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Serbia remained undefeated with an 84-65 win over France. Ristic played 33 minutes and scored 22p on 8-13 FG; 2-7 on 3s; 4-5 FT; 1r; 8a; 0s; 0b; 3t. Tuesday is a rest day. On Wednesday, Serbia vs Ukraine.

I've listed below all of our '26 offers but won't be surprised if there aren't 1 or 2 more this week. Based on the reports of who the staff watched this weekend the most, my list of priority targets is: Allmond, Cloer, Derdack, Diane, Kinney, Rippey, Smith and Thompson. County and Taylor might be close behind. @Demo and anyone else what do you think? Adkins, Davion Allmond, Latrell Bryant, Toni Cloer, Cole County, Adolph "Junior" Derkack, Aiden Diane, Arafan Gaskins, Caleb Holt, Caleb Howard, Bryson Kinney, Taylen Landrew, Colben Moody, Prince-Alexander Muurinen, Miikka Ponder, Marcis Rippey, Deron Jr. Smith, Jordan Taylor, Ethan Thompson, Anthony "Ant" Williams, Cameron

Devin Taylor's been drafted in the 2nd round by the (City to be determined) A's. https://twitter.com/IndianaBase/status/1944569858940878943

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/first-public-appearance-for-hoosier-the-bison-will-be-aug-30-at-iu-football-game/

Well that's pretty freaking encouraging. The French U20 national team is a real deal team. Maybe the best stat of all? That he was 5-6 on 2pt fgs and took 6 fts. That means he wasn't solely scoring on catch and shoots.

https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/07/14/former-iu-forward-race-thompson-signs-with-legia-warsaw-in-poland/

I think 3 of the members of the Backstreet Boys went by those names.

I don't typically start a recruit thread unless we see multiple reports or a tweet from the player that an offer has been extended. In Mingo's case, the only thing I've seen is the article below from The Daily Hoosier that contains this: Mingo told national 247Sports analyst Brandon Jenkins Indiana is one of the schools recruiting him the hardest. IU assistant coach Rod Clark appears to be leading the charge for Indiana. So if we're recruiting him that hard................... https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-class-of-2026-name-to-know-5-star-guard-dylan-mingo/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLg3lRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFLOVJFT3dMUEV3UVl5MktsAR54zbrUIGxls47PRsyLwp0FTqOPVbb_1cM45pZErOywCk7RzH7FkpyXjQ-aAQ_aem_ZYnEDmACs6T5YrSIJ0wYyQ 247 Rivals On3 Hudl

5. And 1 thing that makes it a little easier to keep track of him, because Serbia’s guards all kind of look the same, particularly if you’re watching on like an iPad instead of a tv, is that Ristic has bright orange shoelaces that really stand out. Seriously, that sounds really dumb but it helps.

IU Commit Matthew Fisher was drafted too in the 7th round by the Phillies. Even though he has kept the door opened, he is most likely going to sign with the Phillies.

Looking forward to watching it tonight. France was also undefeated in group, so Serbia wins their group stage.

what a dork-ich

OV Oct. 17-19 https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/07/14/class-of-2026-five-star-point-guard-deron-rippey-jr-to-take-iu-basketball-official-visit/

OV Aug. 29-31. https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/2026-top-15-guard-tay-kinney-talks-upcoming-iu-basketball-official-visit-overall-recruitment/

#48 draft pick - Devin Taylor. Highest drafted outfielder in program history. https://www.on3.com/teams/indiana-hoosiers/news/devin-taylor-goes-no-48-in-2025-mlb-draft-caps-historic-indiana-career/ https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/indianas-devin-taylor-is-the-highest-drafted-outfielder-in-program-history/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLh3oxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHoWKGF0maOYMrsvnb5WiGW-hIhla5npvzFOeWM39scUO_j5At91zaiXsghU4_aem_JeW_KWs4ZRUL5hx3RX9cTQ

Zania was a freshman backup last year. The only reason she's on the team is as a favor to Coach Moren. If she was one of the better players in practice she would play more.

If they really wanted to be “conditioned for Chaos” they should be forced to read message boards of cranky RMK era fans.

#5

Not sure I’m clear here, are we talking about an actual Bison?

IMO it's because no formal offer has been extended for the services to report. It's an if you want to come to IU, we'll make a spot for you kind of thing.

The MLB draft tracker has the pick approximately at a $2 million value. I don't think college baseball players are getting that kind of money.

The big fish would almost certainly be 1 of the PG’s, particularly if they’re now trying to get in on Mingo. 1 of the PG’s, Moody, Allmond and 1 of the 5’s, say Taylor, would be a really nice class. I watched a few of Derkack’s EYBL games while I was watching Jackson and didn’t love him, though I did like him more than Jackson because he was just more aggressive on both ends. If they want him, ok.

