Ball State Transfer C Payton Sparks to Indiana and back to Ball State

[Hovadipo]

Staying in Funcie. 

[Stuhoo]

Michael Lewis getting it done!

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Big news.  

[Stuhoo]

1 minute ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Big news.  

Could be related to IU news?

Who knows

[ebridges24]

Thought I would bring this to the top since there's a chance we might get Sparks. Would like to see him become a Hoosier.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

On 4/1/2022 at 1:38 PM, Stuhoo said:

Could be related to IU news?

Who knows

It's a year old tweet!

[Chris007]

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

It's a year old tweet!

Big News could be a year old :-)

[Hovadipo]

First portal addition.

[RaceToTheTop]

Welcome aboard!

[Stuhoo]

Fantastic news.

• A great kid. Great addition to the locker room.
• A talented player that has already transformed his game.
• A position of need.

Fantastic fantastic news.

[8bucks]

Now that he is a Hoosier what can you tell me about him?  Expected starter?  What did he do last year at BSU?

[Hoosierfanyuh]

3 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

Now that he is a Hoosier what can you tell me about him?  Expected starter?  What did he do last year at BSU?

Bench big. Physical ,good rebounder

[Artie86]

4 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

Now that he is a Hoosier what can you tell me about him?  Expected starter?  What did he do last year at BSU?

Ecstatic that he's coming, however that number 5 on his jersey is already spoken for by Reneau! lol 

[Hovadipo]

 

[Stuhoo]

Great overview from his AAU coach on Inside the Hall:

https://www.insidethehall.com/2023/03/29/q-a-andrew-martin-of-midwest-basketball-club-talks-payton-sparks-and-his-fit-at-indiana/

Common themes from everyone about Payton Sparks; great kid, great family, really hard worker.

[JSHoosier]

5 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Great overview from his AAU coach on Inside the Hall:

https://www.insidethehall.com/2023/03/29/q-a-andrew-martin-of-midwest-basketball-club-talks-payton-sparks-and-his-fit-at-indiana/

Common themes from everyone about Payton Sparks; great kid, great family, really hard worker.

Sounds really competitive too.

[ebridges24]

He definitely has the potential to be a starter and be productive.

[reconmkd]

Appears that Sparks doesn't shy away from contact, and is well versed in getting out of double teams (against that level of competition). Just from seeing the highlight videos and such. Lets see how he does versus the tackle football competition.

[Stuhoo]

To me the clear comp here is Trevion Williams from Purdoo.

[Jeff Flabjohns]

I hope it doesn’t, but I wonder if this makes us less likely to land the kid from UVa