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  All true, but that's why a team is given 13 scholarships; so that seven or eight will work out.   If 11, 12, or 13 of them turned into viable rotation players, some would transfer toot sweet.    You take a shot at kids who have a chance at becoming rotation players, and who are solid citizens who don't b!tch and whine when they're on the bench, and hope that enough of em are really good.   Devin Davis? Ranked JUST LIKE the kids we are back filling with, and through hard work and talent unrecognized by the national rating services, he's a keeper.    Others? Not so much.

    Aren't all of those dudes ranked out of the top 75-100?

I think they're going to go 40-0 for the second consecutive year!

RT @TheCAJasonSmith Final: Carleton 86, Memphis 76: Nice fight shown by Tigers after trailing by 32 points.

http://zagsblog.com/articles/indiana-set-to-host-power-forwards-kasongo-holt/     "Indiana reportedly has just one scholarship for this season, but multiple sources said they would be interested in taking both Kasongo and Holt should they both commit. It remains unclear how they would add both players, but stranger things have happened."

    Oooh, oooh...Fooled me!   It was "#2"!!

A little more Holt video:   http://nextuprecruits.com/2014/07/28/elijah-burns-emmitt-holt-take-flight-aau-nationals-video/

    No way.   Do we have any independently wealthy players? The only one I could even remotely perceive this could happen with would be Yogi, because it would not create the perception that bench players are forced to walk on.   No way.

    Which one of those four choices is your most likely?   Holt and Kasongo moving their dates around so that they can hang out like buddies during the visit?   Sounds like prep for them to be teammates

  1)  Completely possible 2)  Does not appear to be the case in any way 3)  Initially thought so, but Zagoria has "multiple sources" that IU will take both for '14. I tend to think that is the truth. 4)  No way in heck or high water   My speculative conclusion?    Door #1

  Probably better to just remain a woman of mystery

  First, you tell us YOUR secrets

Ray Kasongo @RayKasongo32 · 14m Indy in a couple of days!!!!! ^_^ #Excited

  My take is that it would NOT be both for 14.    However, the tweet is kinda cryptic, so who knows!

  Let's see, school starts in ten days, and Ray has narrowed his official list to....   IU. Only IU.   Welcome aboard, Ray Kasongo!

  You are off.   Only a permanent medical disability with no return would allow IU to keep any injured player on academic scholly. Certainly not descriptive of CH's situation. For instance, Creek and Etherington's redshirt years were for medical reasons, but still counted against our 13 schollys.

  For 2014, yes, but not for 2015.   Nick Z is a grad transfer and only has a one year guarantee. Yogi will have his degree in three and may not be back. There is an outside chance that Troy or JB2 will go pro.   And that's not counting that there are invariably one or two who move on via transfer.

    We wouldn't also take Holt for 2014, would we?!?    That is one odd tweet. 

Troy Williams  @troywilliams_ · 5h 3 pointer for next season starting to look good. #500aWeek #10000BeforeSeasonStarts pic.twitter.com/wDvL0yvWOM     That Twitter pic shows that Troy had just finished knocking down 100 out of 136 from 3 pt territory.   Don't y'all go telling me that it's different during games. Of that I am aware. The takeaway is that Troy is recognizing his weaknesses and working hard at them, and that is a very good thing.

Here's what I like about Ray Kasongo:   Even though his recruitment had a checkered pre-IU past, he is a physical beast who is extremely athletic. Yes, sometimes the high school competition was lacking, but his physicality alone should allow him to make an immediate impact, if nothing else as a 10-15 minute per game defensive and rebounding oriented big.   WAIT...THAT'S NOT MY TAKE ON RAY KASONGO!   That's all of our collective takes on Hanner Perea two years ago!   Moral of the story: hope for the best, but keep expectations in a reasonable place, y'all.

Ray Kasongo now following Nick Zeisloft on Twitter.

  Probably because his left handed jumper had a nasty hitch in it.  Better to start from scratch on the other side.

Rob Johnson is for real.   The team seems to like each other; CTC seems to like the team.   We will get scored on inside on a regular basis.   Hanner better be with us, and better be good.   Devin and Troy have absolutely improved.   Stan now shoots right handed!

  58-31 IU.   Troy with 18, JB2 with 13.

  U Quebec at Montreal must be starting five thugs (at once).   We must counter!!