Gonzaga was talking to Hickman in February and March of 2020, though I don’t believe they ever offered, before he committed to Kentucky. Before him there was Kyle Wiltjer, who transferred to Gonzaga from Kentucky after having been recruited by both. Northwest high-school players often in the past have transferred to Gonzaga as a second choice. Dan Dickau (UW), Micah Downs (Kansas), Jeff Brown (UW), and Nigel Williams-Goss (UW) are other examples.
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And we know they cheated in the past.
Doesn’t seem much has changed in terms of behavior.
And it only took them 20 years to get to where they are now
Well, I gave you five more names to include in your request for an NCAA investigation. FYI, the guy who “cheated in the past” resigned from Gonzaga in December of 1997, and died in January of 2010, so he’s not going to be cheating, now, and they have never hired another Santa Clara assistant since Fitzgerald.
LOL like I said anything about SCU. That’s got nothing to do with it.
I’m sure the NCAA takes up just whatever fans ask them to, right? Duh.
BYU with a 6th year senior…stop me when you’ve heard this one before.
High athleticism, mediocre shooter. Similar scoring average to Pipes, less efficient.
Does this mean Barcello is definitely gone?
For what it’s worth (probably not much), Torvik rates Pipes higher than Lucas.
Very Tyler hansborough of him
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Good one Midwest 
… he just has to work on the scowl, and back off the 'stache salute.
Barcello and Timme admitting they have no pro prospects to speak of.
Why would a guy turn down Princeton for USF? That just seems like a bad life move. USF now with 3 former Ivy Leaguers. Weird. Though one of them might have already gotten his degree. An Ivy League degree is a golden ticket. People think you’re something even if you’re not if you have one. His parents can’t be thrilled about turning that down. And then going on the other side of the country.
USF probably not even looking at him as a big prospect.
Jenkins definitely a loss, and I’m not sure to what end.
He showed in the season ending game against us flashes of what his potential is, but for the season he was a 2 guard that shot 23% from 3 and averaged 3 boards a game. Obviously good going to the basket at this level, but I’ll be interested to see what the market for him is. Maybe depends on if he’s willing to redshirt or not – maybe 2-3 years from now he would be a serviceable 3 point shooter with that slashing ability and could be a good major conference player. Might also be better as a primary ballhandler.
The only reason that comes to mind: I don’t think Ivy League schools are permitted to give athletic scholarships. Perhaps that got him to reconsider?
It’s true, but they often find a way to make good. Not sure if they still do, but they used to have a band system for academic allowances as well.
I doubt very many regular rotation players are paying much if any for school, and if they are paying some small amount it pales in comparison to the market value of an ivy league education.
I always find this interesting^
Scu #8
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USF #132. Princeton #4 (I think, I closed the tab too quickly).
Making my point.
By the way, the payscale best value list by annual % ROI yields a quite different list and IMO one that is a better measure of the economic value of a school relative to the position where one started.
It’s still not perfect. But it unwinds some of the inherent biases in looking just at the raw 20 year return.