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Should be good to go for the start of the season assuming no set backs.

I've always been under the impression that the dead period exists at this time to encourage all the coaches to get down to the Final Four and attend the conferences. Could be wrong on that but that is what I've always been lead to believe.

He's a good player and his mom is a lunatic. Both can be true. That kind of energy is probably the last thing Coach DeVries needs in his inaugural season here.

I'm genuinely asking a question? Braylon Mullins had the chance to be a Hoosier. He chose UConn. He's never won anything at any level to the point where I've said to myself, "We have to have that kid". Would have been fine with Mullins committing here, but I didn't lose any sleep when he chose UConn, just like I didn't lose any sleep when McRoberts chose Duke. Forgot about him the next day.

McRoberts never won s*** anywhere. Never got out of sectionals despite being the consensus #1 or 2 player in the country. Neither has Mullins. McRoberts Sophomore year Duke they went 22-11, 8-8 in the ACC and was upset in the first round by VCU. Who cares?

What's the infatuation with Mullins still other than him being from Greenfield? He looked severely overmatched last night and that was against peer-aged competition. I think he's in for a huge awakening next year. He's the Josh McRoberts of this generation in my opinion. Never won anything in high school despite boasting several individual accolades. Never will wish ill on a kid, but he had the chance to play at IU or Purdue and chose UConn. Not sure why so many are still pining for him?

DGL is a nice player but his helicopter mom makes him almost untouchable in my opinion. Underwood deserves a medal for putting up with that for two years.

Lol. There's 1400 players in the portal and that number will reach close to 2000 by the time it closes on 4/22.

Who is the D2 player at Auburn?

And brought his entire staff

Kevin Overton from Drake/Texas Tech could be a real possibility

He's a total cancer. Gotten one coach fired (Weber) and had another (Laranaga) quit in the middle of the year. Is 70-68 in games he's played in spanning 4.5 seasons, buoyed heavily by a 29-8 season. Again, hard pass. He's not taking a home town discount to come be a role player at IU. He's the OG bag chaser. NIL earnings have doubled and tripled since he accepted an $800k bag at Miami 3 years ago.

About the response I expected given you can't refute any of it.

Nijel Pack isn't taking a million dollar+ discount to come be the 4th-6th best player lol

He got Bruce Weber fired and Jim Laranaga said "F*** it, I'm out" in the middle of season...both with Pack as the lead player. Weber won the B12 the year before Pack got to K-State and went to the E8 the year prior to that. They fired Weber, Pack left for Miami, and K-State went to the E8 the very next season. Pack was great for Miami as their 4th best player the year they went to the F4, but after Wong and Jordan Miller left they went 9-31 in a bad ACC over the next two seasons. He's an absolute cancer. Pass.

Why would you pay the kind of money he's going to command for a 5th/6th guy? Making shots does matter. As does playing playing defense, playing team ball, etc There's a reason why Pack has played for losing teams in 4 of the 5 years he's been in college and has essentially ended the careers of two different coaches. As Dakich would say, "He's just good enough to get you fired".

Perhaps. But I also don't think Conwell has ever cared for IU either. If IU wasn't throwing a bunch of money in his face, I doubt he'd even consider. Not every kid from Indy dreams of playing for IU, especially ones that are 18-22 years. Both of Conwell's parents are Purdue alums.

I would hope Pack is the last player we contact.

He's lost a single portal battle for a player who I don't think is all that enthralled with IU to begin with. Conwell's been offered plenty of money to attend IU spanning two different staffs and has chosen elsewhere both times. I want guys that want to be here. Period.

Don't think we're getting any at this point. Maybe Jayden Stone if Moikobu is hired as the 3rd assistant as Stone is a Sunrise Christian product who followed Moikobu to Grand Canyon University, but I think the ship sailed with Hansberry and Harris once Chester Frazier was hired by Virginia Tech. Powell obviously committed to UNC last night. Still think we land a few of the WVU recruits however.

I know people rule it out because Tucker DeVries is the coach's son, but Tucker is one of the best players in the portal and he's coming to IU. He's an all-league caliber player. I don't think there would be as much doom and gloom as there is now if he had a different last name.

Nick Norton and Drew Adams have been confirmed already and are currently working and recruiting for IU. They will be officially announced by the university along with the rest of the coaching and support staff at a later date.

Potentially backs up what @Home Jerseysaid earlier. Perhaps Conwell wasn’t really interested in IU until they started throwing money in his face and the opportunity was too good to not at least entertain. Almost all of us on here are biased when it comes to IU and likely have a much different outlook/perspective than the average 18-22 year old.

yes father.

Yeah it'd be nice to win the BTT once just to get the monkey off your back, but in the grand scheme of things does really nothing for seeding if you're already in the tournament. Michigan just went through the gauntlet of Purdue, Maryland, and Wisconsin in conesuctive days and were seeded lower than all three of them despite beating Purdue and Wisconsin x2 and as a reward were sent out West to Denver to play the highest rated mid-major in the tournament in UC-Sn Diego. Have a feeling the bracket was already drawn up before Sunday started and Michigan's win against Wisconsin wasn't even factored into the equation.