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Visiting UNC (Aug 26-28) and UCLA (Sept 22-24). Only ones that I've seen in tweets so far.

If you haven't seen this video of Waters talking about his recruitment and his game, I highly recommend it. I'm a big fan after watching this. Definitely one of the better recruits at handling these type of interviews. Also some good intel into where teams stand. Based off what Pap has said and from my understanding of his comments in the video, I feel pretty good about where IU stands.

What is your X factor criteria?

I'm only seeing him on there twice. Looks to me like Newkirk for week 5. Either way, Juwan is the only guy to win multiple weeks.

Inside the Hall has an article on Wilkes today: - He likely won't make a decision until next spring. - IU keeps telling him that he is their guy, which he said he hopes is all true. - Has planned an official visit to ucla in August. - plans to cut his list at the end of the month and cut teams out during the season as well. http://www.insidethehall.com/2016/07/13/five-star-wing-kris-wilkes-eyes-spring-decision/

Not positive, but I believe the coaching staff had some restrictions on phone calls already bc of the Oklahoma days.

Yea that was the story. They didn't find it until Duncan was already in college. Also asked Jeff Teague why he went to Wake and he said bc IU was in trouble at the time and Purdue didn't want him.

Any chance Garland commits soon, or are we gonna be waiting for a while?

When you say prize in 2018 are you referring to a PG or are you referring to someone else by the name of Romeo?

I wanna know your best guess.

I agree that Cujo is not a likely starter and that there's a better chance of DD starting than Cujo. I like both coming off the bench. Any time you can bring talent like them off the bench, combined with an upperclassman in Newkirk, and a guy like Juwan that does all of the little things, you have everything you need from a bench. I like the idea of Cujo being an instant offense guy. Would be nice if either DD or Juwan could be a threat on the block while TB is out. I think the biggest void going into the season to me is not having shooters off the bench. After Cujo I think there are guys that can shoot it, but can they be consistent? Also, Collin needs to shoot it better this year.

Stuhoo, you could not have said it any better.

Based off The Herald Times article, it sounds like Uncle Boo wanted him to come back. He said something along the lines of being old-school when it comes to staying or going early. Ultimately it was Troy's decision and he felt he was ready to move on. No doubt he would have helped out this team on the court if he wanted to be back. But if he didn't want to be here, then it wouldn't have been helpful for him to come back.

What I took from it was that it was after the season, when Troy began preparing for the draft. Dakich was saying even though he had put his name in the draft, he was still on the team and should have been acting like he was, but instead was doing his own thing.

That's one of the worst coaching jobs in the state bc of unrealistic expectations. Damon didn't want Hudson gone bc they are buddies, so I doubt he takes it.

He wouldn't be one of the fastest, but he would be a big receiver and someone to throw it up to.

I would guess WR.

As far as talking goes, this is great.

No offense to his AAU program, but not playing on one of the 3 main circuits is holding him back a bit and keeping him under the radar.

Don't think he is as good defensively as MKG, but is much more polished on the offensive end. Think more along the lines of a Joe Johnson, a really big guard.

There was a hs coaches clinic in btown this past weekend and they got to attend practice Saturday before HH. One of my friends that was in attendance said they started yogi, jbj, Troy, max and tb in a scrimmage that Collin did not participate in. I think max will almost have to come off the bench to back up tb, so I would not be surprised to see Collin at the 4.

The excuse about not having enough rim protection to pressure full-court is BS. I thought all year that a press would force some guys to be involved more and make them defend, but all we heard was a lack of rim protection. When you have a team that is athletic and long, to me that adds up to wanting to extend your pressure. Hopefully we can see more of that, and I really believe the more we see, the better our defense will be.

Bruce Brown, Curtis Jones and De'Ron Davis is nowhere close to underwhelming...

Scored 16 and had 8 assists against us last year.

He's hit quite a few big shots, just missing the big game winner. At the same time, the two listed ahead of him haven't even hit the big shots he has hit. I'd put him #1 for that reason. There isn't another player in the big ten that has carried the load Yogi has to this point in their career, and he's carried that load for two years now.