2020 General Recruiting Thread

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

It is official.  Kiyron Powell commits to Houston.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Seems

2 spots left most likely.

1. Garcia, Loveday, Ferguson-Brown

2. Diarra, Love, RJ Davis (all seem like long shots)

3. Would like Cross, but not feeling that either.

Who’s it gonna be. Someone not named?


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[Brass Cannon]

11 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Seems

2 spots left most likely.

1. Garcia, Loveday, Ferguson-Brown

2. Diarra, Love, RJ Davis (all seem like long shots)

3. Would like Cross, but not feeling that either.

Who’s it gonna be. Someone not named?


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Want Garcia and a grad transfer PG

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

I think we'll land one of Loveday, Garcia or Ferguson-Brown but have no idea beyond that.

[JaybobHoosier]

I think we'll land one of Loveday, Garcia or Ferguson-Brown but have no idea beyond that.

Agreed. I think we will for sure get a big, just curious about a PG with potentially Lander waiting in the wing. Really like how this class is shaping up to be.


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[barrettballer]

I’d prefer to land a big man and call it a day for this class. Save as many scholarships for 2021 as you possibly can state is oozing with talent


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[Uspshoosier]

Seems

2 spots left most likely.

1. Garcia, Loveday, Ferguson-Brown

2. Diarra, Love, RJ Davis (all seem like long shots)

3. Would like Cross, but not feeling that either.

Who’s it gonna be. Someone not named?


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Cross is Archie’s number 1. No matter who else IU would get he would find a spot for him. Cross is his top target.


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[HoosierAloha]

I’d prefer to land a big man and call it a day for this class. Save as many scholarships for 2021 as you possibly can state is oozing with talent


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If possible, I’d like to see us go the grad transfer route for a pg so we get the best of both worlds. We have a backup to Phin and he only takes a scholly for one year before, hopefully, Lander arrives in Btown.

This might be a small factor for Lander but I hope that Phin and Green play well together this season to kind of show Lander that Phin can play next to another ball handler/play maker.


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[HoosierDYT]

Since his recruitment will be over in the next couple weeks, do we still lead for Cross considering he took two unexpected visits to A&M and Florida?


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[Brass Cannon]

4 minutes ago, HoosierDYT said:

Since his recruitment will be over in the next couple weeks, do we still lead for Cross considering he took two unexpected visits to A&M and Florida?


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When’s his announcement day?

[HoosierDYT]

When’s his announcement day?

Doesn’t have one to my knowledge, but multiple sources say he wants to be committed by the end of August


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[ap2345]

I’d prefer to land a big man and call it a day for this class. Save as many scholarships for 2021 as you possibly can state is oozing with talent


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Pretty sure Archie has said he has been planning on this class to be a 4 man class and 2021 to be a 3 man class.


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[Uspshoosier]

Since his recruitment will be over in the next couple weeks, do we still lead for Cross considering he took two unexpected visits to A&M and Florida?


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He still has to take the A&M official. After that sounds like a decision won’t be too far after. I still think IU has as good as chance as anyone and with Archie prioritizing Cross and basically taking over his recruitment as the lead guy I think that will stand out. Archie is all-in on Cross


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[HoosierDYT]

He still has to take the A&M official. After that sounds like a decision won’t be too far after. I still think IU has as good as chance as anyone and with Archie prioritizing Cross and basically taking over his recruitment as the lead guy I think that will stand out. Archie is all-in on Cross


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Glad to hear. Thanks


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[Hardwood83]

1 hour ago, Uspshoosier said:

He still has to take the A&M official. After that sounds like a decision won’t be too far after. I still think IU has as good as chance as anyone and with Archie prioritizing Cross and basically taking over his recruitment as the lead guy I think that will stand out. Archie is all-in on Cross


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Hmmm, I'm certainly not against taking Cross, but it seems odd when a PG and Big seem like much greater needs, at least to me.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

My current list of '20 offers.  I think we'd all agree there are names in the top group that are not going to play college ball at IU but we do have an outstanding offer and there's been no clear outward indication from the target that we're off his list.

Name	Pos.	247	AAU Team	Location		Offered	Committed
Brakefield, Jaemyn	PF	4	Phenom U	Huntington, WV		06.26.19
Jalen Bridges	SF	4	Wildcats Select	Fairmont, WV		06.24.19
Cross, Matt	PF	4	BABC	Wolfeboro, NH		04.28.19
Davis, R. J.	CG	4	The Rens	White Plains, NY		05.01.19
Diarra, Hassan	PG	4	PSA Cardinals	Putnam, CT		05.23.19
Brown-Ferguson, Javonte	C	N/A	Canada Elite			08.01.19
Galloway, Trey	SG	4	Indiana Elite 2020	Culver, IN		04.29.19	07.26.19
Garcia, Dawson	PF	4	D1 Minnesota	Prior Lake, MN		04.30.19
Geronimo, Jordan	SF	N/A	Mass Rivals	Concord, NH		07.20.19
Leal, Anthony	SG	4	Indiana Elite 2020	Bloomington, IN		04.29.19	08.09.19
Love, Caleb	PG	4	Bradley Beal Elite	St. Louis, MO		07.29.18
Loveday, Zach	C	4	Wildcats Select	Huntington, WV		06.15.18
Steward, D. J.	PG	4	MeanStreets	Oak Park, IL		05.12.19
		2020 OFFERS - COMMITTED ELSEWHERE					Committed/Leaning
Burnett, Nimari	G	4	Team WhyNot	California		07.27.18	L'ville/Tx Tech/Bama/MI/Oregon
Jackson, Andre	SF	4	City Rocks	Albany, NY		07.21.18	UCLA/'Cuse/UConn/MD/Iowa
Jackson, Isaiah	PF	5	The Family Detroit	Waterford, MI		07.31.18	No mutual interest
Morton, Ethan	PG	4	The Rens	Butler, PA		04.25.18	PUke 05.09.19

