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It's would not be the welcoming of Brooks, it would be the Creaning of a guy you just asked weeks ago to stay and buy into the Hoosier Nation family that is at issue.

Problem is when CMW says: "My first job is to sit down with each one of them and talk about staying in Hoosier Nation. You know, that's what's important. And if I got to plead and beg a little bit to keep them here, I'm going to do that." Then you have 13 guys sign up to go to war with you. Essential leaving a man behind is not a good look or where I want the program to be. You could make a bit of a justification for a program changing talent, but Brooks is not that. I take these 13 and expect improvement, next year through normal attrition (early NBA/ PT transfers) there will be more space made available and the following yr there is 4 open spots

Well it would be an either or situation as for Brooks if he enters the portal. Either a current Hoosier "chooses" to continue his playing career elsewhere or Brooks wont be a Hoosier.

So is May 1st correct moving forward?

I definitely see it as likely, but what would really bite is if they "make room" for Brooks with one of the fringe players and then someone bolts because of reduced PT. Just my own thoughts but RP, JH, JG seem like the guys that may get slapped in the face with the reality of PT loss and/or currently unrecognized need for a big increase in intensity and focus.

Yep, beyond the top 8 to10 rotation, turnover is going to be immense. That is why finding 3 star guys like Leal and Galloway that bleed Hoosier Cream and Crimson will become more valuable. If not it will just become musical chairs on the bottom half of college rosters. I would really like basketball to take on the college baseball model: Players are eligible for the Major League Baseball draft out of high school. However, if a player attends a four-year university, they are not eligible for the draft again until after their junior year of college. If players know they have to stay for 3 years they will be more accepting of "earning" PT. At least, I think it will help.

My point is there is typically a very sharp line at about 8-10 with players getting more than 5 min/G. I see Galloway and Leal being more accepting of the limited minutes roll than, say Geronimo or Hunter. I see a potential problem more with the 8-10 slot guys staying happy with lesser minutes. Galloway's minutes from last year have realistically already been given to other players, Brooks would be knocking someone else out of PT that may not be accepting of such a thing. I think that is where things need to be worked out.

I am indifferent to the Brooks to IU talk, but a thought about why if he wants to transfer to IU he hasn't announced it yet. He is a student in Lexington KY, that has already ruffled the feathers of UK fans with his Rupp comments, to announce you are going to transfer to a hated rival with months left in the semester would turned him into a pariah at best and a target of hate by many. Imagine TJD tweeting, " Bob Knight was a whip carrying racist...oh, and I am entering the portal to transfer to Purdue. Boiler Down!!"

Not sure your point, every teams 12th and 13th man just rides the pines. Almost every team only goes 8 or 9 deep for over 5 min/G PT. Leal and Galloway could easily be a12 and 13 on a B1G and NCAA championship team. If one leaves for Brooks, someone else will move down a notch and lose PT to Brooks or Brooks won't get the PT he wants and that is the guy that will most likely be an unhappy teammate. I see a bigger potential problem with Hunter going from 20 min/G to 12-17 or Rob Phin 27 to 15ish. Galloway has to see the reduced minutes coming, but it will be a much harsher reality for an upperclassman to except graciously.

Awful news Terrance Clark killed in LA car accident. https://www.dukebasketballreport.com/2021/4/23/22398856/kentuckys-terrence-clarke-dies-in-la-accident-kentucky-basketball

My personal feeling is that the guys that are here I want to stay. If a spot opens up because a guy wants to move on, fine, bring on Brooks, but suddenly having a playing time conversation with a player to nudge him out the door for Brooks, esp with an old school 80's middle part Hoosier for life type would be sort of a buzz kill for the party that has been IU basketball the last month. These through thick and thin guys are what make a program great. Creaning either would be a disappointment.

Even though the scholarships are full you need to find space for talent. I would love for CMW to welcome him... as a preferred walk on.

