DChoosier

Perhaps but I highly doubt accountability ( the kid isn’t even close to getting on campus yet) influenced his decision to decommit. $$$ and home state powerhouse are my guess.

I’ve read several different posts claiming that Hobbs will be decommitting.

If you’re talking about Torbert I’d be very surprised if his departure had anything to do with Cigs messaging but rather school$$ reaching out to him.

Possibly/probably a bit more cash and he is from Ohio. If he does indeed go to OSU it’s not as baffling as losing an Indiana target to Kansas.

He bet on IU to win in 2022? If I was his attorney I’d have him plead temporary insanity.

I’m for 16 teams with no bye games but, as we all know, any and all decisions are completely driven by what’s best for the student athletes…… or…. $$$$$$$$$$$$$

Sure beats the recruiting cycles when the recruits could only pose with a Pinstripe Bowl runner up silver medal….

Yep, who knows these days until they get on campus. Sales might sincerely want to come to IU but what happens if, during his other visits, he is offered an unusually large bag$$$$ from Bama, OSU or Miami? That being said….the positive update is certainly more intriguing than hearing we did not make his final four. Who knows what will happen, we shall see.

Sure hope so. We have only had better than a .500 conf record once in the last ten years. Since going to the natty with Davis IU has had better than a .500 conf record only 8/24 seasons. That gruesome span includes Davis’s last two seasons of 10-6 and 9-7 and Sampson’s only two seasons of 10-6 and 14-4 (.man, he would have won banners)

Maybe we are being too hard on the wang.

Agree he is a good coach so my Tom Allen reference wasn’t the best ( ie other teams would hire DeBoer as a HC while that wasn’t the case with Allen). I like DeBoer, and think he is a very good proven head coach, but think he is a poor fit and there will be a buyout out some point (not after this season). Bama’s Saban days of stacking three deep 5 stars, and having the advantage of gobs of illegal under the table money, are long gone.

This is an insane extension. The fan base is already disgruntled and, looking at the schedule, I wouldn’t be surprised if they lose 4 games this season and miss the playoffs. Reminds me of the Tom Allen extension to prevent teams, that were never interested, from poaching him. I like DeBoer but he is a poor fit at Bama and they are going to regret this extension.

100% agree. We have filled a number of needs but an impact wing is essential and remains a glaring hole.

And Rice only shot 36% from the field with more turnovers than assists. Not optimal. Also saw that Mr. Cupps is now at University of Illinois-Chicago which is probably a better fit/level for him.

Yep it was a bummer. If the teams were properly seeded in 2024 (ie not automatically giving a non-power school a home game), as they were this past season, we would have had a home game against Boise State rather than a ND road game. HUGE difference ( and would have been great for Bloomington, the fan base etc).

True that. I googled Indiana BB portal class to see what some of the media was reporting. An old article popped up showing us with the number one portal class with……..Ballo, Rice etc. LOL, LOL. That being said I feel good that DD will get better results with this class.

I’m guessing he couldn’t pass up the opportunity to enroll in the Kelley School of Business.

Bryson declaring for the NBA, after averaging 5 points per game, has inspired me to also officially declare. My qualifications: played high school ball spent many hours playing in the HYPER I used to be able to dunk a volleyball but not sure I could even touch the net now Its clear my odds of being in the NBA next year are equal, or perhaps higher, than Brysons.

I have no idea what Iowa was paying him but who knows…this could be a case of him hoping to go from 400-500k to 1.8-2.0mm. I can’t imagine being in college (if you can call some of these kids actually being in college) and having schools waving multi-millions at me. Crazy times.

I agree. The downside, due to past injuries, is huge. It’s also crazy to me that a guy that only started 13/33 games, as a junior, is a $4,000,000 player but “it is what it is”.

So after next season do we think both natty trophy’s will travel together or will one hit the northern part of the state while the other travels in the southern part ??

So each $200 of season ticket price has now increased to $2,766? Yowza!

In their last single season, prior to going to IU, Rourke and Fernando threw for a combined 27 TD’s with 11 INT’s. In their one year each at IU they threw for a combined 70 TD’s with 11 INT’s!!!! Will Hoover also improve? In Cig I trust!!!!!!!!!!!

I saw that stache years ago when I accidentally logged into a certain website.

Agreed. UCONN was a joke when I was attending IU, and throughout my 20’s, but now……this is their 7th Final Four since the last time IU was in a Final Four. Never, EVER, dreamed that would happen.