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  Yogi will have a degree and will have developed to near his potential as a college player.    If someone is going to college as a D1 player, those are the two goals, whether that player ends up as a first rounder or not.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H84SlV60cdg

  Yes.   Perea, Davis, Holt, Morgan, MSB, and April give us plenty of good choices for our front court. Add in Rojo, JB, Stan and Nick and we have a very solid returning group, even if we lose Yogi or Troy. If Yogi or Troy return too, look out!

    McCarthy was a college kid sitting in an IU classroom a year or two ago. His crystal ball choice is not especially relevant. When Juwan signs I am satisfied.   That having been said, I am entirely more optimistic than if I were any other school in this horse race, and Juwan Morgan is exactly the kind of young man and ballplayer we should be getting at IU.   This is all looking very, very good.

Alex McCarthy is only like 23 years old. He's trying hard, but it's not a level field to expect him to compete for sources of info with guys like Meyer, Rabjohns, Osterman, etc.

  Don't confuse Juwan's in-game attributes with CWat's just because they physically resemble each other.   Juwan is far more athletic than CWat, and has nowhere near the soft outside touch.

You all are forgetting one of the truly stellar things about Juwan Morgan and Shake Milton:   In addition to being top 100 players, they are both great students, have parents instead of handlers, and are exactly the type of players that will immediately contribute to a culture of character on the IU bball team.   I like the Holt and Zeisloft pickups for the same reason, and the quality of Rojo's work ethic and character cannot be understated!   Whoever gets Juwan and Shake are getting great people into their program.

    Good big men want to play with excellent guards. Rojo is a leader, and is an excellent guard.   Rojo is gonna be one of those special, special Hoosiers.

    Sounds silly, but that's kinda true!

    Compared to Naples, Florida, the geriatric hometown of Napleshoosier, it sure as heck is!  :)

  So you think the Morgan visit is going well?

Seems like juwan saying he could decIde by the end of the weekend means it is Vandy or us. If it was 100% Vandy I don't think he'd make the trip, and I can't see him announcing his Vandy commitment while in Bloomington. If his official visit ends and he goes home without pulling the trigger for IU, the Vandy chances skyrocket.

  WayneHoosier (my friend);   First of all, if you have schoosier 'liking' your posts too often, that means you may have overreached into the land of negativity ;)   Next; Do you realize that our likely starting lineup for this year is: Two 5* and three 4*, with a 4* as our sixth man, and three 3* and a successful grad transfer as our seventh, eighth, and ninth men in?   To directly address your point...I think we basically agree on the proper recruiting model: That model is: a five star and long term four stars as the core of the team, with a three star or lower turning into a plus rotation player for every four/five star that either doesn't turn out or leaves early.   Problems arise when either:   -> The five stars leave for the NBA too early (we've had that issue), -> The four stars crash due to injury, grades, homesickness, or just plain lousiness - and we've had too much of that (Patterson, Fischer, Hollowell, Creek) -> None of the back bench three stars turn into quality players (here, we've done way better than expected with VO, Will, Devin, etc.)

Holy crap...three to five five stars?!? You realize that in any given year there are only about forty or fifty five stars playing in D1 (the others have gone pro long before their four years are up). You think that IU should have ten percent of all five stars playing in a given year?!? "We are Indiana" is correct. We are NOT Kentucky, putting a team on the court of exclusively mercenaries who, to a player, have NO intention of obtaining a college degree. And thank goodness for that.

  This will be our fourth straight year that we add a McDonald's All-American to the team.     Not every recruit we get is a big recruit, but we sure as heck can land the big recruits.

    Could be:   4) Tired of being recruited 5) Girlfriend's birthday 6) Boyfriend's birthday 7) Grandma's cousin's uncles birthday 8) SATs 9) High school event 10) Big test 11) High School Robotics Club/Glee Club/Debate team senior trip weekend 12) Grandma's cousin's uncle's wedding to member of Robotics Club/Glee Club/Debate team

  Yeah; what CampCrean said.    Juwan Morgan is a very squared-away, intelligent young man. Instead of handlers, he has education-focused parents.    He's not moving these visits up on a whim, but without handlers it is unlikely the public will get a PR tour guide to his travels ala Ray Kasongo.

  Both of her teeth are sharp and ready fer chewin'.

I kid you not...here is the culprit; Ms. Meghan Dills:  

Mr. Morgan has an apparent interest in excellent academics.

Mann is more of a wing. Shake is a college pg. T. Mann is a top 100 player, a great athlete, and the son of a D1 head coach. He is no ones backup plan.

McQuaid would be a fantastic get.

    Then you'll just have to buy a ticket to "Gnome Night"!

  Then this will make you feel better:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC4Do6qQN_w

The best.