prediction turns out better than my predictions of greatness (at NU) for Edward T. McCants (he ended up being great, but for someone else) and Johnnie Vassar. Every blind squirrel eventually finds a nut. I'm due!
I'm with you. It's so incredibly boring to read NU fans as they spread their negative sports data intellect like peacocks showing their tail feathers.
This team will surprise. Will start out crappy, struggle early in the Big Ten, and then as guys settle into their abilities will make a run.
It'll be a team other schools do not want to play in February/March.
