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Yeah, Rabby is kinda a boob. Awkward and clumsy and apparently sort of struggling running things.

Seems to me people are getting a little anxious over some poor stylistic choices in Rabby's writing lol. IMO "The heart of the Indiana basketball roster is set" is not supposed to be insight. Reads more like a fluffy lede to me. The follow up tweet just reinforcing that the freshmen don't add post depth so the portal will "remain under consideration" as in we'll continue evaluating options, including possibly Euros. I don't see Ryan Carr adding dead weight like Ristic or Andrej to the roster. Doubt they're taking a break for milk and cookies.

Unless this rule changed in the past couple years, teams can't start their first full team pre-season practices until 42 days before their first regular season game. That equates to late September. In the summer, there's 8 weeks of practice. Maximum of 8 hours of activities per week, skill instruction is limited to 4 hours per week, so half the time is spent on conditioning and the mental aspect of things. I highly doubt the staff that just signed 6 players in a week with numerous apparent back up options having scheduled visits are not on top of the ball. Carr seems to have a clear understanding of how to navigate the market... content to see what he does without an arbitrary time factor imposed on him. Especially if you're someone who wants to add a Euro guy... they will not, for the most part, be available until mid-summer. So it does make some sense to not fill everything asap IMO. The portal closes next Tuesday, meaning no new players will be able to enter after. Last year there was a late rush to the portal of talented players. You can still sign guys after the portal closes, so that's the time we could look for good value or "bargain bin" as some say... (a break the glass in case of emergency senior PG would make sense here IMO). For all we know right now, the staff could be trying to coax a 3rd big into the portal or working on a Euro connection or something else.

Needs a waiver to come back and in his announcement said if he does he would love it to be as a Hawkeye

How do we know they aren't? Because Rabjohns said the "heart of the team" is set? Maybe that was meant as in starting 5. Maybe Rabjohns was told this because there's nothing imminent lined up and they're working on options. Ultimately we will find out when the roster is complete

I agree with what you're saying and without having seen what Rabjohns said it seems like "heart of the team" is doing a lot of lifting and up for interpretation. I have to believe they're pursuing at least a 3rd big capable of contributing.

These predictive metrics are a good indicator but they're not deterministic. I get the value of being ranked in the preseason T25 and I'd like that to happen regularly. I am not upset at the idea of having to play our way into it this year and think we all see a path for that to happen with this improved roster. Coaching as always will be the key.

I think it's only handicapping themselves if we somehow don't have a full roster by the end of summer. Would be very disappointing but I just don't see that happening.

0 shot we are rolling with 10 guys. We just signed 6 players in a week and have the core of the team in place. Have to look for quality depth now, so probably nothing imminent will be announced. IMO that's all that's going on.

Feels somewhat likely to me this is an example of trying to underpromise and overdeliver. The portal only opened 9 days ago and doesn't close until the 21st IIRC. Have to believe the staff is still actively pursuing guys for 11-13, maybe just managing expectations to say "heart of the roster" is set... which, of course, is technically true when you have 10 guys signed up already. Definitely still need to add minimally a 3rd big who can play. After getting Yig and Sherrell, I'd be surprised if the staff doesn't view that as a need. Hopefully they're also kicking the tires on Euro options.

Fabricated negativity confuses you? Or caused people to think we had less money than we actually did? Could be mistaken but didn't Rabjohns literally report the range being $12-15M at one point

Why?

Is Sherrell DDV's first McDAA? Hopefully his first future NBA player too