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That's what I thought, as well, but I also saw that there was some deadline for grad transfers entering the portal that was on May 1. Do you know what that deadline was? Is it that recent grads can transfer at any time but students that were already grad students had the May 1 deadline? It's clear as mud to me.

Yep. Going into last season it was the deepest IU team in 20-30 years, I think. By the end of the season...not so much. lol Good times.

That has to hurt Michigan's recruiting going forward. If they can't even get their All-American player paid, how could they get others paid? I also saw a headline that a Big East player was promised $100k and only received $4k.

This board's Rodney Dangerfield. "I don't get no respect!"

Wait, you mean to say that Donnie Wahlberg having his stomach pumped due to too much man juice was a myth!? ;)

If not the leaders, we should at least be in the mix and have a great chance. And don't call me Shirley.

Wright State coming to IU. https://www.insidethehall.com/2023/05/08/report-indiana-to-host-wright-state-as-part-of-2023-24-non-conference-schedule/

If that was the case, why do we know the names of players? Yes, the fans are fans of the school but the players are who they watch. Bring in a bunch of nobodies who can't play and see how long fans stay around. IU fans have been more persistent than most but I have definitely seen a decline in fan enthusiasm in the last 25 years or so. Under Miller, fan enthusiasm really took a dive. Lots of losing because of bad coaching and teams that didn't have much talent outside of 1 or 2 players. Basketball is actually the product, not the school name. Without the players you don't have that.

I would also add that the players are the product. It's not the same as employees helping make or sell widgets for a company.

Exactly

My sources tell me it was #2

He hasn't committed yet!? Is now the time to start panicking about the sky falling or should I wait a couple of hours?

@btownqb, is your stance that since IU has historically sucked we should be satisfied with Tom Allen as coach? He's not a good coach but that is what IU should be fine with since they haven't had success in the past. That seems to be what you're saying. If that is the case, why bother even having a football program? Maybe the 100 fans that go to games should just stop going.

They're talking about transfers. Just schools instead of players. ;)

JHS was originally committed to Pitt. IU got him after he decommitted.

You say this so often when talking about who players don't follow. We get it. It's like you're trying to start the argument back up again.

He had announced a top 5 list (IU was included) but has now opened up his recruitment again. https://247sports.com/Article/Jaeden-Mustaf-EYBL-Indiana-Miami-Florida-State-Seton-Hall-209393777/

https://247sports.com/college/indiana/Article/I-cant-wait-until-he-gets-on-campus-Xavier-Johnson-eager-to-mentor-Gabe-Cupps-as-Indianas-point-guard-209387765/

Look! A thread about NIL!

People on message boards are just guessing at what a player is looking for or repeating what someone else who is probably also guessing says the player is looking for. So if you take those statements as gospel, that's on you. Even when a player says himself what he's looking for, that's only part of the equation and there are many other factors that he doesn't mention.

I'm sure he'll be satisfied there and won't enter the transfer portal next year.

Haha. Howard's pitch probably isn't going to be, "Woodson at IU might get his AA center into the NBA but I get my AA center into <other school>."

He entered the draft and it sounded pretty definite when he did. Something about having graduated and moving on to the next step.

Max Abmas to Texas. Really good pickup for them. Edit: I guess this happened a couple of days ago but I missed it then. I wonder if has anything to do with Holland decommitting. They play different positions but I wonder if Holland thought he wouldn't get as many shots as he wants.

Exciting? No, I'll agree with you there. Do all the commitments have to be exciting though? You can't really have a team of 13 stars. It's obviously a depth addition and he only has 1 year of eligibility left, as you point out. His sophomore and junior seasons were both better than last year so he can do better. I look at him as a Geronimo replacement who is a slight upgrade due to being 3" taller and a better perimeter defender. I'll only start be be worried if the staff continues to go after more players like this instead of wings but I don't think that will happen. Look at the other players IU is recruiting now to show that isn't the case.