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EYBL is in Lexington, Gauntlet in Indianapolis and tournaments in Louisville and Pittsburgh as well. I imagine Coach Stith is going to hit many of these.

(04-24-2015 03:47 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  As long as CUSA continues to be a 1-bid league and the ACC continues to be a 6-8 bid league, not sure I agree. We will have to get to Memphis status or get promoted to a better league to be a consistent tournament team. As we saw this year, a few bad games half way across the country and we are doomed.

CUSA could have easily been a 2 bid league this year if we had won a game in the tournament.

(04-24-2015 03:47 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  As long as CUSA continues to be a 1-bid league and the ACC continues to be a 6-8 bid league, not sure I agree. We will have to get to Memphis status or get promoted to a better league to be a consistent tournament team. As we saw this year, a few bad games half way across the country and we are doomed.

Guess it depends on how you define consistent. I think we have proven to be at the very least a 1 every 4 year type of team, if not better. We have 4 in the last 10 years, and this year were first 4 out (pretty darn close).

VT has 1 in last 10 years. I think even if Buzz can get them playing WAY better, they are still going to struggle for a bid. Like I said earlier, yes ACC is a 6-8 bid league, but 6 of those bids are almost a certain lock at this point every year (UNC, Duke, UVA, Syracuse, Louisville, ND).

That leaves 1 maybe 2 bids for the "other" teams. So they are going to fight with NC State, Miami, FSU, Pitt every year for those other 1 or 2 bids. Right now all 4 of those teams are ahead of VT. That doesn't even account for Wake, Clemson, GT, and BC which aren't exactly "bad" programs.

Where do you see consistent success in that environment? I just can't see it happening.

(04-24-2015 04:04 PM)ODUR8R Wrote:  EYBL is in Lexington, Gauntlet in Indianapolis and tournaments in Louisville and Pittsburgh as well. I imagine Coach Stith is going to hit many of these.

A friend of mine's son is playing in Gauntlet--6'8" with an outside jump shot. I thought he was a sophomore, but I think he's reclassifying and changing schools.

Anyone know why we haven't offered Onyx Boyd yet?

2016 Wesleyan Christian (NC), SF, 6-5, Jalen Johnson, High Point, has received an offer from Old Dominion. http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/jal...nr0yZ.dpuf

(04-27-2015 08:10 AM)DaBigBlue Wrote:  2016 Wesleyan Christian (NC), SF, 6-5, Jalen Johnson, High Point, has received an offer from Old Dominion. http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/jal...nr0yZ.dpuf

I'm pretty sure we offered him like seven months ago and VC is just late to update.

I know we had interest in him for a while, might have offered. It's hard to tell sometimes, many come with we want to see you play or develop a little more.

We just had a coach travel down that way. Maybe thats why its just coming out.

(04-26-2015 01:27 PM)ODUR8R Wrote:  Anyone know why we haven't offered Onyx Boyd yet?

Boyd committed to Coastal Carolina yesterday....

Someone explain this to me.... if we offer 75 students and recruit 71, 73, 74, and 75 accept..... but we really wanted higher recruits to accept.... what do you do?

(04-28-2015 06:52 AM)bigblueodu Wrote:  Someone explain this to me.... if we offer 75 students and recruit 71, 73, 74, and 75 accept..... but we really wanted higher recruits to accept.... what do you do?

Can you stop revealing that recruiting in real life is more difficult than in video games?!

(04-28-2015 06:52 AM)bigblueodu Wrote:  Someone explain this to me.... if we offer 75 students and recruit 71, 73, 74, and 75 accept..... but we really wanted higher recruits to accept.... what do you do?

If you offer a kid and he accepts, you sign him. The staff would not extend an offer unless they wanted him. Before the acceptance if the staff had offered someone else that had accepted and it led staff to believe they no longer needed the other kids services they would notify the kid.

Several years back Reggie Bassett and Cal Bowdler were both being recruited at ODU. Bassett accepted first and the staff expected they would lose Bowdler. However Bowdler said he still wanted to come to ODU. A pleasantly surprised Coach Capel signed him.

You also have to remember, these "offers" are usually being reported from the player and may not always be accurate.

These kids also know where they are on the pecking order and an offer is not binding on our part, just like a verbal isn't binding on theirs.

Anyone else notice now messed up the Verbal Commit web site is now, or is it my mobile device?

http://www.verbalcommits.com/schools/old-dominion

Not seeing anything unusual

They list both Stiths as scholarship players.

(04-30-2015 09:44 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  They list both Stiths as scholarship players.

verbal commits has been saying that for months though. I don'tthink they know that the stiths are walk-ons

Are we 100% sure they are both walking on?