06-25-2015, 11:26 PM
It has been three straight years since CUSA has had a player drafted in the NBA draft. The last player from CUSA was Will Barton at #40 in the 2012 draft. Had two players in 2011 and 4 in 2010.
(06-26-2015 07:33 AM)blazers9911 Wrote: [ -> ]That's not good news for the league. We need our best players to get drafted to help us moving forward.
I think hunter will get signed somewhere, but that may be about it.
(06-26-2015 09:13 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote: [ -> ](06-26-2015 07:33 AM)blazers9911 Wrote: [ -> ]That's not good news for the league. We need our best players to get drafted to help us moving forward.
I think hunter will get signed somewhere, but that may be about it.
Can you be realistic for a moment. 62 players get selected. About 10 of those players come from overseas. So you're talking about 50 picks for over 4,000 college basketball players. You think Hunter getting drafted from Georgia St is going to help the Sun Belt Conf. from National perspective? Probably not, but it will help GSU with recruiting. CUSA best players more often than not will not get drafted but it's not a bad thing for the league either.
(06-26-2015 09:13 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote: [ -> ](06-26-2015 07:33 AM)blazers9911 Wrote: [ -> ]That's not good news for the league. We need our best players to get drafted to help us moving forward.
I think hunter will get signed somewhere, but that may be about it.
Can you be realistic for a moment. 62 players get selected. About 10 of those players come from overseas. So you're talking about 50 picks for over 4,000 college basketball players. You think Hunter getting drafted from Georgia St is going to help the Sun Belt Conf. from National perspective? Probably not, but it will help GSU with recruiting. CUSA best players more often than not will not get drafted but it's not a bad thing for the league either.
(06-26-2015 10:36 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: [ -> ]Its just one of many benchmarks that show that CUSA basketball sucks
(06-26-2015 09:21 AM)BlazerGold09 Wrote: [ -> ](06-26-2015 09:13 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote: [ -> ](06-26-2015 07:33 AM)blazers9911 Wrote: [ -> ]That's not good news for the league. We need our best players to get drafted to help us moving forward.
I think hunter will get signed somewhere, but that may be about it.
Can you be realistic for a moment. 62 players get selected. About 10 of those players come from overseas. So you're talking about 50 picks for over 4,000 college basketball players. You think Hunter getting drafted from Georgia St is going to help the Sun Belt Conf. from National perspective? Probably not, but it will help GSU with recruiting. CUSA best players more often than not will not get drafted but it's not a bad thing for the league either.
Vince Hunter from UTEP
(06-26-2015 11:04 AM)blazers9911 Wrote: [ -> ](06-26-2015 10:36 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: [ -> ]Its just one of many benchmarks that show that CUSA basketball sucks
I agree. I think things are moving in the right direction, but they aren't quite where they need to be yet.
(06-26-2015 11:26 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: [ -> ](06-26-2015 11:04 AM)blazers9911 Wrote: [ -> ](06-26-2015 10:36 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: [ -> ]Its just one of many benchmarks that show that CUSA basketball sucks
I agree. I think things are moving in the right direction, but they aren't quite where they need to be yet.
Things are moving in the right direction for UAB. I see no indication they are for the league.
(06-26-2015 11:20 AM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote: [ -> ]Being drafted into the sport's pro league is one of several factors that affect recruiting. UKY gets almost every player it wants (at least partly) because of that, but it doesn't seem to help other SEC schools get great players with anywhere near the same frequency. It also is a "what have you done lately" thing since Bama under Sanderson had several NBA players, but look at that program since.
In terms of pro league influence on recruiting, there is about a 6 year 'window" between when a player becomes aware of pro league significance and his high school senior year. What he sees during that short span affects his thinking about a college choice. The coaching staff, the school's facilities and amenities, his ability to be comfortable at some distance away from home and the program's success at pro placement are all possible factors.
(06-26-2015 11:20 AM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote: [ -> ]Being drafted into the sport's pro league is one of several factors that affect recruiting. UKY gets almost every player it wants (at least partly) because of that, but it doesn't seem to help other SEC schools get great players with anywhere near the same frequency. It also is a "what have you done lately" thing since Bama under Sanderson had several NBA players, but look at that program since.
In terms of pro league influence on recruiting, there is about a 6 year 'window" between when a player becomes aware of pro league significance and his high school senior year. What he sees during that short span affects his thinking about a college choice. The coaching staff, the school's facilities and amenities, his ability to be comfortable at some distance away from home and the program's success at pro placement are all possible factors.
(06-26-2015 03:38 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: [ -> ]Great. Now we have two posters who apply examples in the 60’s to today's circumstances and somehow think they are relevant.
(06-26-2015 03:22 PM)CajunBlazer Wrote: [ -> ]Pete Maravitch was undoubtedly one of the best college basketball players of all time. In each of his three season at LSU, 1967-68, 1968-69, and 1969-70, Pete was a consensus 1st team All American averaging 44.2 PPG and 6.5 RPG for his career. He average over 43 points per game each of his three years at LSU. He was selected third in NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks and signed a $1.9 million contract - huge at the time. He went to have an excellent pro career which would have been even better but for his knee problems.
Yet LSU was not a great team while Pete was playing for the Tigers. For the 1967/68 season they were 14-12, for 1968/69 13-13, and for 1969-70 they went 22-10. His is an excellent example that one player does not make a team or a league.