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Ok, just to clarify, if Thon Maker busts out an IU hat at some press conference the next thing I'll be busting out is the single malt. The kid is an extraordinary talent and anyone takes him. Maybe he comes in and in his 1 year of college dominates to the point where he helps carry us to the promised land. Could absolutely happen. But based on the times I've seen him live, small 2 game sample size, the kid is pretty poorly coached, highly ball dominant, and not very sound defensively. I can see him stopping the ball on offense a lot and I can see him spending a lot of time sitting with fouls.I can see us struggle to fit his offense in with what we have. I can see our staff doing a great job of developing him both physically and skill-wise just in time for him to head to the League. Long way of saying I can see him being brilliant or a little bit of a heartbreaker. I watch Bryant, bigger sample size, 5 games, and I just see a perfect scheme and skill fit. I can see 10 and 7 as a Frosh, 15 and 10 as a Soph and off to the lottery. Love the kid. But if we get Maker, yeah I'lol be ok with that.

Don't have that good a feeling about this recruitment, but this is the kid I want the most right now, even over Maker. Gotten to see him play live a couple of times and absolutely love him as both a system and need fit. Legit 6'10". Great, not good, rebounder both in area and out of area. Super competitive on D. Can hit the spot up 3 off screen action. Plus, might be the best rim running big I can remember seeing in High School. Got a serious crush on this kid's game. And I doubt he's a one year. Plug Bryant into what we assume we have coming back and I think we're top 5 next year.

I live on the west side of St Louis and have had the 27th blocked for the Waynesville-Jeff City game for 2 months. Literally gave my wife and her best friend a trip to Ft Lauderdale for the week so nothing comes up. Does that make me a good husband or a bad husband? Seriously, can't wait to see our kids in person. Friend of mine who's pretty well connected locally swears we absolutely stole OG.

I got to watch him play 2 full games last month at the Marshall County Hoopfest. His skill set really is breathtaking. Full 7' tall. Can really run. Shocking quickness, particularly laterally. Clean handle with both hands. Legit 3pt range. Has a little jump hook over either shoulder. Shot blocking instincts. And to top it off the kid just competed his ass off in both games. The issue I saw that you can't see in clips is that the kid really doesn't know how to play at all and isn't being coached up. Took a bunch of terrible shots. Tended to float to the wing when he was just unstoppable down low. Drove into traffic repeatedly. Brings the ball to his waste in traffic. Committed multiple bad reaching fouls. And at no point did his coach say a word to him. He needs to reclassify to 15 just to get coached. Don't get me wrong, I'd take the kid in a New York freaking second. With a point like Yogi getting him the ball in the right places he would be a monster eventually.

I'm at the Hoopfest now sitting about 50ft from Bill Self watching Braxton Blackwell against Lalumiere. Kind of hard to really evaluate him when his next best player is a 5'10" 8th grader and they're getting slaughtered. He reminds me of a more competitive Hollowell. Good frame, pretty good athlete. Decent handle left and right. Goes to the rim hard. Hasn't looked for his jumper much at all, but made 1 deep 3. Competes hard. Might be one of those guys who's a really good piece for a good team but not a primary option.

First post here. Been lurking for awhile. refreshing to find an IU site populated by honest to God IU fans. And, really, Troy's mom. Just plain cool. Anyway, been thinking about this last couple of days, glad it was brought up. When Fulford was there we couldn't get a sniff and now we get visits from there top 3 guys in 2 weeks? Gotta be some king of history or relationship between Arkell Bruce, their new coach, and someone on staff, I would assume Coach Martin. Been trying to find a link, nothing obvious, If someone with either better contacts than me or better research skills took a look at this, seems like there has to be something. Glad to be here. Looking forward to throwing in my 2 cents now and then.