[HoosierAloha]

Some recent posts in the Matt Cross thread got me thinking...

Would we take Cross and Geronimo to close out the 2020 class? I know they’re different players but we’ve already signed two wings (Galloway possibly being able to play limited minutes at point) for the 2020 class.

Phin has the point locked down but after that we’ll have a lot of wings. I trust a senior Durham to run backup point for Phin to get a breather here and there. After that we won’t really have a lead guard on the roster. Do we need another point in 2020 to backup Phin or can we wait until 2021 to go all in on Lander?

2020 roster
PG - Phin, Durham
Wings - Durham, Anderson, Hunter, Franklin, Leal, Galloway, Geronimo (if we land him)
Big Wings - Smith, Thompson, Jackson-Davis, Cross
Bigs - Brunk, Thompson, Jackson-Davis

That would leave us with 3 open scholarships for 2021 but we’d only have one true point on the roster for 2020-2021. We’d also be somewhat thin at the true big position.


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[Brass Cannon]

5 minutes ago, HoosierAloha said:

Some recent posts in the Matt Cross thread got me thinking...

Would we take Cross and Geronimo to close out the 2020 class? I know they’re different players but we’ve already signed two wings (Galloway possibly being able to play limited minutes at point) for the 2020 class.

Phin has the point locked down but after that we’ll have a lot of wings. I trust a senior Durham to run backup point for Phin to get a breather here and there. After that we won’t really have a lead guard on the roster. Do we need another point in 2020 to backup Phin or can we wait until 2021 to go all in on Lander?

2020 roster
PG - Phin, Durham
Wings - Durham, Anderson, Hunter, Franklin, Leal, Galloway, Geronimo (if we land him)
Big Wings - Smith, Thompson, Jackson-Davis, Cross
Bigs - Brunk, Thompson, Jackson-Davis

That would leave us with 3 open scholarships for 2021 but we’d only have one true point on the roster for 2020-2021. We’d also be somewhat thin at the true big position.


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I totally could see that happening. That much easier to attract the 1 and 2 Indiana players in 21. Who are a big and a point. 

[Chris007]

22 minutes ago, HoosierAloha said:

Some recent posts in the Matt Cross thread got me thinking...

Would we take Cross and Geronimo to close out the 2020 class? I know they’re different players but we’ve already signed two wings (Galloway possibly being able to play limited minutes at point) for the 2020 class.

Phin has the point locked down but after that we’ll have a lot of wings. I trust a senior Durham to run backup point for Phin to get a breather here and there. After that we won’t really have a lead guard on the roster. Do we need another point in 2020 to backup Phin or can we wait until 2021 to go all in on Lander?

2020 roster
PG - Phin, Durham
Wings - Durham, Anderson, Hunter, Franklin, Leal, Galloway, Geronimo (if we land him)
Big Wings - Smith, Thompson, Jackson-Davis, Cross
Bigs - Brunk, Thompson, Jackson-Davis

That would leave us with 3 open scholarships for 2021 but we’d only have one true point on the roster for 2020-2021. We’d also be somewhat thin at the true big position.


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I do know that Franklin has been running some point to just have another ball-handler in the future. 

[Demo]

50 minutes ago, HoosierAloha said:

Some recent posts in the Matt Cross thread got me thinking...

Would we take Cross and Geronimo to close out the 2020 class? I know they’re different players but we’ve already signed two wings (Galloway possibly being able to play limited minutes at point) for the 2020 class.

Phin has the point locked down but after that we’ll have a lot of wings. I trust a senior Durham to run backup point for Phin to get a breather here and there. After that we won’t really have a lead guard on the roster. Do we need another point in 2020 to backup Phin or can we wait until 2021 to go all in on Lander?

2020 roster
PG - Phin, Durham
Wings - Durham, Anderson, Hunter, Franklin, Leal, Galloway, Geronimo (if we land him)
Big Wings - Smith, Thompson, Jackson-Davis, Cross
Bigs - Brunk, Thompson, Jackson-Davis

That would leave us with 3 open scholarships for 2021 but we’d only have one true point on the roster for 2020-2021. We’d also be somewhat thin at the true big position.


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Wouldn’t be my preference, but if the staff desires that kind of roster makeup, I can see it. Would rather see 1 or the other, my minimally informed opinion would be Geronimo, and a big, preferably with rim protection skills.