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With the state of Purdues NIL there’s no way they win a 5 star that a big boy actually wants. Feels like Lander for us

How did his index for this year play out? Was he on to something and can we have some reason for a better season

Just a note on how Illinois scored their 2 runs in the 10th: 2 walks and a hit batsman to load the bases with no outs. First run scored on a double play ground ball. Then a two-out wild pitch scored the second run. So Illinois scored 2 runs in the 10th without a hit or an RBI. Business as usual for IU.

This is interesting to see, but it has no relevance today. A coach today with IU resources can either identify and sign the right players or they can’t. Many can’t. I truly am pulling for DD because I do think he has it in him. This is a test of all tests and I hope he evolves and rises to the top.

Not because he’s perimeter oriented. Because in many games he just plain disappears. He’s apparently playing with some ball-dominant guards but still.

That doesn’t equate like it use to in this day of NIL. Cig showed us that.. not an excuse at an institution like Indiana anymore.

The Illini got on the board quickly. They scored 3 in the 1st inning off Connor Linn; added 1 in the 7th and 3 more in the 8th. 5 Hoosier pitchers held them to just 5 hits but walked 6 and hit 4 batters. And 4 of the 5 hits were for extra bases - 2 doubles and 2 HR. We entered the 9th trailing 7-3. Will Moore opened with a solo HR followed by a Cole Decker double. Cal Gates walked to put runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs, but Aiden Stewart hit into a double play. A Ricketts walk put runners on 1st and 3rd and Hogan Denny blasted a 3-run HR to tie it up and send the game into extra innings. But Illinois scored 2 in the top of the 10th and we couldn't mount another rally. Final score 9-7. Season comes to a close tomorrow with the first pitch scheduled for 2:00.

Wonder what ius numbers look like compared to this

IU (82.6) is ranked #2 in Torvik's Projective Effective Talent ranking, right behind Duke (89.1). Projected Effective Talent is Torvik’s way of estimating the overall quality of a roster after accounting for more than just recruiting rankings. It factors in things like transfers, returning production, experience, and expected playing time to project how much talent will actually contribute on the court. A team can have highly ranked recruits, but if they are inexperienced or unlikely to play major roles, their effective talent rating may be lower. https://barttorvik.com/trankpre.php?sort=tal&conlimit=

Followed by #360 overall, 20th this year

That's true. I think when they hired Jawan and Memphis hired Penny and they initially did well with their loose, player friendly environment, it looked like times had changed and you could have success with that approach. I believe that greased the skids for the Woody move. Neither of the previously mentioned names had hc experience or the connections with people such as World Wide Wes....and others. We should all think back to that time and be able to relax a bit right now.

? He’s the perfect floor spacer for a 2 big lineup and as a 5th scoring option. And probably costs half the money of Harris who hasn’t done anything in his career. The money used to acquire Mustaf and Harris ($2.5-$3m) could have been used to retain Dorn, added an actual playable big off the bench, and likely an older/experienced guard from a mid or low major to be an 8th-9th man. Samet Sherrell Dorn Lindsay Burton is still a really good starting 5 and a bench of Sisley Playable big Moody Veteran guard Karvala/Manhertz sure as hell beats whatever we’re going to trot off the bench this year. We’re an injury away from being worse than last year.

#359 tonight. Ties him with: Nolan Arenado (Active) Johnny Mize (HOF). Tied for 8th among active players.

Avery Parker doin' Avery Parker things. A first inning 2-run HR to dead center.

They were 8-24 before Dusty took over. That’s a worse spot than any IU coach this century has taken over.

In our bracket at Knoxville, #2 seed Tennessee defeated Northern Kentucky 3-1.

Booker was so obvious to anyone who watched him play. That rating was always based on potential. Haven't seen anything other than a few highlights on Hill but that frame did give me Booker vibes. Does he play like him? Perimeter oriented?

You said backup big over Mustaf. Come on now. Your call is to run back a weaker group and with Dorn who completely fell off the rails and gave us next to nothing over the second half of the season. Dorn is proven??? Exactly what did he do for IU??? You suffer from memory loss? I liked him early in season. Then he got scouted and completely shut down. He’s at best a backup sometimes scorer for IU. You talk out of both sides of your mouth and ignore his season. Have at it

No, as USPS pointed out UM has been one of the best teams in the B1G for some time minus the 2 year or so hiccup- it’s apples and oranges between programs. IU will require more time, it is what it is

Waiting to see how much my bonus at work ends up being. Wife said do what makes me happy, so no issues there, lol.

Maybe it isn’t quite fair to use Dusty as an example because he is a savant of sorts. He intuitively knows exactly how to construct a roster for a deep run. Once he got it figured out at FAU I think it was all downhill from there and if he would’ve come to IU, he would’ve done pretty close to the same as what he did at Michigan. Dusty’s scouting on incoming freshman and fill in pieces I believe would be a lot different at this juncture with this team, but I guess we’re going to see who fills out the last roster spot and where this season goes, but I believe we’re gonna get a good picture of the direction of the program this year with all the support and money that is at his disposal. Rubber meets road…time to coach.

We had $20mil to spend on 12 players. It would be impossible to be outside the top 5. Torvik or somebody’s entire roster rating is a better judge. And we’re doing well there. But not top 5.

Who said anything about a lower tier big? $1.5M would have gone a long way in securing a solid 15-18 mpg big off the bench. Doubly, it prevents the staff from completely running Sherrell and/or Samet into the ground by seasons end playing each 30+ a night. God forbid one of them gets hurt, season is over if that is the case. I’m not sold on either Harris or Mustaf, lofty high school rankings be damned, which are completely irrelevant at this stage. You may be, that’s your opinion. Dorn is a proven high level 3 pt shooter on good volume, we don’t have any of those next year. I’m not convinced the production from Harris or Mustaf is going to match the price tag they came with, especially compared to what Dorn was likely commanding.

Oh come on already, you wanted to dump 2 we landed as part of the #3 portal class in favor of a lower tier big and Dorn whose scoring fell off significantly through the season and failed to help at all as we missed the tourney . This is pure hypocrisy and laughable— complain and bitc% about what DeVries has done in the portal while disregarding it’s the #3 class for good reason and ignoring that the player you now pine for gave us nothing down the stretch. Just laughably hypocritical. We have a group of much better players now, except for Wilkerson (who I’ll miss). Depth is a question mark, but pinning for the guy whose scoring dropped off a cliff and just some so so big is just plain laughable. Yeah, drop Mustaf for a cheaper guy and keep Dorn, that would make us so much better. Good grief. And yes Harris is worth the roll of the dice, dude is an outstanding shooter, well-ranked and recruited out of HS for it, now he’ll get a chance to show when not buried on the bench. Dorn? I would’ve like him to stay for depth but not at the expense of who we landed, no way.

How so?