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Lathan Sommerville commits to Washington

Carolina Brave! OK, let's get to the NCAA tourney next year which I know pays schools much more $$$$, and be that Cinderella that all fans Love!!!!
 
Da Coach said:
Sure, Bradley has a chance if his priority is to play in his hometown in front of his family. Prior to NIL days, that used to happen often.



Not a chance.
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If he could just hold out another week, I'm sure I'll hit the lottery this week!!
 
I wonder how Lathans visit to Washington went? It Appears they didn't convince him to commit to the program at least as of yet. I wonder what other schools he will visit? I suppose everyday he doesn't commit to any Program, is another day BU stays in Contention! I hope he will decide soon.
I just wish he could at least tell us if we're in the running! The suspense builds each day......
 
Steve Zalutsky said:
Wow, Yoda, What a Story! A proud historical program could have Dropped to Div.3!?...
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it can be debated how seriously the admin back in 2014 was pursuing a drop to D3, but recall that they made a major push to start
moving most, if not all of our games to Renaissance Coliseum and even got Kirk Wessler to help promote that concept.

Then, a business assoc of mine who works at IWU told me that Mike Cross inquired and took a visit and a tour & had some talks
with their admin over at Illinois Wesleyan to observe and "learn" how a school can still be highly successful and balance their budget as a D3.
I am not sure how much was shared with the BU Board but someone who knows a Board member from a decade ago can answer that,
but then also recall, Joanne was not always honest in revealing facts to the Board of Trustees - was even called out once for hiding
$2 mil of wasteful spending in Athletics by having Gary Anna label it as something else.​

I have all the "receipts" from back then and will send to you via private message - proving the Board found out about
Glasser's lies and deception and demanded a plan to stop all the massive financial losses in Athletics, which prompted Cross
to start his plan to drop to D3. Thankfully an uprising by fans & donors who got into the ears of the Board members, stopped
it and got everyone up there canned & replaced.
 
lol...ok...can't get any further away from home than that. Weird. These players are just Mercenaries at this point.
 
Oh Well, if Bradley is not in his Heart and more $$ is, there is nothing we can do! However, there are still 2 more seasons he'll have to reconsider via transfer portal! We still have 2 home grown heroes coming to play! Peoria & Metamora will be well represented! I'm still excited about next year! We as fans have to support BU Basketball the best we can next year! We have to live for the moment and watch our 3 great prospects prosper into hopefully exceptional players! I'm sure BW knows, he can only build for 1 year because there are no future Guarantees! Let's go Braves 2025-26! We can win the Valley....We will have the talent!
 
egib52 said:
I don't understand this move one bit. Unless he was sold on the Great Osobor role.
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Could have been as simple as the highest bidder. It probably makes sense that are going to be some middle of the road of bottom Power4 programs that will put up most of their available NIL money to a player like Sommerville. They know they can't compete with the big schools on their full roster, but they can aggressively "buy" a couple players that they know are essentially guaranteed to be talented starters etc.

For instance, a Michigan might look at Sommerville as a nice player for their roster, but maybe not someone that would get full starter minutes, or star status, and would therefore be willing to say pay $500k in NIL to Sommerville. While Washington is not getting quite the top talent that Michigan might be getting, and therefore view Sommerville as a key star or player for their program and pay him $750k+.
 
Stryker said:
Could have been as simple as the highest bidder. It probably makes sense that are going to be some middle of the road of bottom Power4 programs that will put up most of their available NIL money to a player like Sommerville. They know they can't compete with the big schools on their full roster, but they can aggressively "buy" a couple players that they know are essentially guaranteed to be talented starters etc.

For instance, a Michigan might look at Sommerville as a nice player for their roster, but maybe not someone that would get full starter minutes, or star status, and would therefore be willing to say pay $500k in NIL to Sommerville. While Washington is not getting quite the top talent that Michigan might be getting, and therefore view Sommerville as a key star or player for their program and pay him $750k+.
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You are quite possibly right, but coming from a professional basketball family, I would think his dad would be pushing him to the best place to develop.
 
egib52 said:
You are quite possibly right, but coming from a professional basketball family, I would think his dad would be pushing him to the best place to develop.
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I don't know that it makes sense. Everything has changed. If he can get $750k a year or more each of the next three years, he can retire on that, or "coast retire". $2M invested at age 22, work a regular old whatever job for 5-10 years and he could easily retire. I think this will be the advice most players get going forward, especially if they don't have actual NBA/pro talent/aspirations.
 
There’s absolutely no way he picks Washington for development. This was the worst team in the big ten. This is purely money. Highest bidder. Winning doesn’t matter. This is college basketball in 2025.
 
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