NCAA MBB Transfer Portal

[Bigred3588 1,535]

35 minutes ago, Hooserfan1901 said:

Potential transfer?

 

This was a guy we recruited pretty heavily IIRC.

[Stuhoo 90,178]

26 minutes ago, Hooserfan1901 said:

Potential transfer?

 

 

That tweet does not say that he's in the transfer portal.

A non-starter until he's in the portal IMO.

 

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,644]

6 minutes ago, Jam said:

Top of the wish list

100% agree.  He's at the tippy top.

 

Unrealistic list of mine.

get one of these. 

1. Jabari Smith

2. Dawson Garcia

3. Tre Mitchell

4. Keion Brooks

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.  welp that's my list.

 

then get a shooting guard if you really want.  

[ap2345 11,350]

4 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

That tweet does not say that he's in the transfer portal.

A non-starter until he's in the portal IMO.

 

Yeah there's nothing about that tweet that says he's going to transfer lol 

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,644]

4 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

That tweet does not say that he's in the transfer portal.

A non-starter until he's in the portal IMO.

 

Good Read Stuhoo.  Got my hopes up for no reason!

[ap2345 11,350]

I only bring this up because I haven't heard any news about him at all to this point but does anyone know if Kenya Hunter recruited Tre Mitchell while he was at UCONN since UCONN was viewed as the favorite until UMASS hired his high school coach to be an assistant?

[Stuhoo 90,178]

1 minute ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Good Read Stuhoo.  Got my hopes up for no reason!

 

You covered yourself with your "unrealistic wish list" disclaimer!

 

[Evariste Galois 600]

6 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

That tweet does not say that he's in the transfer portal.

A non-starter until he's in the portal IMO.

BUT, he is at least as close to the portal as Keion!

[Demo 24,273]

38 minutes ago, Hooserfan1901 said:

Potential transfer?

 

Smart’s system is perfect for him. Can’t imagine transferring would even be a consideration.

[Hoosierfan22 191]

Really want Tre Mitchell tho. He can score the ball. Is there any news on him and what schools he is hearing from.

[go iu bb 9,851]

13 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

That tweet does not say that he's in the transfer portal.

A non-starter until he's in the portal IMO.

 

I think we're bringing him and Keion Brooks in along with Brad Stevens as the 3rd assistant as a package deal.

[HoosierAloha 30,102]

19 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

Make it 4: Brunk, Stewart, Duncomb, and Johnson in, Durham and Franklin out.

That, plus development seems like a huge upgrade to me. Combine that with an expected weaker B1G and we should be good to go.

 

Unpopular opinion..

With Brunk not returning, we're back to 3 new players, right now.  Duncomb and Brunk have similar games with most of their scoring around the rim.  Brunk had experience in the Big 1.0 and didn't count against the scholarship numbers.  It would have been nice to keep him for another year for his leadership and for spot minutes as a backup.

Stewart replaces Franklin and is now the "shooter" on the team.  However, his best numbers weren't as good as Franklin's shooting numbers as a sophomore.  I know many feel we got better in this position but I don't see it.  It would have been ideal to keep both of them.

Johnson replaces Durham and is now the "point/attacker" on the team.  While I agree he is better getting to the rim, finishing or dishing to teammates than Durham was he's not a shooter.  We lacked shooters last season in a major way.  Durham > Johnson from deep.  We took a step back here in terms of shooting.

I get the excitement and HOPE we'll be a more balanced team next season but with the replacements I don't see it just yet.  I feel like there is a ton of projecting going on and not much based in facts.

On top of current players taking leaps in development, especially shooting, we need to find a wing shooter and a stretch 4 in the portal to round out this team.  TJD can man the 5 for the majority of the game with Race and Duncomb rounding out the minutes there.  We need to be better shooting this coming season or teams will just pack the paint and dare us to shoot over them, again.

[Chris007 62,614]

11 minutes ago, HoosierAloha said:

Unpopular opinion..

With Brunk not returning, we're back to 3 new players, right now.  Duncomb and Brunk have similar games with most of their scoring around the rim.  Brunk had experience in the Big 1.0 and didn't count against the scholarship numbers.  It would have been nice to keep him for another year for his leadership and for spot minutes as a backup.

Stewart replaces Franklin and is now the "shooter" on the team.  However, his best numbers weren't as good as Franklin's shooting numbers as a sophomore.  I know many feel we got better in this position but I don't see it.  It would have been ideal to keep both of them.

Johnson replaces Durham and is now the "point/attacker" on the team.  While I agree he is better getting to the rim, finishing or dishing to teammates than Durham was he's not a shooter.  We lacked shooters last season in a major way.  Durham > Johnson from deep.  We took a step back here in terms of shooting.

