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    (2024) - Liam McNeeley to UConn

    That would not surprise me in the least.
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    (2024) - Liam McNeeley to UConn

    He's been my favorite player on the team since his freshman year. He's not a stat stuffer but he does a lot of things that help the team win and plays with so much effort and energy. That can be contagious. Even his freshman year, the other players seemed to have more energy and play harder when he was in the game. The Miller teams never seemed to have much energy or effort so it was very noticeable. He's made great improvements in his shooting but I think a lot of his poor shooting was due to wrist injuries during HS messing up his form. Regardless of the reason, he worked hard to fix it. Speaking of injuries, last year his most unappreciated improvement may have been finding a way to play as hard as he does without getting injured. He's been injury prone because of his style of play and I had my doubts he could go a whole season without missing games due to injury but he was able to last year. He needs to keep that up. What he's really missing is becoming a consistent scorer. If he can do that, it would do wonders for the team, especially if he's at or around double digits.
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    PPG Over/Under

    5 players at double figures would be great. It's been a long time since IU had a team with scoring that spread out. It usually makes it a hard to guard team that wins a lot of games.
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    (2024) PF - Derik Queen to Maryland

    I really wonder why so many see Maryland as the leader simply because they're the home team. He's played at Montverde in Florida for several years so being away from home obviously doesn't bother him. In addition, his family would be able to watch every game on TV at the other two schools he's considering. He may well end up at Maryland, but I suspect that it will be for reasons other than they're the home team unless he grew up a die-hard Maryland fan. If that was the case, why wouldn't he have already committed? More likely he would just feel that Maryland was a better fit for him as far as style of play, promises made on how he'd be used, relationship with the coaches and/or players, etc. I just don't see the fact that it's the hometown team mattering too much since he went away for HS.
  5. Swimswam has IU's men's freshman class at at #4: https://swimswam.com/ranking-the-2023-mens-ncaa-recruiting-classes-1-4/ Women's team as an honorable mention (outside of top 16 but top 20 or 25) https://swimswam.com/ranking-the-2023-womens-recruiting-classes-honorable-mentions/ IU represented well in the NCAA champion predictions. Especially on the men's side: Men: https://swimswam.com/swimswams-pre-season-2024-mens-ncaa-champions-picks/ Women: https://swimswam.com/swimswams-2024-womens-ncaa-pre-season-champion-picks/
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    College Bball Thread

    This article is ripping the NCAA (rightfully so) for being inconsistent and weak. He also points out there is no benefit to working with them if caught in anything. The best thing to do is to fight. If only IU had done that. He calls the NCAA a fraud. He's correct. https://sports.yahoo.com/credit-kansas-for-exposing-what-an-utter-joke-the-ncaa-has-become-022733129.html Another article saying more of the same: https://www.heartlandcollegesports.com/2023/10/12/five-thoughts-on-kansas-iarp-ruling-and-punishment/ OSU and its fans are understandably upset: https://pistolsfiringblog.com/kansas-ncaa-wrist-slap-should-not-be-a-surprise-at-this-point/
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    College Bball Thread

    Ex-Memphis player and father of a 4* recruit Billy Richmond says the NIL at Memphis isn't very good. That certainly confirms why Givens ended up selecting LSU. https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/college/memphis-tigers/2023/10/10/billy-richmond-father-of-top-memphis-recruit-criticizes-fans-over-nil/71131549007/
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    IU Basketball News and Notes

    Yes, that would be really nice to see. It's been quite a while since I looked at an IU team and thought that they were overperforming. The last couple of years have been good but I would say that Woodson was just getting them back to meeting expectations for the talent on the team (maybe even slightly underperforming) after 4 years of significantly underperforming under Miller. Crean did a decent job of getting his teams to perform to their talent levels and maybe slightly overperform some years while underperforming others. Very up and down with him. As much as he was a mistake to hire, Sampson had his teams overperforming imo.
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    (2024) - PG Boogie Fland to Kentucky

    UK's pro day is today so it's not Cal. At most an assistant or it may have nothing to do with Boogie.
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    (2024) - Liam McNeeley to UConn

