Louisville, Arizona in Top7 of 2017 MBB recruiting classes
Well, well, well....there may be a bunch of 4 and 5 star recruits looking for cleaner programs.
http://247sports.com/Season/2017-Basketball/CompositeTeamRankings
September 26th, 2017 at 1:23 PM ^
September 26th, 2017 at 1:31 PM ^
but you are unfortunately correct.
September 26th, 2017 at 1:40 PM ^
the checks can't bounce - but the hookers are encouraged to:
www.vnews.com/NCAA-accuses-Louisville-Pitino-of-violations-in-escort-ca…
This was last year - I don't see how this scandal hurt them with a #7 class to date.
It's a shame and reflects badly on the NCAA - but Pitino's programs are teflon...
September 26th, 2017 at 2:55 PM ^
I made the mistake of looking up Katina Powell, the escort who wrote a book about her affiliation with the Louisville program. I have no idea why she would have been viewed as an enticement. She's gross looking.
September 26th, 2017 at 4:22 PM ^
one day, too.
Signed,
Just Another Former Glamorpuss
September 26th, 2017 at 8:01 PM ^
She sure is but to a 17-18 year old highschool recruit who is probably drinking I bet she looks perfect
September 27th, 2017 at 1:03 AM ^
She's the madam. Madams generally broker the deals between the clients and the prostitutes. She may have had very attractive women working for her.
September 26th, 2017 at 1:37 PM ^
September 26th, 2017 at 1:57 PM ^
Key part in this may be that the NCAA doesn't have subpeona power but the FBI sure as hell does. They can force subjects to testify under oath while the NCAA just has to rely on whistleblowers.
September 26th, 2017 at 2:50 PM ^
September 26th, 2017 at 6:11 PM ^
It's not just the state's subpoena power; it's the state's power to put them behind bars that will get subjects to talk. The NCAA just doesn't have that kind of leverage.
September 26th, 2017 at 2:03 PM ^
Coaching staffs at big-time college programs are structured to always give the HC plausible deniability. That's what you will see here – prosecutions will end with the assistants and that's as far as the feds will go. The NCAA will send a letter warning "stop being bad, Louisville, and THIS time we mean it for REALZ!" A couple scholarships gone for one or two years, maybe a TV ban for the month of January, NCAA enforcers home for dinner. End of story. Where is the motivation for top players to leave as long as UL and others keep meeting payroll?
September 26th, 2017 at 2:27 PM ^
This is the FBI and DOJ. And per the US attorney's presser, it's an ongoing investigation. We are talking prison time for those found guilty.
Do you REALLY think one of these assistants WON'T flip for a lighter sentence? Or these shoe execs?
This is going to get ugly. The FBI has wiretaps and already one informant.
The NCAA is going to be forced to do something, or this becomes a judicial matter.
September 26th, 2017 at 5:02 PM ^
Cant wait for UNC and Louisville to get whats coming to them.
September 26th, 2017 at 3:13 PM ^
Yeah, this isn't the NCAA apparently ignoring fake classes at UNC. This is the federal government going after a school, and if that's the case it doesn't really matter what the NCAA says because the guilty schools will likely have to dramatically alter the makeup of their programs after people get jail time and/or massive fines.
September 26th, 2017 at 2:17 PM ^
If anything today's news probably generated signficant new interest in the schools named.
September 26th, 2017 at 1:24 PM ^
Cleaner programs, or dirty ones that haven't been caught?
September 26th, 2017 at 1:55 PM ^
September 26th, 2017 at 2:08 PM ^
September 26th, 2017 at 1:26 PM ^
all those kids lose their eligibility tbh
September 26th, 2017 at 1:28 PM ^
Yes, I'm sure the NCAA will crush Arizona and Louisville with sanctions, thereby forcing the recruits to return their kickback $$$, and then seek other programs to play at...
September 26th, 2017 at 1:31 PM ^
When you post a photo you can choose its width. I recommend something like 400-500.
September 26th, 2017 at 1:41 PM ^
Thanks, but now I can't edit because you replied. So while you were trying to be part of the solution, you were actually part of the problem... ;-)
September 26th, 2017 at 2:04 PM ^
Nicely done
September 26th, 2017 at 2:18 PM ^
Yep - ALWAYS shift blame to someone else.
September 26th, 2017 at 4:24 PM ^
Oh, I am a master blame-shifter.
September 26th, 2017 at 5:17 PM ^
You'll have to live with your formatting mistake forever...and ever...and ever....
September 26th, 2017 at 1:32 PM ^
Because all of the "clean" programs are going to be lining up to sign kids that have already taken bribes. I'm sure Beilein is gassing up the plane to take visits already.
September 26th, 2017 at 2:01 PM ^
has been able to accomplish, only being able to recruit from a limited pool of players.
Fuck all these programs, but I'm pretty confident they're the rule, not the exception.
Also amazing: the abuse Coach Beilein takes for not recruiting certain players. Gee. Wonder why he refuses to be involved in Recruitment A, B, and C that the hoi polloi are screaming at him to be a part of...
September 26th, 2017 at 5:18 PM ^
Maize...
September 26th, 2017 at 7:09 PM ^
Maizen is coming to ruin this thread.
September 27th, 2017 at 3:34 AM ^
September 26th, 2017 at 2:18 PM ^
The NCAA will probably be so mad at Louisville and Arizona that they'll give Cleveland State two more years of probation.
September 26th, 2017 at 2:24 PM ^
SWEET!!!
September 26th, 2017 at 2:27 PM ^
Competition at the top is inevitably going to lead to this shadiness, and instead of take the bull by the horns and regulate it themselves, the NCAA continues to launch these investigations without any balls.
Just as America should decriminalize drug use and regulate the legal exchange of drugs, so too should the NCAA regulate the payment of players.
September 26th, 2017 at 3:12 PM ^
September 26th, 2017 at 3:33 PM ^
to the NBA and NFL about that matter. The reason football players can't go to the NFL out of high school and basketball players can't go to the NBA out of high school isn't because of the NCAA. The rules that don't allow those players to enter the NFL and NBA out of high school were set up by the NFL and the NBA.
September 26th, 2017 at 5:29 PM ^
September 26th, 2017 at 8:27 PM ^
did allow players to be drafted at age 17-18.
As long as schools and coaches are willing to cheat to gain a competitive advantage, there will be cheating. It doesn't matter if the players can legally be paid. If there are rules in place, they will still be willing to break them. Maybe fewer players will be willing to get involved, but I wouldn't count on a dramatic change. They aren't the ones driving the cheating, they're just along for the ride.
If you want to combat cheating you need to instill a real fear of getting caught and of serious consequences when you do. The first part of that is hard to do. The NCAA just doesn't have that power. Maybe this government action will scare programs.
The second part is in the NCAA's hands. They haven't been consistent in this regard and I'm not referring to that stupid Tarkanian line people beat to death. The UNC case is a perfect example. Now that they have decided to take a hard line, they are in a protracted fight with UNC over their authority. It's an important battle. It may even affect the schools caught up in this case. I fully expect Louisville to get hit very, very hard. Some of the allegations sure look like they are going to implicate Pitino personally.
September 26th, 2017 at 2:52 PM ^
Makes you wonder how $$$ does it take to have a top 3 class.
September 26th, 2017 at 4:28 PM ^
It's generally a questionable idea to assume any big-time program is "clean."
September 26th, 2017 at 3:18 PM ^
So how did UNC skate all this time?
September 26th, 2017 at 3:22 PM ^
September 26th, 2017 at 5:20 PM ^
"Let them eat hookers!"