94Bulldog

If we could have signed both the San Fran bigs…. Wang Fuchs….

On this team that would have at least 4 if not 5 guards ahead of him, yea to me it’s odd. If he was 35% from 3 on high volume maybe. But as another poster said, in contact doesn’t mean we’re interested.

Unless he’s growing 2-3 inches this summer I don’t see the appeal. 6’7 non 3 point shooter (funny his first highlight is a 3, made 4 of 25 all year) seems like an odd interest.

Not to be rude but what tea leaves are you reading that would make you think that? It’s been widely reported Sherrill wants to be a 4. Samet is a 5. Rancik cancelled his visit, he didn’t cancel because of Samet…. Every reliable predictor have lodged predications for IU.

I think what some forget when they say, sign a pg wing and big at x amount and moneyball the rest…. Those big 3 have to want to come here. There’s more to these portal transfers than just whatever the school is paying them. Who are they getting to play with, who are they getting coached and developed by, and how likely are they to make a tournament run? Why would I sign with IU and it’s 8 unknown players, a program hasn’t been a consistent factor since before I was born. I’d take a pay cut to play on a top 10 team, with a coach with a track record of developing for the NBA, that will likely be making a deep March run. Those things might allow me to make more in the NBA than going to IU. To compete, we either need twice the NIL were rumored to have or to get incredibly lucky on lower dollar player evaluations.

This is why I struggle to get real excited until the ink is signed. Same as last year, we had guys allegedly and then last minute lost them. Here’s the sad truth, if all else is equal, why do any of these top guys choose IU? Unless a group of them want to band together and bring a brand that was hot in the 70s-early 90s back, I think expectations have to stay lower for the next couple years while hopefully the high school recruits come in, and change the culture and stay. And I’ll be happy to be proven wrong should that happen….

I like the optimism but I just don’t see it. Goes from not being able to see a minute of relevant action the last 1/3 of the season to a starting 4 in the B10? As a Jr; maybe, but as a sophomore I think his ceiling is 10-12 mpg off the bench.

I’ve been wondering why his name hasn’t been mentioned….

Ok, I’ll cash out. Hopefully that $10 gets us a PG

I’m all in on portal season, let’s go!!!

Guessing Leal

Does this mean either Leal or Goode are out?

Remember 3 weeks ago when some of you were panicking because we had 1 player signed. Now there’s a full roster. Heck we even have 5 with eligibility next year, we good!!

so he’s a bouncier Malik Reneau, got it.

Need a refresher on how to mute a poster please