    You're correct but I think the season has actually started. However, even during the season they are limited in the number of hours they are allowed to work directly with the players (practice). It's more time than during the offseason but still limited. The players aren't limited in how much they work on their games without the coaching staff, as you say. I'm not positive about this but the number 20 hours per week comes to mind. I think that is how much practice time the coaches are allowed to have during the season. Edit: I looked it up and the 20 hours per week is correct. In addition they are restricted to 4 hours per day and you were correct about requiring 1 day off per week. These number are just the maximum the staff can require and work with the players.
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    IU Basketball News and Notes

    His offensive numbers weren't great last year but he was still a rim protector so I think at very least that is what IU gets this year. 1.3 blocks in less than 16 minutes per game. That works out to about 3.3 blocks per 40 minutes. That's pretty close to what TJD averaged last year. Now if he can get the offense going too? Especially if Mgbako is as good as advertised, Reneau makes a jump, and Galloway and Johnson don't have a drop off from past performances? Watch out. Such a high ceiling for this team but also lots of questions, especially about the bench. It might take some time before it all meshes but they could really be hard to beat by the end of the season.
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    IUFB 2023 Season Thread

    If they can use that chain during the game they might have a chance simply by injuring all of the Michigan players. Other than that...not really.
  13. https://themessenger.com/sports/mens-college-basketball-2023-ncaa-top-freshmen Mackenzie Mgbako, 6-foot-8, 217 lbs., F, Indiana — Two years ago, I thought he was the No. 1 player in the class. Initially, he was slated to go to Duke but wound up in Bloomington. He’s a combo forward who has a versatile offensive game, and Mike Woodson will need him to be able to shoot it from long distance this season.
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    (2024) - Liam McNeeley to UConn

    If Trilly Donovan is right about the Boogie commitment on the 16th (and if the IU fans are interpreting his posts correctly), it could be a huge couple of days for IU. Or a very disappointing couple of days. Either way, less than a week until we know.
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    They Fired Walt Bell

    Neither is IU.
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    (2024) - CG Dylan Harper to Rutgers

    No, he's already visited IU.
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    IU Basketball News and Notes

    I haven't seen anything about the Pro Day yet. That's kind of concerning since I'm pretty sure we saw several people reacting positively to TJD and JHS the same day as their Pro Day last year
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    They Fired Walt Bell

    Between this and Allen's contract, it shows that IU might actually be ready to start spending money on football. Allen's contract shows they don't pick the right people to spend that money on, though. TBD with Carey's contract. Now if they'd just be willing to spend money on the ridiculous Allen buyout after this season and then have a real coaching search... won't happen but one can dream.
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    (2024) - PG Boogie Fland to Kentucky

    Stranger Things is set in Indiana but I don't think it's actually filmed in Indiana... Pedantic distinction, I know.
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    (2024) - PG Boogie Fland to Kentucky

    Good question. Maybe the secret twin of Liam who IU is also recruiting?
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    (2024) - PG Boogie Fland to Kentucky

    https://bustingbrackets.com/2023/10/04/ncaa-basketball-recruiting-pros-cons-5-star-boogie-flands-final-3-teams/2/
  22. https://swimswam.com/ahmed-hafnaoui-clocks-149-356-and-804-200-400-800-as-iu-rolls-kentucky-in-lcm-dual/
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    (2024) - Liam McNeeley to UConn

    I would also note that those crystal ball picks were made back in February. A lot can happen in 8 months and IU has really been working hard on his recruitment over the summer and fall. While those picks may ultimately end up being correct, they didn't really know anything when they made them and other schools do have a legit chance at landing Queen so I wouldn't put any stock into them at all. That said, it is still thought that Maryland is the team to beat here.
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    IU Basketball News and Notes

    I forgot about the surgery but now that you mention it, yes, I thought it was bs at the time since even when he was available he wasn't getting much PT. It looks like he would've been better of staying at IU even if he didn't play basketball because the rest of his school would've still been paid for. I hope it all works out for him.
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    IU Basketball News and Notes

    It seemed like he was pretty often unavailable for games while at IU due to illness. A few times each season for a a couple of games each time. But maybe I'm remembering it incorrectly.
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