NCAA MBB Transfer Portal

[HoosierX]

14 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Ole Miss transfer Luis Rodriguez tells me he has heard from Georgia, Oregon, Washington St, Nevada, UNLV, Marquette, NC State, Kansas State, Pitt, Indiana, Rutgers, Louisville, West Virginia and Texas.  

 

Shooting % won't knock your socks off.

https://olemisssports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/luis-rodriguez/3361

 

Yeah hard pass.

[Hardwood83]

37 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Ole Miss transfer Luis Rodriguez tells me he has heard from Georgia, Oregon, Washington St, Nevada, UNLV, Marquette, NC State, Kansas State, Pitt, Indiana, Rutgers, Louisville, West Virginia and Texas.  

 

Shooting % won't knock your socks off.

https://olemisssports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/luis-rodriguez/3361

 

What am I missing here? This guy looks extremely average: 5.5ppg 40% FG, 30% 3P, 66% FT, maybe a decent rebounder.....I can see not kicking him off your team if you already have him, maybe your 8th man, but to actively reach out to him as a transfer? I don't understand. IU needs talent and Luis is a dime a dozen D1 player that does nothing particularly well. I hope he just made up that IU is interested. 

[Stuhoo]

6 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

What am I missing here? This guy looks extremely average: 5.5ppg 40% FG, 30% 3P, 66% FT, maybe a decent rebounder.....I can see not kicking him off your team if you already have him, maybe your 8th man, but to actively reach out to him as a transfer? I don't understand. IU needs talent and Luis is a dime a dozen D1 player that does nothing particularly well. I hope he just made up that IU is interested. 

 

Here's what you are missing in my opinion:

If we are looking at hard-nosed, medium stats guys, that may mean we are considering the possibility that we will need to add an excellent 7th/8th/9th guy in our rotation, and therein that the key players in our rotation may stay in place.

In that sense, it may be a cause for optimism that we are not looking at someone that expects to take volume shots or have the ball in their hands to be effective.

 

[go iu bb]

1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

I'm feeling somewhat smug this morning.  

Former Top 40 6’11” big man Franck Kepnang @franckkepnang , who played for @PSACardinals & @Westtownhoops, is now officially in the transfer portal.

Archie offered him in July '19.  6'10" with a 7'4" wingspan; 4-star rating and overall ranked 24th nationally and the #3 ranked center by 247.  I watched a number of his high school games and even to my untrained eye I couldn't see the fascination with him.  He was a HS teammate of Derek Lively and there simply was no comparison between the 2.  Kepnang committed to Oregon and in 2 seasons has started only 5 games and averaged under 15 min./game.  Very much 1 dimensional.

Seeing how many of the players that Miller recruited (both landed and missed on) have been busts at the D1 level regardless of their rankings shows to me that player evaluation was possibly his biggest issue at the B1G level.

[IUc2016]

No IU according to Jon

[Bowhunter]

3 minutes ago, IUc2016 said:

No IU according to Jon

Dang. I just don’t want him to go North. 

[JSHoosier]

7 minutes ago, IUc2016 said:

No IU according to Jon

Of course.  It's not like we need talent and shooting...

[Chris007]

Just now, JSHoosier said:

Of course.  It's not like we need talent and shooting...

He wants to play PG, he is not looking at us after contacting him since we have two PG's on the roster. Those teams don't return a starting PG. It's not really that hard to figure out

[Hoosierfanyuh]

11 minutes ago, IUc2016 said:

No IU according to Jon

Tenessee and duke too

[HoosierX]

On 4/5/2022 at 9:39 AM, Stuhoo said:

 

Here's what you are missing in my opinion:

If we are looking at hard-nosed, medium stats guys, that may mean we are considering the possibility that we will need to add an excellent 7th/8th/9th guy in our rotation, and therein that the key players in our rotation may stay in place.

In that sense, it may be a cause for optimism that we are not looking at someone that expects to take volume shots or have the ball in their hands to be effective.

 

In the end though, if he's going to make the rotation he needs to bring something to the table. He shot 35% overall from the field last year and only 30% from 3. 5.5 rebounds per game isn't bad but it's also not overly impressive. Unless he's a defensive POY candidate, then count me in the group of not understanding why this would be a fit.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

So long as Pack doesn’t end up at Purdue,  but it seems like the most obvious choice if being close to home is important. 

[Honkyman]

All signs point to Purdue for Pack.

[Chris007]

What about this guy?

 

[IUFAN1976]

4 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

What about this guy?

 

Sounds like a guy we could really use!  Maybe CMW would go after him instead of that dude from Morehead State

[craigyv88]

With that list of suitors I would sure hope at least someone could keep Pack out of Stinktown.  I think it will depend on how much he really wants to be back in Indiana versus what is really best for his professional stock.  Declaring for the draft before entering the portal and specifically wanting to play his natural position speaks pretty loudly to NBA aspirations and potential, and Purdue is about to have their first lottery pick in 28 years.  Not exactly a strong NBA pedigree up there.  Plus with Brandon Newman and Ethan Morton being the only returning guards to share the backcourt with and one of your primary jobs as PG being to basically toss volleyball sets to Edey, that doesn't sound like the most conducive system for NBA development when you can play off of and beside 5-star athletic freaks at Duke, Tennessee, etc. 

[AKHoosier]

Keep in mind on Pack - he'd make Purdue a fringe top 25 team. He's a very good player, not a huge difference maker though. 

[TheWatShot]

Is Pack a good defender? Purdue really needs guards who can defend at a high level. If they aren't significantly improved on that end of the floor next season, they won't survive the tourney's first weekend. 

[RaceToTheTop]

22 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

TheHoosier.com has confirmed that Indiana has reached out to Morehead State 6-foot-10 transfer Johni Broome. Averaged 16.8 points, 10.5 rebounds and 3.9 blocks this season. Obviously there could be potential to replace a lot of production in the front court.

Apparently Gonzaga is VERY heavily in pursuit of him.  

[RaceToTheTop]

5 hours ago, Hardwood83 said:

What am I missing here? This guy looks extremely average: 5.5ppg 40% FG, 30% 3P, 66% FT, maybe a decent rebounder.....I can see not kicking him off your team if you already have him, maybe your 8th man, but to actively reach out to him as a transfer? I don't understand. IU needs talent and Luis is a dime a dozen D1 player that does nothing particularly well. I hope he just made up that IU is interested. 

Yes, I'm not seeing him as a big splash.  I think he's a pretty good defender (he was sixth in the SEC in steals this past year and think was better than that the year before).  Liked his 2020-21 season better than this past year when he shot 45/33 and had 6.3 rebounds and 2 assists/game.

To me he looks like a taller, better rebounding but less able ball handling version of Rob Phinisee.  There is some value in him but I just see him as a rotational bench guy at best.

[Gnet550]

2 hours ago, Chris007 said:

What about this guy?

 

Now this sounds like what we need. A stretch big. I’d be all in here