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My assumption is that Barnett might have been DeVries’ lead recruiter for the SoCal kids, given his time at UCLA and Nevada.

Hope DDV has more than one “shooting guard” in mind in the portal. Conwell’s already familiar with Miller’s system and how he’d be used in it, and UT can easily match any $$$ offer IU makes. If Conwell would prefer staying closer to home, great. If not, I hope DeVries has some additional portal shooters on his list.

I don’t think I saw much of Creighton at all this season; did he play much?

Yup; also Larry Johnson ( shooting guard from Creighton who’s originally from Huntington WV and was offered by IU just over 2 years ago) I think Johnson played at SoCal Academy in California so I assume K Barnett is familiar with him

thought I saw he was a Louisville lean?

think Ostrom would like to catch on with the Minnesota program if possible

Thx

I wonder if the guy from East Tennessee would be a possibility for point guard? Think he’s from Gary originally, first name Oummari (sp?) iirc

is Nijel Pack still a possibility?

Sounds like maybe Creighton’s in strong on Dix, Freeman might be the object of a bidding war between Kansas and Michigan, and just about everyone is after Davidson

People will laugh but I’ve seen the Serbian guy from Dartmouth several times and I think he could fit in DDV’s offense

Owen Freeman might be nice too

My (possibly mistaken) understanding was that Donovan is only under contract with the Bulls for the remainder of this season, which for them could be mid-April. But I have no idea how he feels about college BB these days.

Agree, and I still don’t think Cronin’s worth a $10 million buyout (as of April 1st) either.

As I posted above I don’t “hate” Brownell or think he’s a bad coach but I don’t think he’s good enough to justify his buyout.

I think Cronin and Brownell are both “good” coaches but in no world would I think either one was a good enough coach to justify their buyouts, especially on top of whatever “settlement” payout Woodson will likely get (as of April 1st Brownell’s would be $8.33 million and Cronin’s would drop to $10 million). And for those who want to point to Allen’s buyout, that was a markedly different situation-the donors weren’t coming up with the $15 million then so they could come up with another huge bag in order to pursue a “name” or “elite” coach, they signed a coach who was making less than $1 million a year in his previous job. If I were a big donor and Dolson came to me needing a bag for a buyout of a coaching candidate, it would need to either be a less expensive, or more impressive, name than Brownell or Cronin, or their specific buyouts would have to be negotiated significantly lower.

Really like his offensive sets fwiw

And Lloyd will never leave the West. Or something…

I think it’s generally assumed within the coaching fraternity that Otz (among other coaches) would drop whatever he’s doing and run to Lawrence if Self retired. I suspect that is why his buyout was substantially reduced in his most recent extension-Kansas job, and maybe Texas job, more than the IU job.

Maybe if IU offered the “ basketball GM” spot to Lloyd’s Director of Player Relations at Arizona that might help persuade Lloyd to come. Jason Gardner, familiar name to a lot of people.

Double-secret probation

Perversely impressive given his record against (for example) Northwestern

I’m onto you now: we’re getting Popovich, aren’t we?

If I’m a mega-donor I’m willing to pitch in for a big buyout IF it’s for an Oats or an Otzelberger but not for a Cronin. Either his buyout would need to be dramatically lowered or I would advocate for hiring someone like McCollum and putting more money into NIL instead.

I like Holloway. Also Claxton fwiw