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Another teammate of Michael Ocherobia signs to play with D1 school

I'm not sure how it is done currently by the NCAA, but is there a way they could use blind admission and clearance? Basically, the NCAA would get records and the information they need, but it doesn't contain the prospective student-athlete's name or the name of the institution they are applying to.
 
I seriously doubt that they want to do it that way...
They want to know all the facts before they know who they're screwing......
 
real fan said:
We struggled rebounding for several seasons and it is important to have a true center in order to defend and rebound against the top teams in the conf; Egolf, Knezevic, Warren and Thompson are not going to become aggresive rebounders all of a sudden and Prosser is a 1st year player so that leaves T.Brown as our best rebounder , he needs help.
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We had a true, atleast in size center, in Collins for 2 years and still couldnt board. I think if you commit to wanting to rebound and make it a prioriety, you can be a good rebounding "team"

I think a center who can control the paint, and yes that includes rebounding, is very important but it isnt an absolute must to rebound well as a team.

But rebounding is also linked to good positioning defensively. I am a firm believer that Bradley has not positioned themselves well at all recently on the defensive end of the court.
Then again I dont truely believe Jim Les has made rebounding and defending an absolute prioriety in his program.

You can say what you want about Molinari but when he was at BU if you didnt work on the defensive end you got a good seat to watch.
 
tornado said:
I seriously doubt that they want to do it that way...
They want to know all the facts before they know who they're screwing......
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NCAA singling out BU in retaliation of the investigative reporting/muckraking by T? :lol:
 
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KillerB said:
Interesting you write "journalism/muckraking".. you do know they are not the same thing don't you?
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Apparently not (I was an engineering major)....Hence I have ammended my post to be "investigative reporting"...Thanks for the correction KB
 
AZ BU Fan said:
Apparently not (I was an engineering major)....Hence I have ammended my post to be "investigative reporting"...Thanks for the correction KB
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I wasn't really looking for a correction.. just noting an interesting choice of words. Depending on your perspective.. Muckraking (from a journalistic standpoint) was a good thing.. undercover reporting of scandals etc. Some famous journalists were accused of being muckrakers after their exposes came out. Those on the receiving end didn't like it and gave it the bad name. It certainly has taken on a negative meaning.. as in s**t disturber.
 
In fact, I did not want to come off as negative to Mr T's, and others, reporting of all things evil with the NCAA with respect to recruiting violations and the ability of some schools to pay for play with their athletes.

Before I used the term "muckraker" I actually looked up the definition, because I too was not sure the word had a positive connotation regarding exposing illicit behavior by those in power through the media. Attempts to change the meaning of the word had me confused.

Hopefully those in the NCAA won't be vindictive to BU over our fans repeatedly calling them out over their rules double standards.:lol:
 
real fan said:
This still leaves us without a big center that can go up against the good ones in the Valley like Carmichael, Stutz and Teague, I am afraid without a true big we will be left fighting for 3rd or 4th which is unacceptable .
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I thought Teague transferred (or was going to transfer) from SIU? I agree that Carmichael and Stutz will both be a handful for BU next year. And don't forget Lawson from Creighton!
 
There was talk of Teague either leaving or getting booted for poor academics...
but he apparently found a way to get his academics in order...
 
I still don't understand why Ocherobia didn't sign an LOi with Bradley. I understand that everyone is waiting for the NCAA to declare him eligible, but I don't see what relation that has to signing an LOI. Many kids sign LOIs every year only to find out later that they are not eligible to enroll/play basketball.

To me this sounds a lot like the Wilkins situation in which Wilkins chose not to sign an LOI with Bradley, even though he was perfectly free to do so...

Any time a kid verbals, but won't sign an LOI, the institution should be very suspicious about that person's actual level of commitment IMO...
 
Nice analysis, albeit from someone who knows nothing about the situation.:D
MO is still strongly committed to Bradley, and only Bradley. But his academic background is not yet adequate for admission to BU. It's not an NCAA issue as far as I know. I don't think he was asked to sign a LOI, until his admission status was clarified.
 
Da Coach said:
Nice analysis, albeit from someone who knows nothing about the situation.:D
MO is still strongly committed to Bradley, and only Bradley. But his academic background is not yet adequate for admission to BU. It's not an NCAA issue as far as I know. I don't think he was asked to sign a LOI, until his admission status was clarified.
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So how would they suddenly become "adequate" by BU standards? It seems like if it hasn't been resolved in the past 2 months, it won't be at all. I don't want to give up hope for MO, but it just doesn't sound good at this point with no news and I bet it's been a priority for the BU staff to get this resolved.
 
DoubleJayAlum said:
To me this sounds a lot like the Wilkins situation in which Wilkins chose not to sign an LOI with Bradley, even though he was perfectly free to do so...

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wrong....about the only similarity is that both were forced to wait on NCAA while they dragged their feet and wouldn't accept their academics
here are the facts...

John Wilkins arrived in the US in July 2008 - before that he was never even considered a recruit and had not been in contact with anyone from any college...
..and nobody can sign a LOI in July of any year, as the spring signing period is already over...so
Wilkins could NOT have signed a LOI to Bradley or anyone, when he first committed to Bradley and attempted to enroll in fall of 2008.

The next and ONLY time that Wilkins might have been able to sign a LOI would be spring of 2010...as it was NOT certain in fall of 2009 that his academics were on track after just 9 months at juco - to graduate and get his associates degree.

So...by spring of 2010, sure, he could have signed a LOI to BU -- but by then BU was no longer recruiting Wilkins - and Coach JL confirmed that beyond question in our live chat a month and a half ago.

So - if it a lot like the Wilkins situation I cannot see anything beyond the SINGLE similarity that I think is the consistent way NCAA treats Bradley!!

Ochereobia IS and always HAS been committed to BU, and hasn't signed a LOI & is waiting to hear on his academics
Wilkins was but then by 2009 was NOT committed to BU and was able to sign a LOI but signed with ISU...so tell me what else there is that's similar?
 
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