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This place is like a ghost town....did we run out of bandwidth again?

Not a moot point to me! Jude Hays recused himself because he has integrity to have made the personal determination that his ties to the university ethically disqualified him or would have tarnished any decision he might have made. Kudos to Judge Phillip Hays.

Outstanding

Me when someone says "not sure bout 'at WR room down in Bloomin'ton..."

IU in with the bluebloods?

Our youngest starting WR is a junior. But we are young there?

Perhaps but I highly doubt accountability ( the kid isn’t even close to getting on campus yet) influenced his decision to decommit. $$$ and home state powerhouse are my guess.

"Other than one of the 3 best WRs in the portal and one of the best returning WRs in the country, and another productive/old guy coming back off an injury their WR room is young and lost everyone." We're in good shape if this is all someone can come up with.

Art Schlichter says get some help.

Hermie's on a well-deserved vacation enjoying the finer things in hamster life. He texted me earlier today and commented on how much he enjoyed the full body massage from a pair of scantily clad female hamsters. He told me later tonight he'll be dining on mealworms and fresh vegetables at the new Gordon Ramsay restaurant that just opened on his island paradise. He sends his best to btb and we should rest assured he'll be back in a few weeks.

I heard Rabby said IU is exploring a home/home with Arizona. On campus… thank goodness. Sounds like it’s TBD, but that would be cool.

Here's the catch: All 3 of those quotes came from Cig. Bringing a nuclear bomb to a gunfight.

I think with most all of the spots filled everyone is switching to football mode.

"He doesn't have a chance in hell and I'm going to piss off all my buddies if I'm the one that tells him as much." Which is still honorable in its own Texas way.

With how good the talent evaluation of the coaching staff has been, I expect we'll see plenty of times in the future where IU gets in early on a recruit then he blows up as far as rankings and/or other teams jumping in to recruit him. If the IU staff is interested, he is probably good. That also means we'll likely see more decommitments. This isn't a new thing for IU, although now the reasons are different.

Happy 4-Month Anniversary, everyone.

I heard crickets...

That’s two teams that haven’t played all that much but would be a cool matchup.

There absolutely MUST be consequences for Sorsby (or any other college football player who bets on his own team). Any way you slice it, he had to be knowledgeable enough to realize he was risking his college playing career when he made that first bet. Likely didn't bet on himself becoming worth millions and now has regret over it. He should never again play college football. An NFL team willing to risk Sorsby making more poor choices in the future is on them. I hope for the best for the young man. Hope he can learn from his mistakes, move on to a pro team who will have him, and keep things within the rules moving forward.

That would be strong. Needs to happen.

Getting him to live in the weight room will be their main focus for him. He has the size, but he will need to be strong.

That thought came to mind. "If I had legal justification to allow this I'd try to stay on. But I'd likely have to nuke it, so I'll recuse and let someone else do the dirty deed." That's not soooo bad.

“and has shown competitiveness on the glass as he continues to add strength.” Translation: the young man be nowhere close to ready.

3SSB (Adidas) honors from last weekend's session. https://www.thecircuithoops.com/news_article/show/1361433

Moot point. Judge in Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby's lawsuit against NCAA recused himself. Judge Phillip Hays, a Lubbock native with two Tech degrees, didn't give a reason. Replacement to be picked by administrative judge with degrees from A&M and Baylor, but not Tech.

I saw a video of him taking and making a 28ft jump shot sometime recently. He looked as smooth and natural as any all pro guard. He’s truly amazing.

Wemby is appropriately called the Alien, he's completely unreal, there's never been another player like him, fluid, exceptionally skilled on and off ball, exceptional basket IQ, two-way player who can and does block anyone anywhere and then can score on anyone literally anywhere, inside and out, from the arc, on beautiful movement to and above the rim, and all while towering over everyone at 7'4 - 7'5. Closest player skill-wise imo was Tim Duncan as the "Big Fundamental" (maybe Olajuwon) but as much as I enjoyed watching Duncan play I think Wemby would leave him flat footed. Dude is hands down the best player in the League, no slight intended to Joker (Jokic).

