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If rumors are true, it sounds like Ryan Carr hit the ground running. Was told he was doing some nice work already. Person didn't name names but said Carr had several high-major players interested in IU, with a couple ready to sign. Time will tell if that is true or not.

I dont know what everyone is so upset about in this thread. Portal season is the 2nd most exciting time to be an IU basketball fan. Only behind coaching search season, which only happens once every 4 years. Enjoy this time everybody.

Raby has confirmed that Trent is staying at IU.

Is there a Cliff's Notes version?

Some thought a program with 4 winning conference records in 18 years with a new head coach should of landed more elite 26 kids that they probably spent less then a month at most to recruit compared to other programs recruiting the same kids for longer. Is what it is. Some still think IU basketball is what it was in the 80s and 90s. It’s not

Peegs just put a story up confirming Sisley is staying.

4 guys who made All Big Ten this season were small school transfers. Lendeborg (POY), Stirtz, Boyd, Wilkerson. On top of that, plenty more were important contributors on tourney teams. Too many to list. Evaluate each player on their own merits, not just where they come from

I’m not sure how I stumbled on it, but this appears to be a non-AI photo of Malik Reneau in line for some pizza after their game today. Other tweets lead me to believe he ended up with chicken tendies. Either way, I find this extremely funny and am left with a bunch of questions.

Just for the record. I actually like him. I like a lot o bout what he represents. Just want him to be better. His portal efforts and choices disappointed me last year. Felt like a wasted year from jump. That has added concern. But in general, I like him, and really want him to do well. Waiting for results on and off the court to indicate improvements.

Conerway was the player of the year in the Sun Belt. Bailey led the Atlantic Ten in scoring. I would call both of them dominant players in their leagues. There are no guarantees. Scouting matters.

Just for a point of reference, a 95.0 ratings is where transfer portal players rated 35 through 50 were last year on 247 rankings.

Internet outage in Lexington as 60,000 people simultaneously logged on to Rupps Rafters

Agree on the roster building. We absolutely need a top flight PG. That is a must. Can't "Enright" or "Conorway" that position. Get a long, athletic big, and then surround those guys with dogs, athletes and playmakers. Add a shooter or two around them. This offseason needs to be a big swing. Were like an NBA team that's in the play-in every year. At some point this program needs to make a leap and get some momentum. It's needs to happen.

Darian DeVries right now..

Not sure it has been discussed thoroughly just how bad Todd Golden's defensive decisions were for the possession of Iowa's winning score last weekend. Iowa inbounds down two with 8.9 seconds remaining. Golden has three.. yes THREE defenders in the backcourt. One on them is guarding the in-bounder! Guarding the in-bounder is a 6'4" backup guard, when Florida has Reuben Chinyelu, a 6'10" national defensive player of the year candidate parked on the bench. Florida Guard Xavian Lee is tightly guarding Iowa 6'7" freshman forward Sage, who Florida should very much want to catch the ball. Fland is guarding Stirtz; Iowa clearly wants to get the ball to Stirtz, not Sage. 2. Stirtz, as expected, curls toward Sage to pick up a screen. Fland goes under the screen, thereby not putting himself between Stirtz and the basket. As Fland gets beaten, Lee does not switch; he lets Stirtz fly by: Which allows Stirtz to catch on the dead run just past the backcourt three point line. AND? it's on. A three on two fast break for Iowa: Haugh and Condon on Florida are guarding three players. Haugh steps up to Stirtz; with the ball and the best shooter of the three. Stirtz makes the easiest pass ever to the near corner. For the widest of wide open threes imaginable. Game over. This is insanely horrifically bad scheme and strategy every step of the way. Golden's explanation? UF was trying to foul in the backcourt to force Iowa to tie the game from the line. NO YOU WEREN'T - Todd Golden is lying, because fouling up two when the other team is in the double bonus would be (if possible) even worse strategy. Aye. Caramba.

Love this. It really is what this deal’s about. And made all the sweeter by happening at Wisky’s expense.

That’s always the excuse. It’s a good way to get a bad coach an extended stay too. Cig didn’t excel because of lack of pressure. That’s insane. Cig excelled because he’s confident, cocky, and capable. He had a plan and he executed it and it worked. He said, outright he was going to win. He brought pressure onto himself that he didn’t need to do nationally. (Sure he over performed likely his own expectations, but he never cowers) DeVries is not Cig in any form or fashion. Hiring someone with a similar confidence and a proven system would be a start. We HAVE never done this.

