Bruce Weber might have been fired by now if that had happened, because there is no way they make that tourney run without him to build up the good will he's blazing through these days.
Well Bill Self gets the credit for recruiting Williams from the Dallas area. Make no mistake Self is to basketball recruiting as Mack is to football. He also had Luther Head and Dee Brown, as well as Villanueva before Self left for KU. Coincidence to why Illinois is struggling the last few years? I think not.
Hate to break it to you, but it was Bill Gillispie who got Deron Williams to go to Illinois. While there is no doubt that Self is a great recruiter I wouldn't go so far as to say he's the Mack Brown of basketball recruiting.
Yeah I know what you mean. Lawrence Kansas has always been at the top of my list of places to go. Right up there with Bora Bora and the South of France.
4real, the city itself is no factor. ku is one of the blue bloods of college basketball. Great atmosphere and kids want to play there. Lincoln Nebraska isn't so great, but they've managed to turn up a good football program up there, at one point anyway. And Lawrence is outside of KC, not that bad. These kids are treated like rock stars there anyway.
Like others said, it's easy to recruit at UNC; just offer a schollie. Roy's still one of the best, and I would love to play for him, but Barnes managed to steal the best player in the nation from UNC's own backyard. That's pretty damn impressive.
Hell yeah, Barnes is the man, and I think we're in that next tier, partly cuz of Barnes, Austin and our facilities. But if this was about great locations, everyone would be playing for UCLA and Miami. I thought you were shocked that KU gets any recruits. I know alot of people want to play for a blue blood like that. Hell, Kentucky isn't a great state, but I'm sure alot of kids have dreamed of playing there. I was implying it's pretty easy to recruit at unc and ku.