Derkack and Allmond would be very good adds, especially if we can lock them up in the early Fall. Gives us the rest of the period to go all-in on one or two big fish.

Off the top of my head that looks right, though it hurts this old heart to not include Chronister.

Rabby said 3-4 but everything is fluid. Derkack is another to keep an eye on said his prediction is a few top 100 kids and 1 big fish

Here's some stats for our 3SSB offers. Some detailed box score data was posted for the first events in May but not for the event that just ended. What 3SSB has done is provide an abbreviated stat line for the May events which consisted of 8 games. Big bummer is there are no shooting statistics. Also, although the teams played 8 games, there's no way to know for certain if the individual player played in all 8. They've done the same for the event just ended which had most teams playing 5 games. 3SSB's final event of the season is next weekend July 17-20. Davion Adkins '26 - Southern Assault DDV Offer Date Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk May '25 8 12.4 37 72 0 10 25 30 4.6 0.8 0.5 0.4 1.4 July 9-13 4 14.5 5.5 0.8 0 2.0 Latrell Allmond '26 - Team Loaded (VA) DDV Offer Date Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk May '25 8 15.6 44 70 8 19 28 42 7.5 1.6 1.5 0.4 1.4 July 9-13 5 13.8 6.4 0.2 0.6 1.6 Nasir Anderson '27 - Game Elite DDV Offer Date Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Blk Stl May '25 8 18.5 53 93 8 14 34 49 4.9 3.6 n.a. 0.4 1.9 July 9-13 5 13.8 3.8 2.4 0 0.8 Martay Barnes '27 - SE Elite 17U DDV Offer Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk May '25 8 14.0 37 86 18 50 20 24 3.3 2.4 1.4 0.3 July 9-13 5 16.2 3.6 3.0 1.2 0.4 Bruce Branch '27 -Compton Magic (17U) DDV Offer Date Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Blk Stl May '25 8 16.1 50 91 16 38 11 14 5.1 1.9 1.3 1.4 0.6 July 9-13 5 15.6 5.2 2.2 0.8 0.4 Jordan "Boogie" Cook '28 - Indiana Elite 15U DDV Offer Date Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Blk Stl May '25 8 10.9 5.6 1.3 1.1 0.6 July 9-13 5 7.0 4.4 0.4 0.6 0.4 Arafan Diane '26 - Iowa United Date Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Blk Stl May '25 8 16.8 9.4 1.3 1.3 0 July 9-13 5 21.6 13.0 3.2 1.8 0 Jason Gardner '27 - Indiana Elite 16U DDV Reaffirmed Offer Date Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk May '25 8 20.6 62 113 8 25 35 56 3.5 3.8 1.1 0.5 0 July 9-13 5 21.8 3.0 2.0 0.8 0 Caleb Holt '26 - Game Elite DDV Offer Date Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk May '25 8 20.6 66 111 8 25 35 42 7.1 2.9 1.9 1.6 0.2 July 9-13 5 18.6 7.2 3.2 2.0 0 Taylen Kinney '26 - Wildcat Select DDV Reaffirmed Offer Date Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk May '25 8 19.8 58 101 7 28 39 45 5.6 4.3 1.6 1.3 0.4 July 9-13 5 12.8 5.2 4.8 0.8 1.0 Colben Landrew '26 - Game Elite DDV Re-Offered Date Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk May '25 8 15.3 39 76 8 29 36 40 6.5 2.8 0.4 1.9 0.3 July 9-13 5 17.5 5.8 2.5 1.3 0.3 J'Lon Lyons '26 - New World DDV Offer Date Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk May '25 8 12.9 40 82 13 29 17 21 2.9 3.0 2.5 1.6 0.5 Ju;y 9-13 5 12.8 2.0 2.6 1.2 0.2 Deron Rippey Jr. '26 - New Heights DDV Date Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Blk Stl May '25 8 15.3 4.1 4.1 0.5 2.3 July 9-13 5 17.0 2.6 7.2 0.8 1.4 Anthony Thompson '26 - Indiana Elite DDV Reaffirmed Offer Date Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk May '25 5 19.8 35 63 10 32 14 18 5.0 3.0 0.6 1.4 1.8 July 9-13 6 26.8 5.8 1.3 1.5 1.0 Cameron Williams '26 - Compton Magic DDV Offer Date Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk May '25 8 17.4 61 97 12 26 5 10 7.8 1.0 0.3 2.0 3.1 July 9-13 5 12.2 6.6 1.0 1.8 0

Larry Bird was ripped! Yeah, not so much. I sadly have a dad bod, but a pretty sweet stroke. Strong enough to beat my 10 and 12 year old girls anyway! Ha! Just happy to not see the Cliff Marshall transition from athletic/shooter to Mr. Olympia/Brick Layer pics.

