NCAA MBB Transfer Portal

[Artie86]

I know X and the coaching staff all knew he was going to be granted a waiver, but did all the portal players really think that too? It seems like since X officially got the wavier for NCAA, "the fish are bite'n again!”….JMO....lol 

[RaceToTheTop]

7 hours ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

It’s per 40 minutes. We saw the per 40 minutes number being frequently used last offseason for Geronimo as proof that he’s a stud, but we know how that turned out. 

?  Jordan Geronimo's per 40s weren't great entering last season.  In 2021-22, he 13.8 points and had 11.3 rebounds per 40.  Race Thompson's per 40 that year were 15.5 and 10.6 and people weren't calling Race a stud.

[JSHoosier]

1 hour ago, Ngw7183 said:

 

either way, might as well get on board as his commitment appears imminent 

Ugh, please no.  Time to make sacrifices to the basketball gods to avoid this.

I'd feel differently if he brought shooting or something this team actually needs, but he's not a scorer and has no business even thinking about taking a 3.  He's a body to spell Reneau but he's not good.  A move like this makes me think they put their eggs in the Ledlum/Knecht basket and are getting desperate.

[Stuhoo]

The official IU Basketball account and Coach Walsh are now following Rayj Dennis on Instagram…

which is fantastic 

[RaceToTheTop]

5 hours ago, JSHoosier said:

Ugh, please no.  Time to make sacrifices to the basketball gods to avoid this.

I'd feel differently if he brought shooting or something this team actually needs, but he's not a scorer and has no business even thinking about taking a 3.  He's a body to spell Reneau but he's not good.  A move like this makes me think they put their eggs in the Ledlum/Knecht basket and are getting desperate.

You can’t win a lot of games if Walker is asked to play big minutes….BUT you can lose a lot of games if you only have three bigs on you roster and one gets hurt.  He was a 10 minute guy on a final four team.  That’s not chopped liver.

[Stuhoo]

5 hours ago, JSHoosier said:

Ugh, please no.  Time to make sacrifices to the basketball gods to avoid this.

I'd feel differently if he brought shooting or something this team actually needs, but he's not a scorer and has no business even thinking about taking a 3.  He's a body to spell Reneau but he's not good.  A move like this makes me think they put their eggs in the Ledlum/Knecht basket and are getting desperate.

Just curious:

What is the general quality that you expect from the 11th or 12th player on our roster who would be the fourth big?

[JSHoosier]

17 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

You can’t win a lot of games if Walker is asked to play big minutes….BUT you can lose a lot of games if you only have three bigs on you roster and one gets hurt.  He was a 10 minute guy on a final four team.  That’s not chopped liver.

Miami didn't have much of a front line, tallest player to get more than 12 minutes was 6'7, so it's not like he was getting beat out by better bigs.

[Hoosierfan2017]

14 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Just curious:

What is the general quality that you expect from the 11th or 12th player on our roster who would be the fourth big?

Our roster isn’t good enough at this point to be rounding it off with an 11th or 12th guy. We lost 4 starters off last year’s team. The additions we make should be starter-quality, not end of the bench insurance policies. 

[jbeaman9]

Just now, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Our roster isn’t good enough at this point to be rounding it off with an 11th or 12th guy. We lost 4 starters off last year’s team. The additions we make should be starter-quality, not end of the bench insurance policies. 

The order in which those pieces get solidified is not entirely up to the staff. Its timing.

If they miss on a couple guys they like for the top of the rotation and there aren't any out there, at the time, that they determine fits the top, why would they sit around and not plug the other spots on the roster they think need addressed? 

[Hoosierfan2017]

1 minute ago, jbeaman9 said:

The order in which those pieces get solidified is not entirely up to the staff. Its timing.

If they miss on a couple guys they like for the top of the rotation and there aren't any out there, at the time, that they determine fits the top, why would they sit around and not plug the other spots on the roster they think need addressed? 

We don’t have unlimited roster space. We have three scholarships available. If they don’t plan to use the third available scholarship as has been reported, that leaves two scholarships. Doesn’t really give you much to work with to land guys for the top of the rotation if you’re going after an end of the bench guy with one of the two. 

[Stuhoo]

14 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

We don’t have unlimited roster space. We have three scholarships available. If they don’t plan to use the third available scholarship as has been reported, that leaves two scholarships. Doesn’t really give you much to work with to land guys for the top of the rotation if you’re going after an end of the bench guy with one of the two. 

So your solution is to

1. go after solely the big fish,
2. not pursue back of the rotation guys until all big fish decide,
3. and then??

[CSP]

I'm so confused by not understanding our approach. 

[Feathery]

1 hour ago, btownqb said:

I'm so confused by not understanding our approach. 

Seems like they want 1 more big (bench) and then a starting caliber wing(2,3,or 4 that can shoot).  Leaving 1 spot open for someone coming available unexpected. Just to allow that flexibility and it keeps a scholarship open for a high school kid in the next class. 
 

Allowing the young guys like Gunn, Cupps, etc to get backup minutes. With the rate MR would foul as a freshmen a 4th post player is necessary imo. 
 

just how I’m seeing it play out. No inside info. 

[CSP]

1 minute ago, Feathery said:

Seems like they want 1 more big (bench) and then a starting caliber wing(2,3,or 4 that can shoot).  Leaving 1 spot open for someone coming available unexpected. Just to allow that flexibility and it keeps a scholarship open for a high school kid in the next class. 
 

Allowing the young guys like Gunn, Cupps, etc to get backup minutes. With the rate MR would foul as a freshmen a 4th post player is necessary imo. 
 

just how I’m seeing it play out. No inside info. 

Agree. It just seems everything they've done/tried is exactly what they should be doing. Ledlum didn't bite, Ware+Sparks did. 

Fill other holes, find skill sets that make you versatile. The timing/or worry of "getting Walker before a wing" isn't really a thing.. fairly easy to multitask. 

[RaceToTheTop]

1 hour ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

We don’t have unlimited roster space. We have three scholarships available. If they don’t plan to use the third available scholarship as has been reported, that leaves two scholarships. Doesn’t really give you much to work with to land guys for the top of the rotation if you’re going after an end of the bench guy with one of the two. 

We aren't going to get three top end rotation/starters with the remaining three scholarships.  There aren't unlimited minutes as well.

[Uspshoosier]

 

[RaceToTheTop]

20 hours ago, Schreckbagger said:

Reneau is a fouling machine for one reason.

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I have no idea what that means.

[Hoosierfan2017]

1 hour ago, btownqb said:

I'm so confused by not understanding our approach. 

I understand our approach perfectly fine. I don’t agree with the approach at all. It comes down to a person’s perception of the roster as it stands now. 

[CSP]

3 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

I understand our approach perfectly fine. I don’t agree with the approach at all. It comes down to a person’s perception of the roster as it stands now. 

I don't think you do, or you haven't shown that. Which is fine, but it explains the disconnect. 

But, what part is there to not agree with? 

[Hoosierfan2017]

Just now, btownqb said:

What part is there to not agree with? 

Going after an end of the bench frontcourt player when we have big holes on the perimeter. 

Here is who we have at the 1-3 right now:

Xavier, Galloway, Leal, Gunn, Banks, Newton, Cupps.

Is that supposed to inspire confidence? It’s a guard’s game. We lost our best guard in JHS, and we also lost our best shooter in Kopp. Trey shoots well on low volume, but we were already last in the conference in attempts per game. Half our three point volume is gone. Who’s taking 3s next year? Gunn? He shot 8%. If the staff is keeping a scholarship open, I would much prefer we use both scholarships on improving the perimeter.