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  Cal and UK have literally almost zero players who have any interest in a college degree.   I don't want to get that done.

  All it'll take is adding Bruce Brown and Deron Davis to GG, and you'll be fine!   :biggrin:

  Not as our sixth man (his defense wasn't good enough) but as part of a six man class.   I like having someone in the 7th-9th man role that can really stretch the defense, ala Roth, Zeisloft, Kyle Hornsby.

    If Matt Roth was cloned and available for a six man IU class, I'd take him in a heartbeat. I hope that GG is a Matt Roth clone.

Nigel Hayes #1?   Sounds entirely possible to me.

For a message board, I don't think there's been all that much negativity.

    There you go again with your condesceding, uninformed opinions.    I'm telling the mods on you!

  I know you are, but what am I?

  Nope...we still have an open spot at the moment, giving us four guaranteed roster spots for '16.   That, and this is Troy Williams's last season at IU, barring (lord forbid) a red-shirt injury year.

  The order DOES NOT MATTER. Not even a little...not at all.   As long as all necessities are filled, that is.   I am pretty confident that's what we will be able to do. However, I understand that it is more nerveracking to not get one of "the horses" first.

    Pot shots?  This player is exactly who you were hoping for. SImply said. For an unranked recruit who starts our '16 class, I think this thread has been pretty darn positive!   Hope he IS Todd Leary...the player, not the felon ;)  No one (at least, no one with any sense) is expecting him to be a contributor in his freshman year. However, my questions from about a month ago still apply: will he develop into a player who can guard at the level needed to be a rotation player on a top 15 level team?   If he can; this is a indisputably good pickup.

GG seems to fill a spot that CTC likes to have on his roster; a catch and shoot three point specialist that plays the 2/3.   I have read that the knock on GG is his defense. That's the primary part that concerns me. Otherwise, looks like a fine pickup. The star power will come with other 2016 recruits; I'm fairly confident about that.

        My theory sucked!

Much more likely he would be a conditional offer...as in: "We are offering you a scholly spot, but we will not take your commitment quite yet."

25-24 Armored.   Sheehey is killing it - the best player on the court.

Curt Jones ⚡ ‏@ctj_curt  5h5 hours ago Bus ride to Kentucky 1 retweet1 favorite Reply  Retweet1  Favorite1         I know Curtis, I know.   By the way, it only gets worse once you are there.

Saw a bit of the streamed feed the other night; Jordy has definitely advanced his ball handling skills and CWat has been playing the two guard. Both are averaging over 35 mpg.   My only regret is that they didn't get a chance to play against, and stomp the living shirt out of the Chicago regional team that had JaMarcus Ellis and DeAndre Thomas.   Will Sheehey is supposed to be over his hammy tweak and joining Jordy and CWat soon; maybe by tonight.   $1 million to the winning team; I think our guys are in the final 16.

  So he's Matt Carlino junior?

  We already had one from the Boucher family...   Tijan Boucher

  When I am selling OG as a great get, it s not because there is a chance he will beat out three year players who have also worked hard and know what they are doing.   That's not what is supposed to happen.

  It's a Crean thing; takes great pride in his ability to out-think the opposition.    Sometimes it works grandly (Oladipo, Holt, Yogi shutting down Stauskus). Sometimes, it lays a big steaming pile of Jeremiah April or a mid-possession man to zone change layup.

Remember this post: Starting to think that OG is a major sleeper for more reasons than just his athleticism.   He's a fantastic student (and is the son of an IU B School grad who is a business professor). Really smart, personable kids with lots of natural ability tend to shine. The way he writes, even on Twitter. The way the people that are interacting with him at IU are dropping hints. Marni Mooney is seldom wrong:   marnonthemoonThe best and funniest part about OG is that he posed for this picture. I've never met anyone like him! The fans are going to love this kid! Happy bday OG!!! @oanunoby lasrileyHappy Birthday, @oanunoby! oanunobyThank you!

  Old Friend would get his wish with Gelon, but I have questions:   Could he improve enough to guard at a high level? Can he be a rotation player on a top 15 quality team?   I'm good with grabbing a local Matt Roth-like specialist for the five-six player class we'll likely have in '16, but I'd be a lot better with it if he is the fifth or sixth to sign and we already have some complete players confirmed.   Ibi Watson seems like a shooting specialist with far more upside.

  Not everyone will do that ;)

  Now THAT is funny.