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Well, I think our G spot has been incredibly neglected for years. I have to believe that two 5 star young studs can help hit those erogenous zones more than last season, or the Archie years. On the other pleasure zones, not sure, but I do expect a decent step forward from Geronimo. Things seemed to start clicking more him last season. He'll certainly be asked to do more this year IMO. His shooting % (3rd highest on the team), rebounding (3rd highest) and energy were all apparent despite being only 9th in minutes. If he polishes up and emerges, things could be very good for us. Also hoping for continued development for Galloway (love his energy) and Leal. I'm cautious on my outlook for Leal, but hope he can become a reliable shooter coming off the bench.

Popping in after reading an article... Not sure if anyone posted all the different ranks together. Sorry if dup.. ESPN – No. 14 CBS Sports – No. 17 NCAA.com – No. 19 (not updated since April) Stadium – No. 9 Bart Torvik – No. 13 (and #1 in the B10) Overall, stoked with TJD coming back, and it's nice to have not 1, but 2, five star kids coming in. Not to mention 4 of 5 starters... My thoughts TJD, XJ, and Race is a nice core. I hope Kopp comes off the bench. I think he'd be more effective. Hoping Geronimo or Galloway takes over as the #4 minutes guy. I like having XJ as the vet, and Bates and HS rotating in at the second G spot. I think we'll see both up our ability to "create". While I think Reneau's minutes will be very small come regular season, would love to see him get some early time in preseason so we all can see what we might have. More than anything, got shoot better, especially the 3. I just don't see worse than #3 in the B10. Very nice first year by Woody. I just hope folks don't jump the shark expectation wise.

Some of the chat earlier this week peaked my curiosity about recruiting comps between CAM and CMW. I'm sure I missed something, so please add to fill in any gaps. And to think some thought Woody would be bad for recruiting? High level comparison First 7 months CAM - 0x top 50, 1x top 100, 5x 150 CMW - 2x top 50, 4x top 100, 3 or 4x incoming transfers (depending on how you view Race) every player (true HS player) committed has been top 100 Career (IU) CAM 1x top 10 3x top 50 5x top 100 Highest rated #7 CMW 0x top 10 2x top 50 4x top 100 Highest rated #20 2017 class previously committed prior to CAM hire 10-26-15 Al Durham commits 10-10-16 Clifton Moore commits 11-9-16 Justin Smith commits Archie Miller Hired 3-27-2017 2017 class 7-16-17 Race Thomson commits 0.921 (134) 2018 class 07-17-17 Jerome Hunter commits 0.9799 (59) 07-17-17 Damezi Anderson commits 0.9383 (124) 08-19-17 Rob Phinisee commits 0.9358 (135) 09-11-17 Jake Forrester commits 0.9291 (147) 04-13-18 Romeo Langford commits 0.9984 (7) 2019 class 9-6-18 Armaan Franklin commits 0.9257 (151) 11-30-18 Jackson Davis commits 0.9890 (30) 2020 class 7-26-19 Trey Galloway commits 0.9230 (157) 8-9-19 Anthony Leal commits 0.9233 (156) 9-12-19 Jordan Geronimo commits 0.9611 (105) 2-25-20 Khristian Lander commits 0.9910 (27) 2021 class 4-7-20 Logan Duncomb commits 0.9721 (72) 2022 class 2-7-21 CJ Gunn commits 0.9256 (151) -------------------------------------------------- 1-14-21 Parker Stewart transfers to IU 0.8646 (273) -------------------------------------------------- Mike Woodson Hired 3-28-2021 4-7-21 Xavier Johnson transfers 0.8849 (232) 4-8-21 Race Thompson recommits to IU after entering TP 3-24-21 4-17-21 Michael Durr transfers 0.8723 (300) 4-20-21 Miller Kopp transfers 0.9449 (115) 2021 class 4-19-21 Tamar Bates commits 0.9893 (30) 2022 class 7-23-21 Kaleb Banks commits 0.9626 (82) 8-24-21 Hood Schifino commits 0.9918 (20) 2023 class 10-22-21 Jakai Newton commits 0.9683 (67)

Just dropping in to see what folks are thinking about.... XJ - buh bye... not that I think you should be kicked out... fall on the sword, come back. play good. @LamarCheeks pub apology to you my friend. You didn't ask for one, but you got one.

Can we find a "xxxxx" - buckets guy.... Just give me good G play next season. TJD back would be super awesome. Big sorry to @LamarCheeks too. Glad he said he didn't want a public apology, but his reply deserved it. Cheers.

I went through though an ultra polite attempt to just be kind. Which I am. If you are a Knight hater. Find another thread.

I was very polite. It's the Knight declining health thread. Sure, some bad stuff will get tossed out. It only gets inflamed when extremes match extremes. And it's probably only inflamed when someone is in a thread looking to inflame. Are you looking to inflame?

This is the Knight thread. Not the Reed thread. Not opposed to other opinions. Feel free to create another thread. I mean that in the kindest way.

Gonna happen. Believe it. Has nothing to do with anyone wants.

Give me Bobby, Gene, Peyton, and Eli. Toss in Marshawn Lynch for a few F bombs, and you've got a recipe for a great pay-per-view event.

Thanks my friend! You rock. I just wanted to confirm we indeed were seeing some improvement in the second half chunk. I found the last 3 efficiency which was not that great. https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basketball/stat/offensive-efficiency

Iowa is 15th in Net, only one behind IL, so not really a big hurt. I'm not really worried about PU getting hurt though My best friend is a PU fan, so gonna half @$$ cheer for them tonight.

I was just thinking the same thing. I think PU wins though going away. Won't be sad if they lose...

Fun game going down to last 15 secs... Don't really care who wins, but I'd like the chance to get revenge on Wiscy if we can win tomorrow.

TJD.... “It’s really big for me, honestly, and our program, because a lot of us, I know I haven’t beaten Illinois throughout my whole career,” Jackson-Davis said. “So finally getting that one like Michigan, I think it’s just getting another thing off my chest.”

Can any of you stat heads tell me how our Offense has ranked lately compared to early season?

Sparty and Wiscy going at it. Fun game with MSU on top thus far.

I could see a close loss, or a 10+ point win for IU.... And on the meltdown.. yup, it sucked. Like 45/25 second half after going into halftime with the lead. Hoping we're not that team now lol.

I agree. The H2H loss we have to them, plus the Q2 disparity.

Will be interesting. From a KP standpoint, Iowa is 3rd O, 84th D. We're 93rd O, and 18th D. We just need to score tomorrow. And our D can't be worse than our reg season contest.. Pretty sure they scored the most on us this year.

Agreed... IU (41) is way ahead of Rutgers (77) already in Net even before today's outcome. If MSU (37th) loses to Wiscy, good chance IU (41) jumps them tonight.

Time to get some revenge on Iowa......