IU - Kaulie Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 38 minutes ago, Honkyman said: Maybe they can. But will they? The players that IU has targeted so far appear to be more of a lateral move. But assuming they are an upgrade, there is no reason to believe IU will land them all or even any of them. The best players in the Transfer Portal are being targeted by many many programs. The Transfer Portal is an opportunity to upgrade, not a guarantee. We will see what happens. We have targeted some big time players if the names we are connected to are true. I’m talking about starters and guys that are going to get paid to play basketball after college. Duncomb is already gone. Bates is a role player at best and Geronimo shouldn’t be sniffing playing time. We will not get every player we target out of the portal but we will get some of our targets and all are an upgrade over the likes of Bates and Geronimo. Hoosierfanyuh and sweetpain 2 Quote
Loaded Chicken Sandwich Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 26 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said: The defense presents Justin Smith.....case dismissed. His TO rate was 126%, unless it was big possession then it was 157%. I believe he was physically incapable of cleanly handling a basketball. Possibly... But Justin Smith also won us some games and we really sucked the year after he left. sweetpain and lillurk 2 Quote
WayneFleekHoosier Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 The defense presents Justin Smith.....case dismissed. His TO rate was 126%, unless it was big possession then it was 157%. I believe he was physically incapable of cleanly handling a basketball. Until he transferred then he had some success. System matters and Coaches need to coach to players strengths. He was never a 3 like he needed to be at IU. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app lillurk and HoosierAloha 2 Quote
94Bulldog Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Honkyman said: Bates was a 5-star for a reason. He has potential and has shown that potentials on occasion. College basketball is replete with examples of players that didn't reach their potential until after a couple of years of college--in fact, it is probably more the norm than the exception. I'm not sure why so many people are trashing Bates and Geronimo. Nobody on this board knows if they are staying or leaving. Lander was a 5 star. Hollowell and Perea were highly rated. Ratings aren’t everything and are wrong as much as right. Hoosierfanyuh, BGleas, Dave from Dayton and 4 others 7 Quote
go iu bb Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said: Possibly... But Justin Smith also won us some games and we really sucked the year after he left. We sucked in the years he was at IU too. ellen.walden and thebigweave 2 Quote
Loaded Chicken Sandwich Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 6 minutes ago, go iu bb said: We sucked in the years he was at IU too. Well we weren't exactly good, but better than Archie's last season. Quote
Scotty R Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Uspshoosier said: Every team is basically going to have kids from the transfer portal on their team now. It’s just the way it’s going to be. Kansas st fired their coach and ended up building around 2 players that stayed but even one of those was a transfer (Nowell from Arkansas St). They days of building a program through returning players and high school kids only is going to be the exception. Even izzo who hates the portal grabbed his best guard from it a couple years ago. Funny how this year when he mentioned his team didn’t use the portal he left out Walker from Northeastern. Portal is here to stay and teams better realize that or they will be left behind. My guess is besides FAU every team left has multiple guys that contribute that are from the portal. FAU should be a top 15 team next year but I’m guessing that team won’t look the same next year because their guys will be in the portal Also MSU had Hauser from Marquette Quote
str8baller Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 40 minutes ago, Scotty R said: Also MSU had Hauser from Marquette He might have been a pre-portal transfer. I don’t fully remember. But the point stands: Izzo didn’t recruit all those guys. Uspshoosier 1 Quote
Uspshoosier Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 22 minutes ago, str8baller said: He might have been a pre-portal transfer. I don’t fully remember. But the point stands: Izzo didn’t recruit all those guys. He sat out a year. Original transfer rules Quote
Rico Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 9 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said: He sat out a year. Original transfer rules His brother sat out a year as well. But correct me if I am wrong, didn't Joey request a waiver? And it was denied. Uspshoosier 1 Quote
Uspshoosier Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 Just now, Rico said: His brother sat out a year as well. But correct me if I am wrong, didn't Joey request a waiver? And it was denied. Yeah. I thought his brother was a grad transfer and played right away for Virginia. Joey definitely got denied and I remember izzo whining about it ebridges24 and Rico 2 Quote
Uspshoosier Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 3 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said: Yeah. I thought his brother was a grad transfer and played right away for Virginia. Joey definitely got denied and I remember izzo whining about it Looks like Sam had to sit out a year as well Quote
ebridges24 Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 On 3/24/2023 at 9:28 AM, btownqb said: Yeah, he missed on Lander too. And Damezi Anderson.... Archie sucked. Sucked hard! Quote
ebridges24 Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 Do we know officially that Bates and Geronimo are transferring? Quote
bigrod Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 1 minute ago, ebridges24 said: Do we know officially that Bates and Geronimo are transferring? I don’t think there’s been anything official yet. ebridges24 1 Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 1 minute ago, ebridges24 said: Do we know officially that Bates and Geronimo are transferring? No. ebridges24 1 Quote
Chris007 Posted March 25, 2023 Author Posted March 25, 2023 1 minute ago, ebridges24 said: Do we know officially that Bates and Geronimo are transferring? Officially no. But confident in what I was told. thebigweave, ebridges24 and MemphisHoosier 3 Quote
GloryDays Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 4 hours ago, Hardwood83 said: The defense presents Justin Smith.....case dismissed. His TO rate was 126%, unless it was big possession then it was 157%. I believe he was physically incapable of cleanly handling a basketball. Only thing worse was an attempt to pass to a teammate. Hardwood83 1 Quote
Hoosier DaDa Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 Off topic but your observation reminds me of my dad slapping the couch and yelling "Matt Nover hands of STONE!!!"My dad use to yell that about Uwe Blab all the time.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk HinnyHoosier 1 Quote
Huntnfreak Posted March 25, 2023 Posted March 25, 2023 5 hours ago, BGleas said: You're too focused on the "stars" or what people had hoped Bates and Geronimo were. The reality is both guys are one-dimensional players. Forget the rankings and the potential, and go get multi-skilled players that can do multiple things on both ends. That's what these teams still playing have. No, they don't have anyone with Bates "potential", but they have guys that can do a variety of things on both ends. Guys that can bit shots, create shots and are dawgs. Despite the potential and athleticism, that isn't Bates or Geronimo. Looking for some dawgs huh??? Hmmm…Almost like this was discussed on HSN, but over there we we’re all good because we made some come backs in some games!! LMAO mamasa 1 Quote
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