NCAA MBB Transfer Portal

[HoosierFan1994 4,746]

This won't happen but my "dream" scenario is: 

Reeves-would take Jalen's spot

Knecht - our 3

Battle-our 4

Sparks- big man off the bench: 

Starters: X, Reeves, Knecht, Battle, Malik

Bench: Trey, Sparks, Cupps, Banks, Gunn

 

Sounds like they could very well get Sparks. Battle I know they've visited with. Saw Reeves too in the future. I think Knecht is my #1 on the list of guys they want. Would probably be the best player on IU. 

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4 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Links to player pages who we have heard IU has contacted.   (added Shedrick and Olivari)

Chris Ledlum, 6'6" forward, Harvard.  Two years of eligibility left.  https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/4431728/chris-ledlum  (IU has an at-home visit date set)

Kowacie Reeves, 6'6" wing, Florida.  IU had/will have an at home visit.  https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/4683757/kowacie-reeves

Jamison Battle, 6'7" forward, Minnesota. In home visit scheduled. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/4431893/jamison-battle

Graham Ike, 6'9" center, Wyoming.  https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/4703396/graham-ike

Payton Sparks, 6'9" center, Ball State.  Visiting IU.  https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4898008/payton-sparks

My ideal short list from this bunch, I think... How many scholarships do we have again? 

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1 minute ago, TeeterInNJ said:

My ideal short list from this bunch, I think... How many scholarships do we have again? 

If Geronimo transfers and JHS goes pro-5. Need at least two guards (2 or 3's) and two bigs (4 or 5's) IMO. 

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4 minutes ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

If Geronimo transfers and JHS goes pro-5. Need at least two guards (2 or 3's) and two bigs (4 or 5's) IMO. 

Agree. I think a good scenario (maybe not best case, maybe not most realistic) would be: 

Starters:

• PG: XJ
• SG: TG (I am assuming he takes another step forward developmentally this offseason and played hard this year)
• SF: PORTAL
• PF: Reneau
• C: PORTAL

Bench:

PORTAL (SG), Banks (SF), PORTAL (PF/C), Cupps/Newton/Gunn splitting minutes. Maybe Newton takes a redshirt? 

I'd like to see those portal players be filled with: Battle, Graham Ike, Ledlum, and either Jace Carter or Quincy Olivari. 

I think the odds we get 3-5 guys who are currently on our radar are probably pretty low, given the competition and need to prioritize/timing of it all. 

These are fairly uncharted waters (fair to say?) for any college coach/program. Tough situation for Woodson to navigate, but I do think his NBA connections will be helpful. More than ever, college sports are a business. I hope we have the right people in the administration / behind the scenes with NIL, setting the program up for success.

Season to season teams can look totally different, so hard to project. I think this offseason will show us a lot about what Woodson is capable of/realistically aspiring for his tenure to amount to.

Hoping for the best, prepping for the worst...

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14 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

 

Should be at least 1 or 2 good ones  in that  group .

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Where 247 and On3 rank the players we are recruiting among all that have entered the portal:

#5 / not rated yet Dalton Knecht, wing, Northern Colorado

#9 / #24  Joe Girardi, Guard, Syracuse

#11 / #7 Nic Timberlake, Guard, Towson St

#13 / not rated Kawacie Reeves, Guard/forward, Florida

#14 / #8 Jamison Battle, Forward, Minnesota

#16 / #3 Graham Ike, Center, Wyoming

#23 / #9  Chris Ledlum, Forward, Harvard

#44 /  #73  Puff Johnson, Forward, North Carolina

#52 / #64 Jace Carter, Guard, UIC

#62 / #75 Payton Sparks, Center, Ball State

#65  / #60 Quincy Olivari, Guard, Rice

not rated yet / #23 Kadin Shedrick, Center, Virginia

 

[JSHoosier 20,204]

I'd much rather have Knecht than Reeves, which is admittedly a low standard.  We don't need another guy that's athletic but hasn't been good.