EYBL honors from last weekend's session. https://www.thecircuithoops.com/news_article/show/1361412

And now, we fans in Arizona will get HAVE to watch that crapfest on a regular basis. FML.

I'd bet anything I own Ryan Day doesn't expect the detail and accountability Cignetti does.

100% Can't wait to see this young man in Candy Stripes. Hopefully he's a great recruiter too. Would imagine there's 1 or 2 top 20-30 kids who would enjoy/benefit playing with Chase.

I'm probably crazy but wouldn't a frontcourt of Lewis Uvwo and Darius Wabbington work incredibly well. Their skillsets complement each other perfectly. With Uvwo running the floor, rebounding and protecting the rim, blocking every thing in sight and Wabbington handling, dishing dimes and shooting at 6'11". Damn a man can dream. Wabbinton with the alley oop and Uvwo throws it down.

You could certainly be right. But the way I look at it between the 4 and 5 spots you have 80 minutes of game time. Each guy could get at least 25 minutes and you rotate them to keep them fresh and out of foul trouble. Plus you get national exposure and play great competition in the Big Ten. And you sell them on Ryan Carr's NBA connections. May not work but sure hope so.

Going to go out on a limb and say that this kid starts from day one and is an instant plus player for Indiana.

I can live with him wanting to play like Austin Reaves.

Yes, if everything goes perfectly, I agree. Injury/Fatigue/Fouls/Match-ups are all gonna happen though. Then not so nice.

which one?

The only thing that gives me hope for him is he's been taking care of his body/legs militantly for as long as he's known he's an alien. I remember reading or watching something about how his team takes care of his lower body and it's a full time job. Even if all that works for an extended period, I can't see this going past 30. Which would be unfortunate because watching him hate-dominate the Thunder last night was quite the experience.

Playing 48/53 minutes (while dominating) and being built like a car dealership air dancer is just unfathomable.

This might be, no kidding, the greatest play I’ve ever seen. He makes up 12’ from the time SGA picks up the dribble to the time it leaves his hand. Speechless. 1 of 1 is a wildly overused term, but here literally no one else in the history of the world makes that play. The combination of length, movement and processing is simply unique. And the announcers barely notice because the dude is such a freak.

I'm confident Sherrell, Burton and Mustaf start. I feel pretty confident Karvala will be in the rotation at the 3 beh8nd Mustaf. Probably pretty likely Yigitoglu starts and at some point early in each half a rotation at the 5 will start between he and Sherrell. Sisley will be the 4 in the majority of those minutes. Could be some looks with Mustaf at the 4, Harris the 3 and Burton the point. You can visualize a pretty nice situation.

Agree. I’ve mentioned that somewhere in these threads…lol…but have shied away from speculating because we just don’t have a ton to go on. It’s also why I’m pretty convinced that they won’t play two bigs 30+mpg, largely because Devries never has. I could go down each player and list some major question marks. Ultimately, I think the bullish case for the season is on Burton becoming more of a shot creator than shot-maker. But that’ll all come down to coaching. After Woody everyone wanted a career college guy who is good with Xs and Os and grinded his way up. That’s Devries. We’re about to see how well he can “coach ‘em up” because the aggregate talent is there.

Even objective measures suggest the roster is talented. The real question, and what will ultimately determine his fate, is whether he can get that talent to function effectively within a system.

Only one freshman needs to get on the court consistently to have an 8 man rotation. Hitting on 1 out 3 top 100 recruits isn’t asking much. A rising-soph Sisley was kept over Dorn and Miles who did play at the end of the year. Even with NIL college basketball is still run on recruiting and scouting. Coaches who can’t do that consistently aren’t long for the world. If Devries screwed it up two years in a row, we’ll have a pretty good idea about his fate.

Complete apples to oranges comparison here, so almost even irrelevant numbers, but Harris' numbers last year at Duke would have ranked him on IU: 1st in DRtg 3rd in ORtg

I mean.. Dukes 9th man vs whatever Dorn was for us The gawking of Dorn is wild.

Yeah

More from IUFB and Cig's newest fan. This Cig interview is getting the most views from his interview series. He also gushes about IU fans. Pretty cool.

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