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'19 IN PF Jacob LaRavia (Transferred to Wake Forest)
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Ditto.
Frustrated but wish him the best. Hopefully he gets what he wants out there at WF. Saw where he had interest from IU, Virginia, Xavier, Virginia Tech, Wichita State, NC State, Georgia, Nevada, Butler, Bradley, Ball State, Davidson and UW-Green Bay. The one thing I found odd about the Laravia transfer was his comment about wanting to be a 1,000 point scorer and finishing his career at ISU but "can't" now that Lansing is gone. There was nothing preventing him from doing that. But oh well, I wish him the best and hopefully we can land ourselves a few real good transfers. We are going to need it.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out. He never even met the new coach and if he doesn't think any more of ISU than that, then I don't want him here anyways.
Wake Forest!!?? Ha! WTF? I have my Masters Degree from Wake, they SUCK in men's basketball. This is a very surprising move, wow, just wow.
I don’t understand the negativity toward the kid at all... Some of you act surprised at the fact that college athletes would have loyalty toward a coach and often times a coach over a school.
Of course I say this as someone who’s been an ISU fan since I was about oh a day old... I’ve learned over the years coaches come and go in college athletics my loyalty lies with my school although I will refrain from going in on them right now.
But a couple things to keep in mind - all of these kids don’t grow up Indiana State fans. Asking them to be loyal to a school over a coach in two short years is ridiculous. Next - Lansing had some faults as a coach one could argue but his players loved him. His best players always stayed even when he took over as the HC himself that many years ago. Lastly, this fear of losing multiple players was expressed on this forum over a year ago. This was an inevitable outcome and anyone that thought something else might happen hasn’t been paying attention or doesn’t understand.
I don’t necessarily agree with the choice - but I wasn’t overwhelmed with Jake this year. I won’t bother evaluating his game now that he’s gone. I do just wish him the best - I won’t follow his career from this point forward but for his sake I hope it goes well! He and the other players didn’t ask for any of this.
Of course I say this as someone who’s been an ISU fan since I was about oh a day old... I’ve learned over the years coaches come and go in college athletics my loyalty lies with my school although I will refrain from going in on them right now.
But a couple things to keep in mind - all of these kids don’t grow up Indiana State fans. Asking them to be loyal to a school over a coach in two short years is ridiculous. Next - Lansing had some faults as a coach one could argue but his players loved him. His best players always stayed even when he took over as the HC himself that many years ago. Lastly, this fear of losing multiple players was expressed on this forum over a year ago. This was an inevitable outcome and anyone that thought something else might happen hasn’t been paying attention or doesn’t understand.
I don’t necessarily agree with the choice - but I wasn’t overwhelmed with Jake this year. I won’t bother evaluating his game now that he’s gone. I do just wish him the best - I won’t follow his career from this point forward but for his sake I hope it goes well! He and the other players didn’t ask for any of this.
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sycamore tuff
The Renn Level
I guess I lost an RC cola. Who do I pay it to?
Too bad we don't suck as bad as Wake...
23 NCAA bids... last in 2017
Can't blame the kid; great school, they just haven't been able to replace Skip Prosser...
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could u imagine now will go up against, Duke, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Syracuse, that's a big jump from the MVC. Jake has a lot of upside in him, just hope he gets the minutes that he wants. At ISU he would get 30+ mins, in the ACC he might be riding the bench a bit. Hope the best for Jake, its a tough loss for ISU, and he sure made the decision very quick.
Good luck young man. I hope you get some playing time.
notre dame mbb sucks, 44-45 overall, 20-36 in acc play over past 3 yrs; laravia's not playing against the notre dame wbb team
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DyedBlue
The All-MVC Level
As suggested, I have moved the updates on Wake Forest MBB and Jake Laravia to this former player location.
After the big win over UNC this weekend which led to Jake being named ACC Player of the week, the Deacs took on a very mediocre BC Eagles team at home tonight.
It was never close as Wake broke to a big lead and won going away 85-57 to move to 17-4 on the season and 7-3 in ACC play.
Laravia, who leads the Deacs in minutes/game played only 25 minutes in the blowout and scored 11 points with 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 6 blocks plus one steal. ACC POY candidate Alonzo Williams who leads the ACC in both scoring and assists again led the Deacs with 20+ in 32 minutes of court time.
As of this weekend, Laravia is #11 in PER in the ACC and is playing about 35 minutes/game.
The surprise teams of the ACC this season are Wake and Notre Dame which has surged after freshman Blake Wesley saw his minutes increase dramatically.
The 4 Star recruit from South Bend Riley stayed home to play for the Irish. He is the first public high school recruit to sign with ND since 1985. His father Derrick Wesley, left Ball State as its 3rd leading scorer all time and is a member of the BSU HOF. Blake was ranked the ESPN #82 player in the country and still only made second team all state in Indiana last year. Go Figure. He has been named ACC Freshman of the week 3 times already. He is providing an explosiveness off the dribble a bit below but similar to Jaden Ivey of Purdue.
After the big win over UNC this weekend which led to Jake being named ACC Player of the week, the Deacs took on a very mediocre BC Eagles team at home tonight.
It was never close as Wake broke to a big lead and won going away 85-57 to move to 17-4 on the season and 7-3 in ACC play.
Laravia, who leads the Deacs in minutes/game played only 25 minutes in the blowout and scored 11 points with 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 6 blocks plus one steal. ACC POY candidate Alonzo Williams who leads the ACC in both scoring and assists again led the Deacs with 20+ in 32 minutes of court time.
As of this weekend, Laravia is #11 in PER in the ACC and is playing about 35 minutes/game.
The surprise teams of the ACC this season are Wake and Notre Dame which has surged after freshman Blake Wesley saw his minutes increase dramatically.
The 4 Star recruit from South Bend Riley stayed home to play for the Irish. He is the first public high school recruit to sign with ND since 1985. His father Derrick Wesley, left Ball State as its 3rd leading scorer all time and is a member of the BSU HOF. Blake was ranked the ESPN #82 player in the country and still only made second team all state in Indiana last year. Go Figure. He has been named ACC Freshman of the week 3 times already. He is providing an explosiveness off the dribble a bit below but similar to Jaden Ivey of Purdue.
Wesley was not the #82 player in the country, rather his GRADE was an 82 -- Luke Goode, Ft Wayne Homestead was the #82 player in the country.
ESPN Top 100 -- No Blake Wesley
http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/playerrankings/_/class/2021/order/true
ESPN Top 12 Indiana Players -- Blake Wesley #4
http://www.espn.com/college-sports/...ankings/_/state/indiana/class/2021/view/state
All-State teams, like the Indiana All-Star team aren't ALWAYS indicative of the best players... whole lotta subjective voting occuring
IndyMitchell
The Blue Level
I hate that he left ISU but I'm happy for him. His basketball IQ and at his size is pretty rare. I think he would make any team better.
It's sad when a former player's profile gets much more activity and interest than profiles of those still within the program.
True but this season is leaving a lot to be desired...
and (apparently) laravia is having a much better year than some here believed he would have at WFU
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WFU is having a better season than most expected.
Chatter on Wake's message board he's heading to NBA draft
SycamoreBlue3209
The Newsom Level
Hopefully just testing the waters... Jake is a great college player, but really don't see how his athleticism and 3-point shot could keep him on an NBA roster.
I was low key expecting to see a post saying that he had entered the transfer portal again.