Chris007

Heard today he is headed to Western Kentucky. I was told his dad is worse than Ball's dad without the talent of Ball

He reached out to Ball st, Valpo, IUPUI & IPFW so I've heard. Ball st said no thanks.

If we go after someone it will be him. All of this could have been setup just to get him too. Grant has options already. So hopefully it all works out.

Thank you. This players mind was made up but he could always change it. He does love IU and might continue his studies here. But until it's announced publicly I could always be wrong. But this is the same source I got all of my info about the assistants and Strength coach so have no reason not to believe it. If it's not announced by this time next week then I will say I'm wrong.

One of those three might the guy that is leaving.

I think we will have another roster spot opening up soon. Not a big deal but will hopefully hear something soon.

Mark Cuban says it's better to go undrafted then to get drafted in the 2nd round. Undrafted players can get guaranteed contracts, 2nd round draft picks I guess can't? But I thought Lance Stephenson got one from Larry Bird a few years ago. Maybe it's the choice of the owner-GM.

As I said he would have to take a huge summer class load to graduate before fall semester.

Also note that Luke went to Crean & told him about it. Crean told him he needed to just suck it up & get over it.

Yes you are correct. He just seems to fly under the radar all the time but I do know for sure there was talk towards the end of the season about Jones leaving & I noticed we are recruiting a lot of two guards.

I think JBJ really likes Archie & so does his family. There have been rumors of him staying & maybe his brother Veejay walking on. It's odd that Curtis Jones was not mentioned at all today.

Also Archie has a plan for recruiting unlike Crean who just threw a net of offers out there without a plan of how to attack recruiting.

Coach Miller had a great meeting with several high school coaches yesterday. I know he was at WC, LN, Southport and a few others.

If Derrick Cross is kept on the next staff at North and he should be then Musa will be at North.

So I'm guessing Phinisee is #1 point guard choice or maybe #2 behind Garland. Hunter would be 3rd? I guess whichever one we land we get a good one.

Rojo would have to do a lot of work this summer to be a grad transfer. When I say a lot of work, it means more summer classes than anyone I've ever seen take in one summer.

I would be real surprised if someone from the current team excluding JBJ and TB leave. JMO

Sometimes I like to give others credit instead of breaking all the news myself :-)

Yes the longer James stays the more it hurts his professional career. TB is at that point also. If he stays and doesn't get better his stock will really fall. James was known as a great shooter who couldn't play defense or do much else after his freshman year. After his junior year he is known as a good shooter who can't do much else.

Justin Smith has reconfirmed per Rabby.

I do not believe James will be back. He knows he is not a first rounder but he is ready to start his professional career like Troy was.

Also they get feedback about playing professionally whether it is in the NBA or overseas. Did you do an internship while in college? That's kind of what this is like. They will be told what they need to work on to become a professional basketball player. College coaches encourage this, and I know for a fact that ours does.

I think IU contacted Wright to let him know we are interested if some people leave and a spot opens up. But also to let him know if he needs to make a decision soon then IU is not the place for him because no room right now. Something like that.

OK even if that is correct, even though the ESPN article i quoted said it wasn't. Wilkes didn't go to UCLA for Schilling, he wasn't even the lead recruiter for him. That is why I said it was different situations.

Got it, didn't realize that and :-) will start typing it out from now on. Thank you for the heads up.