Class of '66 Old Fart

https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/08/01/iu-basketball-freshman-guard-aleksa-ristic-is-now-on-campus/

https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/08/04/video-q-a-with-iu-basketball-freshman-forward-trent-sisley/

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/doesnt-look-like-a-freshman-trent-sisley-competing-for-first-year-role-for-iu-basketball/

ProBallHoosiers - Forward @GulbeAleksa has signed with LDLC ASVEL Féminin (@ASVEL_Feminin). Les Lionnes play in the Ligue Féminine de Basketball, top tier league in France. They play outside of Lyon in the suburb Villeurbanne.

Poor girl never got her own thread started. Nice background article on Gulbe from FIBA. http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19women/2019/news/gulbe-a-latvian-kid-in-italy-from-zaragoza-to-bangkok-and-indiana-fan-fever

Full story behind the paywall but the fact we got a specific mention from Talia in her tweet suggests we're actively recruiting the young lady. Talia Goodman @TaliaGoodmanWBB Top 2027 recruit Ryan Carter remains wide open and broke down her recruitment with @Rivals. Programs discussed: Duke, Notre Dame, UNC, Indiana, Maryland

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https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-hoosiers-offer-2027-guard-jalen-brown/

Listed as a 4-star CG standing 6'4", Jalen attends Wauwatosa West HS in Milwaukee. He plays AAU for Power 5 on the 3SSB circuit. As a sophomore, Brown captained his team with 22.1 points, 7.3 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 2.7 steals in 30.5 minutes per appearance. Against Brookfield East on Dec. 6, Brown logged 46 points, nine rebounds and five dimes off a blistering 85% from the field. 247 On3/Rivals Hudl HS Stats https://www.on3.com/teams/indiana-hoosiers/news/iu-basketball-extends-offer-to-2027-top-100-shooting-guard-jalen-brown/ AAU Stats Jalen Brown '27 - Power 5 Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk May '25 8 20.1 67 140 15 60 72 96 2.9 2.3 1.5 1.6 0.5 Palmetto Road 5 19.2 2.4 1.6 1.2 0.4 Earn Your Stripes 5 15.8 4.2 2.2 0.6 1.0 2025 Season 18 18.5 103 208 26 85 101 136 3.3 2.2 1.2 2.2 1.2 50% 31% 74%

And there it is.

He has arrived in Bloomington.

Might as well get it started sooner rather than later and this is a name I'm sure we'll hear more of in the next couple of years. Jaylan Mitchell attends Evansville Reitz HS and played up for Bradley Beal Elite on the EYBL circuit and already has offers to Illinois and Arizona State. The 6'6 guard avg'd 13.5 ppg & 5.2 rpg. Had a great Peach Jam in July and had 20 or more in 2 of 5 games. 40% 3pt %.

Courtesy of Inside The Hall - Here are the details, via IU Athletics: Wednesday, August 6 7:00 p.m. ET – INDIANA VS. UNIVERSIDAD DE BAYAMON (PUERTO RICO) Location: Coliseo Guillermo Angulo; Cll 24, Carolina, 00985, Puerto Rico Saturday, August 9 7:00 p.m. ET – INDIANA VS. MEGA SUPERBET (SERBIA) Location: Coliseo Roberto Clemente; Avenida F.D. Roosevelt, San Juan, 00920, Puerto Rico Monday, August 11 11:00 a.m. ET – INDIANA VS. MEGA SUPERBET (SERBIA) Location: Coliseo Guillermo Angulo; Cll 24, Carolina, 00985, Puerto Rico According to IU Athletics, there will be no live stream of the games.

Always stings when you offer and then get just a passing reference in these kinds of stories. https://www.zagsblog.com/2025/07/31/five-star-rising-sophomore-aj-williams-chats-early-recruitment-after-winning-15u-peach-jam/

Listed as a 6'1" SG, she attends Princeton HS in Cincinnati. Princeton is a member of the Greater Miami Conference and she was named to the conference 1st team last season as a freshman. She was Princeton's second leading scorer at 12.4ppg. She played AAU for the Sports City Angels on the Junior Girls EYBL circuit but unfortunately, I could not find any AAU stats for her. @erin__thomas1 MaxPreps Hudl

All these injuries I'm reading about we might as well cancel the season now.

A suspicious person might think there was something behind the scenes that's stalled his recruitment.