(2019) SG Brandon Newman to Purdue

[Bowhunter]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

I'm not counting out anyone who has an offer. I think right now Brooks is at MSU, UK and us. I could see it going any of the three ways

In that order?

[Choopy]

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[Chris007]

6 minutes ago, Bowhunter said:

In that order?

MSU first and UK & IU 2A & 2B

[Hoosier Guy]

Not doubting you Chris. But I find it hard to believe Brooks goes to Michigan State over UK or IU. Recruiting though so who knows

[akinnaird24]

2 minutes ago, Hoosier Guy said:

Not doubting you Chris. But I find it hard to believe Brooks goes to Michigan State over UK or IU. Recruiting though so who knows

Not sure how it is hard to believe that. Would be nice to see the hammer come down on MSU like the program deserves though.

[VO5]

56 minutes ago, Choopy said:

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Where did you find that at?

[Chris007]

36 minutes ago, Hoosier Guy said:

Not doubting you Chris. But I find it hard to believe Brooks goes to Michigan State over UK or IU. Recruiting though so who knows

Izzo was the first on him and I think they respect that. He asked me as of today, not where he goes

[Hoosier Guy]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

Izzo was the first on him and I think they respect that. He asked me as of today, not where he goes

That does make a difference with some recruits. We’ll see how it goes

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Brooks picking MSU would be tough to handle. Honestly, losing any 1st tier Indiana players to any B1G school is tough.




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[Hoosier Guy]

I still believe IU will get him. But it’s going to be a battle

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

Izzo was the first on him and I think they respect that. He asked me as of today, not where he goes

Context means everything doesn't it.

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[VO5]

FWIW, we received a crystal ball pick tonight from Alec Kinsky. 

[GnarlyNormEllenberger]

I have no inside information, but this recruitment seems to share similarities with Damezi Anderson's recruitment...

Last year, it was no secret that Anderson was a top Purdue target. He admitted it in an interview. He was a Northern Indiana guy... the one area in the state where Purdue seemed to have an advantage over IU. A number of people were saying that he was Purdue's to lose. But that went on for a couple of months, yet he never committed. Meanwhile, Archie and Co. was still recruiting him, albeit withholding an offer until the staff was completely sure he was worthy. Then, Archie offered while he unofficially visited. Evidently it was a game-changer because a few weeks later he became a Hoosier. And Purdue lost him.

Now, we have Newman. Another Northern Indiana guy. Offered by Purdue early this month. Message board chatter claiming that put them in the driver's seat and that he was a top target for Matt Painter. While it's only been a few weeks since the Purdue offer, he still hasn't committed to them yet. Meanwhile, Archie and Co. has kept tabs on him all this time and still recruited him. Then, he gets an offer this week while unofficially visiting campus. And one crystal baller has already thrown his prediction to IU...

What's going to happen? I don't know. I do know that I think Newman is a good player. Personally, I like him better than Armaan Franklin, although some rankings disagree with me. I was impressed with his play at Valparaiso last year. He's a good shooter, but there seems to be more to his game than that. Seems to be quite active.. can hit the boards, fill up the stat sheet. And his team had a pretty good season playing 4A ball. Doing well thus far this summer in AAU, too. Not GREAT size at 6'3 and not a PG, but I think he's got the potential to be a good "2" guard in the Big Ten. Definitely could see him as a double-figure scorer at some point in his career at any Big Ten school.

As an IU fan, do I want him? Sure. Right now for 2019-2020, we'll only have three ball-handling guards with Green, Durham and Phinisee. None of which are known to be shooters. Newman can fill that role and still provide other things to help the team win. He's not the highest rated player, but he's still on the radar. He's a top player in the state and if we want to focus on nabbing the top players from the state, I think he qualifies. I'd love to have guys like Carton or Lewis or Ramsey, but if our chances on those guys are lower... Newman would be a great consolation prize. We could still use a PG like Carton or Lewis, but if we're talking a 4-man class, there's a spot for Newman.

Do I think we'll get him? Hard to say. Just a (probably biased) gut feeling... if Archie REALLY wants him, I think we'll get him. As in, Archie makes him a top priority. Over guys like Ramsey, etc. But if he's deemed as more of a tier-two guy throughout the rest of the summer, I think he'll head elsewhere. Just my opinion.

[Stromboli]

Jerry Meyer CB pick to Indiana.

 

 

[VO5]

I’m definitely not opposed to adding Newman. Seems like a guy Archie would thrive with. Athleticism, Defense, and 3 point shooting. Yes please 

[hoosierpap]

Like Gnarly said, if Archie wants him I think he gets him. Slow playing it is smart at this point though

[Stuhoo]

In my opinion? Best of all worlds for IU...currently.

In saying that, I strongly believe that DJ Carton is the guard that IU is most enamored, with serious interest in Ramsey, and that we are slow playing Newman, Franklin, and probably Curtis from Ohio.

The beauty of it is that IU and Michigan have a visit this week from Carton, and as Bozich said on his ITH podcast this week, the fact that the IU and Michigan visits this week are official visits is telling. To paraphrase Bozich's logic, if Carton takes these two official visits and thereafter decides to wait for the fall, and then schedules other official visits in the fall, that is a pretty clear sign that IU will not be his first choice.

So, the beauty of the situation is that we can slow play the other guards, but we don't have to do so for very long.

 

[hoosierpap]

3 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

In my opinion? Best of all worlds for IU...currently.

In saying that, I strongly believe that DJ Carton is the guard that IU is most enamored, with serious interest in Ramsey, and that we are slow playing Newman, Franklin, and probably Curtis from Ohio.

The beauty of it is that IU and Michigan have a visit this week from Carton, and as Bozich said on his ITH podcast this week, the fact that the IU and Michigan visits this week are official visits is telling. To paraphrase Bozich's logic, if Carton takes these two official visits and thereafter decides to wait for the fall, and then schedules other official visits in the fall, that is a pretty clear sign that IU will not be his first choice.

So, the beauty of the situation is that we can slow play the other guards, but we don't have to do so for very long.

 

Exactly. OV's before July eval on a top kid indicate an impending commitment. If it doesn't happen and it goes until fall, something changed. Could things swing back, sure, it's recruiting. But IU should know the general situation in the next week and a half

[Stuhoo]

38 minutes ago, hoosierpap said:

Exactly. OV's before July eval on a top kid indicate an impending commitment. If it doesn't happen and it goes until fall, something changed. Could things swing back, sure, it's recruiting. But IU should know the general situation in the next week and a half

 

So we can "slow play" a fantastic get like Newman without really slow-playing him!

 

[Bowhunter]

I don’t think we are slow playing Newman. We would take him today or tomorrow.