Mikovio wrote:PantherU wrote:The list of Greater Milwaukee kids going to MVC schools isn't exactly long...Steve McWhorter, Reed Timmer, Juwan McCloud, Chip Rank, D'Angalo Jackson. If I'm missing any please feel free to add them.
Joah Tucker? He went to the same high school as my counsins in Milwaukee. Went to Bradley and transferred back home to UWM when we fired Molinari, and became Horizon POY and led UWM to the Sweet 16. Bradley fans tend to forget about him because he was overshadowed by the loss of future NBA all star Danny Granger, which was a complete mess. My what could have been. Tucker will make his return to Peoria in July for the TBT Midwest regional, leading the UWM alums.
I do think having schools in Chicago and Milwaukee help, if for no other reason than it's a selling point to recruits from those cities that they know they'll get a game every year in front of friends and family. That doesn't mean we should pick up UMKC or Detroit for that reason but all else being equal you grab every recruiting advantage you can.
Ben Walker and Rodney Buford were pretty good for Creighton.
Alot of Milwaukee city kids don't have the grades out of HS. It's a mess.