I get the excitement and HOPE we'll be a more balanced team next season but with the replacements I don't see it just yet.  I feel like there is a ton of projecting going on and not much based in facts.

On top of current players taking leaps in development, especially shooting, we need to find a wing shooter and a stretch 4 in the portal to round out this team.  TJD can man the 5 for the majority of the game with Race and Duncomb rounding out the minutes there.  We need to be better shooting this coming season or teams will just pack the paint and dare us to shoot over them, again.

This opinion is one of the most unpopular I have ever seen in B-Town history. :-) I'm not going to read it a 2nd time and have it get me down

[Class of '66 Old Fart 92,063]

If Aloha's post is unpopular to some, deal with it because the points he makes are valid.  We're not going to know what we have until November when the real action starts.   We can speculate ourselves to death but we just don't know.  With the recruits that UNC, Duke and pUKe had on their rosters, how many would have expected them to have flame out seasons but all 3 did.

[VO5 8,340]

1 hour ago, ap2345 said:

I only bring this up because I haven't heard any news about him at all to this point but does anyone know if Kenya Hunter recruited Tre Mitchell while he was at UCONN since UCONN was viewed as the favorite until UMASS hired his high school coach to be an assistant?

Rabjohns has stated Mitchell is following an assistant and it isnt even worth pursuing. Also I know Garcia isn’t in the portal but even if he was that was an Ostrom connection so I doubt we’d have much chance there anymore

[triple 485]

34 minutes ago, HoosierAloha said:

Unpopular opinion.. 

You are very focused on making one-to-one comparisons of the individuals on the roster.  Do you not believe that a change in staff can/will improve how they execute as a team?

[dwtaylor1055 1,988]

Daejon Davis(SR) entered portal from Stanford. 6’3” Guard. Shot 45% from field last year and 36% from three while averaging just over 10 points per game. 

[bigrod 3,204]

9 minutes ago, triple said:

You are very focused on making one-to-one comparisons of the individuals on the roster.  Do you not believe that a change in staff can/will improve how they execute as a team?

I certainly hope so!

[HoosierAloha 30,102]

You are very focused on making one-to-one comparisons of the individuals on the roster.  Do you not believe that a change in staff can/will improve how they execute as a team?

I was only piggybacking off of what others were posting. The focus came from them and I only replied to it.

With that stated, I’d love to see improvement with how the team executes. A lot of people are stating these improvements as a foregone conclusion. I’m in the position of being cautious.

Tempo and shooting are two areas being discussed often. Many are attributing a more free flowing offense to better percentages. That can go both ways. A more open offense can lead to an abundance of turnovers. We’ve seen our returning players have issues with turnovers and that’s probably a big reason why we slowed down as much as we did under Archie. X Johnson has had similar issues in the past. Further, we had players completely missing (bricks and air balls) wide open looks over the past several years. There’s more to that than blaming an outgoing coaching staff.

What I’m saying is we, as a collective, love the next shiny thing and KNOW it will be better than what we previously had. I’m cautiously optimistic that it can work but not ignorant it could go wrong. Time will tell and HOPEFULLY all of our players put in the time and effort to greatly improve.


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[Dave from Dayton 4,075]

I agree with Aloha.  Except for his decision to leave HI.  

But it is not only lack of shooters.  TJD needs to progress.  He arguably has been playing out of position as an undersized 5.  

But, the PG needs serious upgrading.   Maybe Phin will shake off the apparent lack of confidence.  A lot of it was Archie's apparent desire to control him.  Either that or Phin would take his time, look over at the bench, and not penetrate or make the fast entry pass or reversal pass.  Maybe Lander will step up.  Maybe not.  Maybe Phin will get the magic elixir and do everything right.  Maybe not. Defenses were always set.  And they would challenge all ball reversals thereby shutting IU down.

If we don't have an upgrade in PG then the offense is a non-starter.  If we don't have shooters, then the offense plays uphill all season.  If we don't move on offense then...and screens and assists?

So, who is the shot doctor on staff?  Gotta fix Lander and Phin and Race and TJD shooting.

And the defense is going to be totally different.

This coming season is not likely to look pretty at the start.  Hope that we have a whole season with a significant non-conference schedule.  Without Covid maybe this will work.

IU had to make changes.  But, to get significantly better is going to take more than I am seeing so far.  Coach Woodson and staff have their work cut out for them.  They seem to be doing what they have to do.  It just may work.

Hope it happens.  Best of luck to all.

Edited April 13, 2021 by Dave from Dayton