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I'm sure he has no trouble maintaining eye contact when he's, well nevermind.

Yeah and it isn't close either. But don't tell the NBC booth that. Doing their best to cast this as an epic battle of two evenly matched heavyweights but come on, neither team looks all that impressive. 3-3 midway through the 3rd quarter. Maybe you're both a tad overrated.

I want 70!

My God this is fun.

If this is the 9th best team in the country then we are really freaking good.

Huge! Crowd needed a reason to blow the roof off and that was it.

Sweet! I always thought we'd get him but am no less ecstatic. Love that we got a guy McCollum wanted too haha.

On3 contributors seem to think it's between us and Michigan, and Jamie Shaw said he hears about us the most frequently in regard to Thompson. Staff clearly putting in work with him. He was the first player visited when Devries was hired. Went 3 deep for him last week I believe.

Apparently Purdue has already removed Ra-El from their roster.

Cignetti said a school offered a current player $1.5M to transfer during the spring window. My first thought was Tennessee offering Mendoza in the wake of Iamaleava fallout but I'm sure they'd have thrown more at him than that.

So do the Knicks make a run at Dan Hurley? It's the popular hot take on X the past 24 hours.

You called her a shill and cited her pushing Trump's agenda as the reason for being appointed to the BoT. Universities are supposed to be apolitical but let's be real, they have pushed one side's political agenda for decades. Sage is professional and very passionate about Indiana University. I'm glad she has chosen to take on this role.

She was fired from ESPN because of her politics. Aka she isn't a lefty. She's allowed to have opinions. Not sure that makes her a shill but sure go off since those opinions don't align with yours. I love Sage Steele. She's all about IU. We need more people like her.

Ok. That isn't really my point though. The player cited is irrelevant.

We are 100% headed toward a world where someone burns out of the NBA or Euro League but wants to keep making money playing basketball, so returning to college is the best option. I can see it now. Zach Edey lasts little more than 4 years in the league, but decides college basketball is still an attractive and viable option. "You're interfering with my ability to make a living" will be his argument while he sues the NCAA and enrolls in school and signs a $2M NIL deal. Talk me down from the ledge.

First thing he'll do is say "We spent how much on Gabe Cupps??!!"

Lol you know he had to get a job within a few hours of Napa Valley aka wine country. Match made in heaven.

Hard pass on Leal. He's the type of player who I should root for, but yet I still can't stand him. We all know why so I won't bother rehashing Senior Night 2024. And I am sure he is a great kid. Loves IU as much as everyone else on this board. I wish him nothing but success in life, glad he was able to get life changing money as an undergrad. But he has officially maxed out what he can offer IU basketball.

We've beaten out Kentucky, Gonzaga, Ole Miss, Auburn, and Maryland for portal transfers this year. That's just off the top of my head. All of these programs have been better than ours the past 5-10 years. Snagged a reserve player from the national champions. If Tucker Devries wasn't related to our head coach, he would have been able to pick any school in the country to go to. Yeah we've got cash, but we are not some outlier program that has gobs of money to outbid every program for any target we want especially when we have 12 spots to fill. Every school has money.

Needed? No, probably not. I still want him on our roster. He's got leadership potential on next year's team, plus he fits the mold Devries looks for in that he can do one thing really well (shooting). Remember him acting like the adult after the Maryland game, instructing Woodson to shake hands? We have 5 spots to fill, I see no reason he couldn't be one of those.

Love it, especially that he has multiple years of eligibility remaining. Devries is getting his roster. Let's go.

I was always impressed by Federiko of TTU when I watched them this past season. It was surprising to see him in the portal, he seemed to be quite a favorite of the team and fans. He certainly looks the part of a rim protector.

My #1 preference now is the UCF 7 footer but would gladly take Leo Curtis. Feels like the former would be more of the rim protector we need.

Love it! We are getting quite a team put together.

Yes. I can't believe Pope thought it was a good idea. Or that no one talked him out of it.