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1 hour ago, ap2345 said:

It doesn’t sound like IU is going after any PG’s 

We can't count on Johnson getting a waiver and I don't expect Cupps to be ready as a frosh.  We need guard help and he's the best available, it'd be negligent to not even gauge interest.  And without a NDPOY award I have little interest in a guard that so far has made Bates look good.

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1 hour ago, Demo said:

I recant my Graham Ike concerns. Had forgotten he’s a lefty, so Woody’s contractually obligated to pursue him. 

Ya know, he's also the single most successful player in the portal:

  • Three years eligibility remaining
  • In his one year of college ball he averaged 19.5 ppg, 9.6 rpg
  • The year before he started for Wyoming they were 14-11, 5-9
  • The year he was healthy and started they were 25-9, 13-5 and a tournament team
  • Last year with him hurt they were 9-22, 4-14

Is he a fast paced style player? Nope. But he probably wants to play faster (than Wyoming? lol - insert sloth-like jokes here). But we probably have four spots to fill. If one of them could be filled by arguably/likely the best big in the portal, that'd be fine.

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31 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Ya know, he's also the single most successful player in the portal:

  • Three years eligibility remaining
  • In his one year of college ball he averaged 19.5 ppg, 9.6 rpg
  • The year before he started for Wyoming they were 14-11, 5-9
  • The year he was healthy and started they were 25-9, 13-5 and a tournament team
  • Last year with him hurt they were 9-22, 4-14

Is he a fast paced style player? Nope. But he probably wants to play faster (than Wyoming? lol - insert sloth-like jokes here). But we probably have four spots to fill. If one of them could be filled by arguably/likely the best big in the portal, that'd be pretty damn cool.

I think this is under the collection of talent umbrella. 

I would pass on Ike and Sparks. I don't see that they fill a need or help us move towards a more modern style of play. 

Just my thoughts. 

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2 hours ago, JSHoosier said:

We can't count on Johnson getting a waiver and I don't expect Cupps to be ready as a frosh.  We need guard help and he's the best available, it'd be negligent to not even gauge interest.  And without a NDPOY award I have little interest in a guard that so far has made Bates look good.

We don't need a PG. XJ, Cupps, and TG is more than enough. 

Why wouldnt you expect Cupps to be ready? 

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12 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

I get that, but he definitely has been a flop at Florida.  Seems like a poor man's Dexter Dennis.  Dennis IMO wouldn't have moved the needle much for us....don't see Reeves really helping IU.

Regardless, whoever ends up in Cream and Crimson are the guys I'm going to rooting for.

I think Dexter would have moved the needle in nearly all of our losses this season. 

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5 minutes ago, btownqb said:

We don't need a PG. XJ, Cupps, and TG is more than enough. 

Why wouldnt you expect Cupps to be ready? 

You didn’t ask me but my guess is that Cupps will be asked to play about 8 mpg as a backup. Nice to have Galloway in case he’s not ready, but Galloway’s best role offensively is as a secondary initiator, not a primary one.

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3 minutes ago, lillurk said:

You didn’t ask me but my guess is that Cupps will be asked to play about 8 mpg as a backup. Nice to have Galloway in case he’s not ready, but Galloway’s best role offensively is as a secondary initiator, not a primary one.

I think he'll avg 12-15mpg in the non conference. But yes, mins will get decreased in the B1G. Cupps should be thankful he gets to get a year of going against XJ in practice. He'll be better for it. 

Transfer portal thread, back on topic!

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1 hour ago, lillurk said:

My inference do far on PGs is that not pursuing one is an indication they know more than we do about X’s waiver chances

Or there's a PG they are confident hasn't yet entered the portal and is a strong IU lean.  Lot of teams still playing in the tournaments.

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Just now, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Or there's a PG they are confident hasn't yet entered the portal and is a strong IU lean.  Lot of teams still playing in the tournaments.

Yes, great point

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