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Going to be a bunch of 7 footers in the B1G

Just my useless op, think our 3-pt shooting will be better than expected and not as much of a drop off as some are expecting, with the spacing and inside - out opportunities that come with Sherrell and Yigi and Burton driving. Lindsay’s a career 38% deep shooter, 36% at Vill, Harris is something of an unknown due to limited floor time at Duke but the dude was a highly coveted HS recruit due to his demonstrated shooting (Bossi was really high on him as a “great shooter”) and his stroke is pure and at 6’6 he shoots well over the D, and Burton’s not too bad at 33% career outside shooting (shot 37% in 2024-25). DeVries likely will green light outside shots from those who show good shooting going into the season. The strength of the inside game also comes from having spacing created by outside shooting. The clogged lanes and complete lack of spacing from the moronic Woodson all front court game is gone. What we should have a lot more of now is balance with an inside game that benefits from the threat of outside shooting as well as the size and athleticism our forwards now bring, and outside shooting that benefits from those same forwards/center.

Yep, he's a demonstrated high percentage outside shooter including in P5 ball with high usage. While Wilkerson's shoes are hard to fill, this team won't be playing 5-out, though still incomplete we now have legit size and solid experience up front, guys like Lindsay will have better spacing and looks. We have the makings of a solid inside-out and balanced offense.

^^ His shooting from the arc is better than just looking at his career totals "He is one of 30 players to make at least 160 3-pointers and shoot better than 37.5% from distance over the last two seasons combined."

Agree. Roster isn’t complete, still need to add some depth of forwards (and imo on ball guard) but it’s a better and deeper roster already. Should make the tourney

I understand where you're coming from, but Carr is a scouter of talent/fit, it's what he did for the P's and bringing in the right players from the portal -- not just picking guys ranked well in the portal (like Woodson did, regardless of fit) is a type of scouting. It's how their games relate to what staff wants to run, how they compliment each other, how their styles fit. But yes the work isn't done (imo) let's see how their complete roster pans out.

I'd say the staff's scouting and addition of the top 3 portal class (so far) along with the 2026 recruiting class is part of their earning their keep (or not), but agree it's pretty clear they're looking for depth with supporting bench players who may outperform their rankings/perceived portal value. Do hope they add another on-ball player to go with another big or versatile wing, very interested to see how the portal class ultimately shapes up.

Portal needs rules and a cap

Maybe it's a cougar...

Personally I'd like a real backup/bench point to go w/a big, don't really have a feel for Lindsay's ability to run point Edit - I don't know much about his game on ball, have seen him classified as a PG and also just as a guard, averaged under 3 APG at Villanova, I take it a combo guard. I feel better about about where we are on ball after reading up on him, but still think we need another on ball guard - jmo

Who's our backup point?

Kinda nice, ESPN’s final 2026 recruiting rankings has IU at 25th. So 3rd top portal class, 25th 2026 class rank

Realistically don’t think we’re adding more than depth at this point. It’s a roster that should be able to contend in the top half of the B1G and make the tourney, we just missed the tourney this season with a decidedly weaker roster, my only real concern is depth to deal with injuries, fatigue, and secondary ball handling. We did get the number 3 ranked overall portal roster so can’t really fault how they spent portal money. imo this is the real build year where we do pretty well in conf and make the tourney, second round maybe one more, important point is this roster remains eligible so we can then add pieces next season after decent success and we continue to get better

Ok so portal & recruit class so far 10 players, #3 rank portal class Guards PG Burton - 5’11, portal rank 24, 2 yrs elig CG Lindsay - portal rank 190, 6’3, 2 yrs elig CG Moody 6’4 4 star frosh Wings Mustaf - Guard/wing #88 portal rank, 6’5 2 yrs elig Harris G/wing 2 yrs elig #199 portal rank per 247 sports (4 star as HS recruit) Karvala - 6’7 4-star frosh Manhertz - 4 star frosh Forwards-Crnter Sherrell -#12 portal, 6’11 Forward-center 2 yrs Yigi - #37 portal, 7’2 center 2 yrs elig Sisley - 6’8 forward soph staff still portal searching at least for another forward. IMO need another PG. Bossi was really high on Harris as a 4 star HS recruit, for his shooting and inside game, he may be flying under the radar a bit here as buried on Duke’s deep bench. Should have pretty good outside shooting at this point, Lindsay 37% on 6 apg, Harris only at 30% but that’s on 1 apg in limited time at a Duke he’s a better shooter than that, Mustaff 37%, Burton 33%. would expect a nice frosh to soph jump from Sisley. Showed good promise in a number of games but hit the freshman wall. We are already bigger, more athletic and more skilled across the floor than last year except for Wilkerson (wish we had him this season). Need at least 2 if not the 3 adds for depth. Interested to see who it ends up being

Nice

He was up and down. I thought he was going to stay and that would be good for depth, but he struggled a lot in the second half of the season to score

Best frosh class ever, definitely reason to see at least a couple of them playing good minutes, these are really talented incoming players

Where he can get PT…

Sports law. Thanks NCAA

It’s still April, the Wang visit shows staff is continuing to look to add depth, don’t know who else they’re evaluating right now but based on where things are expect a depth big and possibly a wing. Worth remembering we already have a stud 2027 PG committed for that season and the current 2026 portal class has good continuing eligibility so roster building at least is well under way

Cha ching!

I had those too -- the old guy with the chair, lol

Yeah we haven't seen Zoe play yet, looking forward (no pun intended) to seeing what she brings.

Yeah, seems like crickets. Any further rumors / news on Wang or otherwise on visits?