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Are they (Mullins and Sisley) targeting the fall visit for a commitment? If so, why wait? It would seem if they have decided an earlier announcement helps with momentum with others whereas a delay suggests they are still gathering info

Do you think based on the 2024/25 roster he has gotten better at roster construction?

Believe it or not Dakich made a good point several years back and said that Painter needed to get back to recruiting Purdue guys. Kids that were overlooked, chip on their shoulder, tough and willing to work hard type of guys. He has largely done that and sprinkled in some higher end kids but Painter has been able to build a competitive culture there that has allowed him to sustain success. Does not mean he wont swing and miss and have a drop off but I do not immediately count them out just because they lose Edey. As for a watered down conference and 12-8 indicating mediocrity, i think a better measure should be post season success. Winning percentage in the tournament would be part of that but having teams reach the elite 8/final 4 and championship games regularly (which I do not think we have had) is a better indicator.

I used to be pretty good at whack-a-mole. I am sure I would have aced this

I never went to my professor's office hours for my undergrad and needless to say graduated with a meh gpa. That was also largely paid for by my parents but when I went back to school, on my dime, I visited professors regularly. Heck I even found out where one lived and took my kids trick or treating in his neighborhood so I could just happen to run into him lol. Sure call me a stalker lol, i will go with creative. Office hours are such an unutilized opportunity to get help, get to know your profs and vice versa and really help you understand things that were missed while in class.

Year 3 for sure, but you think the next coach will do better that Woody and the team did his 1st and 2nd year? If so, who do you think brings instant success?

For a #1 pick, and just looking at box scores, Boston does not seem to be producing at a very high level. I admit i have not watched many games so fill me in on whether she is likely going to be great.

Then make your case or argue with them about that on twitter. It always seems silly for people to bring some outlandish take to this board with the defense of I saw this on twitter or FB or... Unless it is a prominent person making that claim, it does not impact the discussions we have here. You can pretty much find stupid takes anywhere and usually should be ignored.

Does the student bill of rights guaranteed scholarship also guarantee a roster spot? I don’t think it does.

I hope he has success here. Would be cool to see him do well even if at a low level.

I don’t get it when folks say he can’t coach. I mean he can obviously. Even a mediocre coach can coach pretty well. Is he a good to great coach, well we haven’t seen that yet but he can coach.

“Epic failure”. This is why people push back. Kenny Payne at UL, ok sure but this is just such a ridiculous take.

Sparks could have gotten more time he just was not able to compete

Oh I misread the chart. Assumed it went down not across

UCLA. Don’t forget we are the Really Bug Ten now

Most of the others aren’t watching so since it is just us can you let me know why there is a good reason to stretch into June?

This seems to be a reasonable approach. I felt like Crean used to keep starters in too long for early games and even blowouts. Assumed he was padding stats but wasn’t sure. But early on play good opponents and play the depth players so that later in the year you know who to count on when making a run.

Skip ahead about 10 mins to the Dan Hurley portion. This is a good listen and I imagine this creative mindset is what we would love to have here next. Loved the idea of learning college offense from college football. ba31566_v3_mb_vsquiz-quiz-30143V5-carbs_kemo-amha-rymc_vvjoca_vvdrpi-visa.mp4 (youtube.com)

I kind of think the low bar should be a team much like the 2011-2012 team. We all knew that the next year was gonna be a great year. He has enough talent on this team to do more but if our young kids are really coming on and will be back another year then that is a good low bar. It can’t be the Mike Davis help is on the way stuff but guys we can see on the court now excelling but not ready for the NBA. Beat case we make a deep run and we have a chance to bring a lot of those guys back.

any links to this - if he comes man our bench looks much better than last year.

I especially like the “s” in recruits. Thanks for sharing.

I agree and noticed his tendency to float with his momentum on his shots. Focus on planting and going up straight and that should help. Maybe spend some time off the ball next season when he comes in but not sure that will work depth wise. I do like how he kept calm and did not turn the ball over a lot. Now he did not score or get many assists either but I would really like to see him as with more confidence and experience

He did not say they were his kidneys though. Earlier he said if he gave a hint about who he was it would be obvious. Barrel is Jeffrey Dahmer but not sure how he knows about these recruits

Still looking like all 3 are coming?

Not a bad idea but if we filled his spot while he was in the portal he could be left without a team.