NCAA MBB Transfer Portal

[Chris007 51,128]

1 minute ago, IUrocker said:

Do you know if there are guys that haven’t even entered yet that the IU staff knows are going to eventually do so and are interested in/plan on getting? 

I believe there are guys who IU have their done their homework on if they do hit the portal we will be ready. Do we know for sure they will hit the portal I'm not sure. But Adam Howard & Jordy have been working on this for a while now. 

[Stuhoo 84,404]

FWIW, there are far more comments here about “people panicking” than there are comments with actual panicking.

[Rico 3,352]

2 minutes ago, IUrocker said:

Do you know if there are guys that haven’t even entered yet that the IU staff knows are going to eventually do so and are interested in/plan on getting? 

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,523]

FWIW, there are far more comments here about “people panicking” than there are comments with actual panicking.

It’s kinda a pre-panic. It’s a what if situation at hand.

 

Here’s some comfort for the board. Woody doesn’t want to embarrass the University. Woody is probably a 3-5 year guy. Woody probably understands a tanked season kills everything he’s done so far. Therefore, I genuinely believe he is going to do everything he can to put together a winner. If he can’t, then it’s bigger question time.

 

PS-the apparent recruiting misses for over a year are concerning but we need better talent and now we have 4 spots to play with we wouldn’t have had otherwise. So, silver lining time.

 

 

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[Golfman25 6,113]

Sorry guys.  But the portal doesn’t contain any knock it out of the park, grand slam players.  Using the portal gets you a roster of misfit toys to work with.  

[Alford Bailey 12,656]

Check back in May. By then we may actually have a roster to complain about

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,523]

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[Alford Bailey 12,656]

1 minute ago, Golfman25 said:

Sorry guys.  But the portal doesn’t contain any knock it out of the park, grand slam players.  Using the portal gets you a roster of misfit toys to work with.  

Did you even watch the tournament?

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,828]

44 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

A few days ago when Xavier tweeted something along the lines of "time to get to work" I pretty much assumed we were good to go.

Thanks/props again to that poster on our board who explained that the three Hoosier Classic games weren't counted in the calculations and that X would be a relatively easy waiver approval.

So... what you're saying is... our staff knew the whole time XJ would get a waiver. 

Multiple posters on here thought our staff was just guessing lol 

[BGleas 8,087]

15 minutes ago, Golfman25 said:

Sorry guys.  But the portal doesn’t contain any knock it out of the park, grand slam players.  Using the portal gets you a roster of misfit toys to work with.  

I think people have different definitions of "hit it out of the park". 

IMO hitting it out of the park isn't necessarily getting 3 former 5* burger boys that are in the portal. 

To me, Woodson hitting it out of the park would be IU landing 3 of the top 5 or so guys we're targeting. Getting 2 more guard/wing playmakers and scorers that are ready to start and/or play 20mpg.

Its about getting guys that fit what Woodson is trying to do, that help us move to a more perimeter oriented system and fit the culture that's being built. 

[Uspshoosier 48,692]

I get it it’s what fans do but nothing will get decided about next year even if IU gets who they want or strikes out on who they want.   IU could fill every spot with who they were targeted to get and still have a terrible year or IU could miss out on top targets and still have a tournament team.   I get it but at the end of the day the trajectory of the program isn’t going to get decided in this off season.    As of today Woody has improved from year to year and taking small steps to improve the program.    Does IU take another small step next year, big step, or step back? I can’t possibly answer this question yet and neither can anyone on this board.    One thing I do know is this board will be active dissecting it all down 

[Hoosierfanyuh 3,363]

45 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Well, you shouldn't feel great about it because so many guys haven't even entered the portal yet. We didn't get Miller Kopp two years ago till April 20th. 

Was he our last one that year? I can’t remember. Just trying to compare timelines 

[Chris007 51,128]

5 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Was he our last one that year? I can’t remember. Just trying to compare timelines 

Yes I believe so

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,828]

5 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Was he our last one that year? I can’t remember. Just trying to compare timelines 

April 7th was when XJ committed.. so even the "earliest" of transfers don't really start until the end of this week. Or start announcing. 

[HoosierFan1994 4,842]

Just now, Chris007 said:

Yes I believe so

I think Durr was in May. 

[Chris007 51,128]

2 minutes ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

I think Durr was in May. 

I actually think you are correct. 

[Dave from Dayton 3,659]

1 hour ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Like I said, Woody needs to knock the off-season out of the park and so far he hasn’t at all. We will find players to fill the last 3-4 spots (depending on if Woody want a full roster). But we can’t just fill the spots with warm bodies if we want to avoid a big step backwards. Our prospects next year are extremely reliant on who we get in the portal and I’m not feeling great about that.

Uh...I have a different perspective.  His whole recruiting the portal season really is in the first third of the season.  He has gotten to bat and gotten one decent hit, so far.  

Why not let him step up to bat in each game and swing at many more pitches the whole season before giving him the ole Bronx cheer?

He really does know that he has to get more really good players.  Better than we do.

I will bet one (and only one) drink* that he does a decent job getting players out of the portal this season.

I'm not clutching at my pearls like I did the last two decades plus.

IU men's basketball is going to look a lot different when we get some players that can hit shots, make their own shots, defend better, and go after loose balls like their hair is on fire.  The choice is a shot doctor or just more shots*.

 

[Rico 3,352]

 

[hper50 1,440]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

A few days ago when Xavier tweeted something along the lines of "time to get to work" I pretty much assumed we were good to go.

Thanks/props again to that poster on our board who explained that the three Hoosier Classic games weren't counted in the calculations and that X would be a relatively easy waiver approval.

Do you recall the reasoning for why these aren't included? Missed this - just curious

[IU_FanClub 1,751]

36 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Yes I believe so

I think Durr was last