2018 General Recruiting Thread

[Josh 13,023]

I try not to be the grammar police, but IU legend Isiah Thomas deserves to have his name spelled correctly on here.

[Stuhoo 86,552]

I try not to be the grammar police, but IU legend Isiah Thomas deserves to have his name spelled correctly on here.

 

True!

But ya gotta admit, a big part of the reason it's spelled wrong so often is because Mary Thomas gave her kid a counterintuitive spelling of that first name.

[mdn82 25,970]

I guess you could argue that Isaiah had the benefit of Witman, Landon, Ray and Kitchel. Isaiah joined a strong program with a HOF coach whereas Cody joined a much different team, could have gone anywhere, and along with Vic he led a team that could have won it all. Give them a HOF coach and maybe the results are similar.  
Now I do agree that Isaiah was something special. He was my favorite player as a kid and one of the key reasons I became a fan. I definitely put him well ahead of Cody but I think when a guy who could go anywhere but comes to a team at the bottom of the standings and helps lead them to where he got us sounds like a transcendent player.
 

That is fair. We have a difference of opinion on that, but that's what makes the site fun man. Good discussion!


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[HoosierSadaseci 2,698]

I don't mean to be the message board police, but I thought this was a recruiting thread. 

[mdn82 25,970]

I don't mean to be the message board police, but I thought this was a recruiting thread. 

And we stopped 19 hours ago, so yes you are being the message board police.


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[mdn82 25,970]

Plus the bulk of the discussion went back to Romeo being a must get. Some believe he is, others don't. Thought that is what a general recruiting thread is for. Specific recruit info is in their own thread.


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[Yogi's Picnic Basket 5,004]

Nate Hinton seems to have moved on. Visits scheduled for Cincy and FSU coming up per Corey Evans. Doesn't mention us either. 

[HoosierAloha 30,100]

(Thought from the Garland thread)

IF (!) we could land both Garland and Romeo with Jones improvement we could have the backcourt to compete at a national level.

Davis and Morgan as upperclassmen starters with experience. Moore, Smith, and Hunter as versatile wings. Thompson backing up the bigs. Green, Phinisee, and Anderson getting some run too.

That's a legit Final Four team if our bigs stay healthy.

[Brass Cannon 25,176]

58 minutes ago, HoosierAloha said:

(Thought from the Garland thread)

IF (!) we could land both Garland and Romeo with Jones improvement we could have the backcourt to compete at a national level.

Davis and Morgan as upperclassmen starters with experience. Moore, Smith, and Hunter as versatile wings. Thompson backing up the bigs. Green, Phinisee, and Anderson getting some run too.

That's a legit Final Four team if our bigs stay healthy.
 

Yep we have the team to sell them on that luckily. Hopefully it works

[Class of '66 Old Fart 88,229]

Food for Thought

Nick Baumgart‏ @Nick_Baumgart  
 According to 247, last 10 IU classes:
'09 18th nationally 
'10 96th 
'11 40th
'12 7th
'13 4th
'14 21st
'15 32nd
'16 22nd
'17 18th
'18 4th*  [jury still out on where the '18 class will end up]

[Hoosier Guy 8,098]

37 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Food for Thought

Nick Baumgart‏ @Nick_Baumgart  
 According to 247, last 10 IU classes:
'09 18th nationally 
'10 96th 
'11 40th
'12 7th
'13 4th
'14 21st
'15 32nd
'16 22nd
'17 18th
'18 4th*  [jury still out on where the '18 class will end up]

Archie is gonna kill it at IU

[moyemayhem 1,540]

Food for Thought
Nick Baumgart‏ @Nick_Baumgart  
 According to 247, last 10 IU classes:
'09 18th nationally 
'10 96th 
'11 40th
'12 7th
'13 4th
'14 21st
'15 32nd
'16 22nd
'17 18th
'18 4th*  [jury still out on where the '18 class will end up]

It's a little ironic since 2010 was probably our most productive class on a per player basis (Oladipo and Sheehey). Every other class had some duds... And I'm NOT trying to make this an argument on the value of rankings .


