HoosierFan1994

Benedict Kwagh-Hange...IUBB insider!

I really think it's a ploy for him to get more money from us. Again, Trilly and those guys don't just put a commitment prediction out for no reason. Something substantial had to have happened. As I said earlier Mark Pope, Bruce Pearl, and Chris Beard did not all of a sudden wake up on April 8th and decide to go after Wilkerson. Why I don't believe Rabby's "they've now just jumped in line". They've been on him I'm sure for a while. Of all the guys Indiana has been on so far, I think Wilkerson is the top of the list for me.

Interesting that coach did a conference call with that many former players. I wonder how common that is at IU. I can't see the last two coaches doing that.

Wilkerson visiting this weekend. DO NOT let him leave without a commitment!

Unless a player has a great chance of going in the NBA lottery, I would stay in school until their elgibility is done.

Big 12 Player of the year JT Toppin is returning to Texas Tech. This is why I'm overall in favor of NIL, portal, etc. I think it's a great thing when an All-American player is returning. Not sure he would have been a lottery pick, but I think he was going to get drafted this year.

Here is my comment to this: Yes, Indiana basketball on a national stage has been irrelevant as far as winning goes. Nobody can argue that Last NCAA Title: 1987 Last Final 4: 2002 Last Big 10 Championship/Sweet 16: 2016 That being said, if IU isn't still a historical blueblood, then why does Goodman and the Field of 68 (I'm a huge fan of them too) crew keep talking about them? They didn't do an "emergency pod" when Minnesota hired a coach. But they did for Indiana. Why does FOX put them in primetime? Why does CBS still want a lot of their games? There's a reason for that. To me these programs are the historical bluebloods: UNC, Kentucky, Duke, Kansas are probably tier 1. UCLA, IU, UConn, Louisville are tier 2. You can probably add Michigan State and Villanova.

I've seen some get worried about other schools reaching out to Wilkerson. 1) I don't think Mark Pope, Todd Golden, and Bruce Pearl woke up on April 8th and all of a sudden just decided to go after him. I'm sure they have been pushing hard for weeks. (OT but Hunter Dickinson on the F68 podcast was saying the schools still playing aren't behind. They're doing things behind the scenes.) In fact, look at it like this: when you're going after the same players like UK, Florida, or Auburn that is a good sign. Would be a problem if Indiana was battling Cal, Stanford, etc for him. 2) Could very well be agent trying to get his guy more $$$ from IU. 3) Not that it is ever 100%, but it's a good thing when guys like Trilly or Nakos make predictions. I feel they would normally say something like "IU is in the mix" instead of a prediction if something substantial didn't happen.

Unless things go REALLY bad, I don't think you can really judge the coach after a year. 2-3 years is more likely. I wonder what Florida fans thought of Todd Golden in January of his first season.

Even though he hasn't committed yet, there's a reason Trilly put a prediction in for him. Guy has like a 99% hit rate. I wouldn't worry about it.

I bet the next domino happens soon. Guys that are highly interested in IU will want to get on board soon. Only so much playing time available as far as major minutes go. Freeman maybe?

Yep. They're going to have to play as a team. Same as last year. At least we have a coach that knows what he is doing.

ESPN: DeVries #17 Bailey #29 Wilkerson #30 Enright NR Again, I know it doesn't matter. Just like to see where they stack up.

From the looks of it, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Duke, and Tennessee fans all wanted Wilkerson. That's a great sign.

Yes...forgot to mention Enright will have a role most certainly. Can see it being close to a 50/50 split on minutes. Doesn't really matter who starts. It's more so who they trust late in the game.

Not that it matters...but Portal Rankings on our guys so far per 247. Not sure on ESPN they don't update as much. Tucker DeVries #11 Reed Bailey #36 Lamar Wilkerson #40 Conor Enright #130

That works too. Will obviously need a rim protector or two at some point.

Like Bailey, he was 1st team All-Conference on a bad team. Will be fun to see what he can do with talent around him.

Trilly. So it sounds like IU has 3 of their starters. PG and C are left.

Sounds like he is coming.

Question on Stirtz (Iowa) or Lendeborg (Michigan). Was looking at ESPN's '25 draft class rankings. Had Lendeborg at 28 and Stritz at 35. Is it a done deal they're coming back? Sounds like they are almost a lock to get drafted. Just trying to keep track of the Big Ten.

One more thing on Bailey: I'd love to see what he can do on a talented team. Saw he was first team All-A10. Davidson finished 12th this year. That's like someone on Minnesota or Northwestern making first team All B1G this year.

Lot to like about Reed Bailey's game. Really good passer for a guy that's 6'10. Have to assume he will shoot more than 1.2 threes a game in this offense.

This may be an awful comparison so forgive me, but from what I've seen from Sisley, he reminds me in a way of Karaban from UConn. Not saying they are at all the same player, just the way they play. We all will do backflips if Sisley is as good as Karaban has been. As for Reed Bailey, assuming Bama and UK wanted him, I assume he may play a similar role that Grant Nelson (Bama) or Andrew Carr (UK) did this year. For Tucker, someone said this on here earlier and I agree, it seems like Tucker is a 3 on offense and a 4 on defense.

I'm going to be honest I haven't watched any film of the guy, but Bailey can play 4 and 5 correct?