2019 General Recruiting Thread

[Bailey7878]

In my case the Priller reference was more of a joke, rather than thinking this kid is Priller,  as I still can’t believe we signed a player that only had an offer from Incarnate Word. That was just unbelievable. 

Crean thought he was lights out from deep and april was a big body banger with nba potential.


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[Bailey7878]

I'm all for getting guys who can flat out play. I'm not convinced Wyndham can do that at Big 10 level. But perhaps he can. Personally I'd rather give a scholarship to a highly rated guy who can flat out play. Maybe at this point, we can't land such a guy.

It might be our recruiting is falling off. Maybe no big names are interested.

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[Bailey7878]

What is your definition of flat out playing? Playing on a team that makes the tourney? He was headed to Georgia St who made the tourney and we didn't. He's not Brooks but I don't think he is a reach either. 

What makes you say that? Most of us never heard of him and now all of a sudden he can play in the big ten? I swear every guy we ever recruit is going to be a stud until he cant get off the bench.

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[rcbowla]

Don't give a crap about rankings. Personality trait #1 in my book is being driven not to lose. I want players that hate losing even more than enjoy winning. With that I want guys that don't care if they get their averages as long as they don't lose. If this kid has that then I'm sold.

 

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[finky]

Looks like Keion might be coming to play hoops at IU after all.  He just decommitted from Kentucky

[Chris007]

1 minute ago, Bailey7878 said:

What makes you say that? Most of us never heard of him and now all of a sudden he can play in the big ten? I swear every guy we ever recruit is going to be a stud until he cant get off the bench.

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Never heard of him? He's going to be an Indiana All-Star. I guess I just thought most people follow Indiana high school basketball. I don't know if he will contribute next year but he shoots the 3 well and is 6'5 who defends well. 

[Chris007]

Just now, finky said:

Looks like Keion might be coming to play hoops at IU after all.  He just decommitted from Kentucky

No April fools jokes today

[finky]

3 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

No April fools jokes today

I had too 

[Yogi's Picnic Basket]

Jalen Windham can flat out shoot it. He's not a spot up shooter either, which is awesome. He can create his own shots & plays hungry. Ben Davis had a few really good players, so Windham's stats may not pop off the page, but he does have a little Desmond Bane in him. I'm not saying he's gonna be him, but it wouldn't shock me either.

With Brunk visiting today it means Archie is more focused on him since until the quiet/dead period is over, he can't really do much as far as in homes or use official visits. Brunk is doing an unofficial which is an option for other guys too, but this late most will likely wait a week.

[Hillsdale87]

The fact that Indiana is talking to Windham is just good due diligence. A player from Indiana at a position of need is available. It doesn't mean he has priority over Beverly, Quinones, or any of the potential grad transfers. 

That said, we need shooters, and if Windham can do that really well, then he's worth consideration. For instance, if he can shoot the 3 at 40+% and play decent defense but not much else, I'd probably rather have him than Beverly, who's a much better all around player but, at least at this point, not much of an outside shooting threat. We saw this year that it doesn't matter how good a player is if he's constantly driving into double teams.

I just looked at Zeisloft's recruiting page, and he didn't even have a ranking. And I don't think that's too inaccurate considering he really couldn't do much other than shoot 3s. He shot 35 2s in 69 games at IU. But his ability to do one thing really well made us a much more dangerous team. Not everybody needs to be a top recruit. Yes, we want mostly top 100 guys. But sprinkling in some low rated specialists is going to help too.

[Brass Cannon]

12 minutes ago, Free Jurkin! said:

The fact that Indiana is talking to Windham is just good due diligence. A player from Indiana at a position of need is available. It doesn't mean he has priority over Beverly, Quinones, or any of the potential grad transfers. 

That said, we need shooters, and if Windham can do that really well, then he's worth consideration. For instance, if he can shoot the 3 at 40+% and play decent defense but not much else, I'd probably rather have him than Beverly, who's a much better all around player but, at least at this point, not much of an outside shooting threat. We saw this year that it doesn't matter how good a player is if he's constantly driving into double teams.

I just looked at Zeisloft's recruiting page, and he didn't even have a ranking. And I don't think that's too inaccurate considering he really couldn't do much other than shoot 3s. He shot 35 2s in 69 games at IU. But his ability to do one thing really well made us a much more dangerous team. Not everybody needs to be a top recruit. Yes, we want mostly top 100 guys. But sprinkling in some low rated specialists is going to help too.

Then why didn’t we do our good diligence last year?

[Uspshoosier]

2 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

Then why didn’t we do our good diligence last year?

Maybe they did and he didn’t track like they wanted. Then he worked his butt off during the season and got better and it caught the staffs eye once his recruitment opened back up.


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[cthomas]

2 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Then why didn’t we do our good diligence last year?

Who's to say we didn't. I'm sure the staff sees tons of kids that they like but who are not priorities for one reason or another. The fact that there is interest now tells me they were well aware of his skill set.

[ap2345]

IU’s staff watched him several times during the summer. Did they show interest in him? Probably not. But they also had Brooks, Carton and others as priorities at the time.


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[Hoosierfan2017]

Sounds like the kid has the potential to become an elite 3 point shooter. You don't shoot 46% over the summer on accident. I'm not worried about his recruiting ranking. Aaron Henry wasn't highly rated at all and he's starting on a final four team as a freshman.

There's something to be said about a player who plays with toughness and an edge to them. All season long we complained that our players were soft, they didn't show heart, etc. Now that Archie is after a kid who has the traits we've been wanting all year people complain that he doesn't have enough stars next to his name or a good enough offer list.

[Bailey7878]

Looks like Keion might be coming to play hoops at IU after all.  He just decommitted from Kentucky

Lol nice try.

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[DChoosier]

18 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Sounds like the kid has the potential to become an elite 3 point shooter. You don't shoot 46% over the summer on accident. I'm not worried about his recruiting ranking. Aaron Henry wasn't highly rated at all and he's starting on a final four team as a freshman.

There's something to be said about a play who plays with toughness and an edge to them. All season long we complained that our players were soft, they didn't show heart, etc. Now that Archie is after a kid who has the traits we've been wanting all year people complain that he doesn't have enough stars next to his name or a good enough offer list.

Henry was a Rivals four star that had offers from 4 Big Ten schools, Xavier, Butler and others.......

I’m not complaining about Archie’s offer nor do I care about the lack of stars. Just wondering why an Indiana All Star that is a dead eye 3 point shooter, can create his own shot, has good size, was visible being on TJD’s AAU team and playing in Indy, did not attract offers from any power schools or ISU/Ball State/Valpo etc. etc.  I have never seen him play so I think that’s a legitimate question. Maybe he just slipped through the cracks, greatly improved his senior year....Just was asking/wondering.

[Hillsdale87]

23 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Maybe they did and he didn’t track like they wanted. Then he worked his but off during the season and got better and it caught the staffs eye once his recruitment opened back up.


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Right. Not everybody develops at the same pace. I haven't seen him play, but it's possible he showed a lot more in his high school season than he had showed before. 

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

Looks like Keion might be coming to play hoops at IU after all.  He just decommitted from Kentucky

April Fools

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[Bailey7878]

Right. Not everybody develops at the same pace. I haven't seen him play, but it's possible he showed a lot more in his high school season than he had showed before. 

Lets hope so. He was ranked 25th in the state per 247.

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