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Got a feeling he'll be wearing No. 9 -- even if by accident. Manager: "Hey Clemens, you got a preference for your jersey number?" Sokolov: "Nein." Manager: "You got it!"

Alrighty, there’s the 4th big. The 3rd big is now on the clock.

The kid posting this seems…..pretty good.

This is not a hot take. Hoover is the best QB transferring into IUFB compared to the two previous NFL drafted QBs. I'm not saying that translates into a Heisman like season but today, during the spring, he's better than both of them were during the spring. He's also perfect for this offense. I have a feeling we're in for a treat folks.

Meh. I don't think he was downplaying Carr's contribution as much as reframing the question to share the credit with the entire staff

I love Dan. Got to talk to him on a couple occasions and even got to play some pickup games with him when I was younger. My uncle, Louie Dampier is really good friends with Dan. They played together with the Colonels back in the ABA.

I don't know man, I see next year's roster compared to last year's....we have 8-10 players who might potentially contribute...we had 4 1/2 last season. We won't have to watch 2-4 dudes play 38+ mins a night, then Peter out late in the season. We had 3 players who contributed 0 last season. 0. Enright and Bailey would be the 11th and 12th guys on the current roster, and they started a ton last season. The holes aren't nearly as glaring as they were last year in my opinion.

The Simpsons may have predicted the first part of that headline but not the second haha.

Another big has committed. https://www.insidethehall.com/2026/05/08/iu-basketball-lands-commitment-from-german-big-man-clemens-sokolov/

Colsten Thompson tweet: If you only knew how hard this one worked every single 24 she got! Definitely deserves every bit of this moment and opportunity she has been given! Proud of you @shay_ciezki.

On his Instagram he posts pictures from all of his stops. If I'm making an educated guess, he would be returning to Washington State, where the community really embraced him.

From University of Miami - Miami native and 2026 NFL Draft top pick Fernando Mendoza committed $500,000 to launch the Mendoza Family Fund, supporting multiple sclerosis research in stem cell transplantation at UHealth and the Miller School of Medicine. Truly a remarkable young man.

6 words I never thought would be put together. Or a the very least could lead to an involuntary psychiatric hold.

Burton will play at least 30+ mpg at point, and Lyndsay/Moody will spot the remaining minutes most likely. If Burton gets hurt, we're ****ed most likely, but *most* teams are going to be ****ed if their starting PG who averages 18+ ppg is out for an extended period of time. Still need a competent backup big in my opinion for spot 13 (8 or 9 on the depth chart)

I'm more concerned with 6-8 than I am 11-13.

No but Notre Dame was proactive and turned down their invitation to come show off their preseason banner

I’d still rather suffer through the last 25 years of being an Indiana basketball fan than have to claim Mr. Tapout t-shirt.

How good do they think it is? I’m thinking it is 11-9 or 12-8 conference record and 6-9 seed good. That’d be pretty good, especially if most of the same group returned for a second year at IU the year after.

Just to calm some of the worriers...

More of like a Yogi Ferrell as our 3rd PG, you're thinking?

UK missed again. Santos going to LSU. In fairness, Wade being able to promise him 80 mins a night and literally every single shot is pretty tough to say no to.

1. Lets win 24+ games and at least 1 tournament game. That will mean DD can pull off the two big line-up. 2. Retain 8 players. One being either Sherrell or Yigitoglu. 3. Add two more s player to the 27 high school group. One a big 4. Be in a position to land the two best players at positions of need when the portal opens. Already have them locked up. That's how I see this playing put. Unless we have Momcilovic on the team them that will change my expectations.

Assuming good roster health 10 a game from Harris would absolutely work.

FWIW, and it's just my useless opinion, I think Duke is on another level. They're the highest funding in CBB, with deep recruiting ties including with Nike, a sterling brand with big exposure, and a track record of being really good every year. UM we're closer to, but they outspent us pretty good last year and this year we're closer, but still short. After a natty they'll get whatever they ask for. I think CDD made a huge mistake with the lack of multi-year guys in season one. We had all these one year dudes and the multi-year guys were not developed/retained (Trent a little). So we had another total rebuild, which personally I found very disappointing. Okay, our W/L in season one was not great, but at least develop some pieces for season two! C'mon, think long term here. I don't think it's possible to build a conf title winner/F4 team entirely scratch in one portal. Even if we had $25M. With no roster continuity, it's so hard to get 10 new guys to gel such that they can win really big. Just my opinion. I agree with pretty much all the concerns people voice on this board. We need more front court depth. We have question mark players CDD/Carr/staff better be right on... though this pretty normal every year. Best case I can see is we hit on almost all the new guys, they improve as the year goes on, and we get like a 5 seed or better and make the S16. Then return most of the roster, which is possible with all our multi-year guys (nice work!), and go into a portal needing only a few players. We'd be selling an attractive situation -- a S16 team on the rise. IUBB is back baby! Bring in a few high end portal players and then season three of CDD we're thinking conference title and F4. Is this likely? It's IUBB. Be optimistic at your own peril. I could type out a downside scenario, but we all know what that would look like... I've got to say I'm surprised we spent so much money. The thinking was $13-14M, now it's closer to $20M. This rachets up the expectations this season... which is good. Big pressure on CDD this year. This season is now much more interesting than I thought it was going to be. I'm looking forward to games in Peru now.

