Men’s basketball Press Conference
Homer Drew announces his retirement and Bryce Drew is named Head Coach
All the talk about recruiting this year and the year after next (ok, I started that one) got me thinking…where are we for next year? (If you read this on the forum–the entire thing–skip to the end for the excursus on the Mac Irvin Fire.) Happy Trails Ryan Fazekas (Providence) Aaron Jordan (Illinois) LuWane Pipkins…
LEKE SOLANKE- Class of 2012 Small Forward/Power Forward Abeokuta, Nigeria/Valparaiso, IN Marquette Catholic High School Ht: 6’8″ Wt: 225 Scouting Report: Solanke came to Marquette Catholic via Abeokuta, Nigeria. The 6’8″ forward is super-athletic and can jump out of the gym. While he continues to work on his mid-range game and ability to put…
As already announced, Chicago Foreman product LaVonte Dority is transferring to Valpo after originally playing for the University of South Florida. A highly ranked point guard coming out of high school, Dority will get two more years in a better environment to realize his admittedly excellent potential. ESPN lists him as 6’1″, 185; Rivals as…
According to VerbalCommits, the first known offer to this class is Erick Locke. 6’0, 180 lb PG from Oak Park-River Forest (transferred back after soph years at Brooks College Prep.) AAU: Illinois Wolves (“one of the best programs in the Midwest for close to the last decade” featuring OSU commit Keita Bates-Diop), currently ranked #11…
9) Milwaukee (8-23 overall) Numbers in parentheses are first, before conference play began and second, where RPIForecast predicted them; stats courtesy rpi-forecast.com RPI: 304 (330 midseason / 331 predicted) SOS: 170 (269 / 216) W/L: 3-13 (4-10 / 2-14) Best case / worst case: 3-13 / 0-16 What happened: Was best case, although you’d be…
Hard to believe–my third year of doing this. Of course, I do it a little differently each time. (For proof, or for just a fun trip down Homer Ct, er, Memory Ln, here’s 2012 and here’s 2013.) 2014! It was better than 2013 for the HL. Want proof? Last year we only had 3 T100…