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Juwan Moye

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  1. Juwan Moye

    Transfer Portal w IU Interest

    @Hoosierfanyuh You’re slipping! https://x.com/BobbyKnightmare/status/1916538986853528045
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    Transfer Portal w IU Interest

    This is where coaching comes in though. Regardless of personnel, DeVries was still able to put together a team that ranked 15th in KenPom DRtg last season. It looks like he’s prioritizing recruiting offense, which is more Fran-like, but he can actually coach defense which we’ve not seen Fran succeed at.
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    2025-2026 IU Roster

    Curious if the thought is that Dorn is a wing starter or coming off the bench. It seems the 4 people most likely to start are: DeVries, Bailey, Conerway, Wilkerson. Dorn would seem to fit in well with that group. He’s a shooter with positional size even if he’s a sub-par defender. I don’t know who else we have on the current roster who would start in front of Dorn at least. So this would assume a lineup of: PG- Conerway SG- Wilkerson SF- Dorn PF- DeVries C- Bailey True 5-out basketball with a PG who can defend and get downhill on offense. Exciting.
  4. Juwan Moye

    Transfer Portal w IU Interest

    I think (hope?) everyone understands this but, generally speaking, early in the year coaches play broader rotations and, once they learn what works, settle into a tighter rotation. So early in the season, expecting 10+ guys to get minutes is reasonable but later in the year it’s likely to tighten up to 8 or so. The luxury we seem to have is that there will be real competition for those minutes instead compared to what we rolled out last year. I personally love the “mid major all conference performer” approach.
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    Transfer Portal w IU Interest

    The more pieces that we’ve signed the more I’m leaning towards this as well. We may look a bit like Frans Iowa teams next year, but if we have a coach who can actually coach guys up on the defensive end that could be really fun to watch and, depending on how the defense comes together, potentially better than any of us are thinking today.
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    Sam Alexis to Indiana from Florida

    Here’s a NBA draft scout on Alexis prior to the end of the 2024 season , this is a really good pickup: https://www.si.com/nba/draft/prospect-profiles/nba-draft-scouting-report-chattanoogas-sam-alexis
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    Transfer Portal w IU Interest

    I think most fans are expecting a tournament team, not necessarily an overhyped preseason team. And given our recent record, most shouldn’t really care about preseason prognostications. I don’t recall everyone getting hype about what Kelsey was building at UofL last season, they only got hype once the games were played.
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    Transfer Portal w IU Interest

    Funny to read two weeks ago: “Will we be able to fill out a roster” to now reading “we’re running out of roster spots for bigs”. The sky is always falling for some people. Overall liking what coach is doing so far. Love that we head into a season excited about our shooting prowess. Still confident that coach is going to round out the roster nicely over the next few weeks.
  9. Juwan Moye

    2025-2026 IUBB Season Expectations

    The probability of Reed Bailey starting is VERY high. The question is just if he starts at the 4 or 5. If I were guessing today, I’d guess he’s the starting 4 given his offensive versatility and lack of rim protection. Most likely starting lineup seems to be: PG- Conerway SG- Wilkerson SF- DeVries PF- Bailey C- unsigned
  10. Juwan Moye

    Transfer Portal w IU Interest

    Iceland, Finland, BoogieFland https://x.com/TiptonEdits/status/1914767296028983408
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    2025-2026 IUBB Season Expectations

    I’m excited that, at a bare minimum, we get new problems to complain about. Not having shooters, watching buddy ball, and leaving opposing shooters wide open for 4 years got old.
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    Transfer Portal w IU Interest

    The rumor was that the kid from Drexel that just visited was going to sign. No clue if it has any validity. edit: apparently today is the visit
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    2025-2026 IUBB Season Expectations

    Outside of extenuating circumstances like a massive number of injuries, making the tournament this year should absolutely be the bare minimum expectation. Nothing is an absolute here, we could start poorly but then it starts to come together and we barely miss in which case I may be ok, but in this day and age with the resources IU has there’s no reason to not make the tourney. Purely guessing I think we still add a couple very important pieces and are squarely projected in the tourney all year, sometimes flirting with the top-25. But as long as Devries achieves that, as well as having systems that make sense, and we see actual player development, fans should be excited.
  14. Juwan Moye

    Transfer Portal w IU Interest

    In his last year at Drake he had Brodie at the 5 who looks like a more traditional big: https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/darnell-brodie-1.html
  15. Juwan Moye

    Transfer Portal w IU Interest

    Initially I’d have agreed with you but when you look at how West Virginia played when Tucker was healthy they played 3 guards, Tucker, and Hansberry in the middle. Given that it wouldn’t surprise me if Bailey is our starting 5. Hansberry as a reference is listed at 6’8” 240lbs.
  16. Juwan Moye

    Transfer Portal w IU Interest

    Osterman posted this morning: “Not yet. Probably at least another couple weeks per my understanding.”
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    Transfer Portal w IU Interest

    Poor mans Nostradamus
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    Transfer Portal w IU Interest

    The difference here though is you can at least see a thought process beyond “let me get the highest ranked people I can”. Doesn’t guarantee success but it sure as hell is more likely to work than “buddy ball”.
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    Transfer Portal w IU Interest

    Haven’t watched him play but reading about him it looks like he’s more of a traditional back to the basket big? If that’s true then no. We’d need a mobile anchor on defense given our perimeter defense may be suspect, and a threat in the PnR given the middle should be wide open with our shooters on the floor.
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    Transfer Portal w IU Interest

    Shot blocker/rebounder/rim runner. Bidunga type.
  21. Juwan Moye

    Transfer Portal w IU Interest

    You’re not quite calibrated correctly for this year. An all-American type is closer to $5m per the little bits of info you can find. Hell, BYU is allegedly paying an incoming freshman $6m+
  22. Juwan Moye

    Transfer Portal w IU Interest

    If the choice is between a moped and a Purdue girl that moped is in for a long but disappointing night.
  23. Juwan Moye

    Transfer Portal w IU Interest

    Wasn’t any one post or poster in particular. I’ve seen the sentiment in multiple places. Personally, given what we saw from IU last year, as well as a number of other teams, portal rankings are close to meaningless. Mgbako is still a “top available transfer” but I wouldn’t want him on this team as a simple example. If our new coach is prioritizing culture/fit over talent I’d be ecstatic. No clue if that’s actually the case but “winning the offseason” was a Mike Woodson specialty but then the team had to actually play games.
  24. Juwan Moye

    Transfer Portal w IU Interest

    My favorite crashing out posts are the doomers saying “the portal is almost closed” when they clearly don’t even know what the portal closing means. The internet is a fun place.
  25. Juwan Moye

    Transfer Portal w IU Interest

    Leaving this here as I’m confident it becomes relevant this week.
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