PITT Transfer Josh Newkirk is headed to IU!

[Sam_Boger 360]

@insidethehall: According to @JonRothstein, Indiana has added Pittsburgh transfer Josh Newkirk. #iubb

[Yogi'sBicep 1,048]

Immediately eligible?

[Sam_Boger 360]

Immediately eligible?

Appears he has to sit out a year. Coming off a knee surgery.

[Dalton26 16,891]

Was just coming to post this. Anyone know much about him?

[barrettballer 513]

5.9 ppg with two years of eligibility left. Has to sit out this year

[Magnanimous 4,399]

He was ranked around the 20th PG in his class. Originally from North Carolina. He's also coming off of microfracture knee surgery. Looks like we may have just got Yogi's replacement. Apparently not a very good shooter, but very quick.

[Beowulf50 816]

Was just coming to post this. Anyone know much about him?

A quick point guard who struggled to find his shot while at Pitt. He was expected to be a top ACC player.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,149]

A quick point guard who struggled to find his shot while at Pitt. He was expected to be a top ACC player.

 

This from ESPN: 

Newkirk averaged 5.9 points, 1.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game last season for the Panthers. He underwent microfracture surgery on his knee on May 6.  The Panthers had hoped the speedy Newkirk would develop into one of the ACC's better point guards but it never happened. He struggled finding his shot, making just 38 percent of his field goal attempts as a sophomore in 2014-15 as Pitt failed to make the NCAA tournament.

 

Not very spectacular stats and now dealing with surgery rehab issues.   Not knocking either Grant or Newkirk but not exactly the first 2 commitments I would like to necessarily have coming in next season.  I know we have a lot of openings but I also can't help but think that some of the big names have give CTC indications they ain't coming to Bloomington.  Hope I'm wrong; very wrong.

[WayneFleekHoosier 46,831]

Such odd choices by our staff. A PG who can't shoot coming off knee surgery. Sure, sign him up. We are Indiana.

[JaybobHoosier 11,821]

Oh wow, this will be a very nice addition imo. The year he has to sit out will help give him time to heal and get ready for the following season.

[FKfootball 1,046]

Well, he has a season in our program to get better. I always liked him.

[Magnanimous 4,399]

Such odd choices by our staff. A PG who can't shoot coming off knee surgery. Sure, sign him up. We are Indiana.

 

Rather transition to a veteran PG than plug an 18 year old in there. Kid has potential.

[recker222000 1,010]

I always knew crean would never let that open grant stay open

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[WayneFleekHoosier 46,831]

You will be happy with this kid being our lead PG? Me neither. We are becoming Pitt, Xavier, Marquette. Not Duke, Arizona, Kansas.

[WayneFleekHoosier 46,831]

Time has proven AGE and Experience nowadays means little compared to the the days of old. It's ALL about skill. Duke and UK have proven this fact. A middling PG is a middling PG. If he were our backup PG for the future i could live with that.

[Sam_Boger 360]

He can come in when CuJo gets tired haha!

[Trish 11,414]

Ehhh.. 

 

 

May be good for Creans offense.. until he has to shoot the ball. Good future back up PG?

[KingPG21 6,515]

So we get a middling point guard from the ACC. And we already have a low rated guy who might be a Matt Roth type producer. Ugh

[MikeRoberts 6,837]

The good news is we can still recruit a stud pg and he won't be worried about playing time. If we land a stud pg then we have a solid first and second stringer. If he ends up being our first stringer we might be in trouble

[Hovadipo 52,982]

I like it. I like it even more if we add CuJo. I don't really want Rob playing extended PG minutes.