Demo

17 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

@Demo

https://x.com/sunsetamir/status/1780305540825890839?s=46

he is awesome 

He is a Guy. Love him. There’s video of a presser from when Kennesaw St made the tournament of the guy choking up talking about everything his kids had done to resurrect that program and, hell, I would have run through a wall for him. Some smart power conference AD is gonna hook that guy up and not have to worry about it again for 25 years.

24 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Named to MaxPreps Sophomore All-American 1st Team

Jalen Montonati, Owasso (Okla.)

6-7 | Wing | Uncommitted

Oklahoma MaxPreps Player of the Year guided the Rams to their first state championship with averages of 23.6 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per contest. In a 57-53 overtime victory over Edmond North (Edmond) in the Class 6A state title game, he went off for 34 points and five rebounds.

I'd like to see the staff stay on this one. He's gonna be more than just a catch and shoot guy. The athleticism looks like its gonna come and there's some pre-Montverde McNeeley to him.

This is a fun one. Had an IU offer under Archie. It appears IU is the only offer he’s never gonna accept. 

5 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Malone still visiting per rabs

Has anyone seen Malone play? I’m a big believer in the talent level sub-D1 but I’m curious about the fit.

5 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

More than I was by Gladiator.

13 minutes ago, Ghost of Rick Majerus said:

The only social media follow we need to sorry about is if Ballo starts following Chris Ledlum. That's when we need to start panicking!

Ok, that’s funny.

8 minutes ago, Artie86 said:

I absolutely love this! Ballo is taking the time to just have fun with the boys! Man,…. in grand scheme of things, playing basketball is a huge part of life for these boys, but having fun and building genuine friendships is much bigger in the long run. JMO

GO IU!

And it’s really easy to lose sight of the fact that they may be insanely physically mature,  they’re still mostly kids. Ballo may look like Goliath, but he’s 21. When I was 21 I was literally dancing into bars because my ID was no longer fake.

Barely played as a freshman and then redshirted last year. Had brief cursory IU interest ages ago. From the Chicago area, I believe. Maybe Northwestern?

Hoosier fans doing what Hoosier fans do. 

6 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Mack is headed to the Pacific Northwest! 

(Seattle Storm, BTW -- not sure why their logo is so minimized in this graphic). 

Great draft and stash. She’ll play in the League a long time.

38 minutes ago, iubb said:

 

In a shocking twist Woody tries to sell Ballo on following in the rich IU point guard tradition of a Isiah and Yogi. Did not see that one coming. 

3 minutes ago, 94Bulldog said:

And once again it’s proven that cryptic tweets and sources aren’t always correct.  Why do I let myself get caught up in this every year.  Can’t imagine they offered more NIL so that’s a big time slap in the face.  

It’s not a slap in the face. You currently have 5 scholarship guards plus a visit lined up for later in the week with a highly regarded kid who has no other visits scheduled. It’s entirely possible the kid wanted a sense of his role and upon getting that feedback calculated that he wanted more certainty for his last year in college. In that case the process worked exactly as it should and I wish him well.

2 minutes ago, iubb said:

 

 

 

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That was quick.

30 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Portal is wild.   Texas got 3 kids committed from it yesterday and then today lost Mitchell and Hunter 

Mitchell’s the quintessential YouTube all-American. Remember listening to Biancardi gushing over him at Montverde and thinking, “You do know the kid can’t play, right?”

So, 3 years ago he was at LSU, 2 years ago he was at Georgetown and last year he was at SLU. How’d it go for those coaches? For those foaming at the mouth to move on from Woody, here’s your solution. Get him interested in this kid. Dude’s like a black cat.

9 minutes ago, IH8PU said:

Well, that's interesting move with a junior Okpara there.

5 minutes ago, steubenhoosier said:

All this talk about rosters, minutes, etc.

Is Newton an afterthought, or just being written off?

If he is recovered, I see him competing for guard minutes 

If he’s 100% he won’t just compete for minutes, he’ll get’em. But, speaking as probably the #1 Newton fan who’s not a family member, it’s tough to roster build based on that assumption. 

1 minute ago, ebridges24 said:

when was/is Carlyle's visit?

Next weekend. Not sure if he even has any others scheduled.

1 minute ago, Home Jersey said:

Tony Perkins commits to Missouri per Rabby

Easy one to see. He’s a Gates kind of player.

19 minutes ago, dwtaylor1055 said:

Myles Rice now following Payne via Instagram.  Only Cupps were following him prior to yesterday

Cupps, man. That kid is on the Rushmore of culture pieces.

1 minute ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Their incoming freshman are currently on their new NIL tours.  Bradshaw is thought to be a North Carolina lean which in part IMO is Ballo being thought of being an IU lean.

The 7'2" Crotation big man from Kentucky is intriguing but he is going to be meeting with Mark Pope before decided if he wants to go back to Kentucky or stay in the portal.

Ivisic should absolutely stay. That’s a great system fit for him.

1 minute ago, btownqb said:

I think the way things stand now/along with who we've contacted--- it seems like they expect MM to play a fair amount of 4. 

I think you can add 2 of the 3. Leal and Cupps shouldn't be looked at as "in the rotation", IMO, anyways. They are great 9th-11th guys ish, IMO. 

If they plan to do that with Mgbako, then there’s probably an argument there. And what the roster looks like when they get to maybe 11 filled scholarships will probably tip that off. Maybe it’s just because Woody was so hellbent on not matching up that way last year, I just have trouble seeing it.

8 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Your thoughts on what that would do with Carlyle?  That is, is the trio of Rice/Hickman/Carlyle coming in a possibliity?

I know that many on here really want Conwell (i do as well) but I don't think realistically from Conwell's viewpoint that it makes sense to come into a situation that already has two guards coming in plus another who led the time in minutes the previous year.

You’re currently on 5 scholarship guards. I just can’t imagine that Carlyle/Conwell/Hickman isn’t a 1 of situation. Some systems would justify 7 guards. What Woody’s doing with Mgbako on the wing and Tucker getting wing minutes  doesn’t.