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I think if we can go 5-4 for the month of January and be at 15 and 7 we've maximized our talent. There's not much we can do to overcome the deficiencies we have. I think we'll have to win 2 of the three games in March and get one in the btt to make it in.

Enjoy the moment of where we're at right now, hard times are coming. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas.

Yeah, the idea he was a shooter was based on an inflated 3pt% last year. He shot less than 2 a game and a couple of his games where 1 for 1, 2 for 3. Nothing about his career ever said Big Ten big to me. He is a good passer, and for his size he's a good ball handler. Atrocious career defensive numbers and the offensive rebounding numbers of a back-up point guard. Again,,,,the roster reflects our staffing during roster construction. The price tag on Bailey was reported to be 1.5m. 1.5 I think is the number of offensive rpg he gets. He was Adam's contribution. Next year will be different.

I'm for a line-up modification. I'd start by swapping bigs and inserting Dorn or Tren and splitting the pgs.

I'm glad this is at home. I love PSUs frosh pg and they have plenty of size.

I don't expect us to shoot 40+% as a team from three all year. I was disappointed with the free throw shooting. Coach DeVries has plenty of rope, this year we'll surprise a few teams at home. .500 in conference will be something to be proud of with this group. Year two make the tournament and year three it needs to be the DeVries vision and we need to be sweet 16ish. That's reasonable. We will get pummeled by a few teams this year.

Keep your eyes on all of the juniors and under that play C and PG. They'll probably hit the portal.

I enjoy watching this team. I think it's the type of style that will be enticing to talented 3 and d players as we move forward. Someone with Ke'el Ware's skill set would make the ideal 5 for us. I think we can find that on the oversees market. I don't think right now is the ideal roster for DD. There are glimpses of it. I look forward to the middle of the pack games we play. There are great stylistic match-ups there. I think we're a .500 team in conference. Louisville is the worst possible match-up for us because they're the same team except in year 2, deeper and more talented. I think we'll get stomped. Kentucky on the road will be tough too. 19-12 going into the conference tournament. There will worse teams than us make the tournament. I'm not sure we can.

I believe we will get one 5☆ or player in the top 25. I'm not sure who. A big or pg would be great.

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.

I think I have to agree with hoosierfan. As big as a cluster f as the first couple months of the DD era was, he does have an exceptional group of recruiters now that he appears to be lock step with. Taylor, Almond, Moody and Rippey is my guess. I wouldn't rule out another shooter foreign or domestic. If we retain everyone, we may not be in the portal business much moving forward, which would suit me just fine. It looks like a 3 year plan, but maybe that's the best way to build a culture.