(2023) - PG Miro Little to Baylor

[IUc2016]

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

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/finnish-basketball-star-miro-little-enjoyed-a-memorable-official-visit-in-bloomington/?fbclid=IwAR3syUHLnsWkWDju4ij4BKUVBNKGJ_iLuWDm1wIcZAdj4KsEEIkUB4TmGX8

States that a reclass will not happen and a decision will be made after his season.

Hope he is a Hoosier!

[Stuhoo]

"possibly reach a decision on a college destination relatively soon."

“I haven’t decided 100 percent but (Baylor, Indiana and Villanova) are possibly the final three. I will focus now on finishing my season in Finland and will make a decision after the season,” Little said.

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FWIW, Finland's top division season ends March 20th. After that there are playoffs, but Miro's team currently does not project as a playoff team. If they made the playoffs, they could be playing as long as mid-April.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

2 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

"possibly reach a decision on a college destination relatively soon."

“I haven’t decided 100 percent but (Baylor, Indiana and Villanova) are possibly the final three. I will focus now on finishing my season in Finland and will make a decision after the season,” Little said.

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FWIW, Finland's top division season ends March 20th. After that there are playoffs, but Miro's team currently does not project as a playoff team. If they made the playoffs, they could be playing as long as mid-April.

His quote isn’t too encouraging.  Even open to more schools potentially.  We’ve heard that song before. 

[HoosierAloha]

1 hour ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

His quote isn’t too encouraging.  Even open to more schools potentially.  We’ve heard that song before. 

You mean it was less than a page going from decided to potentially being open to other schools?

"With such a long journey from Finland to the U.S., it won’t be easy for Little to make additional visits.  Back home now, he’s focused on finishing out his season with HBA and will then assess whether he has enough information about his top three schools, whether additional visits to other schools are required, and possibly reach a decision on a college destination relatively soon."

[WayneFleekHoosier]

You mean it was less than a page going from decided to potentially being open to other schools?
"With such a long journey from Finland to the U.S., it won’t be easy for Little to make additional visits.  Back home now, he’s focused on finishing out his season with HBA and will then assess whether he has enough information about his top three schools, whether additional visits to other schools are required, and possibly reach a decision on a college destination relatively soon."

Not sure I’m getting your point. If he was sold on a school, that final inclusion isn’t necessary. Doesn’t mean it won’t be Indiana or Baylor or Villa, but it’s interesting verbiage to even bring it up after announcing a final 3.


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[HoosierAloha]

1 minute ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Not sure I’m getting your point. If he was sold on a school, that final inclusion isn’t necessary. Doesn’t mean it won’t be Indiana or Baylor or Villa, but it’s interesting verbiage to even bring it up after announcing a final 3.


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Thought I hit MultiQuote, there was a question on the last page (here) if he had already decided after his visit to sounding like he could be open to other schools. It's painful to read that we're hyping tradition and a new coach (again) while other schools are pointing to recent success (nattys).

[Uspshoosier]

5 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Not sure I’m getting your point. If he was sold on a school, that final inclusion isn’t necessary. Doesn’t mean it won’t be Indiana or Baylor or Villa, but it’s interesting verbiage to even bring it up after announcing a final 3.


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I don’t think he ever announced a final 3.   These 3 schools where where the ones he wanted to visit while coming over for campus visits.  From the articles I’ve seen these 3 where the main schools but other teams were trying to get involved.   

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Thought I hit MultiQuote, there was a question on the last page (here) if he had already decided after his visit to sounding like he could be open to other schools. It's painful to read that we're hyping tradition and a new coach (again) while other schools are pointing to recent success (nattys).

Gotcha, gotta pitch truth, recruits can figure it out. Would be nice to be a guaranteed NCAA team each year. This year will be a fringe contender for March again. That’s why initial success is critical. Sales pitch has promise to begin with, but goes away after missing tournaments.

Archie missing NCAA with Romeo killed any Archie momentum he ever had.




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[lillurk]

17 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

I don’t think he ever announced a final 3.   These 3 schools where where the ones he wanted to visit while coming over for campus visits.  From the articles I’ve seen these 3 where the main schools but other teams were trying to get involved.   

These are junior year OVs, too, so in theory he could even come back to IU (or Baylor or Villanova) next year, though if he decides this spring then I assume he’d only use one senior year OV, to visit the school he commits to.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

https://www.insidethehall.com/2022/01/25/with-nba-goal-in-mind-finnish-guard-miro-little-completes-official-visit-tour-with-stop-at-indiana/

[HoosierAloha]

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

https://www.insidethehall.com/2022/01/25/with-nba-goal-in-mind-finnish-guard-miro-little-completes-official-visit-tour-with-stop-at-indiana/

If we don't land Miro we at least have another fan! Great quote!

"I know for a fact that whatever Miro chooses, I’ll be an Indiana fan for life just because of the environment that they’ve been able to create there. It’s perfect.”

[lillurk]

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

https://www.insidethehall.com/2022/01/25/with-nba-goal-in-mind-finnish-guard-miro-little-completes-official-visit-tour-with-stop-at-indiana/

 

25 minutes ago, HoosierAloha said:

If we don't land Miro we at least have another fan! Great quote!

"I know for a fact that whatever Miro chooses, I’ll be an Indiana fan for life just because of the environment that they’ve been able to create there. It’s perfect.”

Never bad to have mom in your corner.

[Uspshoosier]

Going to pick from the final 3.  Not surprising  since he took officials to all 3. 

[NOLA Hoosier]

2 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Going to pick from the final 3.  Not surprising  since he took officials to all 3. 

Would be get immediate playing time at Baylor? Because it would be hard to not choose a program with that much juice right now otherwise. 

[Stuhoo]

3 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Going to pick from the final 3.  Not surprising  since he took officials to all 3. 

 

That interview reads well for us, to say the least. I know that's not all there is to it, but still.

 

[IUc2016]

Didn't Purdue just sign some big oaf from Sweden?

Would be pretty ironic if IU were to get Miro from Finland. 

[Stromboli]

You have to respect his other two choices. Both great programs with obvious recent success. Without having had the chance to see him play, I like that I can rely on his offer/interest list to feel good about him. And obviously the interviews and shots of him smiling giving Race a high five at the game make me like the dude a lot. 
 

Gabe Cupps! We barely know the kid, and he’s this huge deal in Ohio and on Instagram. Now he’s out there helping us recruit other players to his position! 
 

I hope we land Little. And I can’t wait to see what our playing style becomes when we’re flush with high level combo guards. 

[Stuhoo]

4 minutes ago, IUc2016 said:

Didn't Purdue just sign some big oaf Olaf from Sweden?

Would be pretty ironic if IU were to get Miro from Finland. 

 

Adjusted for accuracy.

 

[Chris007]

So we have a 33% chance of landing him, just like shooting a 3 for us. 

[Stuhoo]

5 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

So we have a 33% chance of landing him, just like shooting a 3 for us. 

 

With that logic, if the other two finalists were Penn State and Purdue our chances would be much higher.