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How odd. I checked out his 247 profile and it only has Louisville on his list of colleges. Obviously it's out of date and just hasn't been updated but I don't think I've ever seen that before for a 4*, top 100 player at this stage. Did he recently make a jump in rankings? Even then I'd expect that smaller schools would've been recruiting him already.

So you're saying there's a chance IU has him for 2 more years. I'll take it!

And nowhere did I claim it was important. It's a message board. We talk about stuff, even unimportant stuff. /shrug

I don't hold it against him. He probably thinks all of the Midwest is like Kansas.

Right, and "the prairie, the grasslands"? That's not Indiana, especially Bloomington. It's flat and boring around Purdue but I've never heard that area referred to that way. It's not Kansas.

Bad news for PU. Miller recruited 3 of the 4 of their guards and we all saw how well he did at evaluating B1G talent, especially guards.

https://sports.yahoo.com/bellyaching-and-howls-vs-nil-cant-stop-american-commerce-and-dont-expect-congress-to-stop-it-192653736.html

Sweet. If he comes back, TJD just might be IU's latest practice sniper who makes a ton of 3's but only in practice. We've been hearing for years how so-and-so is shooting great in practice so the team's shooting woes won't be as bad. Then when the season rolls around, said player doesn't take and/or make many 3's. It's great that he's practicing a skill that he really needs which would help him and any team he's playing for but I'll hold my excitement for when I see him start to do that in a game. His release does look a bit quicker in that video that I've previously seen from him, though.

The B1G has gotten a lot of love in the rankings the last few years followed by underperforming in the NCAAT. That probably has a lot to do with it it, along with a lot of talent either going pro or running out of eligibility within the conference. So I'm not surprised.

Maybe except Rob is gone it looks like he still cares. I think he'll be back but I don't read too much into him caring.

I've often wondered why IU doesn't recruit from that school better than they do. Lots of talent comes out of there. Holmes looked like a solid swimmer. Not NCAA championship level at this time but is probably good enough to score at the B1G championship, or close to it.

If that ends up being his role, great. I have a feeling he'll continue to start get a lot of PT.

The NCAA and the schools have insisted forever that the athletes are not employees. If they want to regain some control they'd probably have to change that stance. I'd be surprised if that happens any time soon, if ever.

I hope you're right and he looks much better next season.

I guess we'll get another year of videos which I liked watching a whole lot more than him playing.

Bring him in as a preferred walk-on. It won't happen but that's the only way of want him on the team.

IU's recent 5* recruits have been pretty hit or miss. Romeo was good. TJD (I think he was actually a high 4* I'll include him here) is good and started his Freshman year. Lander was a major miss and didn't really contribute in 2 years. Bates wasn't terrible but also wasn't great. Certainly not close to the immediate starter many thoughts he'd be. Keion Brooks (Miller missed but he tried very hard to land him) has been mediocre at UK and not the one and done many though he'd be. Kaufman was another high 4* that was recruited hard but missed on who didn't have the immediate impact that was expected. So it remains to be seen about JHS and Reneau. There are reasons to have high expectations for them, though. They're both strong and have college ready bodies. They played against great competition in HS and performed well. They're winners and seen to have great mindsets about working hard and earning their playing time.

So if he's not raw is he just pretty bad? Raw is just code for "not very good right now," after all. If he's bad enough that he gets labeled as raw even though his fundamentals are good? Probably not a good sign.

Sour grapes because he didn't realize his earning potential so he agreed to what, in hindsight, turned out to be a bad deal. Feels he left money on the table. Welcome to the reality of negotiations, kid. He's learning an important lesson.

He says it's been a while since he was measured but the last time he was measured he was 6'6" and might be around 6'7" now.

Because not all scholarships are based on hardship. Merit based scholarships, like athletic scholarships, are not based on need but on the skills of the individual regardless of their income or their parents wealth. The rationale is that they've earned that scholarship through years of hard work to become a good enough player to receive a scholarship from a D1 school and a P5 school at that in IU's case. The scholarship is one of the incentives for choosing that school over others. It tells the players that the school values them.

It amazes me how much some people who are obviously fans of college sports (otherwise, why would they be on this message board?) are so totally opposed to the players getting both scholarships and being able to get paid for NIL. Why not just be happy for the kids? They've spent a lot of time and put in a lot of work honing their skills enough to play at this level. College sports haven't been "amateur" for a long, long time. If they ever truly were. That went out the window as soon as schools started recruiting ringers instead of just having students try out for a team. Did that ever actually happen?

Slimy or not (it's not), NIL is here to stay.

Should students on academic scholarships pay back those scholarships of they have income outside of that? If your answer is "no", then why should those on athletic scholarships?