go iu bb

Will have an OV to IU September 19-21.

Trevor Andershock says that while Suigo is on the team, he's not expected to be there for the IU games. That's too bad, it would have been a nice chance for a little recruiting.

He did but I wouldn't pay too much attention to individual stats, good or bad. They were out enjoying activities like kayaking during the day, did no game prep, and Rabby says that after watching film the team was more like a D3 team than even NAIA. A good game is obviously better than a bad one but I don't think individual stats are telling in any way in these games.

Most of the points were through putbacks? He only recorded 3 rebounds and had 9 points from 3s so that doesn't seem likely. Regardless, it does sound like he played very hard. Effort and productivity will get PT.

Trevor Andershock before the game said they look like an NAIA team at best with IU having a big size advantage.

I'm more worried now. Apparently he doesn't take these totally meaningless exhibition games seriously enough.

Rabby is saying that he's being told by someone who knows him (Taylor) "very well" that IU has a better chance at landing Taylor than previously thought. He also just posted an interview with Taylor which was quite positive in regards to his statements about IU and the staff. Says that positive social media interaction with Taylor is a good thing. https://x.com/3thantaylor24

That doesn't bother me at all.

This is incorrect. We got the 2 Euro players because of NIL/rev share. Without that, they likely would have stayed in Europe to earn money playing but coming to the US to play in college is now a path a lot more of them are looking at since they can make the same or more doing so.

So instead of a 3 and D we're getting a 3 and 5? :)

Yeah, this is the second time that I can remember him being hospitalized for heart issues. Time to retire, imo.

The author mentioned IU but Aiden didn't. I wonder if the schools that he talked were the ones asked about by the interviewer or if he was asked an open ended question and those are the ones he chose to talk about. Not a great sign if it's the latter but I'm guessing it's the former.

He's in the 2026 class and isn't planning on changing that from what Rabby says he's hearing.

Rabby says IU has been recruiting C Sayon Keita. He's a 7' international player. He's from Mali but has been playing in Spain for FC Barcelona. Scouted as being a really good recruit who is currently raw offensively but a very good defender. Just turned 17.

~1/3 of those are probably in threads complaining about coaches or wanting them fired.

Oh good, the "Which of our last 2 terrible coaches was worse?" conversation again. They both sucked and got more time at IU than was warranted. I'm glad they're gone, along with pretty much everyone that was in the program under either one of them.

We're really swinging for the fences in recruiting. We'll see how it works out with this staff. They do seem to be doing a good of getting traction and turning that into visits. There's always the portal in they can't land a few.

Aaron Shackell joins his siblings at IU which is unsurprising. I'm happy but skeptical, just like when his siblings joined since this family seems to have real commitment issues when it comes to universities. https://swimswam.com/us-olympian-aaron-shackell-announces-he-will-transfer-to-indiana/

Rabby says another name to know for 2026 is Aiden Derkack, a 6'5" SG. He's from NJ, so you know what to do @Home Jersey. https://247sports.com/player/aiden-derkack-46136996/

I often wonder why football players even bother announcing commitments since they just seem to be more of who the current leader is since flipping in football is so common. Good for him getting to play for his dream school. One thing that seemed odd was he says he's never been a big sports fan yet he's going to be a high major college player.

I understand that it's the home school, but a recruit choosing St Joe's over IU would be a kick in the nuts. I'd still be surprised if it's not UT or IU. I think (with no evidence other than last visit right before the announcement and longer relationship with the staff/HC) that UT is the likely choice but IU is first in the picture and he does seem to be looking at himself in the IU uniform so....

Rabby says the Luigi Suigo's visit went really well and that he doesn't plan to reclass so he'll remain a 2026 recruit.

An hour after NC St landed Scottie Ebube, a transfer center from Wyoming. lol

We're not Duke so we're not going to have a roster full of top 30 players. This guy is 6'7" who has PG skills since he played that position until a growth spurt. Ranked in the top 100 in the 247 composite ranking and has multiple other P5 offers, including Auburn who has been quite good under Pearl. I'm not really sure what there is to be so skeptical about but you don't seem to like much of what this staff has done so I guess that makes sense. If it makes you feel better, I suspect that he'll end up at Texas so you won't have to worry about it. That staff has been recruiting him longer and he visits them right before announcing his decision.

Rabby says he might be making an unofficial visit to IU next week in addition to the OV in September.