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Dorsey signs his GA deal. I think Dorsey has a lot to offer in 1v1 scenarios, but his final ball needs some work. He'll get paid to figure it out next year at least. Bringing Rennicks and Muse back would be massive. Don't bank on seeing either one at Armstrong next year, but you never know.

Yeah, KP admits early in the season his rankings are a bit meh. He uses data from last year through ~10 games and does some projecting with freshmen.

I have 0 dog in this fight, but you left out a whole lot of context here. Patterson was at Syracuse for two years. He never averaged more than 2 points or 15 minutes. He shot 17% from 3 as a sophomore. He transferred to IUPUI where he did slightly better, but was never anything more than a role player. Gelon ended up at a place called State Fair Community College. He wasn't Matt Roth or Ziesloft and he wasn't ever going to be.

Meh, who really cares. Being just outside the Top 25 is probably better at this point. This team is young and has a lot of questions to answer. Talented and a ton of potential, but games are won on the court.

Every time IU Football season rolls around..

I'd be surprised. They can pretty much pick anyone they want.

Maybe you're right. Time will certainly tell at Mississippi State. Hope he does well. Cannot overstate how important this hire is for IU, though. The foundation's been built. Hopefully we find the right man to steer the ship.

My biggest issue is that it seems everyone just assumes the baseball team will continue to win at the level they have been recently. It's possible they do, but it is certainly not guaranteed. These last 6 years have been the best in school history and should not be dismissed lightly. Lemonis never hit the ceiling everyone wanted, but his teams had a pretty high floor.

I think some of you are being a little harsh on Lemonis. Obviously there was a drop-off after Smith left. Those were the two best years in Indiana Baseball history. There was going to be a drop-off. Lemonis got IU to the tournament three out of the four years he was here. That's a good return for a Big Ten school. I'm not saying Lemonis is a great coach, but he's not chopped liver either. There's no guarantee IU baseball will continue to be this successful moving forward.

Receveur is an all-time great. Will go down as one of the best runners in IU history. Same with Kuhn and possibly Veatch as well. Track/XC teams have a lot of talent right now.

Downtown NA has a lot of great spots now. They've done a nice job of revitalizing the town.

Meh, doesn't seem like a big deal to me. The weight room is massive and still pretty new, so I would advocate that the other programs leverage it. Quite a few schools have come in to tour the facility and modeled their own weight rooms after it.

Two were forced to sit out (academics, transfer) and three had to sit out a year due to injury.

I'm not going to get involved in the whole conspiracy theory, but you did bring up an interesting point. Has anyone else noticed how few 1 and Done players UNC has? Tony Bradley last year, but I think there was a ten year gap before him. They were still landing elite talent, they just never had good enough freshmen seasons to declare. Seems odd that a school of UNC's caliber, that recruits at a high-level, doesn't produce more early entrants.

Before the season started, I thought this team would finish with 18-19 wins. They only ended up with 16, but lost DeRon to injury and CuJo to a transfer mid-season. The team definitely improved from the first game to the last. It wasn't always a steady upward trajectory, but it very rarely is. Juwan was brilliant this year. He seemed to really thrive in Archie's system. I definitely expect him to test the waters. He's not an NBA player, but if he wants to declare, that's perfectly fine. Sometimes players just want to get paid and it doesn't matter where they go. I expect him to return, but won't knock him if he doesn't. I'll be sad to see RoJo go. He had his ups and downs, but he ended up with some really nice career numbers. He's well spoken and exactly what you should want a Hoosier to be. Smith and Green have a ton of potential and I expect to see them both make a jump next season. Durham showed a few flashes and I think he'll be a solid player by his junior year. Assuming the roster stays pretty similar to what it is now, I expect around 20-22 wins next year. There won't be the losses to teams like ISU or IPFW and I expect the team will be able to snag a few of the close ones against the top tier teams. Another off-season with Archie will help the continuity. Getting some of his own recruits in. I think next year's team could be a really fun one to watch.