(2021) PG Khristian Lander to Western Kentucky U.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

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Name: Khristian Lander

Position: Point Guard

247Sports Composite Ranking: No. 16

Recruiting: Indiana, Louisville, Illinois, Kansas, Purdue, Ohio State, Iowa

The Indiana native got off to a little bit of a slow start, but the final few days of camp he was tremendous. Lander has good size, excellent athleticism, and then he was really making shots. Also, Lander did a good job of not shot jacking, and getting his teammates involved. He is one of the fastest players in the country with the ball, and now that his shot is coming along, Lander looks nearly impossible to defend. Add in that he continues to grow, and there is a lot to like about his long term future.

[Alford Bailey]

Gotta think more big time schools get involved here.

[Jeff_Boy_Ardee]

I would say he’s Michigan’s once Juwan gets settled and gets
Involved


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[mookied39]

14 minutes ago, Jeff_Boy_Ardee said:

I would say he’s Michigan’s once Juwan gets settled and gets
Involved


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Why do you say that?

[Jeff_Boy_Ardee]

Why do you say that?

 

Been said that he’s a been a huge Michigan fan his entire life and it has always been a school he’s wanted to play for.

 

If Juwan can use any of his NBA experience and connections half as well as Penny has I would say it would be pretty

Hard to pull him away from them.

 

 

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[Uspshoosier]

 
Been said that he’s a been a huge Michigan fan his entire life and it has always been a school he’s wanted to play for.
 
If Juwan can use any of his NBA experience and connections half as well as Penny has I would say it would be pretty
Hard to pull him away from them.
 
 
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It’s also been said that is way overblown


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[Uspshoosier]

Ostrom watching Lander today


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[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Ole Miss offered today.

[SlamaJamaSisley]

1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Ole Miss offered today.

Murray State as well.  

[Chris007]

10 hours ago, InArchWeTrust said:

Murray State as well.  

I'm guessing they sold him on being the next Ja Morant

[SlamaJamaSisley]

Just now, Chris007 said:

I'm guessing they sold him on being the next Ja Morant

Yep, I am sure that is correct.  I'd say similar to Archie selling RoMeO and the Lottery ... probably to Lander too.  

[HoosierFan1994]

17 hours ago, InArchWeTrust said:

Murray State as well.  

I think Murray offered Kiyron Powell. Khristian just Rt'd it. 

[SlamaJamaSisley]

5 minutes ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

I think Murray offered Kiyron Powell. Khristian just Rt'd it. 

Thanks for clarifying!  

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Big year for Archie. Recruiting already feeling the affects of lackluster results.


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[Brass Cannon]

8 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Big year for Archie. Recruiting already feeling the affects of lackluster results.


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Yep critical to get some solid guys signed before season starts and then the season has to go better than expected. 

 

[HoosierRobbie]

Huge year for Archie, if we have another non tournament year and he misses on his big targets in 2021 (lander, Kaufman) hard to see him surviving after that.


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[HoosierFan1994]

19 minutes ago, HoosierRobbie said:

Huge year for Archie, if we have another non tournament year and he misses on his big targets in 2021 (lander, Kaufman) hard to see him surviving after that.


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100% agree. I said this at the start of the offseason. I can't see Lander and Kaufman and others coming to IU after four straight years of missing the tournament. If they miss the tournament this year, it just tells you the roster isn't working. 

[HoosierFan1994]

2 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

Yep critical to get some solid guys signed before season starts and then the season has to go better than expected. 

 

I think so too. IF Archie misses the tournament again the only way I see him keeping his job is if  Lander or Kaufman committed. BIG BIG year. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Osterman in IndyStar -

HOOVER, Ala. – Indiana has prioritized Khristian Lander in 2021 for as long as it has anyone in the Class of 2021. That only intensified last weekend at the Adidas Gauntlet championship in Alabama.

Playing up a year with Indiana Elite, Lander had IU associate head coach Tom Ostrom courtside for every one of his games at the Hoover Met Complex. By the second day of the evaluation weekend, head coach Archie Miller had joined him, and the pair caught all of Elite’s games into the third day of action.

That strategy served multiple purposes, with 2020 targets Anthony Leal (Bloomington South) and Trey Galloway (Culver Academy) also playing on that team. But Lander, a five-star point guard, probably sits as high up the wish list as anyone, regardless of class, and IU has made sure he knows it.

“They’ve communicate with me about two, three times a week,” Lander said, referring to Miller and Ostrom. “I’m continuing to build my relationship with them.”

Currently 247Sports’ No. 1 prospect in Indiana in his class (No. 18 overall), Lander figures to be one of the state’s most-coveted players when it’s time for him to pick a school.

Louisville, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio State, Purdue and Texas Tech have all offered as well. IU’s coaches weren’t the only ones following Lander last weekend in Alabama. Louisville coach Chris Mack, among others, was a notable attendee at numerous Indiana Elite games.

Like IU, the Cardinals are selling hard to Lander the idea of being their floor general, perhaps from day one.  “I’d be a point guard on their team and be able to run the team,” Lander said of Louisville’s pitch.

Stretching to about 6-2, Lander possesses the required quickness and ball-handling ability to run the point.  He also has a developing 3-point shot that’s as dangerous when he moves off the ball as when he has the ball in his hands. Several times last weekend, he lost defenders in the flow of Indiana Elite’s offense, only to emerge with an open look from behind the arc.

Lander found mixed results in knocking down those shots, an area he’s pinpointed as his next project.  “I feel like I’ve gotten a lot stronger, gotten my handle a lot better,” he said, “and I feel like the thing I need to work on is just getting my shot more consistent.”

Lander is in no hurry in his recruitment.  The Evansville Reitz point guard said he doesn’t have a timeline for narrowing his list, and he wasn’t sweating the crowds of coaches on the sideline. Lander said he will likely take some visits in the fall, but nothing is set.  “Just keeping everybody in mind,” he said. “Just trying to build relationships with coaches and stuff like that.”

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Michigan offered today.