LOL no.
Last year was the edge of the NIL frontier. You are going to get strange data points from last year. Going forward- NIL will correlate very well to winning. There will always be anomalies.
Brown's visits have been completed. Should have an answer from him shortly, good or bad.
Yeah, that visit to St Bonaventure. Kind of out of the blue. Those dang Franciscans.
Vows of poverty usually don't result in huge NIL's.
Interesting pair. Brown may be the greater need because he’s a good defensive PG whereas Pride might be the higher end player. Getting both would be a huge boost!
I agree with that take. We need another capable ball handler. It's gonna be tough for Mitchell if we don't add another. We'll struggle. Also just everything else that Brown brings to the table would be a boost. Pride does seem like the more highly coveted guy.
I know a number of people who went to UChicago, and your premise doesn’t stand up. It’s such a strange argument - they are each really strong schools, and acceptance, perceived rigor, and success upon graduation is very different by school/college within each university.
At the U it depends which school within it you are attempting to get into. The Carlson School of Business, the ChemE program and others are rigorous and tough to get into. Other programs you can fog a mirror and get in.
Pride is from Syracuse (the city). St. Bona is within a couple hours away, I think, so not a complete illogical contender for his services. Going from Bryant to the A10 is still a big jump up even though they're not P6
I agree with that take as well. Getting Brown to handle the point (assuming he can) may work out with Mitchell and either Christie or Carrington. I still believe Christie is going to surprise some people. You don't get rated one of the top couple of players in Illinois without being really good. And if you're really good you'll play, whether you're a freshman or not. At least Brown please..
I'm with you on Christie. Though I don't think he'll be able to handle any PG responsibility as some are suggesting. I don't like that for our team and I don't like that for him as a player.
I like the bloodlines on Christie as well. Having a brother who is a pro can't hurt in terms of training and knowing what it takes to perform at Big Ten level.
Sure, buy this on average.
I don't understand how people can say this having never seen him play. Maybe he'll be a really strong lead guard. Let him show up and find out.
You have to look at what differentiates you. NW is never going to be a basketball power. They can't get enough good players into their school. But they can sell the 4 year degree and they can sell building a team with smart kids that know that they are not likely NBA guys. The degree with a modest NIL package is good enough.
He may surprise us, and we will find out. Aren't we due for something like that after all the crap that's happened?
Very well said! A definite uphill climb - and very little infrastructure to have helped him succeed. At this point, everything we are doing is reactionary and that is a tough way to lay a foundation.
We need to add a combo guard that plays a legit point.
Just seems very rare for a guy that doesn't play lead guard on his high school team to come in and have success handling the ball at the Big 10 level.
I would agree. That said we had Coffey come in as a forward and play the point, but more as a sophomore.
True, I wouldn't call that an ideal situation when he had to do that though.
Christie ain't Coffey right now, but that would be great if he turns out to be
Ryan James claiming that landing one of two kids who appear to have zero power 5 options between them would be a "win" is something...and we need that player or player(s) to start too...
Actually we don't "need" either to start. We need either or both to compete to start.
I want to believe, but man, that sounds shaky to me. A lot of unproven commodities.
I can't argue that.
