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Maybe if his middle school cross country times had been a little faster, he'd have received more D1 offers.

247 doesn't show him having offers from any of Kentucky, Duke, or UNC. Or UCLA. It's probably going to be Memphis. The CB is definitely trending that way, with some of the major national guys. Penny is doing the same thing Archie did in his first year, and Drewfus did in his first year. Catch lightning in a bottle. Someone posted this video on TOS. Recent game with TJD, Brooks, Watford, and Lewis. Watch Watford and Brooks jaw at each other when the video starts. All 4 guys look good. Lewis probably looks the best. If we are losing out on Watford, I hope there's still a chance we can get Lewis.

I'm a giant fair weather fan of the Colts. These past few years it really hasn't been worth a Sunday afternoon to watch. That said, it's hard not to feel a little excited about the direction here. Pagano was not effective for anything but terrible catch phrases with mispronounced "s" sounds. "All three phashesh of the game." Barf. Grigson was so bad at his job, he managed to get bested by the Browns. Just dumping them, we'll improve. The defense is a question mark, with at least some interesting pieces and defined direction. Dalton26, I really don't think people are hating on Luck with derisive comments. It's all fair game with the way the Colts bungled their franchise QB on his rookie contract. Misinformation. Prolonged return. Little footballs. It's been entertainment. Really the league could really use the good PR from his return right now. A Packers fan on reddit compiled this: Friendly reminder that Andrew Luck: took a [shifty...] Colts team to 3 straight 11-5 seasons in his first 3 years. Set the record for most 4th quarter comebacks his rookie season Had Pagano as his coach for most of his career and single handily kept that man's job Beat Seattle AND San Fran in 2013. They were by far the two best teams in the league that year. Legit OWNED the Manning led Denver Broncos and beat them in the divisional round to get to the AFCCG Dude is legit and yet people think Kirk Cousins and Alex Smith are better. Hope he can come back fully healthy. Guy is a top 5 QB.

The 3 Indiana recruits were the highest performers for the seniors. And with them going 3-14 from 3pt, they'll fit right in... Hunter, the Purdue commit, played fine. Interesting that Coach Shannon has to play guys like Rob over Sean East, probably not a great position to be in. Probably the best interviews after the game came from Damezi. He has no problem sounding enthusiastic for the team, and maybe giving the reporters the soundbite they're looking for. He built up his teammates. Some interesting tidbits: he's going to be #23, and will be roommates with Jerome Hunter. Apparently they became friends when Jerome's Pickerington North team came in for the Forum Tipoff Classic, and they've been texting ever since. Romeo, for his part, seemed a little bit over it. He's always been soft spoken, but this bordered on being curt and disinterested. He did say he was excited to start the next phase, move to Bloomington next week. Good Lord, I wish I was moving to Bloomington for school next week. Anyway, happy to see our guys show out. I hope Rob finds his 3pt shot this weekend. And major congrats to Archie and the staff for making Indiana an attractive destination for these guys. It's been a blast following recruiting for this past year.

Well done, Dakich. You pulled something out of your butt and got people to listen for another day. What a hack. I wonder what hot take he'll feed us next. Hoosier Nation is huge, and our appetite for content is huge. There are plenty of junk media types capitalizing on this. I dumped my pay membership on TOS when I realized I was the product as much as I was the consumer. Did anyone ever follow up with the yoga instructor yesterday? I feel like we really need to get to the bottom of that one.

Great news! Juwan will get tons of love this year, and will be a Hoosier favorite forever now. Maaaaaan I want a good season so bad. Hoosier Hysteria will be insane this year.

Same, but just to keep him on the bench. Maybe let him pass out towels.

Let's see..... I'd like to start with a 21 please. Bring it out as soon as it's ready. Follow that with a 23 or 24, whichever is fresher. And I can't decide between the #9 or 17. What the heck, just bring me both. Put it on my Adidas tab. Seriously the ranking movement mostly reflects what we saw last month. Not at all surprised to see Kira Lewis jump up there. With our need for guards, I really hope he's still giving IU a good look.