So do all players academically finish the semester? Is it case by case? If they don't finish the semester, do they then count against the team APR? It could get uncomfortable for players, esp if they are transferring intraconference. Brunk not so much because he is a nonessential grandpa type, but had Armaan gone to UI, or if a star player would transfer to UK or PU, things could be pretty prickly around campus for 2-3 months.

IU football is the type of school that I think could get hit hard in football by the transfer portal rules. Below average to middle of the road P5 program, where a late bloomer may want to move on to a high major program to highlight his skills if he thinks it may increase pro prospects, but also a good enough program that low PT guys could move to lesser programs to increase PT. Bama, UF, LSU OSU, CLEM only have guys leaving to move down or to get more PT elsewhere, while Akron, Coastal Carolina, La Tech and the like are likely to loose just players that can upgrade exposure. Should become very interesting.

So more of a football issue than BB.

School earn a point for good academic standing and 1 for them staying at the institution, so a transfer in good standing costs the school 1of 2 points

Not sure if already mentioned but with the new transfer rule, the college APR is going to need to be seriosly tweaked. The APR is calculated as follows: Each student-athlete receiving athletically related financial aid earns one point for staying in school and one point for being academically eligible. A team’s total points are divided by points possible and then multiplied by 1,000 to equal the team’s Academic Progress Rate. In addition to a team’s current-year APR, its rolling four-year APR is also used to determine accountability. Teams must earn a four-year average APR of 930 to compete in championships. So a team of 13 scholarship players with everyone staying academically eligible and 2 players transferring scores a 923. If teams are recruiting well, I can easily see an average of 2 players per season leaving to get more PT. IU has had 1 at the moment, but there are at least 4 players I could see considering it within the next calendar year and that doesn't even account for TJD leaving for the NBA. They should just count transfers in good academic standing as 1 of 1 instead of 1of 2 points. Transferring in good standing to another academic institution is not a failure, it's a player choice.

Not really talking just you, as it has been oft repeated, but the talk of Rob Phin getting his stroke back assumes he ever had it, heck, even Fife talked about it. I like him as a player but he has never been even an adequate shooter as a guard from 2, 3, or FT's. I think he has value, but right now his three yr history, doesn't bode well for ever becoming an outside threat.

My expectations...

Not sure if by design or just coincidence, but all of CMW's additions to the roster have similar mental make up and playing attitude. XJ, TB, MC Highly competitive Vocal leaders After hours, any hour of the day type hard workers. Sounds like there may be some loud jawing 3 on 3 at Cook Hall at 1am next year. I think CMW wants to turn the team into a bunch of fire breathing never let up hell hounds. But I'm not excited or anything like that.

This is the final puzzle piece that they should be doing everything to pry away from the East coast. He and TJD being able to guard the middle and, if TJD develops an outside shot with CMW, interchangeably stepping out and hit a long 2 or 3, would be a floor spacing delight. These highlights are mouthwatering. But I must say against some summer rec ball level defensive efforts. Strangley not a peep on what he is thinking since entering the portal over a month ago. I mean no where, no tweets, no articles. Whatever he is doing or thinking is on lockdown.

Any of Tre Mitchell, Jabari Smith or Efton Reid and my expectations for next season would become unrealistically optimistic.

And yet he was nothing more than a bit player his first 2 seasons and then just a complementary one as a Jr and Sr. Point is there are only 200 player minutes per game and it isn't a shame that 2 moderately recruited guys, as Fr and So, are 3rd or 4th off bench minutes guys. Some of my favorite Hoosiers all time were that early.

Leal and Galloway were 3 star #150ish recruits. At high major programs those should be spot minute guys as freshman and sophmores. Those guys are Brian Evans, Matt Nover, Roderick Wilmont, hell they are Dane Fife. You need those guys on a team. They are harder to keep happy with the transfer portal being so available, but if they are Hoosiers for life they will carve out their deserved space.