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I’m sure it’s possible, but I’m not sure he’s a great fit with the needs that remain with this roster. We have two years of proof he’s a college 4 and not a great 3 point shooter. Those things can change. But the frontcourt — and maybe the 4 specifically — are well-stocked with or w/o Tjd.

Yes. Phinisee, in particular, had a bunch of special moments as a Hoosier, and as far as we know was a tremendous program ambassador. At full health he is a truly elite defender against guards 6’3” and under …and yet I think it will be a surprise if JHS doesn’t have a significantly bigger overall impact next year. And that’s probably the closest comparison.

I’d agree with this, OSU would be in the next tier

You can buy those kind of dips with his track record, but it’s also the difference between expectations at IU any PU. Difference also works in an IU coach’s favor, though; one of the reasons expectations are higher is the recruiting capital.

Geronimo will either make an all-conference team, or win conference sixth man of the year, and maybe both.

I believe a reliable source around here framed it more like a soapbox-y monologue at Malibu Grill, I’m not sure it was (or wasn’t) an argument

I’m in favor of it for this reason; Knight and after, IU has largely avoided even the appearance of impropriety. As @Stuhoo outlined upthread, IU has positioned itself well to play seriously in a way the old status quo did not allow.

https://hoopvision.substack.com/p/does-the-bench-matter-in-march?s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=direct

Giddy at the thought of IU making Edey guard a pick ‘n’ roll every time down, or Painter taking him off the court to avoid that

Don’t tell Pack but he’d fit great at UM. Don’t think they have room unless/until they have more roster movement, though.

Wright’s 60, and I gotta be honest: I’m in the first half of my 30s, but if I had his earnings and professional success at 60 — especially in such a time-consuming career — I’d absolutely wrap up.

I want IU to shoot better than it has since the Miller era started just like everyone. But one reason I’m less concerned about personnel is I have some confidence shooting can be developed

Now on a team level, Kofi leaving is a huge blow for Illinois. Using Torvik’s rostercast, they dropped from #5 to #29 next year. Pending stay/go decisions, Torvik’s early predictor puts 5 B1G teams in the top 25: Michigan, IU, MSU, Purdue, Iowa.

Three players who made any all-conference team return, or could, pending further announcements: TJD, Hunter Dickinson, and Edey. Always possible someone has a Keita Bates-Diop put-of-nowhere year, but if the first two come back, player of the year has two heavy favorites. Outside chances: Nigel Pack, if he transfers into conference, Malik Hall or Max Christie if they take a leap…not seeing tons of other candidates.

For those who don’t know, Reed’s going to Michigan, so we can watch Malik work him in the Big Ten, too

Believe we won in those, actually!

Probably the best alts we’ve worn. An inverted road version would also be spicy

IU has two incoming 5-star frosh who started on the prep school national champs.

Are the Maryland and Virginia visits scheduled? I don’t doubt that before this weekend he had intentions of taking them but scheduling them is a different deal. It’s late in the process for a ‘22 who’ll be on campus somewhere in six or seven weeks. I would not be totally shocked if he committed without taking every visit. Looks like he visited three schools before his fifth commitment, so he’s not necessarily just maxing out visits.

Yep, would’ve expected more volume if you’d told me he and Pstew would play as many minutes as they did. I might’ve hoped he’d have easier looks and thus hit a higher %age but I was not disappointed in that, personally. The other dynamic I see with the transfer discussions: there’s some element of one side saying, “this guy can help IU,” and others saying “he has these flaws.” Well…I don’t know that those things are exclusive from one another. And then perhaps a third group thinks group 1 is saying so-and-so will be a star, when he’s clearly a role player, and group 3 is upset when he’s not a star.

has anyone seen a Jordan Brand Classic box score?

Yeah the AAU pipeline thread gets into some of this, but a fun thing of the CMW era — perhaps partially facilitated by NIL — has been keeping*, pursuing**, and landing*** players from situations where prior coaches have failed, or not even tried. *TJD last year, but honestly all the portal-and-back during the coaching change last year; Race, some others this year with at least one still TBD **lots of the players they’re after right now would not have been targets at all under CAM, or would’ve been offers with tepid interest under CTC ***Bates, JHS, Banks, JHS, Newton…even Cupps are from different parts of the country or different kinds of schools or AAU programs than prior staffs made work. Some from situations they never even would’ve tried.

Thanks, this is what I figured. There were/are a few factors that I thought made an interesting pattern but happenstance, or misunderstanding on my part, is probably more likely.

Also…are the other two visits actually scheduled, or just sort of ideas? Nobody is reporting dates.