Oh geez. Let it go, dude. I made one post, ever. Under the same handle I use everywhere. You've brought it up 3-4 times like you caught me or something. You wouldn't even know if you didn't "frequent" the same board. So long as I'm coming clean... I also visited some Vandy boards and Kansas boards recently. I watch Butler games when I get the chance. My wife is a Purdue grad and was an All American there, I'm proud of that. I didn't even do my undergrad at IU. Feel free to post all of that next time I disagree with one of your profane, sophomoric internet attacks. My entire point is the attacks really don't add value to the board. You know what might? Sourced posters. After a few months it's easy to know if a guy has intel or not. Why run them off before then?

These personal attacks seem unwarranted and are unbecoming of the board. RealIU is trying to contribute, give him a chance. Best case, we have another good source here. Worst case, you can block him.

I'm not too surprised that Trayce didn't notify the OSU media guys that he may decide soon. This is all a show, and these kids are learning how to play it. That doesn't mean he won't adjust his timeline from what was said a few weeks ago. It looks like ITH posted the video where Trayce made all of these comments, but interestingly there's no quote about waiting until July. In the OSU article posted, that part isn't in quotes, either, and so I'm not sure that's something he just said, or if they're drawing from previous interviews. Also, there was one question that I couldn't hear, but his answer made it sound like it had to do with a timeline. It seems like there's a little hesitation when he's answering about this stuff, like maybe he's not being entirely truthful about "just enjoying the process for now." You can tell that "enjoying the process" is just a phrase he's practiced to answer these questions. Also, when originally asked about the programs showing interest, he rattled off 6-7 programs and didn't even mention OSU, until later in the interview when the OSU guy (and presumably the same guy that wrote that article) reminded him, and then Trayce gave some input on Holtmann. Here's the video. Let's be clear, I'm not calling Trayce a liar or anything. I'm almost always impressed with these kids' abilities to handle media questions politely, while understanding how not to say anything that will get them in trouble. Here's a video from EYBL last weekend. Like I said in my earlier comments, Trayce knows his role and sticks to it. It's almost refreshing to have a kid not dream about being the next stretch-4/Durant/Lebron. He plays inside, and does it very well, and very reliably. His back-to-the-basket moves are already polished and he uses them well. He covers ground fast to get to the hoop, and draws some fouls because of it.

I'm home from a 4 hour tasting event and I have thoughts. 1. ROAR. 2. Peegs gets paid per click. Creating drama is just good for business. They've been printing the exact same Romeo articles 3x per week for 6 months. 3. The newb/vet scrimmage wouldn't be close. Vets by a landslide. It would be a great tool though. 4. I love the crazy women. I've married two of them. So far.

Dudes, I went to EYBL yesterday. I saw Lewis, Ramsey, and Mann play. Small sample size, but Lewis was clearly the best of the 3. Really controlled the game. Very good chemistry with Trendon.

I haven't really gotten into the Vandy/Drew hate and conspiracy theories, like saying that Drew and those from Vandy are feeding things to the media. Welp. I was wrong. And here's the IndyStar to print a giant Vandy puff piece. I like how they timed it right before Romeo's commitment. I like that they printed it for all of our other recruits to read. I like how they were given full access to the admins and Board of Regents at Vandy to talk about what an exciting program it is, and what a great guy Drew is. Unbelievable. Why do this? https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/04/25/romeo-langfords-college-choice-vanderbilt-bryce-drew-campaign-against-iu-hoops-archie-miller/548366002/

Maybe we shouldn't be so confident in Juwan staying. I have seen interviews where he talks about him and OG texting every day, with OG actively encouraging him to go pro, it's such a blast, get here, etc. Juwan's two classmates are gone. It's like being a 90 year old with none of your friends left. Being a senior star has the same kind of dubious honor of holding a minor league record. Juwan has his own teammates who can tell him about life as a G-leaguer; Yogi, Troy, JBJ, Thomas, Zeisloft. Most of those guys left early, and are likely telling Juwan they're glad they did. Also, people aren't just going to let Juwan steamroll them. Justin Smith is jumping out the gym? Romeo is coming? Will Juwan stand out the same way next year? Does Juwan really want to spend another season playing the undersized 5? I want him back. But I think our judgment gets cloudy because we're all dying to get IU back to the Final Four. I don't think the last 16 months in Bloomington have been so great that Juwan wouldn't entertain moving on.

