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[TheWatShot 14,727]

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

As of 1:15 today he still plans to take that visit.

So there it is. No commitment today. 

 

Kind of embarrassing that our insiders get so excited about a recruit's visit going well that they convince fans a commitment is imminent. 

[Chris007 51,143]

Just now, TheWatShot said:

So there it is. No commitment today. 

 

Kind of embarrassing that our insiders get so excited about a recruit's visit going well that they convince fans a commitment is imminent. 

I know so embarrassing. HAHA

[Silat Player 896]

It's not like we're sunk or anything, and I'm certain that we'll hear some "sky is falling messages," but Bama still being in play changes the odds a bit here. They're obviously going to be a very big player. 

It went from sounding like a commitment to he's going to go visit Bama. Ouch. 

 

EDIT: I forgot the "not" in the first sentence. LOL

Edited April 7, 2023 by Silat Player

[hoosierbgh 1,264]

4 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

As of 1:15 today he still plans to take that visit.

NIL shopping or bidding war brewing?

[Chris007 51,143]

Just now, hoosierbgh said:

NIL shopping or bidding war brewing?

I don't think either IMO

[Hoosierfan1901 6,794]

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I don't think either IMO

Any word on Ledlum? 

[TheWatShot 14,727]

5 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I know so embarrassing. HAHA

To be clear, I wasn't calling you out. 

[rcbowla 7,354]

This is why you don't get your hopes up until you hear it from the horse's mouth.

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[Chris007 51,143]

5 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Any word on Ledlum? 

I think it's going very well he didn't get here till last night, had a nice dinner and believe it down to us and St. Johns

[IU_FanClub 1,753]

I actually think this board did a really good job staying level about the possible commitment but my god the amount of engagement farming on Twitter last night was despicable. If you don’t know anything don’t try to fire the fans up to get more Twitter followers it’s pathetic

[IU_FanClub 1,753]

I have no info want to make that clear but I still feel good about Ware

[IU_FanClub 1,753]

Also a huge pet peeve of mine is the IU fan accounts online that just take info they clearly read on the message boards and then post it on social media and act like it’s their own 

[RaceToTheTop 27,647]

Fardaws Aimaq commits to California.  Have no idea why.

[Hoosierfan1901 6,794]

4 minutes ago, IU_FanClub said:

Also a huge pet peeve of mine is the IU fan accounts online that just take info they clearly read on the message boards and then post it on social media and act like it’s their own 

A lot of it comes from the Peegs, but a lot of the more noticeable accounts seemed very excited about it

[MemphisHoosier 2,276]

2 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Fardaws Aimaq commits to California.  Have no idea why.

His old coach at Utah Valley, Mark Madsen, replaced Fox a few weeks ago, good move for Aimaq to rebuild his brand.

[IU_FanClub 1,753]

3 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

A lot of it comes from the Peegs, but a lot of the more noticeable accounts seemed very excited about it

Oh yeah I’m not talking about those haha I’m talking about the rinky dink random Instagram and Twitter accounts that try to act like an IU news source by copy and pasting 

[Scotty R 2,791]

On 4/6/2023 at 10:55 AM, Scotty R said:

This is how I see the next two days playing out. All of us are going to be projecting lineups thinking all 3 of these guys will commit the next few days. Then two hours after the OV are over we all panic when no verbals are announced. 

Bump

[Chris007 51,143]

12 minutes ago, IU_FanClub said:

I have no info want to make that clear but I still feel good about Ware

I still feel really good about this and I believe something really did happen last night. 

[TheWatShot 14,727]

So I think I've figured out the roadmap of IU basketball recruiting:

Step 1: Fans dream and speculate about players they'd like to see here some day. 

Step 2: Some of those names garner interest from IU, and contact is made. Fans get irrationally excited. 

Step 3: A few players schedule visits. Fans get even more excited. 

Step 4: The visit goes well (spoiler: it always does). Insiders rave about how excited the recruit looked, how often they smiled or remarked about what they liked. They take this excitement to message boards and the fans lose their minds with glee. Sometimes, the process ends here. But usually...

Step 5: Just when everyone is ready for a commitment to go down, a post is made, somewhere beneath all the hoopla, that they're hearing about other schools involved. 

Step 6: The fans start to cool off a bit. Apprehension and the Pavlovian fear of rejection and disappointment begin to creep in. 

Step 7: More schools enter the picture. The recruit takes those visits and ultimately commits to one of them instead. 

Step 8: We all go back to Step 1. 

[Dave from Dayton 3,660]

3 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I still feel really good about this and I believe something really did happen last night. 

Well, the next time something like that happens...I hope that you are with someone.