NCAA MBB Transfer Portal

[Chris007]

One thing that is worrisome this spring is how much time is our head coach going to put in this spring talking, texting, and zooming with players on nice afternoons. Not to try to make a big deal about it but on a day like today which isn't great outside but you will find Woody, Armond Hill, and Scott May all at Pfau golf course playing 18 and smoking cigars. Is he really going to put in the work that a 45-year-old Musselman, Oates, or whoever is going to? That is the part that scares me. 

[RaceToTheTop]

Links to player pages who we have heard IU has contacted. (If I missing any known players we have reached out to, LMK.  Ratings are the latest 247 transfer ratings)

#28 portal:  Chris Ledlum, 6'6" forward, Harvard.  Two years of eligibility left.  https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/4431728/chris-ledlum  (IU has an at-home visit date set)

#12:  Nicolas Timberlake, 6'4" shooting guard, Towson State.  One year of elibility left.  IU had an at-home visit yesterday.  https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/4397595/nicolas-timberlake

#14:  Kowacie Reeves, 6'6" wing, Florida.  IU had/will have an at home visit.  https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/4683757/kowacie-reeves

#15:  Jamison Battle, 6'7" forward, Minnesota. In home visit scheduled. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/4431893/jamison-battle

#17:  Graham Ike, 6'9" center, Wyoming.  https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/4703396/graham-ike

#20:  Joe Girard, 6'1" guard, Syracuse.  https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/4431746/joseph-girard-iii

#60:  Puff Johnson, 6'8" forward, North Carolina.  Two years of eligibility left.  https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/4701846/puff-johnson

#78:  Payton Sparks, 6'9" center, Ball State.  Visiting IU. COMMITED TO INDIANA 3/29/23 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4898008/payton-sparks

#67:  Jace Carter, 6'5" guard, UIC.  https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4898186/jace-carter

#35:  Kedin Shedrick,, 6’11" center, Virginia. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4431710/kadin-shedrick

#81:  Quincy Olivari, 6’3” guard, Rice  https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/4432070/quincy-olivari

#6:  Dalton Knecht, 6’6” wing, Northern Colorado.  https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/4897943/dalton-knecht

 

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[Hoosierfanyuh]

Excited to hear how kadin’s call goes tonight.  I know we’re high on him but seems like every school has reached out. 

[Chris007]

2 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Excited to hear how kadin’s call goes tonight.  I know we’re high on him but seems like every school has reached out. 

Does he play golf? That might help

[RaceToTheTop]

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

One thing that is worrisome this spring is how much time is our head coach going to put in this spring talking, texting, and zooming with players on nice afternoons. Not to try to make a big deal about it but on a day like today which isn't great outside but you will find Woody, Armond Hill, and Scott May all at Pfau golf course playing 18 and smoking cigars. Is he really going to put in the work that a 45-year-old Musselman, Oates, or whoever is going to? That is the part that scares me. 

I don't know.....he's been a lifer in terms of basketball.  I think if his leisure time interfered with work, he would have stopped coaching a long time ago.

[Banksyrules]

14 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

One thing that is worrisome this spring is how much time is our head coach going to put in this spring talking, texting, and zooming with players on nice afternoons. Not to try to make a big deal about it but on a day like today which isn't great outside but you will find Woody, Armond Hill, and Scott May all at Pfau golf course playing 18 and smoking cigars. Is he really going to put in the work that a 45-year-old Musselman, Oates, or whoever is going to? That is the part that scares me. 

So let's pull our money together to hire a Shaman and make it rain?

[Hoosierfanyuh]

[Chris007]

6 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

I don't know.....he's been a lifer in terms of basketball.  I think if his leisure time interfered with work, he would have stopped coaching a long time ago.

I just mention it because it's been a complaint by the staff. We've lost recruits because they feel like they are only being recruited by the assistants at IU. I love Woody but I know he loves his golf. 

[Hoosierfan1901]

He is Tiger Woodson for a reason 

[IUHoosierJoe]

4 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I just mention it because it's been a complaint by the staff. We've lost recruits because they feel like they are only being recruited by the assistants at IU. I love Woody but I know he loves his golf. 

Someone on Twitter claiming we’re recruiting Keshon Gilbert of UNLV.  Any info about that?

[Chris007]

1 minute ago, IUHoosierJoe said:

Someone on Twitter claiming we’re recruiting Keshon Gilbert of UNLV.  Any info about that?

Yes Kenya has a connection to him but he was recruited to UNLV by the current Iowa St coach, so some feel they might lead. 

[IUHoosierJoe]

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

Yes Kenya has a connection to him but he was recruited to UNLV by the current Iowa St coach, so some feel they might lead. 

That’s right, I think you mentioned that a while back.  My apologies.  Hard to keep them all straight and actually get any work done, lol.

[go iu bb]

1 hour ago, Uspshoosier said:

 

I see Bates at #41. Duncomb didn't make the list.

[Jeff Flabjohns]

Neither did sparks 

[str8baller]

35 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

One thing that is worrisome this spring is how much time is our head coach going to put in this spring talking, texting, and zooming with players on nice afternoons. Not to try to make a big deal about it but on a day like today which isn't great outside but you will find Woody, Armond Hill, and Scott May all at Pfau golf course playing 18 and smoking cigars. Is he really going to put in the work that a 45-year-old Musselman, Oates, or whoever is going to? That is the part that scares me. 

He’s twice the size of Musselman, so by my calculation he only has to do half the work. 

[Hoosierfan2017]

21 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

I don't know.....he's been a lifer in terms of basketball.  I think if his leisure time interfered with work, he would have stopped coaching a long time ago.

May be different coaching college basketball, though. In the NBA you get a long offseason that, for the most part, is a true offseason. In college you end one season and then a new season of recruiting starts right after. Even more so now with the portal. I’m also worried that he doesn’t have the energy levels of some of his younger competitors. He seems kind of low e. 

[Hoosierfanyuh]

Any ideas lol

[Hovadipo]

2 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Any ideas lol

Wow Sam. Truly groundbreaking work here, as always. 

[str8baller]

43 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Good. Silly Essegian fantasy gets shut down. When do we finally shut down the ridiculous Furst fantasy?

Mostly an IU fan created rumor but I did watch the game with some local Badger fans last night and they were ripping him for his lousy second half of the season. That narrative mostly started after the paper put an article on the front page sort of blaming him for having some bad games.  
 

It was kind of odd, and I wouldn’t have been surprised if it pissed him off. Everyone is different and he may be the type of guy to just ignore that kind of stuff.  
 

I don’t know what the NIL opportunities are up here but you’d have to think he’d be the type of home state kid that could cleanup by transferring to a place like IU.  
 

Obviously all that is speculation, but I foresee that type of speculation to be the norm from here on out in the new world of the portal and NIL. 

[Hoosierfan1901]

2 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Any ideas lol

First one is me, of course