Why does this seem like the Austin Boucher thread...

Guys this is insane. We won't always have an "in" like we do with so many top level guys in 2019. If we do pull 3-4, 5* guys in a 3 month period, it just may give us the momentum to keep it up even without the fortuitous connections. For this reason alone I'm particularly interested in DJ Carton. He has no reason to look at us over anyone else. But if we flex our collective muscle we can land these guys. He's been treated to well-prepared coaches talking to him, a game against Purdue at Assembly Hall, watching an NBA All Star receive a hero's homecoming at the game, that same All Star penning an ode to Indiana published the day after besting LeBron, and now TJD retweeting DJ's offer announcement. This strength was there before, but got lost somehow resulting in paltry recruiting classes at times. Maybe Archie can harness it. Strange to say, if I had my druthers I'm taking TJD, Watford, and Carton. Hurt is the best of the bunch, but I guess I'd rather roll with the local kid. Watford basically because he's in the family already and a top ten talent, and Carton because we need guards bad. "Stromboli, you delicious and stupid pizza sandwich, you wouldn't take Keion Brooks and Matthew Hurt if they wanted to commit (insert interrobang)" Like I said, this is insane.

Here's a neat look into the staff's recruiting efforts. This comes from Reddit. A guy posted examples of the photoshop/graphic design stuff he does for the staff. The full gallery can be viewed here: https://www.behance.net/gallery/64402023/2017-18-Indiana-Basketball-Graphics I had some questions for the designer and he answered as follows: ======================================= Awesome work, man. Are you paid for this? A lot of those seemed directed at recruits. Are those flyers and things that are sent to recruits? Will you be working with us again this year? [–]Indiana HoosiersVo1ture[S] 16 points 1 day ago Yeah I am paid. I’m actually Indiana Athletic’s graphic design director. I can’t go into too much detail here, but these are all recruit graphics. I do both personalized and generic ones, and these are the generic ones. The coaching staff asks me for personalized ones, and I just come up with three to four generic ones each week on my own. And I’ve been here for two years now, so I should be here again next year! Haha. And thank you btw. =======================================

My dudes!! I have nothing to add. Just want to post on this awesome day. Thanks 007, really appreciate that you share with us. Hoosier Hysteria will be insane this year.

The Boil Makers.

I'm ready to go down with this ship. Romeo to Indiana.

Methinks mdn82 is closer to the mark on this one, even if he was more aggressive than he needed to be in his post. There's a reason the basketball program has Cook Hall. Because Bill and Gayle Cook gave $15 million. You can make a donation, but the university has restrictions. Also, remember Title IX comes into play here. Brass Cannon, many of the women's activities are not money making, but they must be afforded similar amenities. Personally? I think you guys get a little too excited about the locker rooms. You're singling out this issue, when the AD is obviously busy doing a ton of big projects. The locker room pics you guys are posting look great on twitter, but every time I see those pics, I'm just wondering why they've got the lights turned down low in the locker room. Without the professional photography and mood lighting, those will look much more like normal locker rooms. A place like Assembly Hall gets its cool factor from its history, not based on whether or not the locker room has a drop ceiling. I understand it may have some pull for visiting recruits, but honestly it's not more than 1%. More important to me with my limited experience of college athletics (cross country and track, D-III)? Meals, and lots of them. You hear athletes complain about not having food while in school. Training facilities, access to excellent treatment. Definitely the weight room. Goofy stuff like laundry service for practice clothes. The right kind of gear for practice and travel. More meals. Some snacks. Anyway, moot point. The locker rooms are getting an update. Surely, that means the program will see an uptick in success, based on the pages of locker-room-belly-aching going on.... This program spends like crazy. We probably have the worst spending to success ratio in the country.

I think you're thinking of Jake Forrester, playing at Westtown with Cam Reddish. Jerome here played in no one's shadow, and was a finalist for Ohio Mr. Basketball (lost to UA's Dane Goodwin, decommit from OSU, now Notre Dame). Jerome does have length. The guy looks like an NBA player. He creates a real matchup issue out there, as he's really an inside player that's 100% committed to becoming a perimeter/ball handler type. Have to imagine he and Archie will work to create some mismatches out there. I can't wait to get these guys on campus, start working with Clif and the rest of the team.