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Billingsley99 on HSN just posted this. Let's all hope this is accurate and CAM can get it done. I know that the part about Franklin is accurate do to rumors that came out at the time so let's see if the rest comes to fruition. "I received a text yesterday from a number I did not recognized and asked if I wanted to talk Indiana basketball recruiting? Of course I said yes and expected it to be a member of HSN. I received a call a few minutes later and it was the guy that told me the Big Fish and lots of other info but it has always come through a mutual friend. He said I see that you post a lot of what I say so i am just going to come straight to you. Told us all to relax KB is still good. I posted what I was told about him in the KB thread. He said we have to go back to get full picture. Several months ago CAM reached out to a group of recruits and told them the time is now, or there may not be enough space for you. 1 week later AF was ours and Newman, Booknight and Ramsey were off looking for their school. KB and TJD were told that no matter when they wanted to commit, they had a spot. This was not given to Watford though. Throughout the whole process it has been a 4 man class and there was a time in which the staff felt positive the RL would return so that last spot needed to fill a need not a luxury. CAM and staff have been doing a great job on the recruiting trail and parents are pleased because he is being honest and not telling everyone that they are a starter from day 1. Things cooled between us and TW and a big reason is TW did not feel prioritized and wanted to be sure parents could see him play. At some point his parents and brother assured him that if he wanted to go to IU they would love it. They are not in any way pushing it on him, just not excluding it. AS chemistry issues have come along and imminent realization that RL is gone we may have plenty of spots and 1 may be a spot that TW could step into right away. In the mean time those other schools have made him a priority and promised things that they may or may not be able to deliver. Ed has taken a big role in this recruitment and has really won over the family and TW. In fact this guy believes that a month ago had we said TW has a starting spot next year he would have pulled the trigger. Recently he has been a big target for us and he have not closed the gap completely but we are for sure in the mix. The thought of KB, TJD and TW has been discussed and talked amongst them quite a bit. Distance is still a concern but will not be the determining factor. The recent LSU issue has raised even more concern. Memphis has a lot of tools that may help the NBA route but not sure if they offer anything else that will improve his game or put him in national spotlight. Making the McDonalds team was big, not just becasue KB did not but some feel there was some concern on why KB had a spot and not TW if he were to wait. Staff did a great job of handling that issue. Recently Lester Quiones has said that he wanted to play with TW, no way that this is a package deal but it does help us if we may be losing a couple of guards on our current roster. (speculation) We have ramped up that recruitment a lot. He summed everything up with this. CAM is the right guy and it killing it on the recruiting trail with parents, players AAU coaches high school coaches etc... if TW comes for an official he is ours. The only way that he will is if it is to commit. Could happen on the visit. Feels that it would be hard to turn down Indiana after getting another up close look and he already knows how our fans are and what we all meant to his brother and wants to make the decision on what is best for him not an emotional pick. If we get him here that would be huge. This is all from 1 person and I have not heard this from anyone else. I feel that he has been right on everything he has told me so I wanted to share it with you. Some of this may be common knowledge but I wanted to include as much of the convo as possible. Now we have to get him back to campus!!!!!"

Don't forget Oklahoma made the tournament last year with 18 wins and if IU can get that with beating MSU again they would have a better resume than Oklahoma did a year ago.

Those are all three offers that he has right now. 247 just hasn't updated his page to make him a JUCO recruit.

From what I've heard from multiple places is that nothing with Watford is serious unless he makes an official visit to Indiana so yes he does.

If he doesn’t schedule a visit then yes. Which he hasn’t done. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Where did you see this? Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Thanks. We'll see what happens this Friday night.

I just figured I’d inform people that it was Whitman since he’s an IU great and yeah I am. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

He coached Randy Whitman at Ben Davis from 75-78 too.

I’ve never seen this mentioned by a single credible source. I think this was just message board speculation. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

But CoachSS said they aren’t recruiting him on hsn. LOL Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Yes they did. Brown could’ve scored as many points as he wanted if he played the whole game. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Correct Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

They haven’t offered him and many other schools have. I’m starting to agree with other people that have suggested IU is to late to the party on this one. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

CoachSS posts on hoosier sports nation and peegs. His real name is Sam Story and he claims to know inside info at IU. He sometimes tweets things as well. He’s also gotten into it with Brian Snow before with clashing info on Brooks in recent weeks. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

They are all leaving because Archie is showing them the door. He’s not going anywhere especially this year and I’ll give you 20 million reasons why. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

The guy also said that IU wasn’t even recruiting Lester Quiones just a couple days after he put IU in his top 7. So yeah I think he’s full of crap. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Per the great CoachSS he says that IU is not going to recruit Blackmon or Brown. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

There are several talented bigs in the state in 2021 as well. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

No Pendleton is still a 4A school. New Castle and the others mentioned are 3A. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

The Purdue coach was probably Anderson native Greg Gary. He’s the only assistant that somewhat resembles Painter and Painter was somewhere else scouting tonight. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I was referring to AAU not playing defense. Some teams do and some teams don’t. Yes I know Delta very well I’ve coached against them this year and watched them a few times as I have almost every team in the sectional. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I think they are recruiting and telling Mitchell there will be a scholarship available. They waited to offer Beverly until recently. I think this is a similar situation. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

That’s a pretty accurate assessment Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

It’s either Lutz, Gary, or Brantley. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app