go iu bb

The math doesn't work since the revenue sharing cap is $20.5M.

Man, people sure do overreact a lot. I wanted Conwell to come to IU but we missed on him. Bummer. There are other good players in the portal. The portal is also open for almost 3 more weeks and players are still entering. I really hope CDD finishes staff soon, since their previous connections with players could certainly help. I'm guessing at the end of the offseason we'll have 7 portal players and 4 freshmen. I think we'll go with 11 players on the roster next year.

I wouldn't be happy if he landed the '92 Dream Team. None of those guys have eligibility left plus they're quite old.

Must've been scared off by Enright commitment.

I don't know if Enright qualifies as a boom. Snapper at best. He'd be good as a backup PG and to help establish a culture.

lol at their star system. 5 5* then 213 4* players? That's a ton so it's pretty much meaningless. Even with that many, Kanaan Carlyle is ranked below Gabe Cupps with both as 3* at 240 and 224, respectively. lol Edit: Weird, after opening that page again they had 50 less players on the list. All of them 4*. So "only" 163 4* and the IU players were 50 spots above what I said. Buggy site or something.

CBS Sports really needs some editors to proof read their articles before releasing them. According to this, Tucker DeVries played for 3 seasons at Duke before West Virginia. Considering this "article" is not much more than an ad for peegs.com, having something so blatantly incorrect in there doesn't make one confident in the product they'd be selling. Not ideal from an ad. https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/indiana-basketball-under-darian-devries-insiders-relay-transfer-portal-news-2025-recruits-roster-targets/

I see what you're saying but I think being able to win a conference tournament shows an ability to win in that sort of win against good teams or go home format. There's no rest like the NCAA tournament but other than that they're very much alike. IU hasn't typically performed well in the BTT and it's no coincidence that during that same timeframe they also haven't typically done well in the NCAAT, if they even made it in. A single year doesn't really tell much since there is luck involved, but multiple years can show a trend.

Define winning right now. Does it mean competing for a National Championship next year? S16? Comfortably in the tournament? Better than .500 in conference? I think most expect IU to better than recent years next year. Upper half of the B1G and comfortably in the tournament in year 1.

I know where he's ranked now. I don't know when he reached that ranking. Hence the question which you didn't answer in any way. His offer list doesn't look like that of someone who's been highly ranked for a while. It looks like someone who somewhat recently became ranked. That's why I'm asking.

That looks like a reasonable list for someone with his ranking. Much better than his previous list, which is kind of puzzling. Is he a late bloomer who recently shot up the rankings? Anyone know?

Scott Dolson:

Maybe Reneau to Auburn would help IU's chances of getting Bazinga.

The last line - he should take his own advice.

I'm especially happy to see Kenya Hunter, Brian Walsh, and Clif Marshall go. Between the 3 of them, that's 24 years of experience in those losing cultures.

You still have said why you're accusing him of being a money-grubber. He decommitted from Iowa after Fran was fired. That's both common and understandable. You do realize that he's currently a high school senior and not actually in the portal, right? He looks like a mid-major player so nothing wrong with committing to a school like Iowa which might also be able to pay more. Sure, IF he enters the portal every year that would likely hurt him. That's a big if based on your opinion which you haven't backed up. Anyways, I'm done. You don't like him, got it. I don't know that you need to be disparaging a kid that hasn't even finished HS yet by saying he's just a chasing a bag without backing that up.

Dez Briscoe? What makes you say the last part? A 3* committing to Iowa doesn't say chasing a bag to me.

It sounds like that might be a possibility. Rabby thinks it'll be a battle for him between some big schools. The UL 247 guy seems to think it's mostly between IU and UL with Texas still a possibility but implies that he thinks IU might be the team to beat.

No. Dix has played 3 full seasons so this will be his last season barring a serious early season injury. DeVries has played 4 seasons but last year was only 8 games due to his injury. This upcoming year will be his medical waiver year for last.

Pass all day, every day. I was glad IU passed on him in HS and want him even less now that he's shown to be even more unimpressive than expected.

Leaving this thread open doesn't hurt anything. The actual mods will lock it if there is a reason to. Just don't open it if you don't like it. Problem solved.

Speaking of Yep, here's an interview with him. I thought they would do a story on him because it is a good story. From walk-on to NCAA champion. https://swimswam.com/from-walk-on-157-to-ncaa-champ-148-jassen-yep-reflects-on-swimming-journey-at-indiana/ Roster limits are an unfortunate unintended consequence of the House ruling. Ironic considering Grant House was a swimmer. Edit: They did end up doing a story on Yep. https://swimswam.com/detailing-indiana-senior-jassen-yeps-road-from-walk-on-to-ncaa-individual-champion/

Here's a good article about senior Finn Brooks and the IU culture. https://swimswam.com/in-breakout-season-finn-brooks-is-continuing-indianas-dirty-double-legacy/ The women land a solid transfer from USC. https://swimswam.com/ncaa-qualifier-macky-hodges-announces-she-will-transfer-to-indiana/

UL 247 right now is saying that IU is all in on Conwell and expects it'll be between IU and UL for him. Sounds like they don't think he'll follow Miller to Texas. They don't come out and say it but the wording and tone make it sound like he think's IU has the edge.