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Jerome, TJD, and Damezi walked past our tailgate this past weekend...I’m no doctor but based on my analysis of Jerome walking, he seemed to be taking steps of somebody who has been cleared for full contact! I think we’re gonna be good here guys! Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I don’t have an Athletic subscription but apparently there’s a story that has Archie saying Jerome Hunter and Devonte will be key to our improved shooting this year. Archie seems to be confident Jerome will be a contributing

He is visiting IU this coming weekend. Unofficial visit Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

So, U.Va. offers to add a year to Tony Bennett's contract and give him a raise. He takes the extra year, but turns down the raise. Says that he and his wife are more than happy with the money they're making and tells U.Va. to spend the money on his assistants or on other athletic programs. ... Is this guy for real? https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/27629534/virginia-bennett-rejects-raise-new-deal

Where has Hoosier Guy been lately? I’ll step up in his absence....TK is ours! BOOM! Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Begone troll

IU seems to be definitely in his top 7, possibly top 3. Regardless, anything can happen so hope we make his top 7 tomorrow! Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

No but the players do. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

The countdown begins.

@joehoopsreport: Indiana #Hoosiers have offered Bryce Hopkins, Hoops Report’s Class of 2021 No. 2 ranked player. Has been so impressive for Fenwick this weekend. Fenwick, IL 6'7"/220 247 Rivals

Your first 2 posts were "does IU even practice shooting the ball?" and "who cares?" You might want to work on your presentation. You are allowed to do whatever you want. And..people are allowed to avoid taking you seriously if this is what you have to add.

Team is off to a great start. Let's hope the wheels don't fall off. IU received 13 votes in the latest AVCA Coaches poll. Indiana hasn’t been ranked since 2010. In two weekends when Big Ten play starts, Hoosiers will play two (No. 7 Minnesota, No. 9 Wisconsin) top 10 teams to open conference play.

I don't miss having to control the infighting.

Are you my father-in-law? You sound just like him.

Oh how I miss seeing people’s IP to know who it is. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

You created an account to post this? Within two minutes of creating an account you posted this and in another thread asking if IU practices shooting. I am stepping out a limb here, but I think you are probably a familiar face around these parts. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Our conference doesn't help but I don't buy that it's a bigger hindrance than some are making it out to be. Last season we were 0-3 against the Big Ten West, prior season we were 1-2, even in the 6 win bowl season prior we were 1-2. Big Ten East alignment doesn't help at all, but we don't beat the Big Ten West either. EDIT: Edited to make our records correct, 1-2 not 1-3. Point stands, over last 9 BT West games we're 2-7.

Almost every business recruits and extends offers for any role based on those exact same two points, in addition to being right for the role. So... Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

https://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2019/09/08/road-to-redemption-how-virginia-went-from-losing-to-16-seed-to-winning-title/ Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Actually, it's a very apt comparison. Allen did absolutely nothing to be given the keys to a B1G program. Nothing. He'd been at IU for all of one season ... Likewise, Buckley wouldn't have done anything to deserve the gig.

Lol I don’t know what you are talking about. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

FYI - #2 ranked player from the State of Illinois for 2021, not nationally.

I hate the trimming from 25 to 15 to 7 to 3 to 2 junk. I have to think he knows who his top 2 or 3 are. Just trim it to them. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

2020 prospect Taliyah Medina, 6-1 W, Bethlehem Catholic HS (PA), has offers from Indiana, Louisville, Michigan, Penn, Penn State, Pitt, Tennessee, Villanova, WVU (per source). Reportedly plans to visit all of these schools.

Excellent ball control with the hooks and using glass and deep. Has handles to go 1 on 1. Seems to score at will against option 2&3. Should we be concerned or happy we’re in the hunt? Awesome video.

Is it too much to ask to have a football program on par with Iowa or Nothwestern? Seems like we are light years away from even that expectation.

