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To the NBA lottery?

This, plus...HE WILL HAVE A DEGREE FROM IU THIS SPRING! He is not really "leaving early" if he is graduating. Instead, he is leaving with a year of college basketball eligibility remaining. There is a difference.

I think he can easily play himself into the first round. All it takes is one team that thinks the upside is worth the needed development.

Bye bye Troy; it wasn't always pretty, but it was NEVER boring! Adios HotHoosiermom5; Btownbanners' manic counterbalance to the sane and awesome DocLibby. Hasta la vista to the open court Ferrari engine with no steering wheel. Say 'so long' to the "Luke Fischer Eliminator". No more baseline cuts that bring the fans out of the Barcalounger. Sayonara to the five turnover first half, followed by an eighteen point, nine rebound, zero turnover second half. Bye bye Troy; it was never boring. ps...Troy ain't doing no grad school

Freaky Freddie Troy

Troy Freaky Freddie

Fixed that for you.

Just a guess; you're kidding about the "Miracles From Heaven " part ... only.

Garland and Romeo in '18. Big time.

It's early, but if we keep winning I like our chances. He seems to have a Duke or IU personality, and with a squared away family our geographic proximity will be a big advantage.

Moot point. No player (unless they are the coach's kid or independently wealthy) would accede to that option.

Seems about right. I still think he's a goner.

Harrison Niego will be a tremendous success, both on and off the basketball court.

Did that do it?

"Really, really good basketball players who stay in college at an excellent university long enough to get a degree, and to develop the maturity to handle life on their own in the NBA." How'd I do?

I put $100 on Rutgers to win it all. Got good odds though! ;)

Ummm, just sayin' ... If my recent memory serves me, there was a team that pretty recently won the B1G title outright by two full games.

Cody, Wat, Vic, Will, Elston, Pritch. This group should be better, though. Especially in regard to quality depth and defensive rim protection. G-d bless it we are gonna have three or four outstanding defensive rim protectors!!! Heaven.

A lineup of Rojo, JBj, TB, OG, and Colinn is without any doubt better than UK's five star freshmen temporary mercenaries. Period.

Not quite: Troy has his degree. He will go pro. No inside info here, but I betcha I'm right. Put Collin back in the starting lineup; he provides good post passing, court sense, leadership, and outside shooting.

Our frontcourt next year: TB, DeRon, Juwan, OG, Collin. STACKED.

CTC showed tremendous progress in that area last season, even with all of those shooters on the court. Our offense has been consistently excellent for the past two years. The difference last year? TB and Max in the post instead of Hanner and Collinn. Additionally, Davis will not be anywhere near the low post scorer that TB is, though I assume that going against TB in practice will gear him toward that skill. Also, we will still have more than a few very, very good outside shooters: RoJo, Hartman, OG, Juwan, Josh N., Cujo, Devonte, and...JBj will be firing away again!

The push for #6...begins.

I wouldn't read too much into the "no recent offers for a big" dynamic. We have DeRon Davis, our young talented big, already signed and on the way. If we lose TB, it would be far more likely we'd be looking for a Max Bielfeldt type to fill the gap.