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I agree. If filling rosters was looked at from a business perspective one would question why a staff would spend the time and money over a 3-4 year period “showing the love” to a 15/16/17 year old that may or may not commit, might not turn out to be a player and if landed has at least a 50% chance of leaving via the portal. I find myself transitioning from wanting HS players and balanced classes to not really caring as long as we can land proven performers via the portal. That being said…Hope we land Mullins.

You need to quit playing Thread police, it’s the correct thread if we want it in this thread or the “Don’t Fire Mike Woodson” thread. I am 100% certain you would have been ok with him posting it in that thread! Thank you for helping resurrecting this thread, lol!!! Fire Mike Woodson!!!

Semi related, so I’m working out in my office bldg gym, and the gym is playing German easy listening- soft pop… Why!! Who the H works out to German soft pop??

https://x.com/GeorgiaTechFB/status/1827677313032663378 Love this. And that game didn’t look like an upset at all.

Woody is doing Rothstein’s podcast this week. I don’t listen to all of them, but the podcasts of Rothstein’s I’ve heard have been quite good.

'27 Jason Gardner (Fishers HS) named one of the top performers at the CP3 Rising Stars All-American Camp.

Kind of looks like Alex Karaban looked in HS. Doubt he’ll fill out quite that much but he’s a better run/jump athlete. Gonna be a really good get for anyone.

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/theyre-crazy-about-basketball-2026-top-40-wing-aidan-chronister-making-return-visit-to-iu-basketball/

IU. 45 FIU. 13 Kurtis Rourke throws 5 td’s and announces his Heisman presence with authority.

Listening to Nico by choice could plausibly be labeled self-harm.

I feel like Garzon is a bit limited from being as big a star as she might be because of a lack of athleticism. She can shoot and see the floor in a way few others can though.

Looks like Prime Time is a graduate of the Mediocre Mike's School of Public Relations. https://www.foxnews.com/sports/deion-sanders-warns-reporters-against-negative-coverage-after-barring-writer-from-asking-questions

Nah

Fire Mike Woodson!! (He says, provocatively, dying of boredom on a hot August afternoon wondering if Bball season will ever start)

I was just being a smart*** from FSU fans using that excuse after getting boat raced by Georgia in the Orange Bowl.

Was FSU playing with its starters?

CTM is very tightlipped as is the whole team. Maybe the late addition is because we have a current player with an injury of some sort that could impact her availability and Valentyna is an insurance policy. Curie-Jelks missed almost all of last season. Maybe motherhood trumps playing basketball for her. Maybe CTM looking at a redshirt candidate. CTM wanted her and she wanted us. That's all that really matters.

She’s a 20 year old freshman.

It's always fun watching recruiting and seeing the swings in fan reactions. It seems there is always 1 or 2 recruitments like this every year: 1) Recruit (usually from IN) that is coveted and IU starts to recruit him. Everyone feels good. 2) Poster goes on message boards and claims to have inside info. Maybe they do, maybe they don't. Gives positive feedback on the recruitment. Everyone feels even better. 3) Later, poster claiming inside info says that it's pretty much a done deal, he's IU's to lose, he's given a silent verbal, or some variation of that. The board is ecstatic. 4) Time goes on without a commitment and he plans visits to other schools. Poster still posting he'll commit to IU messages. Board is happy but starting to feel a tiny bit antsy. 5) More time goes on without a commitment. Maybe he makes some visits. Inside info poster gives positive feedback but not quite as certain as before or goes silent. People start to really get antsy. 6) An article, crystal ball, or just comment from analyst that seems more favorable to another school than IU comes out. Anxiety is evident with some people saying he's gone other saying no way. 7) More time goes on without positive IU news, maybe something else positive for another school. The board blows up because all of a sudden IU is losing the recruit, has no chance, and people are ready to jump from a bridge since the sky is falling. Blame and excuses abound. 8) Happiness/sadness of the boards fluctuates as he continues to make visits without committing while articles, crystal balls guesses, analyst comments, and message board posts continue both in favor of IU and other schools. It seems we're at #6 with Mullins. Meanwhile, here's me the whole time knowing how up and down it'll be:

I'm starting to like the portal more and more. The drama that surrounds high school kids can be a bit much. The length of time and the amount of resources that go into the recruiting process is ridiculous. At least with the portal you are done in a couple of months.

That's a pretty laughable article.

It's that time of year In the Hoosier state.