HinnyHoosier

Yes! And I forgot another quality: Coachability. A kid that wants to learn. A kid that wants direction. And for crying out loud a kid that can handle a butt chewing from time to time. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I like this a lot, Stu. Sometimes we get caught up in skill sets, athletic ability, God-given talent, etc and forget the intangibles. Players' mentalities are going to be more heavily weighted and rewarded during CAM's era. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Sounds like the morning after a bachelor party.... Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Al Durham is a guy who WANTS to play at Indiana. You could tell he was looking to make the most of his minutes when he came in Sunday. I absolutely love that. He's one who will play with pride. Not everyone is doing that yet.... And it's making me insane. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

This is representative of the lesson in recruiting. Nothing is "fact" until the kid himself says it is. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Quick derail.... I've unsubscribed from the DG thread but I keep getting notifications. Any way to fix that? I was happy not getting things done when I thought we had a snowball's chance lol Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

This is where we rip Watford away from Alabama. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Haha yes, there's also that. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

My thought on Romeo is if NC is a big piece of the puzzle for him and IU is in no way appealing to him by spring, then he would be stupid not to choose Kansas. Yes, he can go play with Garland and Shittu and that's a darn good team on paper. But it's Vanderbilt and they likely won't have enough around the three to complete a NC caliber team. Kansas, on the other hand.... They've got all the "resources" needed to stack a roster. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

I think Vandy is shady to even be in the contest for a class like this. The only thing that keeps me from fully believing it is the fact DG is a hometown kid and HS kids buy into the whole package deal concept even more thanks to the influence of NBA players contacting each other to form superteams. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

His choice to go to Vandy where the basketball environment blows. So be it. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Welp. Deadlifts should go better than expected this afternoon. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Agreed. And since there has been some stress-induced bickering amongst ourselves from time to time, please don't rub each other's nose in it here either. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

This is true. Maybe the other schools don't have writers who follow as closely as Rabjohns and therefore aren't pumping out as many updates about Darius. But I haven't seen him acknowledge much of their work, if any, like he's done with Rabjohns. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Same here! It probably doesn't mean much of anything, but I'm clinging to any shred of positive developments I can find haha. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

He re-tweeted Rabby again just now. Just FWIW Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

No matter what the decision, let's avoid any finger pointing on the board today. Now.... Claim those Candy Stripes, Darius! Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

At this point in the young season, Davis is as close as the go-to guy as we've got. He's shown the best combination of efficiency, decision making, and finishing ability thus far. The offense has much better odds of getting a high percentage shot when he gets the ball in a position to work in the post, whether it comes from the paint or perimeter. Decent court vision and good passing for a big man. The challenge will be recognizing those moments and the decision making of our back court players. Side note - it's already comforting to see them break down a zone. Things will continue to improve. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

And Idk if it's been mentioned in the thread or not, but defensively I wasn't impressed with Green tonight. Getting beat off the first step too easily and too often. Then showing immature decision making when getting frustrated. He's gotta get that under control. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Maybe it's because they know, unlike in previous years, they're going to get some reality dropped on them by their coach. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Because no new information has come out. They waited as long as they could to pick. Now they're just assuming he stays with the hometown school. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Well, if you make at least 50% of your FTs and take away 3 or 4 of those ridiculous contested 3s it's a 20 point game. Those are two things I'm pretty sure won't continue to happen most of the season. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

If that scrawny kid from Howard runs straight to the corner and gets the ball with room to shoot one more time I'm gonna lose my mind. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

*facepalm* Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

No problem. Welcome to BTB! Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app