Just as FYI -- I took the career three point shooting rates and percentages for the seven non-freshman on IU's roster's and figured if they each ate up an equal number of minutes then IU would take 25.5 threes per game and make 33.5% as a team. 25.5 threes/game is somewhere near average I believe, 33.5% would be a little below average. I think the two biggest pieces where we could see an increase to that total are with Harris and Sisley.....IMO Sisley isn't going to shoot 27% again and Harris will be north of 31.

Why can’t we be Duke or Michigan? I didn’t say we couldn’t be; I said we’re not. We have been a low performance program for decades that has yet to establish itself as anything but that. So if our talent evaluation and player development overachieve and prove to the best players that we are a destination, we can be. Until then? Enjoy IU football, because that’s exactly who we are in the highest profile sport.

FWIW, Raby just said this is a Ryan Carr recruit. Carr is personally acquainted with Sokolov's agent.

If I like my job and where I am living the only way I would move is if there was a significant different in the salary if I moved on to a new job. And there are certainties in staying -- bonds with friends I've made, having more of a known role, etc. It isn't as simple as just going to whoever offers the most money.

We haven't made it to the second weekend in ten years. Haven't made a Final Four in 25 years. Our new coach has never won a tournament game. Yes our long term goal is to build a championship level program, but challenging for a NC this season is not a reasonable goal. If this is a top 20 team, with a chance to return most/all of our significant contributors in '27-28 - that would be a big success IMO.

Curt Cignetti Named Lee Corso Legacy National Coach of the Year Head Coach Curt Cignetti was honored last night as the inaugural winner of the Lee Corso Legacy National College Football Coach of the Year for 2025. The Award is given by the Positive Coaching Alliance whose mission is to ensure that every young person benefits from a positive youth sports experience with a coach who inspires them to become the best version of themselves in the game and in life. The award is named in honor of former IU Head Coach Lee Corso who not only had a positive impact on his players while coaching, but also a positive impact on college football during his time on College Gameday from 1987-2025. Congratulations Coach Cignetti and Coach Corso! https://www.clickorlando.com/sports/2026/05/08/lee-corso-gives-indianas-curt-cignetti-inaugural-lee-corso-legacy-award/

He was 35.8% from three last year at P5 basketball Nova (which is completely solid). That's the number that should translate, moreso than his 40% from three the prior year in small conference ball. Also a fan of the fact that he played 28.5 mpg for a Nova tournament team; he was one of their featured players.

it is all IU stuff he posted, though. I agree--- highly unlikely.. but the video was straight IU.

Man if we had good player development the rest of the Big Ten would be in trouble. Hehe

No.

This is fantastic. Kentucky legend Dan Issel gets extremely truthy about Kentucky's recruiting struggles:

14 years with RMK? Damn, Ron Felling was tough as hell to have survived that.

I’ve used that gif with every player that has committed. Not stopping now on player 12. lol

Bad news for Kentucky. Malachi Moreno measured at 6'11 1/4 with a 9'3.5" standing reach without shoes. If that puts him in the first round they are playing Franck Kepnang 30+ mpg.

And Braden Smith comes in at a height of 5'10 1/4". The height inflation by cbb teams is quite impressive.

"I'm closer to LeBron than you are to me." -Scalabrine

I hope they do in embarrassing ways

I'm a fan of this. Last year IU played four games after the regular season to become champion; OSU, Bama, Oregon, and Miami. With this: Eliminates a relatively meaningless conference championship game - the team that finishes 1st in the conference season should be the champ IMO. A team that made the conference championship game but wasn't a top four overall seed was penalized previously -not anymore A CFP bye week for the top 8. A CFP home game for CFP teams ranked 9-16. So under this system, last year's IUFB team would play: bye, 1 vs 16/17 winner, quaterfinal, semifinal, championship game. Still four games for the eight most successful teams.

The video seems far more like a return announcement than a highlight tape. It was emphasizing IU and the caption is a return is coming. I know his first year here wasn’t great, but he was also not set up for success. He’s more talented than most backup ball handlers we’d find in the portal at this point. I’d be very cool with a reunion