KzooHoosier82

There’s only been one pick for Creighton come in. Not surprising given he just announced them in his final 2. If others pour in then it’s probably another miss for Archie but I’m happy to wait. What confuses me on this is his lack of ties to the school/area, and the lack of national exposure Creighton gets. Lets not forget they were implicated in the Adidas scandal for offering a kids dad $100k and a “good job” to come play there. I can’t imagine they are out of the woods for future NCAA infractions. Has anyone heard that door being shut in their favor yet?

Defense is where we need it to be. The offense, particularly the O-Line looks mediocre. Here’s to hoping States D line is much better than the rest of their team

Play calling in these situations could use some help

Gotta get the run game going.

Love the effort so far. This defense is special. Hopefully Cam Jones can return

Damn Stevie! Heck of an effort

O-Line needs to step it up. They are playing awful so far

I say we beat MSU Saturday then claim COVID-19 cases to cancel the OSU game. Brings them one cancellation away from being not eligible for the BigTen championship game and keeps IU undefeated in the division.

Top 10 returner in FSU history, I’d say he’s got some speed

It’d be a sucker move at this point. If the leak is legit then their pick is a scam based in info everyone already has. If it’s all fake then they look like idiots. Most didn’t offer a pick so it’s best to stay away from this one. Which is what most of us should have done from jump. These college choice announcements are out of control, annoying AF and need to be ignored given that I suspect there’s little chance they will ever go away.

What bigs has Painter developed into the NBA?

In terms of record/tourney appearances, absolutely. They’ve had program stability where as we were turning over...that takes time to build. Even then, IU provided as much if not more national exposure (None of the National media ever mentioned Purdue until they got to the S16 two years ago), better campus, better facilities, better S&C program, and ultimately better NBA prospects. TK would have to be pretty cynical to look at where IU is today and think Purdue has a better program. Purdue had lightning in a bottle with four years of Carsen Edwards and it showed last year after he was gone.

No, I get that. My point is I don’t understand how it’s gotten down to this point. Purdue wouldn’t have made my top 10 and I had the type of talent Ivy Tech would have turned away from after one video session.

Something that I don’t understand is how can an in state kid truely be picking between both? Have things changed that dramatically? When I played high school, I would have rather paid my own way as a walkon at IU than take a scholly from Gene Keady (whom I’ve met multiple times and respect as a person). I played with guys who would 100% say the same in vise versa. What I never saw were guys mulling the two as if they were on equal footing.

I see your point but RW is the highest rated recruit in IU history. I expected him, based on that and the limited game film available, to be opposite Fryfolge and be a guy who can get separation and open up the field for Ty and Whop. If he’s not already that level of talent that would be quite the disappointment. Getting separation was our biggest struggle Saturday so hopefully that was more to do with Penn St’s talent in the secondary and less on our WRs ability. Hewitt’s catch was insane so I’ll be looking to see what kind of separation he can get this weekend assuming he gets the nod. Not sure of Marshall’s status. Lots of talent, now the question is: who’s gonna break out?

That guy is only “accurate” because he plays both sides of the fence. He and coach SS only develop opinions on big time targets (never anyone esle, as if they don’t matter) and tell everyone we’re getting them and will occasionally sow doubt at multiple points in the recruitment in case the result doesn’t fit the initial prediction. After the Billy Donovan debacle, their fraud was exposed and they haven’t offered anything of value since.

Anyone else surprised to see Rashawn Williams not get in the game? I would have expected him to be ahead of Swinton on the depth chart and haven’t heard his name really at all coming into Saturday’s game.

He’s not playing this weekend and that’s all that matters for IU. Otherwise, I hope he can make it back on the field safely at some point.

I wouldn’t be shocked if Hunter doesn’t start. He hasn’t shown he can consistently contribute on both ends of the floor yet. My inserting him into the lineup is more wishful thinking as we need his potential to be an outside scoring threat and his size to guard opposing wings. Franklin may very well have passed him on the depth chart so my only concern is matching up with teams who don’t have traditional 6 ft guards. Asking a guard like Al or Franklin to match up with an athletic 6’6-6’8 wing who can play both inside and on the perimeter would be a huge ask. As for Brunk, he’s a Veteran presence, a team captain and beloved by Archie. I just don’t see him losing his starting spot unless he shows poor performances on the court, of which I expect him to have some rope also. So much of this really depends on how these kids are progressing in practice. There are a lot of unknowns as to how Hunter, Franklin, Race and the freshman are stacking up to the more established teammates.

Race played better off the bench in a role player capacity last year. His worst games were when he started. He has to prove he can knock down open shots and develop his post game if he is to start full time. Unfortunately, we need the offense over the intangibles until we find “the guy” on the perimeter.

Agreed. Brunk will start until he proves he shouldn’t. I also don’t see Lander starting until at least halfway through the season unless Al/Phin have a rough start, we can’t start all three with their lack of size. Starting: Al, Phin, Hunter, TJD, Brunk First Off the Bench: Race, Lander, Franklin If Hunter hasn’t improved drastically from last year I could see Geronimo or Leal working their way into his spot eventually.

And will always have. Utterly insane how much talent the state of Florida has. They’ll get it figured out one of these days. Hopefully not at the expense of CTA’s pipeline. Speaking of which, I was really hoping the Kevin Wright hire would lead to more IMG commits. Kinda shocking how little he’s brought to the recruiting front thus far, and as my former coach/teacher I say that with all due respect. He’s a high class guy

Except Mark Wahlberg is not on Cameo so no...this was not a Cameo.

Hard to imagine Durham not starting and I don’t think Lander will be ready to start right away. Assuming we don’t add a transfer I think it will be Rob, Al, Hunter, TJD and Brunk with Race, Lander and Franklin getting the most minutes off the bench. If Geronimo develops quickly, expect him to earn a significant role as well.