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Did I miss something or has he postponed this?

Chris Beard and his staff would be a monumental improvement over what we have at this time. A partially educated eye can look at the line-up and rotations right now and scout us for the remainder of the year.

I would love to get excited and start deep diving into recruits. But...

Ament has come along way in a year.

I normally feel the same way, but occasionally one comes around and I change my mind. Ithink this is one of those guys.

I think there has been a significant effort made by the staff to bring in a center from the high school ranks. It would be nice to see our name mentioned in the conversation with Mouhamad Sylla or with the Bundallo if he does re-open his recruitment. Reneau back, with a high school kid and the best portal player possible at the position would be a strong strategy I think.

If we can get him maybe they'll play "Jaja Ding Dong" at next year's Hoosier Hysteria.

Wisconsin is pretty much Iceland isn't it? Looks like a fit for them. I bet we've tried to get in on Mouhamad Sylla.

No interest in Cooper Zachary?

I think it's going to be Georgia Tech.

I just wonder what Woody says during these visits in between the words "man and man."

I hope this season reflects our talent. I hope there are enough high water marks for the experiment to be seen as successful so he can appear to be stepping down. We can all voice our personal choices. I look forward to seeing Trent play next year.

Tiller is of the Reneau archetype. Not landing him will probably be much like not landing Moreno. It will be logistic. We won't have the style concerns to blame this one on though. After Mullins and Tiller, we'll be done with 2025 until the spring.

Woody handled Haralson himself. Woody was given a punch list to complete when Pete Yonkman stepped in. Replacing a legacy coach and then doubling the NIL budget would've been a bad look. So Woody and the current staff have been given a level playing field and the majority of the country would say a financial advantage. He hit a homerun in the portal. He rebounded with Tucker, another Devine intervention recruit, but if Sisley is our class followed by a mediocre season I would anticipate Woody "stepping down" and a ton of Bruce Pearl talk.

A couple of things that jumped out at me: Trent has already put on 10-15 lbs in the upper body. He looks like he's already picked up their offense really well and helps direct the other players. Momtverde doesn't have a true pg or legit center for him to play off of and most of the game he was playing pretty much the same position he played at HH. Playing against better competition and the player development program there will advance his game considerably but I'm not sure he's going to get a ton of minutes on the perimeter.

Braylon Mullins, (Barrel Rick) After seeing you play numerous times and even once yelling Ray Allen repeatedly while you were on a heater ; I've been on record as saying after one event that there were better schools for your skillset than IU. I shared that unpopular opinion many times actually. Of the remaining schools though, under the current construction to include recruiting classes, you would be better served to go to IU. Betting on yourself would be taking on the weight of being the face of IU basketball. You are too young to remember the immediate God status of Steve Alford or all of us waiting for Damon to arrive. Staying home to be that is betting on yourself. It's pressure but for the rest of your life you can do no wrong. If you have a bad night everyone will blame the coach. You can drive 100mph on I70, you'll never pay for a drink or a meal again and for a decade half of all male babies in the state will be named Braylon. I know atleast 20 Damon's or Baileys. If it's just basketball....pull a school out of a hat, you're that good, but life and basketball it's IU.

"There’s a workhorse coming to Bloomington. Sisley is most comfortable when he’s in the paint doing the dirty work and grinding through contact, yet still mixing it up to knock down jump shots. He won the battle of attrition on Saturday posting 17 points and nine rebounds in the win for the Florida Eagles. If Montverde is going to be top tier this season, it will be because Sisley is an intricate piece and he’s extremely capable" Reneau, Sisley, Tucker, Carlyle and Rice

We can be successful without succeeding in the early signing period. It's not very comfortable though is it?

If we block out the hs recruiting element, Woody is still cooking.

He's not on the HH visit list.......smh.....

I'm picturing Woody pulling up to in-home visits in a pick-up with the Sandford and Son theme playing loudly from some invisible source. The assistants all cramped in the cab together. Walking into these homes looking lost and not knowing what to say maybe Walsh brings a cheese platter from Costco. Woody falls asleep. The rooms silent for 30 minutes, Woody wakes up having slobbered on Hunter says "ok then." Woody leaves some butterscotch candies, Rosemond stuffs his mouth with cheese and they leave. Then the recruits get random texts from Woody meant for golf courses in the area scheduling Tee times. This is officially a problem. You still have to land 2 or 3 high school players every year. You can't lay there in the spring cranking a jack in the box waiting for someone's parents to call. We can win a national title this year, you still have to put this recruitment thing together.

Remember the circumstances with each of the names being mentioned. Bates was a decommit after a coaching change and Hunter slid in late in the process. JHS resembled a traditional recruitment. Reneau was a decommit after a coaching change and the JHS connection helped but again a quick recruitment. Mgbako we never had any involvement with, his mom contacted us after he de-committed from Duke. Tucker we were involved with but others were as well and when GLE was disbanded his dad called Woody. Quick recruitment Then the wham bam transactional portal recruitments Woody does well. The player that looks most likely to fit this would be Mikel Brown, if Rice looks like he's going into the draft after this year.

I like him more than Brown.

Ten years from now what will be the legacy of Braylon Mullins in the state? It won't matter that much to a multi-millionaire playing on his second contract in the league, but to a solid rotation piece that gets a cup of coffee in the league it might. Joining UConn after they brought in Adam's, who in many circles is rated as a higher prospect is a gamble. I wish him well. I went to see him play alot the last year and a half. He's really good.

They were on Zillow-Storrs looking at investment property together lol.