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My  wish list from the ones we contacted.

 

Dalton Knecht

Chris Ledlum

Jamison Battle 

Payton Sparks

Kadin Shedrick

 

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18 minutes ago, Henryville Hoosier said:

Dalton Knecht

Chris Ledlum

Jamison Battle 

Payton Sparks

Kadin Shedrick

 

We might get two from this list: Sparks and one other, maybe Ledlum.

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since Wisconsin finally lost do we see Conner Essegian enter the portal and come back to Indiana(Fromt Ft Wayne)? I've read his name as a possible entry into the portal once their season ends.  Average 11.7 points, 35% from 3, 88% FT.  Maybe I was dreaming lol

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23 minutes ago, Honkyman said:

We might get two from this list: Sparks and one other, maybe Ledlum.

That's a really good start.  If the rankings are right, we've gotten a lot of interest from high ranked tansfers. 

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23 minutes ago, Honkyman said:

We might get two from this list: Sparks and one other, maybe Ledlum.

get three and I would call that a win.

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1 minute ago, dwtaylor1055 said:

get three and I would call that a win.

3 of 5 from that list would definitely be a success given how competitive it is for these players. The odds are not in our favor though.

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38 minutes ago, dwtaylor1055 said:

since Wisconsin finally lost do we see Conner Essegian enter the portal and come back to Indiana(Fromt Ft Wayne)? I've read his name as a possible entry into the portal once their season ends.  Average 11.7 points, 35% from 3, 88% FT.  Maybe I was dreaming lol

Yea I still don't see any reason for him to leave... But man that was a bad one for Wisconsin last night... 14 second half points. Scored their final points at the 9:08 mark and didn't score again.

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11 hours ago, TeeterInNJ said:

Starters:

• PG: XJ
• SG: TG (I am assuming he takes another step forward developmentally this offseason and played hard this year)
• SF: PORTAL
• PF: Reneau
• C: PORTAL

I think we see more of situation where it is Reneau, a PG, and 3 perimeters one of whom is long and athletic and can help defend and rebound down low.  Banks fits that description but he’d have to improve his offense a lot in the offseason. 

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9 hours ago, Napleshoosier said:

 

I have to say that I’m a fan of the Bill Belichek theory that you can kind of have one knucklehead (in this case let’s just say “bad decision maker”) on your team, but not very many. 
 

I feel like Xavier has matured some but he still takes a lot of coaching to get in the correct frame of mind and not go wild with the ball. So while I believe Woody could probably help Love quite a bit, I do wonder if there wouldn’t be some negative synergy going on with a Love/XJ backcourt. 

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29 minutes ago, str8baller said:

I have to say that I’m a fan of the Bill Belichek theory that you can kind of have one knucklehead (in this case let’s just say “bad decision maker”) on your team, but not very many. 
 

I feel like Xavier has matured some but he still takes a lot of coaching to get in the correct frame of mind and not go wild with the ball. So while I believe Woody could probably help Love quite a bit, I do wonder if there wouldn’t be some negative synergy going on with a Love/XJ backcourt. 

 

That is an outstanding take.

With Trayce, Race, and Miller gone our team is going to need not just on-court talent, but also some additional mature leaders next year. To be a mature leader you don't need to be super-serious, but you need to be grounded, organized, focused when it's time to focus, and a good decision maker. Someone that "gets it."

That's why after giving your post some thought, my far and away preferred portal addition for IU is Chris Ledlum.

 

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1 hour ago, dwtaylor1055 said:

since Wisconsin finally lost do we see Conner Essegian enter the portal and come back to Indiana(Fromt Ft Wayne)? I've read his name as a possible entry into the portal once their season ends.  Average 11.7 points, 35% from 3, 88% FT.  Maybe I was dreaming lol

Essegian went to Central Noble(Albion).  But I did hear he started out at Carroll(Ft. Wayne).  But why would he leave Wisconsin?  Doesn't like the offense?