2018-2019 B1G Basketball Thread

[betarhoalphadelta]

Beilein had double bypass heart surgery this morning.  Seems to be doing ok.  I certainly hope so, never met anyone who disliked him.  Seems like a genuinely good guy.

Good luck to him.
Likewise, I've never heard a negative word about him from basically any angle. The only thing I disliked was Purdue having to play his teams, because they were freakin' tough! ;-) 

[ELA]

NCAA announced several changes, most notably being (a) undrafted players can return to school; (b) certain "elite" recruits will be allowed to sign with agents; and (c) schools must honor 4 year scholarships for players who leave early, meaning if the kid comes back later to complete his degree, the school still has to honor the scholarship.

[Anonymous Coward]

No way they actually left (b) that vague.

[ELA]

No way they actually left (b) that vague.

Their release pretty much said exactly that.

Their full release essentially said USA basketball determines who those "elite" recruits who qualify would be.

From the article

Other significant changes announced on Tuesday include players being able to hire agents as high schoolers. Players deemed "elite" by USA Basketball can hire an agent starting on July 1 before their senior year. Agents must be certified by the NCAA to enter into an agreement with a high school or college player.

[ELA]

LOL, to which USA basketball responded by saying they were not consulted, and do not want this responsibility.  Oh NCAA, how you manage to screw everything up, every time.  Granted here the biggest problem is the NBA eligibility rule, which needs to be overhauled.

[betarhoalphadelta]

I wonder if the NBA is going to restrict their rules now... Eventually they're going to get tired of all the underclassmen wanting to come for "evaluations". I wonder if they'll do something to change the rule such that you can only officially enter the draft once. If you go undrafted and go back to school, well, sorry, you don't get to declare next year.

[FearlessF]

Nebraska basketball added immediate help to its roster on Thursday, as Mississippi Gulf Coast CC forward Dedoch Chan committed to the Huskers while on a multi-day visit to Lincoln. 

The 6-foot-8, 215-pound Chan played his high school basketball at John Marshall High School in Rochester, Minnesota, and graduated from high school in 2017 before going through the junior college route. 

Chan, who was a full qualifier out of high school, will have three seasons of eligibility with the Big Red. 

[ELA]

Big Ten schedule will be released Tuesday at 3 on BTN

[NickSmith4Three]

[ELA]

RPI now completely abandoned and replaced with NET

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2018-08-22/division-i-mens-basketball-committee-adopts-new-ranking

[ELA]

The 2019 class, which was looking very blah, just picked up the #1 recruit in MI out of nowhere, after he had seemingly moved on.  Much needed considering we had no commits thus far

[JerseyTerrapin]

The 2019 class, which was looking very blah, just picked up the #1 recruit in MI out of nowhere, after he had seemingly moved on.  Much needed considering we had no commits thus far

What are phrases you rarely hear Spartan basketball fans utter, Alex?

[betarhoalphadelta]

Ahh, wasn't posted on here, but Purdue got SG Brandon Newman out of Valpo for 2019. Rated 75 nationally by Rivals, 117th nationally by 247.

This currently has us with the 16th-ranked recruiting class and 3rd in the B1G, according to 247. At this point we have one more scholarship definitely open for 2019, and Painter has suggested he'll oversign by one given the likelihood of Carsen Edwards going into the draft. 

Purdue's also deep in the list for PF Malik Hall, ranked 49th by Rivals and 75th by 247. 247 has a 100% Crystal Ball prediction for Hall to Purdue, but he has an official visit to MSU in early Oct. 

There are a few other highly rated players out there remaining, but at the moment I wouldn't consider Purdue a favorite for any of them.

[ELA]

What are phrases you rarely hear Spartan basketball fans utter, Alex?

I think the Izzo stuff has stuck there, we lost a guy we thought was a lock to DePaul (which is a little shady in its own right), then just lost another Plan A kid to Tennessee.  This kid early seemed like MSU for sure, then seemed like almost no way at all.  He's listed as a PG, but nobody thinks that's where he'll stick, he's more of a combo guard, but not a great shooter.  Reminds me a lot of Keith Appling.  Hopefully on the court only.