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I haven't been able to figure out where this thought that Leal is a great shooter came from. In HS he was decent but not great. My theory on why people think he is is that they look at him and can't figure out why he was recruited. He's not exceptionally athletic or quick, so that wasn't it. He's not a stud defensive player, so that wasn't it. He's a big guard but there are a lot of those around. People see all this and think it must be because of his shooting. It was reported last summer that he was putting up like 500 3-pointers a day. He might eventually become great shooter but he isn't yet and wasn't in HS.

Lots to work with but also lots to work on. I hope he can remain patient and willing to earn his time. Indications so far seem like he can.

Nope, sure isn't. Any idea if the BTN is available internationally? Probably not, but if it is that could help.

Send like a well grounded kid who really knows what he wants. Very loyal, too. I'm sure the next one will stick. Let's get him.

Swimming Works Magazine has Ahmed Hafnaoui at #18 in the world. https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/pre-world-championships-rankings-the-25-best-male-swimmers-in-the-world-right-now/

The officials did a poor job of giving a warning so I expect they'll do an even worse job when it comes to handing out technicals.

I wonder what the other one is. Cal? Stanford?

Further increasing the likelihood that JHS came to IU ready to start (these are true for Reneau coming in ready to play immediately): - His body. 6'5", 210 lb. He's already strong. Compare this to Bates (6'4", 175) and Lander (6'2", 165) and you see he is more physically ready for college ball than either of those 2. - HS competition. He won the HS NC 2 years in a row. Played against lots of very talented players. Practiced against other very talented players. - Defensive play (which you mentioned). Woodson clearly values good defense and JHS comes in as one of the best defenders in his class. 1 analyst/outlet had him as #1. It's not guaranteed that either he or Reneau will be ready from day 1 but it is quite likely they will be.

I don't pay any attention to PU. What has Painter done?

I don't know if mad is exactly the right word but people were certainly complaining about it. They were saying he wasn't taking recruiting seriously and missing the state championship game sent a bad message to Indiana HS coaches that he didn't care about recruiting the state of Indiana. Or something like that. It was all nonsense.

TJD extending his range is good for the team because helps to open up the lane. This helps players like Galloway and Johnson who like to drive to the basket. It also makes TJD himself harder to guard which is good for the team.

Having visits delayed never seems like a good thing.

JS has it mostly correct but it's a bit more complicated than that. Here's what I've found when I looked into this before:

I'm 44 (turning 45 this year) so it's more like middle school when IU was last a real NC contender. In HS they were still top 25 good but not elite and that is when IU started having their early NCAAT exits. It's been such a long time.

"He’s building a program that’s going to be able to compete with the blue bloods, and that’s what Indiana should be with the fan base that they have." IU is no longer considered a blue blood by todays recruits. Understandably so since we've been mediocre or sucked most of their lives. At least they still recognize the huge, loyal fan base.

The stats don't back this up.

Wait, 5*? According to whom? He has a good ranking - #62 in the 247 composite - but that isn't really even borderline 5* territory. IU has a decent baseball team, maybe we could sell that as well.

Kopp seems like a likeable enough fella but I was hoping he'd move on after last season. A "shooter" who starts and plays starter minutes but doesn't shoot or find other ways to score isn't very helpful unless he does a lot of other things really well. Which Kopp doesn't do. He's an ok defender, doesn't rebound, doesn't get many assists (just over 1 per game every year of his career), doesn't draw fouls/get to the line, etc. He's a pretty 1-dimensional player who doesn't even do that 1-dimension particularly well. He does make some humorous videos, though, so we'll get more of those next season. Maybe others are right and having him paired with Stewart on the wing hindered him. I hope so but I'm not holding my breath. I certainly agree with you on the lineups and hope Woodson changes his philosophy on that.

Bates will definitely have to improve his shooting but your argument is not a good one. You look at the percentages but not the volume so 3 of your 4 examples of players who shot better than him also shot many fewer shots. Bates: 17/57 (29.8% - rounds up to 30%, not down to 29% as you stated) Geronimo: 9/29 (31.0%) Leal: 7/22 (31.8%) Lander: 4/12 (33.3%) So Bates took more shots than Geronimo and Leal combined. Throw in Lander and that combination shot only 6 more shots than he did. So what you end up with is 3 small sample sizes in which 1 more make or miss creates a huge difference in percentage. Percentages if those players missed just 1 more shot: Bates: 29.8% -> 28.1% Geronimo: 31.0% -> 27.6% Leal: 31.8% -> 27.2% Lander: 33.3% -> 25% The larger the swing, the smaller and less reliable the sample size. Lander, for example, looks to have improved from his freshman year. However, his freshman year he shot 44 3-pointers instead of just 12. 12 is just too few to really determine if he actually improved his shot or if he just got lucky. Geronimo shot 4/10 (40%) his freshman year, so would you say he is now a worse shooter than a year ago? Probably not, even though his percentage went down his volume almost tripled. At this time, he's closer to a 30% shooter than 40%. So, yes, Bates needs to improve his shooting but please don't use examples of players that shoot far fewer shots than him as better shooters. Maybe they are but that can't be determined based solely on percentages at those volumes.

He just be the rocket's first stage because he climbed high and has since been rapidly falling.

That would be very welcome. We need a team of players with that attitude.

To be fair, 15-20 points wasn't a blowout with this past season's team. Even when they were up by that much the other teams still had a chance. Hopefully next year's team will have developed a killer instinct that has been missing.

You're not. Kenya even said as much in a recent interview.

Let the complaining begin.

F*** yeah!