WayneFleekHoosier

Hanley is a big ooooof. And Malamazian too, to a degree. Mercer has been gosh awful. Not sure why he’s getting another chance.

Would be the absolute homerun imo. I don’t think we have the money for it though.

I agree. I could tell after his NC quotes he was on borrowed time. Some of the stuff he said, screamed he wasn’t happy. I’m not sure it was Michigan as much as it was just the colllege basketball landscape and timetable.

Yes, I believe so. 15 days. The NIL folks work out the rest.

WOW Can we find a Booster to get Estrella? lol

Curious if this plans to be a 3 man class. Branham fills unfilled 13. Monden leaving opens up 1. 2-3 leaving for other reasons??? Idk. Hard to project. But a 3 person class makes a lot of sense to me.

The payday seems to be incredibly important to him. I’d imagine Indiana would compensate him well, but not what a few others will do. I’ll be shocked if it ends up being Indiana.

Duke and UK add Boumtje Boumtje and Nicola Kusteric respectively. I don’t know what those guys cost and likely not cheap, per se, but those are the type of moves that CAN elevate a team. Take a swing on a young prospect.

Texas, USC likely better rosters on paper. Similar spending. Similar rosters with less spending. Maryland, Villanova, Miami. We spent big to secure our top 6. They see that and Sisley as top 7. I don’t think many have issues with that. Add a starting level 4 and some bench depth with a pulse and it everything changes. If one of Burton, Sherrill, Yigi go down we fall off a cliff. I like the idea of the top end but I’m not high on our freshman outside of PAM being ready in year 1. If I were, that changes a lot.

Colvin and Battle, Nymechek, Makalusky. Maybe next year we are back ready to compete near the upper 3rd again if, if, if.

I agree with this. Sisley is gonna play a lot. And I think that’s a good thing. His complete and utter loss of confidence shooting the ball from all 3 levels plus the FT line made him hard to play last year. If he gets slotted as a change of pace 4 that can run the floor and finish in transition that can become his niche. Whereas, at the 3, if the shooting isn’t fixed he shrinks the floor enormously. So, for me, until he proves he can shoot it with average numbers he’s a 4. If he magically fixes the shooting then he’s a Swiss Army knife that can play 2-5, and be a DeVries-like 5 in times of utter need. Sisley, Mustaf, Harris, Pam. The level of our success will rest on the health of Burton/Sherrill and the level of readiness of the abovementioned 4.

My issue is the total punting on spots 11-13. Always has been my issue. I’d much rather get guys that might pop that are older with possible high upside than Monden who is basically a walk on and Sokolov is along the right idea but get the 21-22 YO version of Sokolov. Those Euro guys aren’t very expensive. I think we should have kept Dorn/Miles and Harris then grab an Elder Sokolov. Roster would be vastly improved.

Well said!

Glad we spent the big bucks (didn’t think we’d be able to spend enough to build what we built). Odds are pretty good we end up 18-25 before the season starts. Which is awesome. That’s a nice starting off point, if it holds. Rosters 20-35 don’t feel too different to me. Ive been vocal about my concerns on this roster build, but I can see the reasoning as a top 25 team. Won’t ever not feel we blew our ultimate potential with our last 3 spots. So here’s to hoping the freshman can elevate quickly. And our top 7 stay healthy.

“Undaunted” ? Say less

This guy is a gem! Can’t not love him. His answer about portal recruits being easier because you can Google them is a classic callback. Lol

That’s great!

Wish we had Lamar on this roster. Lamar and Sam Alexis we are a top 8-10 team. (Or a like pairing) Anyway, Lamar is a great dude. I always enjoy his attitude and takes on basketball and life. Hope he eventually gets a real chance to play NBA ball.

Milan To Kentucky. No longer the laughing stocks. Their 4 and 5 spots are strong. Guard spots have potential. Not a Duke or Illinois level roster but they likely surpassed us in preseason rankings with this addition. We get a semi home game to prove it on the court this year.

I think we are shopping in the $0.00 basket for our last few additions. I’d find it hard to believe they will all of the sudden pony up cash unless this week during practices they have their minds changed. It’s fun though to hold onto to hope the roster might be improved with a final piece. So here’s to hoping.

It can be quite entertaining to do the unpredictable. This might need a try tomorrow, just so I can give a full detailed reasoning why Ben Winkler wasn’t the depth piece Indiana needed on its roster to a random stranger.

No doubt. The talent is college hoops is as good as it’s ever been. Duke is crazy. Florida is crazy. The next 10-12 are loaded too.

They told us a while ago the roster was set more or less. They have since added 2 completely underwhelming depth pieces that cost next to nothing. I think we spent huge to acquire our 6 from the TP. I think Sherrill was around 4-5. Burton 2.5-3. Mustaf 1.5-2. Harris 1.5. Yigi 2.5-3. Lindsay 2-2.5. (Just guesses with some a little more informed). Sisley 1 to 1.5. 1.5-2 for the 3 freshman. I think we are really close to 20 million as it stands. We will add something at 13 but I expect something along the lines of Our last 2 additions. I’m on record saying we’ve hurt ourselves immensely with 8-12. I hope Karvala or Manhertz surprise and we stay Healthy in our top 7. I pray we find something more of use at 13 but I don’t expect it or think the money is there or else we would have acted differently with spots 11-12.

Really excited for him and his family. Hope he grabs that spot and holds onto it. But there are a lot of young guys there that can play so no guarantees. (As it should be) I was personally shocked we didn’t get an experienced guy too, which, I guess says a lot. He’s a smart kid, he’s a big kid, he’s a very athletic kid. No reason he can’t be successful. He was pretty dominant in the HS landscape. Was a good baseball player, basketball player too. Needs to stay healthy. Would personally love to see him and Nowakowski race in the 60. Riley was sneaky fast. He was so good. And apparently Brock is watching and learning all that film.

I think he misses Indiana/friends/family. Has a lot of friends at Indiana U. Sets up to be the perfect environment for his family to watch his games in person. From what I heard this was decided around Thanksgiving break/Christmas break time.