And that's why I am reasonably sure that we had a truly top of the top guy that felt that way about IU, but we were a year too late to get him.

The giant gust you just felt was Darryn Peterson exhaling now that he can leave Lawrence.

If we acted like a serious program we wouldn't have hired Woodson to begin with. Though we definitely waited to long to rectify that mistake. I'm so tired of our fans being blamed for the program's struggles. Are there some knuckleheads? Absolutely. Same as any program and especially programs with the history of IU. We've missed out on landing top coaches because stupid internal politics and/or waiting too long to get rid of bad coaches.

Hopefully we know a lot sooner than in a month. If we don't have a good picture of where things stand in a month we are probably in trouble. Last year the portal was open March 24 - April 22. This year the portal is open April 7 - April 21. If the staff has been appropriately proactive we should probably have our core in place by mid-April latest.

Hang the banner!

I agree with you. But at the same time we'd be using this as some big red flag against DeVries if it was reversed.

Why would he want to come to IU and have to deal with a fan base that wants to make the tournament? Those expectations are insane, it's only a 68 team field.

That’s simply as good as it gets. What a game.

Ugh hope they don’t poach Darian DeVries from us,

Just heard Chase Johnston from HPU made his first two point shot of the entire year to take the lead with 11 seconds left. Nothing beats March Madness

From one perspective, portal shopping may be a little easier this time around. Last year we were replacing an entire roster and aside from telling the early targets you'll play along side Tucker and Sisley, we couldn't offer much else. This year, by now we should have a fairly certain idea of which players are returning and we have 3 incoming freshman so it's a much clearer picture for a target of what this year's roster will look like and who his teammates will be.

Reed Baily kept his 2pt FG% inordinately high by turning it over before he could miss a shot near the rim.

I love a coach that isn't tied to a specific style. Coaches the roster he has and builds around their abilities. Of the realistic options (though not sure he was actually realistic), I think Otz was my #1 hope last hiring cycle for Indiana.

Good for Otz. You rarely see a coach completely flip the script on style. He went from grind it out mugging basketball to this high flying offense. Pretty impressive stuff. I wouldn’t mind seeing them win it all.

Confession: Now that IU is the undefeated National Football Champion a Puredoo win here and there doesn’t bother me nearly as much. Or maybe it’s because I’m becoming more mature. But it’s probably the former.

This is completely wrong. And fans that think this was will never get it. Crean was fired because he was NEVER going to win a championship. And if you can’t understand that, there’s not any point in having the discussion.

NO NO NO NO. NO, NO NO NO....NO! Also, NO NO NO. Two years at Northwestern, averaged 4 points per game, shot 37/31.

They said the same about Ware. Somebody dust off the golf cart and wine glasses. The king may be coming back!

You’ve been missed, Chris. This is what I’m talking about! Here’s hoping what you heard is true.

For me it’s because I’m not jealous of what some other first year coach did. Especially one that went 10-10 in conference and lost 6 of 8 heading into the post season. His success of failure has 0 effect on how optimistic I am about IU improving. Personally I don’t care for his style of play and afrer watching every Iowa conference game and most the non conference I don’t feel it will translate to winning big consistently against the upper tier teams. His style will muck it up enough to slow down the favorites however I don’t think they can string together enough wins against upper level teams to be a national champion threat for D1. Just my opinion.

I'm not really encouraged or discouraged by anything DDV or staff say at this point. I just want them to show me not tell me. Year 2 has to be much better.

Lots of coping about this being as good as Iowa will ever be... McCollum is the real deal.

As smug as they come. Thankfully your truth is yet again far from actual reality

Basketball has fallen way off. Nationally there are zero expectations at Indiana because we suck. Locally there is moderate pressure because we want to be good enough to be in the tournament again. And then build from there. But the Bar is set really low. DeVries didn’t get treated too bad this season at all. Locally or nationally. It was a meh season, and a meh reaction. Slight heat on the late season slide but at a real Blueblood with real expectations the fire would be burning up a coach’s @$$ with our results. Im not off the DeVries bus at all. But depending on how this portal goes and next season, I will have seen enough to make a decision. His personality is bland but kinda likeable in the Everyman sense. If he starts winning, I’ll love him. He seems from the outside looking in, a bit overwhelmed. Indiana fans are ready to rally behind a winner so hard. Produce a winner and the fans will be the wind beneath the wings. In general we were pretty tame considering how this year went. However he did little to help himself moving forward, and he’s lost me on his ability to scout the level of talent necessary to win. That’s what’s most concerning to me.

It’s funny because it’s true