It's either Adams or Barros if you're talking best NBA career, and I agree it's kind of nuts especially out of the last generation of BC basketball which included 5 or 6 REALLY REALLY GOOD college players the best NBA careers they got out of it are a mediocre Reggie Jackson and a mediocre at best Jared Dudley
Ok glad it’s not only me. It isn’t like these guys are NBA “busts” either it’s just that BC has a knack for recruiting high IQ players without the size/length/athleticism to make impacts or even make it at the next level. Curley, Jay Murphy, Garris, Dudley, C.Smith, all those small (and one fat, lol) point guards.
John Garris had the athleticism, problem was that he was a 6’7” 220lb center. Heckuva college player, though. I remember he and Michael Adams completely defenestrating that Wallace Bryant/Quentin Daily USF squad that was favored to make the Final Four. I’ll never forget Adams dribbling the ball through Bryant’s legs on his way to the basket for a layup.
Some of them were definitely busts. I remember Ted Sarandis years ago going bonkers when the Celtics drafted Troy Bell (and then it turned out they weren't even picking him for them). Bell played 6 career games in the NBA and scored 11 points.
Sure but I don’t really consider a mid-1st round pick a bust since like 65-75% of them fail. I was referring more to “real” busts like a Top 5-6 pick.
I would say its a necessity rather than a knack. Guys with size/length/athleticism rarely put BC on their list. Players with a high IQ AND size/length/athleticism go to Duke. So BC is left with just the IQ guys and 1 or maybe 2 out of the 3 in the size/length/athleticism dept.
Sigh…
I think you’re really underrating Bell’s athleticism. Had a 40 inch vertical, which I once personally verified at the plex. His issue was that he was a PG size but didn’t really have a PG handle. Dribbled too high, which is why guys like John Linehan gave him fits. I never expected him to be picked where he did but he was rumored as a first rounder for a while. Almost left the year prior and probably should have.
Yeah I think it's fair to call him a bust. He had so much talent, got kicked off the team as only a junior and STILL got drafted in the mid 1st, had a decent rookie year, and then never did anything else while finding a way to be in and out of the NBA twice by 25 and eventually playing in such basketball powerhouse countries as the Phillipines, and Bahrain.
Hard to look at Robert Williams and not see what Sean Williams could have become with a better head on his shoulders.
That was a weird draft. There were 4 teams all with enormous needs at PG I believe all drafting consecutively in the middle of the first round. That group of PG’s normally would have been selected where Pritchard went, in the mid-20’s, if not for their gaping holes at the position. Luke Ridnour was probably the best of that group with Reece Gaines and Bell the busts…..I won’t cheat and look to see who the other one was but pretty certain he was also crappy and didn’t make it in the league.
Building a program up from the dregs without a big name coach (not that this guy isn't a good coach, he just isn't well known) doesn't attract a lot of attention.
Not if it’s stainless. I am very impressed. Two four stars with 7 months left in recruiting. This year will be a dumpster fire but he’s off to a great start recruiting.
Yeah, it's great he can get talented players. It would be even better if it translate onto the court
Scotty … agree completely. I don’t expect miracles but Grant seems to have the team really buying into the defensive side of the ball and they aren’t just throwing up 3s when the offense stagnates. They also seem to have some nice pieces with the Juco transfer and Miss St. transfer.
They played well defensively, which speaks to the effort, but other than Bickerstaff they had no answer for the athleticism of the Mitchell twins on the other end.
Are you being sarcastic about the crowd? From the glimpses I saw on TV it looked empty in there.
oh duh! More reason to hate that community college from northern Indiana that plays football.
yes
And you missed a good one!! Dominated ND all night.
I was following the score online. It seemed easy but I didn’t actually see a thing. Is it a rights thing? Or does NESN think folks are more interested in random New England college hockey on the + (it wasn’t BC or BU or NE or Harvard or UMass or Lowell) than we are in BC vs. ND?
It was on the ACC Network which hasn’t been available on Comcast but they announced a deal this week.
That’s really good to hear. I don’t watch a ton of college sports, but as a former resident of Cleveland Circle, and a guy who took a few night school courses at the Heights, I do follow the Eagles and have been frustrated with the inability to watch them on that network
