Class of '66 Old Fart

https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/07/07/class-of-2026-guard-junior-county-lands-iu-basketball-scholarship-offer/ https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-hoosiers-offer-2026-top-40-guard-junior-county/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLYu-hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFzSWx5ZGhuTzZ4YjRHRmZMAR6RVX-INH551i-NnSBr_5zZJFlyta30KZJ8j7DTif2rL8Plq2rkJOR7SM2dvw_aem_pI-icaQsM77yOzcOnubjtQ

OV for Aug 29-31 https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/national-top-20-2026-pg-tay-kinney-taking-iu-basketball-official-visit-in-late-august/ https://247sports.com/college/indiana/article/indiana-basketball-recruiting-5-star-2026-point-guard-taylen-kinney-sets-indiana-official-visit-overtime-elite-wildcat-select-251565429/ https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/07/07/class-of-2026-five-star-guard-taylen-kinney-to-take-iu-basketball-official-visit-in-late-august/

Junior County '26 - Utah Prospects DDV Offer Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk 4/25 W 17 7 10 1 3 2 2 7 2 4 0 0 4/26 W 13 6 13 1 3 0 0 6 3 1 2 0 4/27 L 11 4 10 1 5 2 2 6 3 4 2 0 5/16 W 15 3 6 2 3 7 7 4 4 1 2 0 5/17 W 20 7 15 4 7 2 4 6 3 0 0 0 5/17 W 16 6 15 1 6 3 6 9 5 2 0 0 5/18 W 9 3 11 0 5 3 4 9 3 1 1 0 5/23W 7 2 5 2 4 1 4 4 1 2 0 0 5/24 L 15 4 13 1 6 6 6 4 2 2 2 0 5/25W 9 3 9 1 2 2 4 7 2 0 1 0 5/26 L 14 5 12 4 9 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 Count/Avg 11 13.3 42% 34% 72% 5.8 2.7 1.6 1.1 0.0

Although there's no direct acknowledgement from County on X, he has posted the IU logo on his Instagram account - https://www.instagram.com/juniorxcounty/ 4-star rated 6'4" CG attends Wasatch Academy in Utah and plays AAU for Utah Prospects who is playing this year on the EYBL circuit having switched from 3SSB. The Zagsblog link provides some additional background on him especially mentioning the athletic background of his family. @AdolphCounty 247 Rivals On3 MaxPreps Hudl https://www.zagsblog.com/2025/04/22/top-40-2026-prospect-junior-county-planning-a-few-summer-visits/

Oh ye of little faith. lol But at least our staff shouldn't be caught off guard if it should happen with the IU commitments.

L. J. Smith '27 - Team Thad 17U DDV Offer Date Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk 4/25 W 8 3 9 2 5 0 0 4 0 3 1 2 4/26 W 16 6 9 1 2 3 6 2 1 2 2 0 4/27 L 6 0 4 0 0 6 6 6 2 1 1 1 5/16 W 4 1 7 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 5/17 W 10 3 7 2 3 2 2 4 0 1 2 0 5/17 L 17 6 14 2 8 3 3 5 1 0 3 0 5/18 W 19 4 6 4 6 7 7 6 1 1 1 0 5/23 W 21 8 13 3 4 2 3 6 2 1 2 0 5/24 L 4 1 9 1 5 1 2 5 2 3 2 0 5/25 W 23 6 12 3 7 8 10 2 1 2 1 0 5/26 W 24 8 12 6 9 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 Count/Avg 11 13.8 45% 48% 84% 3.9 1.1 1.4 1.5 0.3 HS 24-25 29 33.1 45% 32% 82% 9.2 3.0 n.a. 2.6 1.0 HS 23-24 16 32.2 56% 46% 64% 7.6 0.4 n.a. 24.0 0.9

Listed as a 6'4" the 4-star combo guard attends Lincolnton HS in Lincolnton, NC. Plays AAU for Team Thad 17U on the EYBL circuit. Unfortunately, when he received an offer from UNC in June, he was quoted as saying UNC was his "dream school". He knows how to score. In 2024-25, he broke the NCHSAA sophomore single-season scoring record. He was offered by WVU while DDV was still its head coach. @LJSmith23972065 247 Rivals On3 Hudl MaxPreps https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-hoosiers-offer-national-top-50-class-of-2027-guard-lj-smith/ https://www.on3.com/teams/indiana-hoosiers/news/indiana-basketball-offers-2027-four-star-guard-lj-smith/

Holt was also a member of the USA U19 team that defeated Germany earlier today for the gold medal.

Smith and Team USA coming home with the gold medal after a 109-76 win over Germany. They let Germany hang around through halftime nursing a 56-47 lead and then dominated the 3rd period outscoring Germany 28-10. Smith's stats for the tournament:

Sam Vecenie - I'm not totally sure what Jordan Smith Jr. is as a prospect yet, but he's definitely my favorite player on this U19 USA team. What a fun athlete who seems to be about all of the right things in terms of playing winning basketball.

I am so not feeling bad for PUke at all

Young Mr. Moody is everywhere.

Pretty ho hum semifinal game. USA led by 18 after 1 Q and it only got worse from there. Final score 120-61 and the USA plays Germany on Sunday in the gold medal game. Smith again started and played 13 min. 7p / 3r / 1a / 0s / 0b / 1t 2-3 FG / 1-1 on 3s / 2-2 FT

Thompson makes it official and commits to Iowa and will re-class to '25.

After cruising through the early games, the USA U19 squad had its hands full with Canada in today's quarterfinal game pulling out a 108-102 win. Smith played 24 minutes and had this stat line: 14p / 5r / 2a / 1s / 1b / 0t 5-10 FG / 2-3 on 3s / 2-4 FT In 5 games he's had 9 assists against just 3 turnovers. Tomorrow's semifinal opponent is still to be determined. ADDED: Saturday opponent is New Zealand.

Capitol Hoops Summer League at DeMatha+ @CapitolHoopsSL Your 2025 Playoffs Most Valuable Player goes to J’Lon “Lonnie” Lyons who averaged 16 pts, 6.7 rebs, 7 ast and 2.5 steals on an efficient 57.8% FG through 4 playoff games.

Bucket game on Friday night Nov. 28, on NBC TV. Prime time for our Hoosiers. Homecoming Oct. 18, vs. Michigan State https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/indiana-football-the-2025-schedule-page/

Young Mr. Moody has put in more recruiting effort in his short time as a commit than ...... well you know who I'm talking about.

Apparently he has a longstanding relationship with Rod Clark from his time at Tennessee and DDV has been in direct contact with him as well so maybe there's been a lot more to this recruitment than I thought.

Indications are he's going to commit to Iowa and re-class to '25. PUke and Pork Chop have heavily recruited him.

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-note-2026-wing-cole-cloer-includes-hoosiers-in-top-eight/

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