Asha’man

The market got inflated bc of revenue sharing this coming year.

He also has a Michigan #1 and Michigan even thinks their top portal guy will never play there. He will end up going pro over actually playing at Michigan. So they will drop. The rest of his list I can make a case of IU actually being a better roster than each. Likely? No. But IU will be top half of the conference and make the face without a bubble. Which is all I care about for next year. I believe we have a top 25 roster when healthy.

Could be close. 2 mil each for DeVries and Wilkerson, that’s 4 mil. Than $500,000 each for 10 guys and that’s $5 mil. Add together for $9 mil. Seems to me more than likely we are at $10 mil or well over it for a 13 man roster, once its complete. I still believe you are a star gazer and want buzz. I want wins. Both would be great but that wasn’t ever going to happen unless we spent like $20 mil and just poached from every top team.

Wait until the players become employees. They exclude people from being eligible to work bc of “eligibility”, I smell lawsuit. We will have 30 year olds playing for IU for a decade. True minor league at that point.

Going euroball

Who is their starting 5? Last I looked and it’s been weeks ago, they didn’t even have a starting 5.

Fed squared and then get a freshman to help balance the classes a bit. But if one isn’t available that fits then a younger transfer with some years left, like Harris.

Yup they are going to make enough money that they can have whatever fun they want. It’s definitely business.

I mean do we want to promote the party lifestyle as a key recruiting tactic? We want grinders not party animals. I’m sure they will all have their fun but let’s not make it a key selling point. Sell basketball first.

Are you sure it’s not “Love Like Cousins”?

https://www.barttorvik.com/trankpre.php since Torvik keeps getting talked about. Here is the link to his 2025-26 projections.

Making the athletic department its own company is probably the next wave coming. Ends any academics complaining about the money on the sports side of things.

Not really a test of optimism. This kid is a clear bench piece and young. He will develop this year or will get recruited over. But he has good measurable and put up points and rebounds vs better competition than kids going to high school in Indiana.

As a fan, I’m a fan of the team and rarely follow players after they are gone. Tweet or no tweet, it doesn’t matter. Fresh start or keep a player from last year, doesn’t matter. In the words of Al Davis “just win baby”

Yeah he is a depth piece. Still need to get one of the bigs that have been talked about here all week.