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any news on how the weekend went? I haven't heard anything either way.
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Does anybody know if anyone else was on campus this weekend? (other then Cougill & Baker) as well as does anyone know what the average official visit consist of?Leave a comment:
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There has been some talk about it on our board. Our AD was apparently quoted as saying he has talked to folks at the Summit League office "just in case". When Denver leaves for the WAC, we will be the only nonfootball playing team in the Belt. I don't see the Belt kicking us out, but football has gotten increased emphasis. Myself and others believe this has hurt Sun Belt basketball which used to be "high" midmajor and is not more realistically "low" midmajor. The main advantage for us in the Belt is geographic- I think Little Rock is pretty much centrally located. The Sun Belt tournament has been in Hot Springs, AR (50 minutes from Little Rock), the past 3 years, and just signed a 3 year extension. We also have a number of Belt schools that are a short drive from Little Rock, and our biggest rival, Arkansas State, is in the Belt. ORU would be our closest rival in the Summit, with Centenary now gone. UMKC would be pretty close as well. Still, while many of our fans complain about the Belt it really is a very good fit for us at this time and I don't see us moving. There is a possibility that at some point football may change that (I really don't see us adding football, but who knows). I think, in a lot of ways, our programs and conferences are quite similar. I guess that's why we are recruiting the same young man.Leave a comment:
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mjs,
Can you give us your opinion on the potential of UALR joining the Summit League. Would UALR consider it and would you be in favor of it. How good is the Sun Belt for basketball.Leave a comment:
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No offense taken. I'm sure most SDSU fans are great folks.
It is interesting that his hometown is closer to SDSU than Little Rock. I was going to map it out myself, but was too lazy. My son goes to KU, in Lawrence, and its only about a 6 and a half hour drive from Little Rock. I've given up trying to figure out what decision a kid will make or why. We just lost a 6'10" Arkansas kid to UTEP. We recruited him for 4 years and his dad does color for our games on radio. On the other hand, we signed a 6'10" kid from England (Will Neighbour) who was getting serious interest from SEC and Big East schools before he got hurt before this season. He was a Top 15 Juco according to Sporting News before this season. Now no recruiting services list him- I guess because he got hurt and he signed with "lowly" UALR.Leave a comment:
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I'm typically pretty good with geography, so it surprised me when I google mapped the distance from Bakers hometown and found out that SDSU is actually a closer drive than Little Rock.
It'll be interesting to see which school Baker chooses. ULR has some nice things going for them that was previously mentioned: New stadium, NCAA Tourney birth, immediate playing time. It probably doesn't hurt that the weather is horrible this weekend for a spring day in South Dakota. It's shame too because nothing is better than a beautiful spring day in South Dakota.Leave a comment:
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mjs.....thanks for the interesting post and welcome to the boardOriginally posted by YanktonRabbit View Post
YanktonRabbit.....really???....c'mon we are better than that...
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Hope 2 hear some good news in the next few days. For Mr.Baker, Brookings is MUCH nicer than Little Rock. On a side note. You know what they say about family reunions in Arkansas? It is a great place to meet chicks!Leave a comment:
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Welcome to our board, MJS, and thanks for your post!Leave a comment:
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UALR fan here. The word in Little Rock is that Ron Baker is visiting your campus this weekend and will then decide between the Jackrabbits and UALR. We really need a shooter badly, having graduated our top 3 three point shooters, and apparently he can shoot. According to our best source (Burn the Horse blog- written by our former beat writer with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette) we've spent a lot of time recruiting him. He now is apparently getting serious attention from some higher profile schools (eg. Wichita State), but has told them he will sign with UALR or SDSU because these schools have been recruiting him all along. Got to like a kid like that. Honestly, I don't know much about your school. UALR has a beautiful, new oncampus arena (5600 seats) and a growing campus, but has trouble getting attention in this hog-crazy State. Our biggest drawback for years, is that we were almost completely a commuter campus. We have built some dorms- another will be completed soon- but it's hard to overcome that label. I always pull for low/midmajors, so I wish you guys luck in general, but I really hope we can land Mr. Baker. No idea how he is leaning or what will determine his final decision. I'd like to think our NCAA berth this year will help, but who knows. Good luck and hopefully he'll make his decision early next week, so one of us can move on to the next guy on the recruiting list.Leave a comment:
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It's windy and chilly hear in Brookings, but no snow. A little rain, but nothing too much. What will tomorrow bring?Leave a comment:
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I hope the weather doesn't prevent us from getting the recruits in this weekend. It is snowing all day in Yankton with accumulation.Leave a comment:
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I watched Hanstad in the recent AAU deal here and he was the guy who stood out the most. I think he has a bright future. I would love to see us get the big body Cougill. We need a foot soldier.Leave a comment:
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