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36 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

So, other than getting our #1 target and #2 recruit in the whole portal to commit, and waiting for a decision this week on our uncommitted #2 target, we seem to be striking out. 

Well, 5 other people got my humor, obviously you didn’t!  lol 

These things do take time, but as far as Knecht and Ledlum, I sure hope we are looking at other alternatives.  There are other fish in the sea!  

I honestly wouldn’t think Sparks was our #2 recruit.  He’s a nice recruit and will contribute and be a decent part of the rotation, but I don’t believe he was a ever a #2 recruit.  Heck, I don’t even think Ledlum was a #2 recruit.

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20 minutes ago, IUFAN1976 said:

Well, 5 other people got my humor, obviously you didn’t!  lol 

These things do take time, but as far as Knecht and Ledlum, I sure hope we are looking at other alternatives.  There are other fish in the sea!  

I honestly wouldn’t think Sparks was our #2 recruit.  He’s a nice recruit and will contribute and be a decent part of the rotation, but I don’t believe he was an ever a #2 recruit.  Heck, I don’t even think Ledlum was a #2 recruit.

I do think that Ledlum has been at a minimum our number two target after Ware—maybe number one.

Sparks is different—more like mutual immediate interest.

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12 minutes ago, IUFAN1976 said:

Well, 5 other people got my humor, obviously you didn’t!  lol 

These things do take time, but as far as Knecht and Ledlum, I sure hope we are looking at other alternatives.  There are other fish in the sea!  

I honestly wouldn’t think Sparks was our #2 recruit.  He’s a nice recruit and will contribute and be a decent part of the rotation, but I don’t believe he was an ever a #2 recruit.  Heck, I don’t even think Ledlum was a #2 recruit.

Portal targets change at a really fast pace.  Shedrick was a top target since they had a connection and everyone was waiting for him to enter.  Ware enters portal and quickly becomes a top target in portal nationally.   IU (Ya did a tremendous job making a connection) gets foot in the door and ultimately landed him and were able to move on from Shedrick.   Ledlum has always been a top target for IU.   You could make the case he was their number 1 target overall.  Fans might have questions about his fit but staff have clearly made him a top priority.  

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3 hours ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

Sounds like we should hear something soon on Knecht. It's either Oregon, Tennessee, or he decides to do more visits. If I'm IU, I move on if he doesn't give you an answer this week on whether he wants to visit or not. Yes, I would love to have him. He is my top option IU has went after so far. However, don't want to go all in on him and lose out on other decent options. Sounds like Cormac Ryan and El Ellis are the backup options....at this moment. 

I wouldn't mind Ryan as a plan b option.

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9 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

Portal targets change at a really fast pace.  Shedrick was a top target since they had a connection and everyone was waiting for him to enter.  Ware enters portal and quickly becomes a top target in portal nationally.   IU (Ya did a tremendous job making a connection) gets foot in the door and ultimately landed him and were able to move on from Shedrick.   Ledlum has always been a top target for IU.   You could make the case he was their number 1 target overall.  Fans might have questions about his fit but staff have clearly made him a top priority.  

I’ll be interested to see who is better next year between Shedrick and Ware. This might be a Ware has a higher ceiling but Shedrick has a higher floor situation. Shedrick played more at a better program but has his own issues with going in and out of the lineup.  I watched a little of Virginia and thought he was a nice player. I watched zero of Oregon.  
 

Both national guys and our staff seem to be really high on Ware. I’m assuming it’s because of the unrealized NBA-type potential. But I suspect Shedrick might have a nice season next year, as well. 

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