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No, not in the long run. It'll finally settle into a situation where they'll be able to evaluate how much players at different skill levels are able to earn at the schools they're interested in. This will include things like direct deals from local businesses, boosters, etc and how active a school's fan base is on social media (i.e. followers) which would have an effect on how much they can earn through social media advertising. Right now it's new so things haven't settled yet.

You've been conditioned over the last couple of decades of IU being a bad team more often than not and then when they have a chance to be good something goes wrong. IU with TJD next year could be a really good team. IU without TJD has many more questions but probably wouldn't be as good as with him. So the bad thing that could happen right now is TJD not coming back so your brain is telling you that so that you'll be less surprised/disappointed if he actually doesn't even though most signs point to him coming back. That's my take.

I feel weird liking this because I want him to do well but this would seem to indicate that his getting drafted high enough is unlikely so he'll probably be back.

You're right. I misread. I do hope IU gets an official visit instead of just an unofficial one, though.

That makes it sound like he's kind of interested but not really. Hopefully, he'll choose to give IU the official visit and the staff can work their magic. Since he wants those official visits out of the way before August, I guess we'll know soon enough.

At most. I think we'll find out in about a week. No sources, just a guess.

CJ Gunn would probably be #1 on my list of RS candidates followed by Banks then Duncomb. I don't know enough about the players to make a guess at whether or not they'd be open to the idea.

Maybe the NCAA has realized how worthless it is and will concentrate solely on the only thing it does well(ish): running a basketball tournament.

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 Obviously it's out of date and just hasn't been updated but I don't think I've ever seen that before for a 4*, top 100 player at this stage.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.