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I think my brain has been protecting me from remembering the Woody era because despite knowing that Rice played a big role for us, I can barely recall anything about his time here specifically. Wish him well at Washington State in all likelihood.

No…please no. I can’t watch that kid get his lunch eaten by the opposing PG over and over and over again. Even in a backup role.

it is all IU stuff he posted, though. I agree--- highly unlikely.. but the video was straight IU.

Yeah, there is no way that kid is coming back to Bloomington. No. He played here during 1 of the hardest years to be an IU player, ever. No way he has fond memories. And just can’t see a result where a kid playing his last year of college is looking for 12-15 mins a night as a mostly back up PG. But, in the 1 in a million shot that that is the case what a ridiculously good add it would be.

Would be a good addition!

On his Instagram he posts pictures from all of his stops. If I'm making an educated guess, he would be returning to Washington State, where the community really embraced him.

And only one year. We needed, at least, one more of those. You're absolutely content at the 1-3 spots if he's added.

Two things: 1. It's research for the disease that has crippled his mom. 2. Fernando is a class act all the way.

The video seems far more like a return announcement than a highlight tape. It was emphasizing IU and the caption is a return is coming. I know his first year here wasn’t great, but he was also not set up for success. He’s more talented than most backup ball handlers we’d find in the portal at this point. I’d be very cool with a reunion

Could definitely be that. Odd he wouldn't show highlights from each of his 3 schools though if that was the case. Lol. Maybe he only had one good edit and it was an Indiana edit.

Myles Rice(???) posted a TikTok an hour ago with the caption "The return is coming" with IU highlights. Not sure what's going on with that, but that would be another ball handler.

Will be there for NW game as well. 1st game in 10 years. Cheers, Brass.

In recent years, I've been in "John, I want a divorce" mode with IU basketball. If Wade uses one of his nine lives and somehow has a better team than us, I think I'll finally pull the trigger.

We were 32nd in the country in 3FGA last year and 147th in 3FG%. Tucker and Wilkerson were more proven shooters coming in last year than anyone we have on next year's team except for Lindsay. College players are not elite enough shotmakers to copy the NBA's 3 or dunk philosophy. If you're going to shoot that many 3s you need to have some ability to get offensive rebounds and we didn't last year. This year we will. There are multiple ways of winning. The shot chart from Michigan UConn is interesting. Michigan: 21-55 (38% FG), 2-15 (13% 3FG%), 25-28 FT (89%) UConn: 21-68 (31% FG), 9-33 (27% 3FG), 12-16 FT (75%) IMO we shot too many 3s last year and will probably still shoot a ton next year. We were tied for 215th in the country in FTA per game. This year's team should be able to get to the line more thanks to Burton and Mustaf penetrating and get more 2nd chance opportunities with Sherrell and Yig. I'd like to see us live and die by the 3 less and think we will.

Man if we had good player development the rest of the Big Ten would be in trouble. Hehe

I agree. I hope that stylistically we don't change anything. We should've been going into the portal to address the obvious. Get P5 bigger, stronger, faster and/or more talented at each position.

IU has the highest retention rate of underclassmen for the upcoming season per Rabjohns.

I get the move because LSU has the combination of ridiculous resources, membership in a top 2 conference and no moral or ethical hesitancy of any kind that’s right up Wade’s alley. Dude couldn’t say no. But this year’s gonna be a little rough.

He shouldn't have left NC State. He had like 2 other schools he had worry about in the ACC, but in the SEC, he has about 8 to 10.

No doubt the team has been seriously improved and the staff deserves a lot of credit for that. We do have a lot of big questions, though, aside from how we fill out the rest of the roster spots. Harris has never played more than 10mpg. He was Duke's 9th man most of the year, down the stretch when they had a couple injuries they only went 7 deep and he still didn't get many minutes. He only eclipsed 15 minutes played 7 times this past year - 2 of them against P5 opponents (their loss to TTU and a blow out win over ND). Duke fans have said he is a good kid but likely didn't play more because he is a bit laterally challenged. He will have a bigger role here and we're going to need him to hit shots. We are really banking on Sisley taking a considerable sophomore leap IMO. We will surely add some big man depth but at this point looks like the plan is that he will get minimum 20mpg and likely a bit more? Right now, looking at the roster, we should probably expect a fairly different play style next year. Lindsay is basically the only proven volume shooter on the team right now. Maybe Harris can be one too, maybe not. Not really Burton or Mustaf's game to knock down a bunch of 3s. Replacing Wilkerson's production will need to be a committee assignment IMO. We are going to have to see how all the pieces fit together. A lot to like too, with Sherrell and Yig especially. Certainly capable of being a tournament team. Though I don't think it's a slam dunk at this point. For me it's just as easy to see us getting a 5 / 6 / 7 seed and going to the R32 as it is to envision them missing entirely if we find out Harris isn't up to the task and Sisley didn't improve a ton over the offseason. The bench could be a serious impediment to success again next year. And if Burton, Sherrell or Yig get injured, things could really fly off the rails IMO. We will just have to see how it all comes together.

Thursday morning at 11:00 am, our #4 seed Hoosiers will face #5 seed Washington who defeated #12 seed Minnesota 4-2 earlier today.

Love that. Old dudes with zero F’s left to give going off are the most entertaining thing in the current environment. Take no prisoners.

The NCAA already had Sampson in their sights before he came to IU.

So far. Wade said something about wanting to go hard internationally, but he’s so late that it’s gonna be tough this year. My heart is bleeding for him.