Lander may or may not end up in Bloomington. But your analysis strikes me as off. Phinisee and Lander would have exactly zero problem playing together defensively, unless you think that Lander is just going to be a disinterested defender. But he’s already a long 6’3”, and apparently still growing, with flat out elite movement skills. Neither he nor Phinisee is defensively system limited in any way. I would foresee a Sr Phinisee/Fr Lander backcourt providing exceptional ball pressure and being highly disruptive creating turnovers and pushing pace. And any moron could scheme them offensively. If he ends up elsewhere, he ends up elsewhere. But system and personnel fit don’t strike me as the slightest issues.

Uh oh. I'm sensing that Charlie Spegal is about to become Luke Brown in football recruiting discussions. lol

Unfortunately, those who picked IU picked poorly. @Old Friend won the week with 112 pts, no one picked 51 for O$U or a paltry 10 for IU. From hereon forward, the lowest 2 scores will be taken off your total which makes for a strange looking overall leaderboard this week. Basically, its your single best score in the 1st 3 games. Overall Week 3 Rank 2019 IUFB Points Rank IU/Ohio St Points 1 LamarCheeks 132 1 Old Friend 112 2 Iusafety 132 2 Jhoosier914 110 3 Jhoosier914 128 3 biteoftheapple 109 4 Brass Cannon 128 4 MemphisHoosier 109 5 IUc2016 124 5 Napleshoosier 108 6 The Ola Depot 124 6 fwgreenway 107 7 biteoftheapple 119 7 DChoosier 105 8 jbell833 118 8 Iusafety 105 9 HoosierAloha 117 9 LamarCheeks 105 10 fwgreenway 115 10 VPC 105 11 brumdog45 115 11 LIHoosier 102 12 VO5 114 12 WayneFleekHoosier 102 13 johnsoniu 114 13 VO5 101 14 mamasa 114 14 JaybobHoosier 98 15 WayneFleekHoosier 114 15 johnsoniu 98 16 ThompsonHoosier 114 16 rcs29 98 17 ap2345 114 17 ThompsonHoosier 98 18 Naturalhoosier 113 18 The Ola Depot 97 19 LIHoosier 112 19 Hardwood83 95 20 VPC 112 20 IUc2016 95 21 lucel15 112 21 BtownBanner6 94 22 Old Friend 112 22 Naturalhoosier 94 23 thebigweave 111 23 wirenuts 33 24 JaybobHoosier 110 24 jbell833 31 25 MemphisHoosier 110 25 mamasa 31 26 Me So Hornsby 110 26 thebigweave 27 27 BabyJandJDaddy 108 27 lucel15 20 28 BtownBanner6 108 29 rcs29 108 30 Napleshoosier 108 31 Dchoosier 105 32 bigrod 95 33 Hardwood83 95 34 wirenuts 33

To arrest Gilbert Arenas for talking ill of Dook and K? Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

That’s almost verbatim what Kentucky fans have said in the past about calipari. It’s laughable, clearly they will go to LSU or anywhere that will pay them. I have no doubt the vast majority of five stars from Kentucky and duke have been paid Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I think a school like Boise State or UCF are good examples of schools who are fine being spring boards for coaches. And it is working great for them. At the rate this programs continues to go after 150 years or whatever it is, about time to join the MAC.

He’s a talented kid. And a fully healthy and engaged Hunter is going to help a team that is going to struggle offensively. But if the blood clot rumors were true, it will have to be closely monitored for the rest of his playing career. Chris Bosh was older, but yet it is still something that can end your career like it did his. And that’s definitely not something I want to see for him.

That’s awesome! I might have to be a Virginia fan if Archie can’t get things turned around. Haha Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

The issue is Glass couldn't be bothered to even do a search. He woke up and said 'good enough, you're hired' to the first person he ran in to.

Sure wouldn't have known by watching last season. That was brutal.

