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The collective freak out when Morton chose Purdue is what's not helpful, because it's clear that it was for nothing. Everybody was reacting based off of outdated rankings, even though it was clear that he was being passed on the AAU circuit. People were so desperate to believe that we were losing our recruiting momentum that they were reacting without facts, and as it turned out, getting up in arms about nothing. Morton had clearly become less of a priority, and it's now evident why. Evaluations change, and Morton's changed quickly, both for Archie and for the scouting industry. I was pretty sure before that Archie had backed off, and seeing these rankings I'm almost positive now. He's now nearly the lowest ranked player that we'd be pursuing (Galloway is just 2 spots behind him). If Morton had committed to Indiana, and then his ranking had fallen 60+ spots, people on this board would be freaking out about how Archie prioritized the wrong guy, and now we're stuck with an overrated guard when there are so many others that we could be pursuing. Yes, there's still a chance that Morton spurned IU even though Archie told him he was a top target and chose Purdue. But what's more likely? 1. A guy who had IU listed as one of his top schools and had scheduled a visit then deciding to skip the visit and not even include IU in his top 4 schools, or 2. a coach deciding to prioritize guys that were more skilled and had clearly surpassed Morton? The only way 1 is realistic is if Archie did something to completely infuriate Morton, and that seems extremely unlikely.

Well, that kid outside of the top 200 has moved up to 89 while the player we lost to our arch rival dropped to 121. Archie isn't getting desperate. He knows what he's doing.

I'm a Culver alum, I'll tell him to cross the other 7 schools off the list.

Um, okay. None of them have offered him in June before he starts his senior year of high school. We'll see who offers him before he makes his final decision. My guess, he'll be playing high level D1 basketball, even if it's not at IU. I won't be surprised if "idk why Archie would want this kid" turns into "yet another miss by Archie, no momentum" if he goes elsewhere.

Nah. You all have access to the Summerball Talent Rating and Observation Metric (the S.T.R.O.M.), which accurately predicted both the rise of Cross and the fall of Morton.

Seniors defeat the juniors 127-116.

Impossible! Losing out on him was a loss Archie will never recover from! [emoji849] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

College bball just moved the three point line to the exact distance that Austin Van Zyl has been shooting it from for the past three years. Prophetic?

Let’s try and get this back to discussion about Austin. I know nothing about him but let’s all stop the transfer talk myself included Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

@BNLAthletics1: Miss Basketball Jorie Allen leads Indiana All-Stars to smashing win over Juniors http://bnlathletics.com/the-jersey-fits-as-miss-basketball-all-stars-crush-juniors/ … @BNL_Stars @indallstars Allen - 14 pts, 5 rebs, 5 asts Noveroske - 13 pts, 12 rebs Beeler - DNP

Has a Davide Moretti feel all the way around to me. I’m cautiously optimistic about this play. Now if the dozen HM thing is real, who knows if Archie will win. He hasn’t shown recent ability to get who he “wants”. We’re due though. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Why should we go full court press on Leal and Galloway over Cross? I don't know why Cross shot up the rankings, but given that the people putting together these lists do it for a living, I'm guessing there's more to it than being "the best player on a crappy AAU team". Your opinion before was based off his ranking, but now that his ranking has improved 100+ spots, it doesn't mean much? Why not? This isn't Archie pulling a Crean and offering a Tim Priller type of player. Cross is a solid player who brings some of the personality traits, such as toughness, that we've been wanting in IU basketball players. Rankings aren't everything, and just because he's top 100 now doesn't guarantee he's going to be a good college player, but it does show that he's not a recruit Archie is reaching for because he's getting desperate.

Back to Loveday. I think if IU pushes they will have real good chance. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Some news, per a re-tweet by the young fella:

The optics look bad to a bunch of people who don't know anything. I'm not taking a shot at anyone in particular, but nobody on this board really knows how these recruits are performing in terms of rising and falling throughout the year until these lists come out, other than some random anecdotes we hear from the Evan Daniels and Brian Snows of the world. It looked desperate to you and others because you were putting stock into static recruiting rankings. You looked at Morton as top 50 and Cross outside the top 200, but Archie and his staff are obviously constantly evaluating potential players. By the time they offered Cross and Morton committed to Purdue, their evaluations had gone in completely different directions. Also, I'm not saying that we should put full faith in recruiting rankings, but Cross is ranked significantly higher than Leal or Galloway. Why would Archie prioritize those guys and then see if he can find a fit for the best player of the 3?

People criticize the Fitzner offer way too much. That scholarship is already off the books and was going to go unused last year if not given to Fitzner. While Fitzner was underwhelming, there was no downside to putting him on scholarship. Because of injuries he played more than he should have and got exposed, but he was still more valuable than an empty scholarship would have been.

Halftime seniors lead the juniors 66-54. TJD: 11 pts, 5 rbs / Franklin: 6 pts, 4 rbs, 2 ast / Leal: 7 pts, 2 ast, 3-3, 1-1 from 3 / Galloway: 8 pts, 1 rbd, 1 ast

Sigh. I'm begin to feel you think that if any kid transfers, it was 'creaning'. That much is clear when you bring up a midseason transfer of Curtis Jones as a 'possible creaning' as well as two guys transferring leaving us with three unused scholarships.

Damn, Morton dropped like a rock. Would be nice if we grabbed the better player in RJ Davis.

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Then start pushing, I’ll hold the legs:) Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Everybody is against creaning yet all for doing the things that make it necessary. Seems odd.

86 days until kickoff

Committed last night. #5 West Washington, IN 6'5"/235 247 Rivals

Sadly, the program feels like it has zero momentum. I’m not counting on Archie surprising me. So yeah, I’m a little worried. Until our administration changes, I don’t even care who our coach is. Coach K couldn’t win at Indiana with this administration. It seems the Keion Brooks recruitment was kinda the figurative nail in our program’s “momentum” coffin. The Langford experiment and the historic losing streak didn’t help matters either. My attitude towards the basketball team is shifting to how I root for IUFB. Root for wins but expect losses. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app