BA47591

2027 in state is loaded and a lot of wing talent in 2028.

Year 3 will be when I will have expectations. Anything over .500 is found money. I trust DD to identify program pieces this cycle that along with Trent will establish a culture we will be happy with. Taylor is a multi-year big, we should return everyone with eligibility. Hopefully there's a robust pg market in the portal.

Really like how Almond plays.

I said it in another thread, him and Almond would be quite imposing.

Someone mentioned attitude and basically the lockeroom. This is the only concern I have with Thompson. He's been a little sketchy since the growth spurt. His body language last summer with teammates on the aau circuit sucked. I've not seen him in a year so that could've been a bad run. It was at multiple events though. Watched some Diane video. He's a baller. Communicate super well on defense and passes really well. Good feet and a physics specimen. I think him and Almond with three shooters would be lethal from day one. I like Taylor too though.

Taylor, Almond, Anthony Thompson would be a heckuva haul.

Is it us and Michigan State?

Sleepers talked of a recent article that has us in pretty good shape with this one. He's a helluva talent that I've watched since before the growth spirt. If he can come with maturity and coachability I'd love to see him in Bloomington.

I'm a little surprised Rippey bailed on us, but I still think Almond is go. Add Moody and I think we'll land a shocker. The Finnish Flagg, maybe this big guy or another.

Quality pgs and centers will be at a premium in the portal. You really need to be be building those in-house moving forward. Rippey was a surprise to me. I thought we would have a shot there.

When everyone is healthy i believe Enright will come off the bench. Three players are locks: Tucker, Wilkerson, Conerway. I assume Bailey gets the nod over Alexis. So it's Dorn, Miles or Trent. Before we get to conference play my money is on Trent.

I said this when Trent went to Montverde, they are physically ready to go when they're freshmen. The public school kids aren't as prepared. Players like Brown are great to develop. Super skilled but need a little more time to adjust and catch up physically. Probably say the same about Moody. We need to land a pg and a frontline player from one of the factories.

Obviously we'll attempt to have our "bigs" on the floor, but in the deepest recesses of my soul I don't think we have a player over 6'8 that belongs in a big ten game. I'd embrace it and go with Sisley, Dorn, Tucker, Wilkerson and Conerway. Push it, push it, push it and lead the nation in shot attempts.

I think the talking heads out there are going to be in for a surprise when we start getting commitments from some of these bigger names that have us on their short lists.

I totally agree. I think we're on the Todd Golden plan more than the May, Kelsey, Pope plan. I think you're a 100% correct on the Murphy/Moikobu assessment. Way to much to ask of Norton and Adams to build an instant turnaround portal roster with their areas of expertise. HOWEVER, next year I anticipate Kenny and Rod will give us something to work with.