Raby on today's AAU game - 2026 6-foot-9 forward Anthony Thompson of @IndianaEliteIE finished another outstanding performance with 35 points on 17 shots; 8 rebounds, 4 blocks, 3 assists, 1 steal, 5-for- 6 from 3. He had 20 of his 35 in the first half. And yes, we were there watching.

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2025/7/7/softball-brianna-copeland-signs-with-atlanta-smoke I feel like the women's professional league hasn't taken off as well as I thought it would.

The final boss — if you can tune him out you’re ready:

Feel bad for anyone choosing Purdue

In a mild surprise this afternoon, Webb chose the Boilers. My read, once McHaney and Johnson committed that signaled the end of the staff's interest, but I full expected him to end up in Tallahassee with a real need for DL/Edge talent.

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2025/7/11/indian-track-and-field-announces-addition-of-jake-jacoby-to-coaching-staff

I almost forgot a really good additional category... Best Play!! Feel free to video-nominate your choice for best play. Mine is this one:

Listened to the Rabjohns podcast with, as a wise poster has nicknamed them ... "the Dorks." Some informative takeaways: Rabby has spoken with "12-15 coaches" that he says have no motivation to lie about Devries. To a man, each and every one says that he makes players better, is very good at establishing roles for players, and that his teams always overperform expectations. Practices have been, without exception, very organized, relatively short, and purposeful. Cignetti-like. Speaking of expectations, Rabby was fairly convinced that the Rothstein early "IU 15thin the B1G" projection was a product of: It's summer when it's hard to get clicks. Only about five fanbases stay engaged for July college bball content, and we're one of them. Projecting IUBB 8-12th this year does not prompt discussion or clicks; only projecting them unnaturally high or low will do that. Now the good stuff: Rabby currently sees three guaranteed starters: Tucker, Wilkerson, and Conerway. Tucker apparently is our best player in practice, and is going full contact five on five. Lots of good stuff about Conerway as a disruptive defensive guard. Enright is a top eight rotation player and the backup point guard. Not a starter. The other two starters are likely to come from the foursome of Bailey (the most likely), Alexis, Harris, and Miles. Dorn is still recovering from a last season foot injury, and has not been able to go at all. He is not looking like a rotation player any time soon. Drake will likely play some as the current ninth player. Sisley is confident and hyper-competitive; he could play some and would slot as the tenth most likely used player currently. Ritisic is not athletic. Not at all. He was described as good catch and shoot kid with a good attitude who will need a year or two before he adjusts to the speed of college hoops. Developmental only. Someday maybe Matt Roth, or maybe Grant Gelon.

I’ll say this — we have every reason to expect actual modern bball, and FUN basketball— sets for outside shooting, proven high output outside shooters, outlet passing and transition D, high energy players— looking forward to the season!

He is just a college basketball coach that has been successful where ever he has been. He will either win enough that everyone jumps on board or he doesn’t and people can say see I told you he sucked and IU fans can have another 4 years of clamoring for a coach that isn’t coming. Who knows if he will work out or not however I’m excited as heck to find out. Can’t wait to see how the season unfolds.

You know he is watching this thread for any self-imposed limitations! Jk.

Is this guy a Coverdale type? If so, I love it. Something IU hasn’t had in a long time.

"Dude, we don't need you diving on the floor in practice, but he's going to do it anyway." Love it, we're going to like this kid

Luke Fischer is joining the team. Wonder how the Luke and Troy reunion will go lol

https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/06/30/darian-devries-explains-why-iu-basketball-fans-will-enjoy-conor-enright/

The return of the “Hurryin’ Hoosiers”. Branch McCracken is smiling…along with Kokomo’s own, Jimmy Rayl…”the Splendid Splinter”. :)

https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/06/27/lamar-wilkerson-viewed-as-critical-piece-in-iu-basketballs-transfer-portal-rebuild/

NCAA may decide his fate by the summer of 2026.

I 100% want Luke Goode on this year's team and this story only makes me want him more. 40% 3PT shooter in the B10 and fantastic influence in the locker room for a brand new team. He also busts his butt every minute on the floor and would help set the tone in year 1. Played on an E8 team... we have a lot of guys transferring up, Goode knows what it takes to win at a high level and will buy in. Sure a C would've been nice but think everyone would be happy to get him back and roll at this point. PUMPED for IUFB and IUBB. 40 days til we see them in Puerto Rico.

“See the young girl run…watch the young girl runnin’ …she’ll be runnin’ against the wind.” Gotta love classic Seger. :))

And this news