Kevon Looney to UCLA
October 31st, 2013 at 2:29 PM ^
/bad joke
/I'll see myself out
October 31st, 2013 at 2:34 PM ^
He should be sent to the looney bin for picking UCLA over Michigan!
ha? guys?
October 31st, 2013 at 4:36 PM ^
I LOL'd.
October 31st, 2013 at 2:38 PM ^
After all...KL was sign,sealed and delivered to the dukies. Good get by Alford,tho.
October 31st, 2013 at 2:41 PM ^
Good, now I can still cheer for him. Can't stand Duke.
October 31st, 2013 at 2:45 PM ^
The B1G is not protecting its home turf for basketball recruits despite having the best conference.
October 31st, 2013 at 2:56 PM ^
Kids don't commit to conferences.
October 31st, 2013 at 3:04 PM ^
October 31st, 2013 at 2:59 PM ^
and makes me want to ask an only slightly off-topic question. Steve Alford perplexes me. He seems like a good coach. Why did he struggle at Iowa? Is he a bad recruiter? If that is a weakness, will the UCLA name (and resources) mask that weakness and allow him to be successful there?
October 31st, 2013 at 3:14 PM ^
He's been perceived as arrogant. Also, the most impressive thing he's done as a coach is to have a .750 winning percentage at New Mexico with one trip to the Sweet Sixteen as the highlight. I think he's a good but not at all great coach.
October 31st, 2013 at 3:21 PM ^
October 31st, 2013 at 7:01 PM ^
I loved the guy as a player. As a coach, not so much. He's good enough to win in the Mountain West, but he couldn't win consistently at Iowa. The Pac 12 will be a step up. Then there's all the off-the-court stuff in Iowa City. I breathed a sigh of relief when IU didn't pick him up.
October 31st, 2013 at 3:01 PM ^
That crystal ball is broken.
October 31st, 2013 at 3:06 PM ^
October 31st, 2013 at 3:11 PM ^
Glad it's not Duke.
October 31st, 2013 at 3:19 PM ^
But he's a likely one-and-done. If Alford is trying to rebuild UCLA, he's going to need a bunch of good solid players who will stay for their full 4 years of eligibility. I think Beilein is doing it the right way by building the Michigan program with a good mix of top players who may leave early, along with the 4 year guys. If we can get two years out of some of these players, that's not bad. It's much better than just one year.
October 31st, 2013 at 5:18 PM ^
Bo Ryan has done a terrible job of keeping quality talent at home for a while now. Ever since Maurice "Boo" Wade got in trouble its like he decided to stop recruiting the Milwaukee area entirely.