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[Hoosierfan1901]

17 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Zagoria is a solid source and said the Ware decision would come Tuesday.  Ware cancelled his visit to Indiana and to our knowledge only visited IU.  The only other possibility I could see would be Arkansas since it's near home and he was recruited by them earlier,

Pretty sure Arkansas does not have any spots left after Tramon Mark committing 

EDIT: they have 1 left, but it looks it’s about to be taken by Khalif Battle or Watkins 

[JSHoosier]

7 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

The anonymity of the internet gives one guts, I guess.

Eh, I wouldn't have tagged them the way he did if I was making it up.

Granted I can't say I would've tagged them if I wasn't making it up because I'd imagine they want their moment instead of some guy on Twitter blabbing it.

[Demo]

8 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Pretty sure Arkansas does not have any spots left after Tramon Mark committing 

Black will almost certainly go and Walsh might. If they want Ware, they’ll fit him in. 

[Hoosierfan1901]

 

[MemphisHoosier]

9 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

 

Obvious, but very good pick-up for Rhodes...PSU now has three (3) scholarship players, at least Baldwin will make their games interesting by bringing toughness and intensity.

[RaceToTheTop]

20 minutes ago, Demo said:

Black will almost certainly go and Walsh might. If they want Ware, they’ll fit him in. 

They do have an issue with where he would fit, though, given that Trevon Brazille announced he was coming back last Thursday and they already have and they are bringing in a top 20 player in Baye Fall whose game seems pretty similar to Ware's.  One of the Mitchell brothers entered the portal but the other has not.  Jalen Graham also announced he's coming back, so that another player at the 4.

Three days ago the Best of Arkansas stated that Arkansas basketball had now officially contacted 83 players in the portal.  I know they hosted a couple of wings over the weekend including Temple's Khalif Battle, so it wouldn't surprise me if Black goes if they try to fill that spot with Battle.

Just my opinion, nothing else, but I could certainly see Ware being in a numbers issue at Arkansas.  Even with Mack committing I think their more immediate issue is with wings.

[Stuhoo]

Thinking about it;

If…IF Ledlum joins to play the three, Ellis might be a better fit than Knecht. Ellis is a 1/2 combo, and Knecht might have trouble guarding the two (or anyone) very well.

[str8baller]

21 minutes ago, Ngw7183 said:

all 3 have also started following people like hair stylist in Bloomington.

I don’t know why, but I find that funny. Maybe it’s probative, but the notion that the social media of local barbers gives insight to IU’s ‘24 season is a good microcosm of this whole endeavor.   
 

Now if Woody starts following hair dressers I’ll get concerned. 

[Unexpectedflash]

24 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Thinking about it;

If…IF Ledlum joins to play the three, Ellis might be a better fit than Knecht. Ellis is a 1/2 combo, and Knecht might have trouble guarding the two (or anyone) very well.

I like ellis but that'd be a really bad shooting lineup so I think i'd prefer Knecht

[RaceToTheTop]

8 minutes ago, Unexpectedflash said:

I like ellis but that'd be a really bad shooting lineup so I think i'd prefer Knecht

Maybe -- but right now what we've seen is Dalton Knecht shoot against against mainly Big Sky competition and Ellis shoot against mainly ACC competition.  It's a big difference.  And against the best three teams Knecht played against last year, he was playing quite a bit against their bench players -- lost to Houston by 47, Baylor by 33, and New Mexico by 24.  Over two seasons, Knecht shot 46/37.  Ellis shot 41/33.  Is the difference in competition enough to account for that?  I don't know....might not be....but it's certainly closer than you think.

[Stuhoo]

8 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Maybe -- but right now what we've seen is Dalton Knecht shoot against against mainly Big Sky competition and Ellis shoot against mainly ACC competition.  It's a big difference.  And against the best three teams Knecht played against last year, he was playing quite a bit against their bench players -- lost to Houston by 47, Baylor by 33, and New Mexico by 24.  Over two seasons, Knecht shot 46/37.  Ellis shot 41/33.  Is the difference in competition enough to account for that?  I don't know....might not be....but it's certainly closer than you think.

Knecht looks like an NBA skill set on offense.

If IU needs him to play guard I worry about the defensive end.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Zagoria - Louisville transfer @elellis3 tells me these schools have reached out but he’s ‘focused on going to the NBA first’

We're on the list but didn't see a reason to publish the whole list.

[Demo]

1 hour ago, RaceToTheTop said:

They do have an issue with where he would fit, though, given that Trevon Brazille announced he was coming back last Thursday and they already have and they are bringing in a top 20 player in Baye Fall whose game seems pretty similar to Ware's.  One of the Mitchell brothers entered the portal but the other has not.  Jalen Graham also announced he's coming back, so that another player at the 4.

Three days ago the Best of Arkansas stated that Arkansas basketball had now officially contacted 83 players in the portal.  I know they hosted a couple of wings over the weekend including Temple's Khalif Battle, so it wouldn't surprise me if Black goes if they try to fill that spot with Battle.

Just my opinion, nothing else, but I could certainly see Ware being in a numbers issue at Arkansas.  Even with Mack committing I think their more immediate issue is with wings.

Not saying they want Ware or that he makes sense for them.. Just saying that in the hypothetical a scholarship wouldn’t be an issue. 

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

Info on Shedrick. no IU

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[RaceToTheTop]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

Knecht looks like an NBA skill set on offense.

If IU needs him to play guard I worry about the defensive end.

We get five time outs to sub Galloway in.  

[RaceToTheTop]

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

Zagoria - Louisville transfer @elellis3 tells me these schools have reached out but he’s ‘focused on going to the NBA first’

We're on the list but didn't see a reason to publish the whole list.

Ellis can be pretty good, but he’s not an NBA player.

[Hoosierfan1901]

Epps to Georgetown 

[jbeaman9]

28 minutes ago, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

Info on Shedrick. no IU

 

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He finally found out what this board has been saying since Thursday 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

2 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

Knecht looks like an NBA skill set on offense.

If IU needs him to play guard I worry about the defensive end.

We worry about the defensive end until the point we are screaming to score on offense.

[BannerVille]

4 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

Thinking about it;

If…IF Ledlum joins to play the three, Ellis might be a better fit than Knecht. Ellis is a 1/2 combo, and Knecht might have trouble guarding the two (or anyone) very well.

We have ample room for a guy who can get and make shots. That skill is sorely lacking.  The one who doesn't fit is DeLoach.  Given the rest of the roster there just isn't a place for him.  If he ever got more than a handful of minutes, something has gone horribly wrong.