IU Basketball News and Notes

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,829]

77 miles from Bloomington to Hubers and some of the prettiest driving you'll find... 

177 miles from Bloomington to Fort Wayne --- have to drive through Indy...

I can't imagine why they elect to hold events at Hubers. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,829]

1 minute ago, steubenhoosier said:

Nope...and none of those towns have nearly the population of the metro FW area. Romeo is the only kid of the recent past that has come to IU. How much has been spent/wasted in the past 10 years with only one guy to show for it?

Listen, I get it. There's always been a definite slant to these boards from Indianapolis on south.  I would venture to guess that the majority of posters are from those geographic regions. My whole point has been that the program continues to do itself a disservice by ignoring northern Indiana. The appearance is that they are essentially conceding that they can't compete with Purdue for recruits up here, and that is sickening to me.

Right, I understand your point, I just don't agree, all that population and not enough talent in basketball to warrant more time spent up there. 

How much time is wasted? very little. I don't see any disservice, I see going about it the right way. 

Miller and Mike Davis not recruiting Goode and Harangody was stupid though. Those two would have been in the bag as quickly as Crean got Hulls. 

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The complaints about Hubers are wild though. The nice part about having something at Hubers--- even Evansville has access to it with 64. 

[steubenhoosier 1,400]

9 minutes ago, btownqb said:

77 miles from Bloomington to Hubers and some of the prettiest driving you'll find... 

177 miles from Bloomington to Fort Wayne --- have to drive through Indy...

I can't imagine why they elect to hold events at Hubers. 

Don't care if they hold events at Hubers or not. Hopefully, the esthetics of the drive is not a major reason for doing events there. If they want to spend much money there with little return, that's their perogative.

They will never have a chance at the talent that is produced up here without developing a presence. They could have had Furst, had Archie not ignored him. By many opinions on here, he would have been a solution to the backup 4-5 role we are currently trying to fill.

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6 minutes ago, steubenhoosier said:

Don't care if they hold events at Hubers or not. Hopefully, the esthetics of the drive is not a major reason for doing events there. If they want to spend much money there with little return, that's their perogative.

They will never have a chance at the talent that is produced up here without developing a presence. They could have had Furst, had Archie not ignored him. By many opinions on here, he would have been a solution to the backup 4-5 role we are currently trying to fill.

I'd prefer to spend time in other areas with more talent. That's all. 

There are 10000000 players in college as talented/useful as Furst. We are better off doubling our time with MIC schools, Hamilton Co schools, and others in that area. 

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5 minutes ago, btownqb said:

I'd prefer to spend time in other areas with more talent. That's all. 

There are 10000000 players in college as talented/useful as Furst. 

None of whom are on our roster, and we are now trying to fill that hole with guys who have not played against nearly the competition Furst has. 

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Just now, steubenhoosier said:

None of whom are on our roster, and we are now trying to fill that hole with guys who have not played against nearly the competition Furst has. 

I don't really care whether or not guys like Furst end up on our roster. He isn't very good. 

[Hovadipo 58,761]

Huber is a donor event. The return on that investment is massive.

[IUFAN1976 4,215]

3 minutes ago, btownqb said:

I don't really care whether or not guys like Furst end up on our roster. He isn't very good. 

Yes, he isn’t very good but I think he would be a better backup to Ballo than what we have now and he might be better than Hatton.

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4 minutes ago, btownqb said:

I don't really care whether or not guys like Furst end up on our roster. He isn't very good. 

As I said, there have been many other opinions here that think he would have been a great solution to the need for another big.

[steubenhoosier 1,400]

2 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Huber is a donor event. The return on that investment is massive.

That's great...plenty of deep pockets up here as well. 

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Just now, IUFAN1976 said:

Yes, he isn’t very good but I think he would be a better backup to Ballo than what we have now and he might be better than Hatton.

So spend more time in FW because 4 years into college there's a player that might develop into a decent backup 5? I'll pass. That's the context of the discussion. 

Guess where Hatton is from? Hubers country lol 

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1 minute ago, steubenhoosier said:

As I said, there have been many other opinions here that think he would have been a great solution to the need for another big.

I don't see how and I think those are "lazy" takes. He weighs 210lbs, isn't a rim protector and doesn't shoot well. 

[IUFAN1976 4,215]

Just now, btownqb said:

So spend more time in FW because 4 years into college there's a player that might develop into a decent backup 5? I'll pass. That's the context of the discussion. 

Guess where Hatton is from? Hubers country lol 

I still would rather have Furst over Hatton but now I get what this discussion is about. Just call Batina Butt-In, lol.  

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1 minute ago, IUFAN1976 said:

I still would rather have Furst over Hatton but now I get what this discussion is about. Just call Batina Butt-In, lol.  

I don't really want either of them, it's confusing to me to use Furst as an example, though. He isn't a very good one. 

DeShaun Thomas good example. 

[HoosierAloha 30,090]

Huber’s isn’t 77 miles from Btown. I’d guess it’s around 60, if that. Donations are the reason for that event not for a recruiting advantage.


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[Hovadipo 58,761]

42 minutes ago, steubenhoosier said:

That's great...plenty of deep pockets up here as well. 

I'm sure you guys will get the call when Hoosiers Connect needs some extra cash.

[Demo 21,279]

I don’t subscribe to The Athletic so haven’t read the article, but the items posted are interesting and IU with a specific mention.

[Golfman25 6,115]

23 hours ago, btownqb said:

What have Loyer and Furst developed? I don't really think we've missed on much talent at all from the FW area in BASKETBALL. The HS basketball isn't that good there, the lack of recruits show that. I don't want Loyer or Furst. 

Football on the other hand, football is big time. And we HAVE missed on a lot of recruits there. Tons, some I'm not sure we will ever get in on... any kid that goes to Dwenger, for example, and ND offers--- is going to ND. It doesn't matter what Indiana does...

multiple FW kids, in football, have gone to OSU in recent years, as well. We will never win recruiting battles against OSU. 

Luers, Dwenger, Snider, and Homestead are excellent football programs. Others have talent. The FW programs in basketball don't/haven't matched that talent. 

Excuse me -- No Self Imposed Limitations.  Coach Cig out.  :)   

[Hovadipo 58,761]

14 minutes ago, Demo said:

I don’t subscribe to The Athletic so haven’t read the article, but the items posted are interesting and IU with a specific mention.

You're not missing anything else; that was from a mailbag and that was the whole answer.

[steubenhoosier 1,400]

1 hour ago, btownqb said:

So spend more time in FW because 4 years into college there's a player that might develop into a decent backup 5? I'll pass. That's the context of the discussion. 

Guess where Hatton is from? Hubers country lol 

And it's not just NE Indiana that is ignored, it's the entire northern part of the state. RMK use to get lots of guys from around South Bend and "The Region". Abernathy, Laskowski, even Dakich. We have gotten one in the last 15 years or so-- the kid from South Bend that was supposed to be a great shooter, and turned out not to be so much. Basically, anything Marion and north is being ignored.