Class of '66 Old Fart

It'$ become $uch a joke. European pro player$ "exploring" college in the U.$.

Probably already started watching film of past year's pace car drivers.

Never seemed to appear on the DDV radar.

Belleville (25-2) defeated in a Michigan state tournament quarterfinal game by DeWitt 48-41 in a game neither team shot well. Belleville led 35-28 after 3 but committed too many costly turnovers plus the inability to make what shots they did take. For the game Savoury 18p, 5r, 1a, 1s, 0b, 3t Stats for 18 games: 23.0p, 5.1r, 2.8a, 4.3s, .4b, 1.2t

Maybe an opportunity in the portal. Time will tell.

GiGi Battle's teammate Sara Okeke committed to USC today. Reportedly it was down to USC, Texas, pUKe and IU.

4 Hoosier pitchers scattered 9 Vandy hits and Vandy was a gracious host leaving 11 runners on base. We had 10 hits with Denny going 4-5 with 4 RBI. Next weekend we host Minnesota.

From Alec Lasley and this is very impressive. Shay was the second player in NCAA Division I women’s basketball history to have 50/40/90 averages while scoring 20+ points a game (23.2)

But in today's world, a coach can spend a year really working to develop a player and then the following year the player bolts for the bigger buck. And yes, coaches definitely want to win but it's a what did you do for me today environment. Hypothetically let's assume Ristic, Drake, Harris and Acimovich all bail. What's the benefit to IU in having spent a year developing them and collectively we got 31 minutes of court time from them?

If you truly want to develop players then contracts are a must. Otherwise, you'll spend a year developing them and then they'll bolt for the bigger buck.

Sad but true.

Oh, what might have been!

Joe Tipton - Baylor guard Isaac Williams IV has signed a two-year deal to remain at Baylor and finish his career in Waco. The 6-1 sophomore averaged 10.5 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 3.3 assists per game this season. First time I've seen anything like this mentioned. Anyone else?

Couple of portal entrants that had some IU interest with no expectation that interest would still be there today. Jamie Kaiser, Jr., was offered in May '22 and committed to Maryland Aug '22. Last season he played at Butler. The 6’6” sophomore wing started 29/30 games for the Bulldogs, averaging 9.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.0 assist per game. Daquan Davis never had an IU offer but got more than 1 look. Committed to Florida State March '24. Transferred to Providence and redshirted due to injury. Averaged 8.8 PPG last season at Florida State. 


UAB’s leading scorer Cali Smallwood plans to enter the transfer portal, she told . The 5-9 junior guard averaged 14.1 ppg and 3.7 rpg this season, while shooting 42% from deep. https://www.on3.com/her/news/uabs-cali-smallwood-plans-to-enter-transfer-portal/

Joe Tipton - Providence guard Stefan Vaaks plans to enter the @TransferPortal, source told @On3. 

The 6-7 freshman averaged 15.8 points per game this season. Was Big East All-Freshman team. https://www.on3.com/news/providence-guard-stefan-vaaks-plans-to-enter-transfer-portal/

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Fishers HS head coach Garrett Winegar is leaving and will join the coaching staff at Iowa United Prep that also includes Keith Smart as a member of its staff. Immediately on another board the speculation began that Jason Gardner and Cooper Zachary might join him for their senior years.

Sweeping all the honors.

Brad Stevens is coming home!!

Ashlinn's season ended with a Sweet Sixteen 48-43 loss to George Rogers Clark. In that game she had 20p and 2r. She was 9-14 FG, 1-4 on 3s, 1-1 FT. 25 games in 25-26: 14.6p, 4.7r 43% FG, 27% on 3s, 68% FT 26 games in 24-25: 2.2p, 4.7r 46% FG, 41% on3s, 70% FT. The source for Kentucky boys and girls high school stats is really great except for 2 things. 1) they don't record assists, steals, blocks or turnovers; and 2), the gentleman who maintains the site has health issues and will no longer be be able to maintain the site after June 30. Certainly hopeful someone will step up and keep it going.

This is why Bruce is perfect for politics. An ability to spin talk.