(2025) - PG Jalen Haralson to Notre Dame

[RaceToTheTop 24,917]

Notre Dame it is.  On to the next.

[HinnyHoosier 4,769]

9 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

/shrug

Missed on another  long recruitment. Nothing new.

It happens, except for Monday. But that doesn't fit a narrative.

[IUHoosier5 1,493]

Booty. Cheeks. 

[Home Jersey 6,579]

I’d rather add a high level portal player in the backcourt anyway, to be honest 

[Stuhoo 79,623]

6 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Whatever happens, in recruiting with the way NIL and the transfer portal work, there are no longer 'needs' just 'wants'.

^^This is the winning post^^ 

Want Haralson at IU? Of course.

Need Haralson at IU? Nope.

Because it doesn’t matter who you miss on, it matters who you get.

 

[Leo 446]

IU the football school and Notre Dame the basketball school. Another win for Cignetti

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1 minute ago, HinnyHoosier said:

It happens, except for Monday. But that doesn't fit a narrative.

In fairness, Monday was more of the “exception to the rule” than the norm, IMO. Not that it is as consequential anymore with the portal. 

[RaceToTheTop 24,917]

Just now, Home Jersey said:

I’d rather add a high level portal player in the backcourt anyway, to be honest 

Losing a top recruit would be a bigger hit to teams without NIL money.  Really would like to have had him, but in today's landscape if you have NIL you move on because you can afford to.

[mdn82 25,510]

Best of luck kid.  Not an easy place to win or draw interest.  Good kid.  Good family.  Mullins you are up.  

[Banksyrules 4,513]

Sadly old enough to see this show multiple times.  Let’s hope we win big this year.

[RaceToTheTop 24,917]

1 minute ago, Leo said:

IU the football school and Notre Dame the basketball school. Another win for Cignetti

Except I can't find a Notre Dame basketball board where they are celebrating.

[Hoosier Guy 7,518]

Just absolute lunacy.  That’s a big loss for IU.  You lose the top ranked player in the state to Notre Dame?  Just bad.  With that said, good luck to Haralson.

[RaceToTheTop 24,917]

1 minute ago, Home Jersey said:

In fairness, Monday was more of the “exception to the rule” than the norm, IMO. Not that it is as consequential anymore with the portal. 

In recruiting, you always lose our on recruits more than you win.  If you don't, you aren't casting a wide enough net nor shooting high enough.

[Hovadipo 55,016]

He stinks anyway imo

[JerryYeagley23 3,033]

We’ll be alright. Like I said, brighter days ahead. Think we have a five star coming our way in October if nothing changes. 

[Leo 446]

Except I can't find a Notre Dame basketball board where they are celebrating.

You have to look for an Indiana Football/Notre Dame basketball reversible jacket board.

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Just now, RaceToTheTop said:

In recruiting, you always lose our on recruits more than you win.  If you don't, you aren't casting a wide enough net nor shooting high enough.

Yeah, don’t disagree with the caveat that prioritization matters. You should definitely be in contact with a good range of players in a given class, but elite programs (Kansas, Duke, UNC, and UConn recently) probably land their “top” targets more often than not. Everyone misses on a few each cycle though, and I’m not even positive Haralson was one of our “top” targets this cycle necessarily. The sky is not falling because of this, that’s for sure.

[Hardwood83 4,727]

2 minutes ago, Hoosier Guy said:

Just absolute lunacy.  That’s a big loss for IU.  You lose the top ranked player in the state to Notre Dame?  Just bad.  With that said, good luck to Haralson.

Could be worse, he coulda gone to Michigan St. He's harmless at ND, never to be seen or heard from again. 

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Just now, Hardwood83 said:

Could be worse, he coulda gone to Michigan St. He's harmless at ND, never to be seen or heard from again. 

I’ll be interested to see if Haralson sticks, could see him having a change of heart if ND has a really bad year. 

[AH1971 1,446]

6 minutes ago, Banksyrules said:

Sadly old enough to see this show multiple times.  Let’s hope we win big this year.

Saw it plenty of times with Knight too. Sun always came up the next day.