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This might come to a head much quicker than I anticipated.

Jalen Thomas it is

Hunter and Brunk didn't enter or leave until after the others returned, IIRC.

It might be here to stay, but it won't likely be as free and "slimy" as it currently is. These college and high school kids have more movement and $ leverage now than professionals only dream about.

Only fails on the level to which you're having trouble with my response to the Olympic athlete comment. IF... it's a implied word... an Olympic athlete competed for whatever country provided the most $, that would be slimy.

Not Always.

Eric Gordon wasn't at IU during the time period of that graphic. Indiana had 6 early draft picks and Troy Williams and James Blackmon as an early entrant. Purdue had Swanigan and Carson Edwards. The best player leaving after 1 or 2 years definitely reduces the impact of a draft class and Indiana had at least 1 leave a class from '11-'15 and 6 of 11 classes.

You are correct. I had the visits backwards.

Except this season when we go 2-0 early against Kansas and UNC, please don't let the wheels fall off a few games later, like last time.

The getter isn't always the slimy one.

We had a spot available the day he visited. It's my understanding that staff tried to get him to commit and he didn't. A couple days later Reneau visited and committed.

Looks like Providence might be the Texas of portal hauls for 2022.

If they were deciding country of citizenship, based on "offer", that would be slimy.

That's barely half of Irvin Stepp senior year avg in Kentucky. Crazily he avg under 5 ppg in college.

and anything close to that at college distance, regardless of conference.

This pattern repeats over and over. Steve Fisher, Mike Davis, Bruce Webber, Kevin Ollie... Hubert Davis (likely) and John Scheyer ( up for his 1 and done run next season)

If we run a 2nd unit, I think Banks would be a great 3. Bates, Galloway, Banks, Kopp, Reneau.

I doubt we would redshirt 2 and only have 11 scholarship players.

and 37% at college distance.

It's not supposed to be an offer in advance. A kid AT IU will have paid advertisement for your auto dealership. Not a kid who may come or who is coming.

Except it's "supposed" to be outside the uses of NIL. Having NIL set up in advance, and only if you come, is the text-book definition of an enticement to commit. It's supposed to be what value an athlete at your school had created to benefit your company. Pre-commitment he's not an athlete at your school.

I think he'll more likely have a bates-like freshman year around 4-5 ppg.

Yep. Doubtful Pack has a LIKENESS that the Miami company recognizes. They probably didn't know the NAME Nigel Pack 3 weeks ago. And they wouldn't know a good Nigel Pack Sillouette, or IMAGE. and without any of that, they can sign him to an NIL deal... only because the Miami coach wants him.

I mean the overt nature of "Ohio State offered $250k and Miami $350k" will go away. And it will become more difficult to funnel LEGAL money to players.

H probably wants to see what kind of bidding war $ bump he can create.