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[HoosierAloha 30,100]

PG-
Darius Garland (7) Offer
Jalen Carey (81) Offer
Robert Phinisee (94) Offer
 
SG-
Romeo Langford (3) Offer
Dwayne Cohill (56)
Luguentz Dort (63) Offer
Robbie Carmody (84)
Eric Ayala (103) Offer
Eric Hunter (105)
TJ Moss (123)
 
SF-
Louis King (26) Offfer
Darius Bazley (55)
Jerome Hunter (107)
Cole Swider (137) Offer
Musa Jallow (141) Offer
Damezi Anderson (144)
Kevin Easley (191)
Nahziah Carter (323)
 
PF-
Race Thompson (73) Offer
Brandon Johns (55)
 
C-
Moses Brown (8)
 
 
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Not sure this is 100% accurate but updated a bit. A Garland/Romeo combo would be a perfect way to finish this class off. I'm not opposed to Forrester either.

PG-
Darius Garland (8) Offer
Jalen Carey (50) Offer
Robert Phinisee (101) Verbal
 
SG-
Romeo Langford (5) Offer
Luguentz Dort (28) Offer
 
SF-
Jerome Hunter (62) Verbal
Damezi Anderson (85) Verbal
 
PF-
Race Thompson (73) Commit 2017
Jake Forrester (156) Offer

 
C-
Moses Brown (10)

[HoosierAloha 30,100]

(Thought from the Garland thread)

IF (!) we could land both Garland and Romeo with Jones improvement we could have the backcourt to compete at a national level.

Davis and Morgan as upperclassmen starters with experience. Moore, Smith, and Hunter as versatile wings. Thompson backing up the bigs. Green, Phinisee, and Anderson getting some run too.

That's a legit Final Four team if our bigs stay healthy.

A depth chart of..

Garland (fr 8), Green (jr 241), Phinisee (fr 101)
Romeo (fr 5), Jones (jr 74), Durham (so 230)
Smith (so 77), Hunter (fr 62), Anderson (fr 85)
Morgan (jr 110), Moore (so 154)
Davis (jr 41), Thompson (rs fr 101)

That roster has a lot of talent and experience. The starting backcourt would be young and inexperienced but we could balance that with bringing in Green and Jones off the bench. Durham could play a role as a lockdown perimeter defender.

We would be a bit inexperienced on the wing with Smith but Morgan could help with that. I believe Smith would be a great fit with this lineup too.

We have experience and talent down low but not real deep. Morgan or Thompson will have to be able to defend bigs when Davis is out.

It's a long shot but I'd be selling this to Romeo and Garland. Hopefully they're talking and thinking something similar!

[CR3AMnCR1MS0N 1,867]

A depth chart of..

Garland (fr 8), Green (jr 241), Phinisee (fr 101)
Romeo (fr 5), Jones (jr 74), Durham (so 230)
Smith (so 77), Hunter (fr 62), Anderson (fr 85)
Morgan (jr 110), Moore (so 154)
Davis (jr 41), Thompson (rs fr 101)

That roster has a lot of talent and experience. The starting backcourt would be young and inexperienced but we could balance that with bringing in Green and Jones off the bench. Durham could play a role as a lockdown perimeter defender.

We would be a bit inexperienced on the wing with Smith but Morgan could help with that. I believe Smith would be a great fit with this lineup too.

We have experience and talent down low but not real deep. Morgan or Thompson will have to be able to defend bigs when Davis is out.

It's a long shot but I'd be selling this to Romeo and Garland. Hopefully they're talking and thinking something similar!

Won't Morgan be a SR in 18?

[Hoosierfan2017 23,968]

16 minutes ago, CR3AMnCR1MS0N said:

 

Won't Morgan be a SR in 18?

 

Yes, unfortunately. 

[Trish 13,246]

Langford coming to HH... 

 

https://twitter.com/JeffRabjohns/status/906187951545176066

[Brass Cannon 25,176]

9 minutes ago, Treesh said:

Langford coming to HH... 

According to his father. News broke on twitter for anybody wondering. 

Hopefully Garland is there too. 

[Yogi's Picnic Basket 5,004]

Langford is coming to HH per his dad. Also worth noting he may just take it as a unofficial and STILL use an official on IU. That is the cherry on top part. Either way I am so glad he is coming. Great atmosphere specially with Archie here now and his name will be chanted a lot I would suspect. Now let's get Garland on campus that night too.

[Yogi's Picnic Basket 5,004]

Should have clarified an official will be used to IU regardless. Whether for HH or another time.