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I love this list, but if some of you folks don't visit the Rivals.com NU basketball board, it's worth a stop.  We've been discussing BOTH Jordan sons for quite some time there.

I'd say this one's a tough call.  Kid certainly doesn't NEED a scholarship, but we all know everyone wants the personal recognition that comes with one.  I don't think it's ridiculous to dream over the hoped-for publicity that would  possibly accompany a Jordan on the roster.  Heck, someone would even remember that Michael himself didn't make one of his high school teams and dream that one of his sons would blossom into something special for NU.

That said, scholarships are precious.  Sure, we've blown some with offering the wrong people - I won't mention any names and hope no one else feels the need to - we probably would agree on who they were.  But the last position we need to offer right now is a guard.  The universal feeling is we need a big man, and plenty of worry over whether we'll be able to get a good one.  The need at guard is way down the list by comparison.


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Jonathan Hodges" <jonathanwhodges at gmail.com>
> I concur - why not give him a scholarship, plus it will save a few bucks on
> recruiting visits (e.g. Carmody heading over to the Balkans searching for
> players to fill out the scholarships).  PLUS when everyone inevitably calls
> for Carmody's head following another mediocre season, someone can always
> plead for Jordan to come in and coach.
> 
> In reality, though, I doubt this will happen.  I've only been an NU fan in
> the Carmody era which has been one of the most consistent eras in NU
> basketball (in terms of wins) and I'm already pessimistic, so take this as
> you will.
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> On 4/23/07, szeller at comcast.net <szeller at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > I think if the basketball dept was really smart, they'd offer him a
> > scholarship even if he'd end up being the worst player on the team. We've
> > certainly given out schollies to some pretty useless players in the past, so
> > what difference would it make in that regard? The positive would be Michael
> > Jordan coming to games and likely to practices. Not only would it raise the
> > profile of the program, it might do great things for recruiting -- kids
> > coming in would know they would have the chance to hang out with Michael
> > Jordan!
> > >From what I saw, his only schollie offer was from Davidson. A schollie
> > from NU would be very hard to refuse for many reasons, and certainly better
> > than walking on at Illinois.
> > Scott Zeller
> > MD
> > Med '86
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