IU Basketball News and Notes

[jefftheref]

2 hours ago, Pagoda said:

The needle mover.

Garbage in, garbage out!

[ebridges24]

iis anything happening with Sam?

[Home Jersey]

13 hours ago, ebridges24 said:

iis anything happening with Sam?

Also curious about this, haven't seen any reporting though. If I had to venture a guess, I'd say he's done unfortunately

[ronzo4IU]

49 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Also curious about this, haven't seen any reporting though. If I had to venture a guess, I'd say he's done unfortunately

What is this about, I guess I missed something?

[ronzo4IU]

I went back and read and I thought Sam's 5th year was a done deal?  Now it sounds like he might lose eligibility...that's nuts.  Everything changes back and forth so much with all these rulings etc... so confusing.

[AZ Hoosier]

32 minutes ago, ronzo4IU said:

I went back and read and I thought Sam's 5th year was a done deal?  Now it sounds like he might lose eligibility...that's nuts.  Everything changes back and forth so much with all these rulings etc... so confusing.

I guarantee if it was Wade and LSU, he'd be suiting up. 

TBH, college athletics is so far out of control. NIL is obscene. The eligibility issue is in a constant state of flex. The NCAA is at best a paper tiger. The courts are eating its lunch. The players are pawns in this power struggle, and we fans are largely inconsequential.

[ronzo4IU]

1 hour ago, AZ Hoosier said:

I guarantee if it was Wade and LSU, he'd be suiting up. 

TBH, college athletics is so far out of control. NIL is obscene. The eligibility issue is in a constant state of flex. The NCAA is at best a paper tiger. The courts are eating its lunch. The players are pawns in this power struggle, and we fans are largely inconsequential.

Yeah,i concur., pretty disheartning the way this is all unfolding.  Constant indecision and favoritism with rosters in flux right up until close to the season start is just downright stupid and unethical.  

[str8baller]

9 hours ago, AZ Hoosier said:

The NCAA is at best a paper tiger. The courts are eating its lunch. The players are pawns in this power struggle

The players are bringing the suits and causing the chaos, not that I am not sympathetic with them. But quite literally in Sam’s case the NCAA is currently winning, which is why he’s ineligible as of today. 

[American HoosierX]

Just now, LamarCheeks said:

Never been a big Andy Katz fan. 

Still, I'd rather start at No. 10 and work our way up then start at No. 2 or 3 and work our way down ... 

This is not a power ranking, it's a best BT teams since 2000 ranking.

[Hovadipo]

1 minute ago, Hovadipo said:

Daley and Wyatt have a hearing in Monroe Co. for their i junction this morning. 

And Sam Alexis has joined. 

[HoosierHoopster]

2 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

And Sam Alexis has joined. 

Fingers crossed

[Demo]

9 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

And Sam Alexis has joined. 

Ok 

[spe317]

2 hours ago, Demo said:

Ok 

Crazy to think we’re all making what Sam is making. That’s what my paycheck says: “somewhere under a million”

[str8baller]

On 9/14/2026 at 6:46 PM, Demo said:

Ok 

I don’t even want to know what we paid Bailey. Alexis was twice the player Bailey was but couldn’t crack the starting lineup until halfway through the season so I assume Bailey was making more. Sheesh.

[RaceToTheTop]

On 9/14/2026 at 8:40 PM, spe317 said:

That’s what my paycheck says: “somewhere under a million”

Yeah, but with taxes taken out, it's "somewhere under somewhere under a million."

[RaceToTheTop]

Just MHO, I am more confident now that Alexis will be available this season for IU than I was when the Tennessee court first granted his injunction.  If at the county level a court could rule TKR eligible, it would seem the same would apply to Sam Alexis.

[ebridges24]

1 hour ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Just MHO, I am more confident now that Alexis will be available this season for IU than I was when the Tennessee court first granted his injunction.  If at the county level a court could rule TKR eligible, it would seem the same would apply to Sam Alexis.

Sure hoping you're right

[HoosierHoopster]

17 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Just MHO, I am more confident now that Alexis will be available this season for IU than I was when the Tennessee court first granted his injunction.  If at the county level a court could rule TKR eligible, it would seem the same would apply to Sam Alexis.

GetBasketball Shoes

 

Hope so. Different judges / different courts though often rule differently. The lovely nature of our judicial system….

This largely unregulated, ad hoc portal and NIL world is a mess. It needs to be uniformly regulated.

[realTomCrean]

 

Indiana has to adopt this for Don Fischer. Would be a hit 

[spe317]

1 hour ago, realTomCrean said:

 

Indiana has to adopt this for Don Fischer. Would be a hit 

I’m pretty these are a hit because the Alabama fans still don’t understand how radios work. Some of them may call it a magic box with a small man inside.