NCAA MBB Transfer Portal

[AKHoosier 7,277]

14 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Gabe Cupps IU’s future point guard coming in next year and his sister 

Wow, ok that's notable then.

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,531]

If Essegian hits the portal I’m a total believer.
Also, Gard is a turd.

I mean, I guess. He doesn’t defend well and doesn’t have great size. Don’t get me wrong, I like him. Does he play over Galloway or even Bates? I mean, It would give us a shooter that’s truly legit and there’s a lot of value in that. It’s going to be interesting. Portal Kombat as Rothstein likes to say.


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2 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

 Portal Kombat

Lol

[Alford Bailey 12,664]

Essegian averaged 12 ppg as a freshman. Heck yes Id take him if he wants to come. 88% free throw shooter too.

[cbp4iu 1,886]

3 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

Essegian averaged 12 ppg as a freshman. Heck yes Id take him if he wants to come. 88% free throw shooter too.

Bring in Essegian and a player like Jaden Taylor.

Our Guards would be deep

Johnson/Cupp

Galloway/Taylor/Gunn

Essegian/Bates/Newton

Banks

Reneau

 

Then find a Veteran stretch 4 and another Veteran big and this team has Top 25 potential and Top 5 in big ten. 

[lillurk 4,193]

14 hours ago, hoosierbgh said:

Leaving roster spots open was a silly idea when Archie tried it and it is an even sillier one now. They need to build a full team this year and rebuild it again next year as necessary. Decent transfers contribute more than all but the best freshman so it is going to take a mix of transfers and talented incoming freshman every year. 

Lotta folks including a head coach making $3M wanted “empty scholarship” over Jake Laravia, who turned into a 1st round pick within 3 years.

The more I think about the Miller era the less it makes sense

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3 minutes ago, lillurk said:

Lotta folks including a head coach making $3M wanted “empty scholarship” over Jake Laravia, who turned into a 1st round pick within 3 years.

The more I think about the Miller era the less it makes sense

It makes even less sense now with the transfer portal being what it is now. Take a chance in a kid and if it doesn't work out they can be immediately eligible at a new school. 

[realTomCrean 1,806]

8 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Here is an account of what Lumpkin posted on instagram of a text conversation with an assistant coach as well as a text conversation his mother had with Dixon.  It does only show their side of the story, FWIW.

Lumpkin's text is a very rambling one.  Would say he's not in a right state of mind at this point and mentions at the end wanting to kill himself.

https://twitter.com/StevenMJohnson_/status/1633585611197018114?s=20

Edit:  found what was missing from the tweet, which was the text that Lumpkin's mother received from Dixon prior to her response.  It stated:

 

“Vanessa thank you (for) taking the time to speak with us yesterday,” the text reads. “I am sorry that I was not able to get Eddie to reach the levels we had both hoped for. I understand that Eddie is entering the transfer portal … Wish him all the success. The first day for NCAA transfer portal is Monday March 13. We will expedite immediately. If there is anything we can do please let me know. Coach Dixon.”

 

He slapped a player while on the bench this season 

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Adding to @WayneFleekHoosier's post:

Portal Kombat:  Tooth and NIL.

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11 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

Hope Eddie Lampkin gets the help that he obviously needs. Really enjoyed watching him last year in the postseason. Looked like a really high-energy player that was having a blast. 

Not sure I want to be involved in that mess though. 

FWIW, Lampkin has said that this has been a really tough year mentally for him.  His brother was killed last summer

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9 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

I mean, I guess. He doesn’t defend well and doesn’t have great size. Don’t get me wrong, I like him. Does he play over Galloway or even Bates? I mean, It would give us a shooter that’s truly legit and there’s a lot of value in that. It’s going to be interesting. Portal Kombat as Rothstein likes to say.


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He’s 6’4”. He’s not a great defender but he seems to compete. It’s not like our current crop of guards were all that great on defense this year.  
 

Assuming he progresses as a sophomore he’d probably be an upgrade over a guy like Kopp. Kopp averaged about 2 two-pointers and 4 three-pointers attempted a game, whereas essigien average splits of 4/5.5 attempts a game. In other words, he’s a true shooter looking to find ways to get his shot.   
 

They kind of trashed him in the paper up her over his shooting slump, but other than that I’m not sure why he’d leave. He obviously got tons of PT . 

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4 minutes ago, str8baller said:

He’s 6’4”. He’s not a great defender but he seems to compete. It’s not like our current crop of guards were all that great on defense this year.  
 

Assuming he progresses as a sophomore he’d probably be an upgrade over a guy like Kopp. Kopp averaged about 2 two-pointers and 4 three-pointers attempted a game, whereas essigien average splits of 4/5.5 attempts a game. In other words, he’s a true shooter looking to find ways to get his shot.   
 

They kind of trashed him in the paper up her over his shooting slump, but other than that I’m not sure why he’d leave. He obviously got tons of PT . 

Seems that Gard may not be popular among players. I remember the story that came out a year or 2 ago where this was an issue.

Maybe it went away because winning cures everything, well now they stopped winning. 

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4 minutes ago, AKHoosier said:

Seems that Gard may not be popular among players. I remember the story that came out a year or 2 ago where this was an issue.

Maybe it went away because winning cures everything, well now they stopped winning. 

That was somewhat true but also involved a disgruntled former player/assistant and centered around a comment that was “insensitive.”  
 

Nobody really transferred after that. and Essegien was recruited after that.  
 

With that said, I’m not a Gard fan and he seems like he’s annoying. So I’m all for a native Hoosier returning home!

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15 minutes ago, str8baller said:

He’s 6’4”. He’s not a great defender but he seems to compete. It’s not like our current crop of guards were all that great on defense this year.  
 

Assuming he progresses as a sophomore he’d probably be an upgrade over a guy like Kopp. Kopp averaged about 2 two-pointers and 4 three-pointers attempted a game, whereas essigien average splits of 4/5.5 attempts a game. In other words, he’s a true shooter looking to find ways to get his shot.   
 

They kind of trashed him in the paper up her over his shooting slump, but other than that I’m not sure why he’d leave. He obviously got tons of PT . 

Connor would be a huge, huge addition. 13p 4r and was on the All FR team? Sign me up.  

[JSHoosier 21,270]

Essegian would be a good addition, let's see if he actually enters the portal first though.

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1 hour ago, str8baller said:

That was somewhat true but also involved a disgruntled former player/assistant and centered around a comment that was “insensitive.”  
 

Nobody really transferred after that. and Essegien was recruited after that.  
 

With that said, I’m not a Gard fan and he seems like he’s annoying. So I’m all for a native Hoosier returning home!

Didn't they have a player or two leave? I thought one ended up at O$U or maybe a player went from O$U to Wiscy.

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1 minute ago, HoosierAloha said:

Didn't they have a player or two leave? I thought one ended up at O$U or maybe a player went from O$U to Wiscy.

You may be thinking of Micah Potter. Went O$U to Wiscy, stretch 4.

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5 minutes ago, HoosierDad14 said:

You may be thinking of Micah Potter. Went O$U to Wiscy, stretch 4.

Thank you, that's probably what I was thinking. In the recent past right? (3-4 years ago)

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Think we moved pretty quickly from Essegian liking a post to being in candy stripes pretty quick.

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1 minute ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Think we moved pretty quickly from Essegian liking a post to being in candy stripes pretty quick.

He didn't even have to like a post. We had him in candy stripes from someone saying something about a good freshman wanting to transfer to IU.