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Interesting. What are the green and orange areas on the new seating chart? Edit: also just noticed, the old map is outdated by at least a few seasons. The area above the faculty section in G, H, J has been for general public season ticket holders in recent years.

I don't think he has a legitimate shot to stick in the NBA. Just my opinion. I would guess he makes more in one extra year of college ball, than he will ever make in the NBA.

I'm a broken record on this but I still don't see Sisley as a 3. He couldn't beat out Jasai Miles for minutes at the 3 last year. I am a big fan of him as a 4 though.

Agree. Maybe much longer. Our choice to not sign a backup big seemed bizarre, almost incompetent. Then when I found out Sam was coming to Peru... I think they were always saving this spot for Sam.

Kaufmann-Renn redshirted so is not in the same boat. I would not be surprised to see Smith and Loyer try and come back somewhere though, even if not Purdue

Harris was very aggressive looking for catch and shoot opportunities vs Canada. When I see that kind of quick trigger and coach doesn't seem upset, I assume he must be lights out in practice. It was interesting that Mustaf was healthy for this game, but Harris still got the start.

Also for whatever it's worth - Sisley led the team out of the locker room pre-game and before the 2nd half. He was also the most vocal guy talking on defense. (Moody was pretty good with that too)

Some random observations from attending last night: - The opponents were way overmatched. This was the equivalent of playing an exhibition vs Marian. - As expected, Moody looked the most ready of the freshmen - Burton is a dog. I had some flashbacks to Yogi. He is quick and really strong, will be difficult to bully defensively despite his height - Lindsay is the second PG. When Burton was out of the game, he played PG and Moody was off-ball - Manhertz is really skinny. Showed a lot to like as a long term prospect, but I'm not sure he's ready for the Big Ten in year 1 - Yigi needs to process way faster. Teams like Northwestern are going to kill him with post doubles if he plays like he did last night.

I've had this hot take percolating for a while, and I saw nothing last night to change it. Sisley is going to play 25+ mpg. And even if he doesn't start, he might be on the court to finish games.

Yep I'm glad to see them sweat a bit. Pretty clear the athletic department has taken MBB season ticket holders for granted. Raising prices on a consistently mediocre product, while moving all decent non-con games off campus so they can charge extra for those. If demand drops, maybe we'll see a change in philosophy for future seasons.

I debated hard this year but eventually renewed. Mostly just because I've had them for several years. Sunk cost fallacy I suppose. Last season, I would have been better off just buying tickets to the individual games on game day or a few days prior. Would have spent less, and sat down lower too.

The PG we signed is very similar to Alec Millender at UConn, in that both will end the season with 0 significant minutes played. I don't get the hand-wringing over spots 10-13 (not referring to you in particular here). None of those dudes are going to play. Our bench (guys 6-9) is very unproven, so that's absolutely a fair critique. Our resources are finite, and we clearly chose to spend them on our top guys. We will see how it works out.

Welcome to IU Justin! I posted it in the other thread, but UConn's 10th and 11th guys last season had the same profile as Monden. Transfers from IU Indy and Le Moyne. We are spending our resources on the guys higher up the rotation.

If we sign one more competent bench player, two of the three frosh will be 10 and 11. Just need one of them to be a competent bench option as the 8th or 9th man. I think that's a reasonable ask. Agree that Moody seems like the most likely candidate.

For sure. A serious injury to Burton would be really hard to overcome.

Fair, but really only an issue if Burton gets hurt. I expect him to play 35 mpg in games that matter. Lindsay and/or Moody can handle the other 5.

UConn's 10th and 11th men last season were senior transfers from Le Moyne and IU Indy. Michigan's 10th-12th guys were incoming freshman (3 and 4 stars). Two of them transferred after the season. Nobody is out there spending big on these spots. I do think we still need a capable 9th man though (competent backup 5).

Yep, looks like a 3rd string practice and development guy. And we needed one, so I'm happy with that. Still need a 2nd string C who can contribute this season.

My bad. In that case it's championship this season or bust

We haven't made it to the second weekend in ten years. Haven't made a Final Four in 25 years. Our new coach has never won a tournament game. Yes our long term goal is to build a championship level program, but challenging for a NC this season is not a reasonable goal. If this is a top 20 team, with a chance to return most/all of our significant contributors in '27-28 - that would be a big success IMO.

I read somewhere that the Kentucky game at Lucas Oil was ticketed as an IU home game. Does anyone know, does that mean it will be included in the season ticket package? (I'm guessing no) My season ticket renewal came in tonight - listed at $67 / game. Value proposition gets harder and harder to justify, particularly if the home non-con slate is 100% cupcakes.

I disagree, I think Tucker could have been a Karaban type on a different roster. Karaban was never the #1 or #2 option, and those teams always put a big rebounder / shot blocker at the 5 next to him (Sanogo, Clingan, Reed). Bailey was the wrong style of player to pair with Tucker. Alexis was the right profile, just a bit small to be your primary 5.

Lendeborg was a highly skilled wing who happened to be huge. Obviously a game changer, but there aren't many of those guys around in college ball. Johnson played about half of his minutes alongside Mara, the other half Johnson was the 5. I expect we will deploy Sherrell in a similar fashion. The backup "big" for Michigan was Will Tschetter - Sisley will fill that role for us.

Agree. Yig, Sherrell, and Sisley are likely to eat up nearly all of the 4/5 minutes in an 8-man rotation. We absolutely need another big for depth, but it's only a 0-10 mpg slot we are offering unless someone gets hurt. Best case scenario is to strike gold on someone like Alexis again. But a Sparks type is probably more likely.

This is intriguing. Could be this season's version of Sam Alexis.