NCAA MBB Transfer Portal

[Joe_hoopsier 977]

27 minutes ago, hoosierbannerd said:

https://www.bestofarkansassports.com/arkansas-basketball-kelel-ware-transfer-portal-oregon/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=grow.me&utm_campaign=grow_share_widget

wondering if anyone else saw this article on Ware and thoughts after reading?

Cliff notes… ? I’m suddenly afraid to open it. 
id hate to have wasted a really good goat. He was nearly a friend. Almost.

[cthomas 6,545]

This is insane. I have five grandkids with me this weekend so I think I'll just sign out until Monday. Good luck to everyone.

[RaceToTheTop 28,304]

11 minutes ago, Joe_hoopsier said:

Cliff notes… ? I’m suddenly afraid to open it. 
id hate to have wasted a really good goat. He was nearly a friend. Almost.

1.  Ware is a quiet kid, comes off as aloof

2.  He became close to an Arkansas assistant who left to become an assistant at Oregon.  After he committed, the coach got the head job at Nebraska Omaha.  Ware kept his commitment to Oregon.

3.  Ware did not live up to expectations at Oregon.  Altman was publicly critical.

4.  Next coach will need to have a better relationship with Ware.

5.  Suggests that Arkansas could be a good fit because it’s close to home but that PT might be competitive as their best big man announced he was coming back and they have a 5 star big man coming in.

Seemed a strange article because it suggested it would be good for him to go to Arkansas but printed a lot of hatchet job quotes from people saying he disappointed as a freshman.

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,522]

Although you’ve created a persona that is negative everything… I’m glad we are both IU fans , yet worry that we are aligned on movie clips from an abstract post. 
 
either way. All Hale Woody!!! 

Not to nitpick, but what negativity?

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[IUHoosier5 1,981]

Take it with a grain of salt but as a hypothetical, how does BTB feel about this?

[Hoosierfanyuh 3,656]

1 minute ago, IUHoosier5 said:

Take it with a grain of salt but as a hypothetical, how does BTB feel about this?

Hard pass on deloach 

[IUHoosier5 1,981]

5 minutes ago, IUHoosier5 said:

Take it with a grain of salt but as a hypothetical, how does BTB feel about this?

Same guy has Bronny James committing to USC tomorrow fwiw

[Crimson and Cream 5,878]

1 hour ago, cthomas said:

This is insane. I have five grandkids with me this weekend so I think I'll just sign out until Monday. Good luck to everyone.

Tell them all to open the btownbanners app on their phones and keep hitting refresh until Ware commits. Modern times requires modern solutions.

[HoosierAloha 30,092]

9 minutes ago, Crimson and Cream said:

Tell them all to open the btownbanners app on their phones and keep hitting refresh until Ware commits. Modern times requires modern solutions.

First grandkid to report the good news gets ice cream

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,809]

Take it with a grain of salt but as a hypothetical, how does BTB feel about this?

The first 2 seem logical.. maybe even possibly/likely. The third one isn’t one I’m high on personally as a starter and I find he’d definitely be a bench guy for us.

In this scenario, Sparks, Ware at the 5. Reneau, Banks, Ledlum at the 4. Banks and Ledlum could be 3s. But in general I don’t see it likely.


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[NVFalcons1990 382]

21 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Hard pass on deloach 

He’s an athletic defender, what’s not to like.  We are still a shooter away and that’s where Knecht can take us over the top!!!

[NVFalcons1990 382]

7 minutes ago, NVFalcons1990 said:

He’s an athletic defender, what’s not to like.  We are still a shooter away and that’s where Knecht can take us over the top!!!

This is all about getting more athletic…..NBA style kids, I welcome what Woody had done!  Now lock in Knecht and we’re set!!!!!  Athletes everywhere 

[BottomLine 689]

3 hours ago, Golfman25 said:

Surely you jest.  Friends of The Program baby.  :) 

That's what everyone said when Samson started making phone calls that were not permitted.  They were only phone calls, right?   Everyone else does it.  The NCAA will never catch us.  Level the playing field, right.  What is a little cheating when it comes to winning championships.  No I do not jest.  IU has always tried to run a clean program and do things the right way.  The NIL and transfer portal are new and there are always cheaters out there.  Some won't be caught.  Some will.  Want to take the chance and run a dirty program?  Not me.  I have some pride in my school.

[ziggyiu 712]

1 hour ago, IUHoosier5 said:

Take it with a grain of salt but as a hypothetical, how does BTB feel about this?

He could be right or wrong. He could know something or be guessing. He did say when the Caleb Love to IU news was hot that Caleb was down to IU and Mizzou. That didn't pan out. 

[Tasmanian Devil 1,802]

5 hours ago, tyappleg said:

Out with Chris.

In with Hoosier2014

Jk

Damn - I’m been driving for 10 hours and finally get to my destination. 1st thing I do before going to sleep? Catch up on the thread!!

Summary from last 30 hours:

* We got him - he will pop tomorrow!

* Crap - he’s taking his Bama visit. We’re screwed!!

* Oops - Oats loses ALL his assistants.

*Ware CANCELS the visit!!! HELL YEAH!!

 

Is that close? 

[cleeter 2,728]

Damn - I’m been driving for 10 hours and finally get to my destination. 1st thing I do before going to sleep? Catch up on the thread!!
Summary from last 30 hours:
* We got him - he will pop tomorrow!
* Crap - he’s taking his Bama visit. We’re screwed!!
* Oops - Oats loses ALL his assistants.
*Ware CANCELS the visit!!! HELL YEAH!!
 
Is that close? 

Add in the back and forth from “the staying positive and optimistic” group versus the “the sky is falling, this staff and team stink” group. With that added, you nailed it. But most of all, within the last 30 hours, no commitment has happened so you haven’t missed the big picture haha


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[JSHoosier 21,536]

3 hours ago, IUHoosier5 said:

Take it with a grain of salt but as a hypothetical, how does BTB feel about this?

That'd be the number 2, 45, and 75 players in the portal.  It'd be a haul, but we'd still need shooting (dear basketball gods, please be Knecht).

Not sure how much time DeLoach would get here with those 2.  He'd be the athletic rim defending/rebounding type guy but scores entirely from the post and put backs.  I read he's talked to Thompson and Aljami Durham and both said great things about IU.

[JSHoosier 21,536]

2 hours ago, BottomLine said:

That's what everyone said when Samson started making phone calls that were not permitted.  They were only phone calls, right?   Everyone else does it.  The NCAA will never catch us.  Level the playing field, right.  What is a little cheating when it comes to winning championships.  No I do not jest.  IU has always tried to run a clean program and do things the right way.  The NIL and transfer portal are new and there are always cheaters out there.  Some won't be caught.  Some will.  Want to take the chance and run a dirty program?  Not me.  I have some pride in my school.

The NCAA didn't; IU self reported and self sanctioned, the NCAA laughed said okay then laughed at our stupidity after getting off the phone.

All the crap the NCAA let's slide, they couldn't care less about phone calls, it's even legal now.

[coonhounds 10,073]

Hopefully iu receives some positive transfer news today

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[RaceToTheTop 28,304]

6 hours ago, ziggyiu said:

He could be right or wrong. He could know something or be guessing. He did say when the Caleb Love to IU news was hot that Caleb was down to IU and Mizzou. That didn't pan out. 

He also said that his best bet on Simon Lukosis from Butler was Indiana and that Purdue was one of the players for L. J. Cryer.  He’s a guy with 188 followers and a google search bar IMO.