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Same for me. Will make for an even more dramatic Sherrell announcement

I have zero inside info but I’m optimistic for this afternoon for the big man. IU has shown a preference for announcing at times that get max exposure… like yesterday.

If we have enough NIL for 5 studs, great. I’m not sure that we do. I think, as others have said, you can win with 1 really good post, 1 really good athletic wing, 1 really good point guard and 2 serviceable guys. Sisley plus the signed freshmen can give us minutes off the bench.

This was exactly my point. Last year we had Drake, Harris, Ristic all on scholarship. In theory all getting NIL of some sort. Could have their money been used to buy better starters? Who knows for sure but with NIL at a premium, you should spend the majority on your starters and let cheaper freshmen or walk ins fill your bench. Ideally in the future we would not need to do this, but right now we do not need 13 scholarship/NIL players on our roster.

Everyone assuming we need to budget for 13 scholarship players. Personally I think we should forget that for next year. How many realistically play? A 7-8 man rotation. Bottom guys should be your freshmen. 3 freshman in spots 8-10 or 11 with Acimovic Spot 7- Sisley 1-6 portal guys. 3 studs/3 serviceable. A risk with injuries but it seems that with where we are currently we have to take some chances. You need to save your money for studs. Give some time to freshmen, even if they aren’t 100% ready, so they develop and hopefully want to return. We can’t be competitive if we need 8-10 portal players every season.

Top of the backboard is not out of bounds unless it hits something up there like a support or the shot clock. The ball going over the top of the backboard is out.

Year 1 is always hard. He needed a whole new team. You handle the portal differently when you just need two or three vs 13. With today’s signing, we now have 10 scholarships committed for next year, assuming everyone comes back. That is a pretty large assumption in this day and age I understand. But, it would seem that the largest NIL earners are leaving. So CDD should have money to work with. It’s nice we will have three top 75 freshman- but it’s really hard to count on freshman. Looking at the current returners I’m not super confident in anyone outside of Dorn and Sisley. We haven’t seen Harris or Drake so that’s hard to say. We will need size to nice again desperately from the portal and hopefully increased athleticism. And honestly, we will probably need a couple of guys to leave because it appears to me. We will need five or six from the portal to be competitive next year in the B1G

Big if true sorry if someone else also posted this

IU Alabama replay is currently on ESPNU if anyone wants to feel better

Falling apart in the second half game after game is an absolutely terrible look for any coaching staff.

No, it was a foul. Stupid from Enright

I predicted 16-16. The only drama remaining in this season is whether we get to 16 on the positive side.

This team is more enjoyable to watch than any of Woodson’s but no less frustrating. They stink. Soft around the hoop. Not athletic enough to beat anyone on the dribble or keep anyone in front of them defensively. Not disciplined enough to rebound hard. I’m willing to give Devries time, but he’s already blown a lot of goodwill with me halfway through his first season

Seems like an upgrade at P based on raw stats.

Why not? Apparently, we still have money to offer and it would certainly appear we have playing time to offer as well. Those are two of the three things that most kids in the portal are looking for.. the third thing- an opportunity to win is yet to be determined. Obviously fit matters as well, but I consider that part of an opportunity to play.

Thiam to Cincinnati confirmed

https://t.co/XYqLgMqyop Sorry if someone else has posted this article and I didn’t see it. I’ve got a lot of people blocked so it could’ve happened there as well :) it was interesting. It might’ve been posted on another thread as well.

We will expect you to have even more insider now!!!

Give the man a bag and let him cook.

Give me a big white Eastern European who is fundamentally sound. Every team needs one in 2025. Illinois has a whole team full.

Nostradamus. What will the stock market do tomorrow? Look how much more enjoyable the first half was. Now it’s the ref show already.

4 fouls called in the first half. What is the is witchcraft? seriously it was such a fun first half to watch because the referees just let them beat the **** out of each other and play.

I think he claimed that Ohio State is offering Cupps $600k NIL

Western Reserve Academy is Hudson, Ohio. Gorgeous campus. The kid from South Bend Washington will like be relocating. His dad is looking to get a college job (women’s)- rumor has it Western MI. His 2 oldest sisters in the portal from Purdoo and senior sister just de-committed there. All 3 girls expected to follow dad