Howlandwood: Where NBA Careers Begin

by Nestor on Aug 15, 2008 10:00 PM PDT in Basketball Comment 2 comments

Well this is a perfect note to follow up the post re. our "Championship Factory" in Westwood. One of the big reasons Bruins are in the top 5 among college athletic programs with most athletes in professional leagues is our overwhelming presence in the NBA ranks. The good folks over at Rush the Court, a great college basketball blog recently did a pretty solid analysis of NBA draft picks by school from 1949-2008.

Guess which school finished at the top of that list:

via rushthecourt.files.wordpress.com

Again read the full analysis here.

With Coach Howland in charge UCLA will probably not give up that lead any time soon. One can bet UNC is going to make a serious charge with next year’s draft and will continue to be neck in neck if not go ahead of us with Roy’s recruiting in Chapel Hill). But we are not going go away with anywhere with this year’s incoming class of Ben Ball warriors. Remember we have a head coach who made a pro out of Ryan Hollins, a project recruit by a coach I won’t bother naming in this post.

For the following year we already have Brendan Lane and Reeves Nelson lined up and I am not losing sleep over how Howland is going to fill out that class and the future ones.

Good times in Howlandwood a key section of the "Championship Factory" in Westwood.

GO BRUINS.

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But still ...

But still there are the people who comment about Coach Howland’s “deficiencies” in recruiting. Those same people (or probably the parents of those same people) were all over Coach for losing 12 games in his last nine seasons.

by Fox 71 on Aug 15, 2008 10:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I think UNC will pass us

We will still produce a high number of picks, but Roy’s game is more suited to the pro game. In turn, he recruits more players who have the physical attributes and playing style to make it in the NBA. Howland will continue to recruit guys like LMR who are great for the Bruins and great players and I can’t see Roy bringing in a LMR. We’ll have our share of top recruits and athletes who go on to star in the NBA, but Howland will also bring in players who don’t fit the pro game, while the guys who fit Roy’s system fit the NBA.

by Ryan Rosenblatt on Aug 15, 2008 10:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs