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Seems like UM just isn’t sure they’ll have room for him after the dust settles because they’re in good shape with guys they like better: https://mgoblog.com/content/exit-davonte-miles

Boy that’s a beatable group

Is this going to drag until national signing day, or is he going to commit earlier than that?

Practicing typing “Gary Barta retire” as preseason training camp, personally

Old Fart: thanks. You’re the man. Sorry UA and adidas let you down. Need some new shoes and I’ll get nikes to thank them.

Early commit means he can get on Clif’s diet and strength plan earlier.

I told a friend the only other player I can think of who could’ve come close to making that legendary “block the Ayton lob dunk after guarding Book off the PNR screen” in game 3 was KG. But Giannis is faster, taller, and longer-limbed. KG might contest but probably doesn’t get there.

I imagine a number of the four transfers will use one year of eligibility but not both. TJD will be gone, you’d imagine. And then my guess is Rob and Race might not take their extra year. I don’t think all seven will leave, but all seven could. Of the six with freshman eligibility, half are unlikely-but-possible draft early entrants, too. They’d really have to blow up, I think those three have two years left each.

IU developing fruitful connections in the mid-south would be very good. Both Coach Rosemond and CMW have Atlanta connections, so it’s no shock. But the Atlanta area has been full of talent for years, Tennessee has its share, and plenty of guys in the region are not heavy CBB partisans. Duke, UNC & UK have clout there, but they have clout everywhere, and the many nearby P5 schools (UGA, GT, Vanderbilt, Auburn, South Carolina, Clemson) are not terribly formidable recruiting competitors. Alabama, Tennessee, Florida State, and Florida have varying levels of recruiting success, but basketball will never be top dog in those spots.

Dreaming on some Lander, TJD, and shooters (Kopp, Stewart, Bates?) lineups. If Lander’s flashes of pick ‘n’ roll reads last year can grow, you’ve got an all-American rolling to the hoop for a dunk, or a rotation leaving a shooter open for 3.

I like the strategy on JHS, too, which appears to be to push the cards in. If you miss, as @Stuhoo always says, it’s who you get, not who you don’t. If he’s your guy, though, leave it all out there in the attempt to land him.

If you have all the pieces he’s shown and you want to get better, you can be really special

Yeah I think the challenge has always been line depth at IU and plenty of other places outside the traditional powers. There are only so many people big and athletic enough to play there, you usually want upperclassmen so they’ve put on weight, injuries are prevalent for linemen, and so while you’d occasionally get an eventual draft pick that comes through IU, the fourth, fifth, and sixth etc linemen are not eventual mid-round picks

Like ~95% of NIL-enabled marketing benefits are going to be things like this. It’s totally anodyne and fine. The sky ain’t falling.

Yeah, the rare high major HS wing who will chisel rather than bulk upon arrival in college?

I agree but I also think a soph Dubcomb, while a different type of player than TJD, is probably a guy you’ll be able to trust with a bunch of minutes at the 5. (Less so this year but he’s not needed for a ton of minutes this year.)

Yes, great points from Wayne and Stuhoo both. Archie was always one 3-and-D wing with real size short, at least; nice to see this staff realizes you can play like seven of those dudes plus two PGs and one big in a rotation.

This recruitment seems weird for more than just IU

Can’t speak for the mall but I agree otherwise. I wouldn’t want the winters, though (except to ski)

Timing seems good for IU. Shaw seems pretty accurate with picks at Rivals, though, and has Cuse. If someone wants to move to upstate NY to play on sure fire 10 seeds for a grumpy Jim Boeheim, there’s nothing you could’ve done to get em

What’s Stetson’s guard rotation look like next year? I also wonder, if Brown has a solid career there, if he’d be an up-transfer candidate.

I think he’ll be at UM at least until his sons move past it

Frankly I’m already giddy about the Brad Davison frustration technical we’ll enjoy one Saturday afternoon next February as a result of Xavier eating his lunch in front of the gathered Assembly Hall faithful. Kopp drains the free throws and the Hoosiers lead 66-52 with six minutes to go

Great research. As @Stuhoo hints, don’t worry much about W/L here, this is a strong professional opponent. I’ll be checking the box for: 1. Who plays, and how much? Quite possible minutes are distributed very evenly, or IU’s best guys sit plenty so younger players get developmental minutes. But there may be interesting info in starters, closers, who plays with whom 2. how does IU shoot? And specifically how do Race and the guards shoot from 3? 3. Who plays with whom? We may not know this, but I’ll be curious if Phinisee plays the 1 at all, if Kopp plays much 4, who gets minutes at the 2-4 spots more generally. 4. how competitive is it? I don’t care if IU goes 0-2 but it’d be nice if they got some close/late chances, and just played well enough to be competitive

Lovely to: 1. Feel like 5th would be quite good, all considered 2. feel like it’s achievable and even a reasonable goal 3. see X suggest it’s motivating to be picked that low. We all want titles, conference and otherwise. But fifth would be much better than every team since 2016.