He’s a junior, former 5 star that played at Duke and Virginia before going to Penn this year. He should be a portal target for Pike next year. He would be an upgrade to the current roster.
TJ Power from Penn
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Pike won’t be here. Regardless, Pike turns players with some potential into trash. He’d be crazy to come here until he sees who the new coach is.
Duke, UVA, UPenn, Rutgers.
One of these things is not like the others. Give him a call for sure but I'd say it will be a quick one and a "no thanks" coming from his end.
One of these things is not like the others. Give him a call for sure but I'd say it will be a quick one and a "no thanks" coming from his end.
come on...i really have to spell out what sort of school he'd be looking for next if he decided to transfer. kids that go to those three schools end up at a BC or Northwestern. not at RU...
I get the point but BC isn’t in the class of those schools either. I assume he’ll ride it out at UPenn, graduate, and then grab a post grad year somewhere like NW or Stanford
He seems like a kid who realizes what his basketball ceiling is and is now focused on his degree. Doubt he leaves Penn.
Don’t sell this school short. RU is a good school. It’s unfortunate that people with connections to RU are the ones always talking it down instead of lifting it up.
Rutgers does not attract elitist private school kids. It attracts mostly Asian students looking for a value degree relative to the tuiton.
, Need to use the portal to make the team better. I didn’t do a full analysis of how to build a team for next year. I watch this kid play yesterday and thought he would be a good player to add.
Come on. You are being dramatic UVA is arguably the best or right there at the top of public universities. Duke is purely elite. Penn is one of the top Ivy’s. Yes RU is a very good school but it is 100% accurate to say we are not in the class of those other 3 . And it’s not close.
if you think we are in or near that group then you are kidding yourself.
and this is from a son of an RU professor (father) and associate dean of graduate admissions (mother).
you gotta be realistic
According to USN&WR:
Duke/Penn......tied at #7
Virginia.............tied at #26
Rutgers.............tied at #42
https://www.usnews.com/best-college...iversities&_sort=myCollege&_sortDirection=asc
Duke/Penn......tied at #7
Virginia.............tied at #26
Rutgers.............tied at #42
https://www.usnews.com/best-college...iversities&_sort=myCollege&_sortDirection=asc
What a RU supporter,you aren't. Why even act like a RU fan when you don't respect the school. Maybe you pissed away over $90000 a year to send your kid to BC and feel the need to attack RU to justify that $ ???
Uninformed, prejudiced type generalization which intends to be a put down of RU ?You do know tbat Penn like many prestigious schools has a 20 - 30% asian population.
No matter,there is no need for a RU supporter to go out of his way to put down RU especially when you don't have any real information or facts about why this player chose his schools.
This is a basketball board. If I am understanding you correctly, you are saying Pike or the next RU basketball coach should not try to upgrade the team in the portal by finding talent from schools that are academically ranked higher than RU???
I started this thread to say Power could be a portal target next year.
very true and a major issue only discussed behind closed doors. about 35% Asian and 15% Indian. so that's about 50% of the alumni who are never going to support the athletic department. and to be frank , most of which won't support the school either when finished.
LOL...good lord
I will gladly put my RU fandom up against yours or most anyone on this board.
I don't think it's an anti RU take to say that (as @RUskoolie so eloquently put it), "Rutgers does not attract elitist private school kids"
How many times do we have to see this movie play out before we see the pattern? You have limited time and effort as a head coach. Putting resources toward these type of kids is wasting it, imo. Like I said in my first reply...give the kid a call if you like him but I'd bet his interest in RU is slim to none.
I was only responding to the poster who questioned the other poster for saying RU isn’t in the same category as Penn, Duke and UVA which I agree.
I said nothing about who Pike should go after or not.
we should go after good basketball players wherever they are from whether it be Harvard or g league
There was no need to compare any particular school to RU unless you intended to point out that RU was in some way inferior,which it is not. And you have no real idea who or why any player would choose RU.You went out of your way to do that.-- who cares if you're a fan ,you're . disrespectful .Yeah you're attitude would help RU recruit players or students to RU.
You do know people from India are classified as Asian. Guess you don’t . Get your facts right, Your numbers are made up..The total number of Asians at RU is about 28% which includes "Indians".
Would we hire coaches who would construct an offense that takes advantage of what he does well? It didn't work with last 2 elite recruits that were here.
Fran then Pike? ha. Forget the Conference. Maybe he loved playing at the RAC though..
Some of our most rabid alums/fans are Asian. I wouldn't be surprised that when RU finally lands it whale donor, that that person will be Asian. Just saying...
Dude, get a clue Asian as discussed here refers to race not geographic nationality. In that context, Indians are not Asian, nor are or Afghans or Israelis (also in Asia).
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YOU ARE AN IDIOT --Dude,the number of Asians every university quotes includes those from India. The discussion was clearly about how many Asians attend RU and other universities. The other dope said 35% Asian and 15% Indian for a total of 50%. Pure BS if anyone cares. RU states 28%( 27.7% to be specific)of the student population is Asian.That number incudes those whose nationality is Indian. Diversity by the way is a great positive not a negative as some of you dopes want to imply. Rutgers doesn't quote the number of students whose nationality is Indian.
Have you heard the expression B is an Asian F ? In terms of race, what does that mean to you? Show your brilliance.
You don’t get it. You’re lost. Websites you are seeing show groupings of races as a general international summary, not a list of separate races. Wisen up, dude.
And furthermore, nevermind websites that you don’t understand, do you include Israelis as Asians? The disagreement above has to do with race. You’re typing out your a*s about something else.
You don’t get it. You’re lost. Websites you are seeing show groupings of races as a general international summary, not a list of separate races. Wisen up, dude.
And furthermore, nevermind websites that you don’t understand, do you include Israelis as Asians? The disagreement above has to do with race. You’re typing out your a*s about something else.
Some and 1 aren't large numbers in general. I've gone to enough games and lived in the area you see it is changing (the support level). Has a way to go but it's a good trend.
These are overall rankings of a university.
Each school has some highly ranked departments that are far higher than their overall school ranking.
Student athletes may transfer to another school for the high ranking for their academic area of interest.
You are an idiot and a hole.. Whatever the f a jerk like you is saying is unrelated to the whole point of those throwing out percentages--35% Asian and 15 % Indian equals 50 % of RU' s population. At that rate counting African-American, white , Hispanic and other the whole is greater than 1. And by the way your presuming you know more than someone else about Asians shows how uninformed and ignorant you are. Maybe my kids are half asian,ahole. Enough of my responding to a j off.Go f yourself.
You forgot the other school that was part of the discussion-- BC tied at 36. Cost to attend BC about 90000,to attend RU about 40000-- to each their own-- but an extra $ 400000 over 4 years for 6 spots seems excessive
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College Academic rankings may be the most over rated thing in the universe. I know more people that went to small no name schools that make more money than Ivy leaguers! Ask Dave Ramsey!
A lot of northeast kids are going to big southern schools because of not only the education but to get the overall college experience. Good sports, a thriving Greek scene and a less liberal agenda are some of the reasons why