His hiring of Tom Allen would've been the same thing as firing Tom Crean, then making Tim Buckley the head coach. That he didn't even search for a coach remains very exasperating -- at least to me. Or since the timing of Wilson's dismissal wasn't great, why not name Allen the interim coach and then conduct a thorough, national search?

You're correct, IMO. I'm not an expert or rabid follower of college football, but I've said for years that pouring money into facilities without ever getting serious about hiring a good coach is a recipe for failure. I've heard the comments that no high profile coach would come to IU, and I get that. I also understand that the longer we wallow in sub-mediocrity it becomes even more unlikely. But, we've gone after guys that had no record of accomplishment - both inexperienced and veteran. Bill Mallory was the best we had and we fired him. Hoepner looked to be on track to potentially being an great coach, but he was tragically taken. I just can't accept the notion that we can't find a very good coach while almost every other school has done it at one period or another over the last 30 years. The hiring of Tom Allen was, IMO, the epitome of feeble, lazy, and uninspired program management. Nothing against the coach, but good Lord at least FG could have made an effort to upgrade the head coach position by conducting a thorough search. It's this ongoing lack of seriousness from the AD office (what 3 or 4 who've held that office) that results in me being only a very casual fan of IU football.

Hunter was there 4 most of the time. Clark started 20 games and played the 4th most minutes on the team. Clark, Guy, and Jerome played together far more than they didn’t. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Just like you’re ignoring the sources that don’t fit your narrative. The Indystar article is from July. It includes quotes from Lander himself. You can choose to believe the reporter didn’t bother asking Lander about his height if you want to, but I’m not buying it. Anyway, I’ve said all I have to say on this topic. Lander will have top programs promising him PT and IU will be offering him an opportunity to split PT. I’m not getting my hopes up.

Cardinals seem to think they already locked the division up. Not going to be shocked if they choke and let the Cubs take the division.

That's a W against the kitties! That's 2 this weekend (volleyball being the other). I'm feeling good about the progress of this team under van Bennekom!

2 other guys? Lander would get Durham’s minutes right now. Don’t get me wrong, I like watching Durham and appreciate his effort, but he’s not what I would call a particularly good player. The fact that Al would be a senior and would have to compete with a freshman for minutes pretty much says it all. Lander’s only competition for minutes would be Phinisee, and I have a feeling that’ll be the primary reason we don’t land him. Miller clearly wants height and length on the floor and a lineup featuring Phinisee/Lander is a defensive liability in his system. It’ll be one or the other most of the time and I have a hard time seeing Lander take the lead in that battle.

Trey in Bloomington this weekend

They lost because the defense fell off the rails. Your defense and special teams gives up 49 it’s not on the QB

That’s why there’s Terre Haute!!! (I know Evans and probably a couple of others from there).

Sorry that I want IU to be good at sports, I guess. I don't want to root for another school. I want to root for IU. I want IU to be good. Over the last decade, IU has been anything but good. IU football hasn't had a winning record in 11 seasons, and IU basketball has missed the tournament in 6 of the last 10 years. That is an absolute failure that has happened under the watch of your guy Fred Glass. Sure, IU football has always sucked. Doesn't mean they have to suck moving forward. Northwestern really sucked, until they didn't. Now they're a solid program. You can complain about us being in the tougher division, but we don't win when we play teams in the Big 10 West either. IU is a school that has a bad football program and an average basketball program right now. Not sure why people think we should be ok with that or why people get mad at Iugradman for pointing that out. Get mad at the people causing this to happen, instead.

@JustinByerly: Florida State, Maryland and Indiana were at Greensboro Day this morning to see newly reclassified 2020 PG Cam Hayes. 247 Rivals

Someone on the Rivals site said he's been fully scrimmaging with the team.

From a recent Archie interview: What is Jerome Hunter’s health status? “Jerome had a very good summer and is progressing. He will continue to do more. He’s continued his rehabilitation. He elevated himself in terms of his activity level. He did a good job with his strength and conditioning and it was great to have him back. He was someone that would have really been able to help us last season.”