RaceToTheTop

Jordan Burks, Georgetown, 6'9" forward. Freshman year at Kentucky, didn't play much. Last year at Georgetown averaged 18.6 mpg, 5.7 pts, and 3.4 rebounds. Shot 52/36/68.

Daimon Collins, LSU, 6'9" 4/5. Ranked #14 in the class of 2021. Went to Kentucky for two years where he never got his footing. At LSU for two years, redshirting in 23-24. Last season averaged 20.4 mpg, 8.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg, and 1.6 blocks. Marcus Allen, Missouri, 6'7" freshman forward. Ranked 80th in class of 24. Got in 27 games as a freshman at Missouri, averaging 2.6 pts and 2 rebounds. Had an IU offer. Shawn Phillips, Arizona State, 7' center. Made 12 starts. In 18 mpg averaged 5.4 points and 5.2 rebounds along with 1.1 blocks.

After Kenny Payne got fired. Then again, there is Doug Gottlieb.....

Zoom as well, yes?

We have such bad fans that I know one guy on this board who went over to HSN to complain about a poster on this board and then came sulking back for forgiveness.

Agree, although even losing their best player to injury they won ten Big 12 games and by all rights should have been in the NCAA tournament.

Kenny Payne was 12-52 after two seasons. Woodson went to two tourneys. Not a fair comparison.

Such a serious bball program that they hired a coach previously that got tricked by Woodson's zone and had a press conference called to announce Dusty May as their coach last year that they had to call off.

Leland Walker back in the portal. IU had interest last time around. That said, while he's decent defensively and a pass first point guard, his scoring took a plunge last year at FAU.

Is he talking about someone else that entered the portal that could be returning?

Huh....Jayden Quaintance, Arizona State big, enters the portal. McDonald's AA in 2024. 6'9" with a 7'3" wingspan. 9th rated player in the class of 2024. Premier shot blocker, blocked 2.6 shots/game last season. Averaged 9.4 points and 7.9 rebounds. One catch is that he had a season ending ACL injury. Surgery was on March 19th. Expectatations are to be cleared for contact sometime in September and be ready to go in November. Protected lottery pick in the 26, likely would have been one this year prior to the ACL injury.

I agree, but curiousity is getting the best of me in terms of what players I'll be rooting for next year. Bottom line, I am looking forward to a group I can root for. The last couple of years have been painful knowing I was rooting for the IU brand but not the players and coaches that were on the court.

IU 3 Illinois 2 Iowa 1

What is funny is that Trey Galloway is an anagram for loyalty wager

I'm ready to root for some new guys. Itching to know who I'll be rooting for. Already got my Tucker DeVries fandom....want some more.

LeBron to Louisville.

My personal opinion was that I valued Dix over Conwell but also thought we had a better shot at Conwell. Truth is my opinion on both matters means squat and I have no idea who is going to end up where.

Lassina Traore, Xavier. 6'10" center. Missed last year after transferring from Long Beach State due to a knee injury. In 23-24 at Long Beach State he averaged 11.9 points and 10.3 rebounds.

I believe dead period starts tomorrow

Just seems to me it would go back to the old system where whoever is cheating the system most, wins. I have zero faith that this 'board' would be able to control things any better than the NCAA did. As long as NIL is legal, I think you will see lawsuits aplenty if the 'board' stated someone's NIL was out of line. As someone said in the article, a fair market deal is what someone is willing to pay.

Duke Miles, 6'2" guard, Oklahoma. Interesting career. Three years at Troy -- first was in 20-21, so free covid year, third year was injured and redshirted. Moved on to High Point and then last year was at Oklahoma. Shot the ball well at Oklahoma last year. 43% from three and 51% overall. Started all 34 games, averaging 9.4 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 2.0 assists. The year before playing at Oklahoma averaged 17.5 ppg at High Point. Will be his sixth year next year with two not counting (covid and redshirt years)

Riley Kugel, Miss State. 6'5" SG/SF. Was one of the first players IU pursued in the portal last year when he was transferring from Florida. At Mississippi State last year he averaged 9.3 points, 3 rebounds and 1.5 assists. Plus defender. Shot 43/33/75.

Luckily he wanted to be closer to his family.

If I'm Fluory or his agent, I'm certainly not buying in for 17 mpg. He nearly had that last year and he was behind Dickinson.

Tucker.can.flat.out.play. I have a feeling he will be my from favorite non-TJD player since Ferrell.