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Where are he and his (brother??) Gonna end up?

Seems like a nice addition. Not building a top end team but a tournament team seems very possible.

Been a while since we had a PG of his ability. I’m a little concerned about the shooting but cautiously optimistic. A guy that’s been there and done that just not with a lot of winning. He’s gonna be fun to watch. Let’s go Markus!

Excited to see what he can do. The shot looks funky but it goes in decent amount on a limited sample size. The defensive potential and offensive potential to bully will be a trait I enjoy. Driving ability. Maybe he can finally get an Indiana friendly whistle and shoot a lot of free throws. Intriguing prospect with 2 years left.

And Izzo got one of the 3 or so higher level center recruits we targeted in the 2026 class.

I’ll admit the big make me nervous. Sherrill would be an awesome addition. Really like Reibe too. If we get neither of them I’m not sure who the back up will be.

Reibe? Seems like a bit of an odd arrangement, but like him as a player a lot. Definitely looking to start somewhere.

Too early to say but this is certainly making a statement. UL not afraid of a bidding war and seem to really go strong for their primary portal targets. I’m extremely curious what budget is left. But even at 8-10 which wouldn’t surprise based on this move, they can get 2 more strong pieces and a bench. We’ll get to assess this more in a few weeks to months because I like Burton and Sherrill almost equally.

Pretty incredible. Corniest coach in the NCAA. He does have that corny swagger and big bucks behind him. Plus he likes to splash. Sheltad was a target for me from the winter. And Bidunga is the dream target for years. It’s certainly a way to enthuse the fanbase at minimum. If they spent 7 it’s probably well worth it. They likely have 8 or so to spend. Curious to see how the other pieces stack up. IF IF IF we get Burton/Sherrell it rivals the move in my mind as a near 1 to 1. With Sherrell being the piece that I’m not at all confident in. We’ve gotta get a centerpiece 5 in my mind. Especially if we don’t do much special at the 4.

Lol. Disgusting.

The discussion I’d like to see had is how and through who these NIL payments get paid. For example. Hoosiers for good. Is a not for profit. So, say for a hypothetical example a donor gives HFG 5 million and tells HFG to do what they want with it. They then keep 10% (as an example) then funnel that money to athetes who can actually help the organization (by an appearance). So you get a tax write off for the extremely wealthy that benefits tha wealthy, benefits the charity, and funds the players all at the same time. My belief is that this happens at schools. Maybe even Indiana (not necessarily HFG). The dollar amounts can be viewed differently then.

To answer that question, it seems like they source Rabjohns for most. It’s not a final answer though, but I think the circulating number stems from Rabjohns. 12 was a stated number, but he admitted it could flex. He didn’t know as much in the late Woodson days but he seems to be back to knowing quite a bit. I’ll be curious if those that decide such things have already decided rhat number isn’t going to give us want we want/need this year and what level of flexibility we have.

I hope he becomes one of the All Time Hoosiers! So easy to root for this standup kid!

While I’ll agree on the surface. It’s staggering. But it’s become the cost of doing business and when you look at the top teams/programs and look at what they are spending, it means we need to up our contributions to keep stride. Maybe we wanted 12. Maybe we find we need to do 16-18. Idk. Other programs seem to find ways. Hoping we can keep up with the Jones until some more realistic cap is figured out. A lot of these Nil payments get funneled through Not for profits and therefore can become tax loopholes for the extreme wealthy to make charitable donations. I don’t like it one bit but I strongly believe this is what is happening at many institutions. (Stuhoo or someone can correct me if I’m way off base here)

Ok ok ok. I like this a lot.

Seems like a solid addition with Payne in tow already. Would take that pairing at IU.

That would be fun. Seems like about 5 schools trying with Mikko. UNC strongly too.

More of Woody fan and not of the Hoosier Variety.

We are Out of the Harrelson sweepstakes. Ohio State, Tennessee, UNC And Tyme thinks we will get all 3 guards. Thinks we are saving money for another couple splashes

I could certainly see that. Goodman is a useful idiot.

Is DDV and staff gonna punchback? Guy as been taking it on social media. The burners (which are oddly Woodson friendly) have turned on him bad. Punch back DDV! YOU CAN DO THIS.

Weekend is here. Enough dentistry! Hoping for an action packed weekend with some good news. Been a slow start to the day. Sherrill is/was a long shot. Love him as an option. Maybe if we are back willing to pay inordinate amounts of money we can contact Thiam or re-contact Bidunga. Burton is one to be excited about. Mustaf is Interesting. Don’t hate it. Harris is bizzare, maybe the staff can find a good scout on him somehow. Not sure how you go about that. The bigs we are associated with haven’t been too exciting. Really hope we can get creative here and figure something out.

That’s rough. I like him. But man, gotta be annoying as an Iowa fan not to keep him after this year. Iowa is always gonna have a ceiling no matter how great their coach is. Thankfully.

Fell asleep and missed the end of this. What a game.

Hodgeson and Providence making some splashes. Dink Pate and Miles Byrd today. Not terrible for Providence. Pate has been in rumor circles for many.