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1 minute ago, btownqb said:

Impressed by the work his done in weight room the last 365 days. It's evident, even with his long arms.  

I tell you want C, you and me both are high on Cupps! I think he is going to really surprise a lot of people next year!

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1 minute ago, btownqb said:

Impressed by the work his done in weight room the last 365 days. It's evident, even with his long arms.  

He not a high-level athlete. But he IS an outstanding combination of incredible court awareness and savvy along with being a pretty decent athlete.

Cupps was invited to the SLAM Summer Classic at historic Rucker Park in NYC last summer, and competed in the slam dunk competition. He’s no slouch athlete.

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7 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

BTW -- X is not back quite yet. 

He said on the podcast he hasn't heard about his waiver yet. 

False advertising or folks jumped to conclusions, I guess. 

Yeah - just finished listening to it myself - a lot of "knocking on wood" or "assuming things go as expected" comments but definitely no announcement of a waiver having been officially granted.

Now, I will say, the title of the podcast "Xavier Johnson Is Back!" could have easily have been misinterpreted by those who posted that the waiver approval was being announced on the podcast.

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Just now, eddy4iu said:

Yeah - just finished listening to it myself - a lot of "knocking on wood" or "assuming things go as expected" comments but definitely no announcement of a waiver having been officially granted.

Now, I will say, the title of the podcast "Xavier Johnson Is Back!" could have easily have been misinterpreted by those who posted that the waiver approval was being announced on the podcast.

Knew there was no way the NCAA had this done by now.  

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1 minute ago, eddy4iu said:

Now, I will say, the title of the podcast "Xavier Johnson Is Back!" could have easily have been misinterpreted by those who posted that the waiver approval was being announced on the podcast.

So, can we say clickbait?

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16 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Knew there was no way the NCAA had this done by now.  

Don't know if her situation was different -- or how it was -- but I did see an Iowa State women's player had a waiver request denied. Have no idea if there are any parallels with X's story, though. 

I was skeptical of any possible X announcement of getting a waiver BC had he been granted one, I highly doubted the news would've been released on a podcast recorded a day ago. IU would've sent that info out as soon as it heard from the NCAA. 

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

So, can we say clickbait?

If the shoe fits......

Definitely a LOT of that going around in the heat of the transfer portal mania for sure.

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51 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Knew there was no way the NCAA had this done by now.  

Thought the same when I saw the report here that the announcement would be made on the HH podacst that came out today.  But, had to listen just the same - LOL! 

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On 4/2/2023 at 10:22 PM, HoosierTrav said:

You’re kidding right? 
 

Speed: Yogi

Strength: Yogi

Handle: Yogi (Rick Pitino abandoned full court pressure against Yogi…)

Passing: Yogi

Shooting/Scoring: Yogi

 

the only aspect to Cupps game (and I LOVE Cupps) where he may be better is defensively and on the boards. Yogi was an underrated defender. 
 

Yogi Ferrell was a 5* McDonalds AA…. Top 2 PG in Indiana basketball history. 

Buckner might have something to say about this!

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37 minutes ago, J34 said:

Top 2 PG in Indiana basketball history. 

Yogi was great but definitely not in the top 2 point guards in Indiana basketball history. Easily in the top 5 point guards.

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On 4/4/2023 at 2:52 PM, LamarCheeks said:

Don't know if her situation was different -- or how it was -- but I did see an Iowa State women's player had a waiver request denied. Have no idea if there are any parallels with X's story, though. 

I was skeptical of any possible X announcement of getting a waiver BC had he been granted one, I highly doubted the news would've been released on a podcast recorded a day ago. IU would've sent that info out as soon as it heard from the NCAA. 

Stephanie Soares.  But she had played in 13 games out of Iowa State's games and they had no exempt games.  So she was at 13 of 28 games, or 46%.   Think it was a longshot that she would get the waiver because she was well above the exemption.

From what a poster had posted on here, Xavier would be at 11 of 31 games but just 8 of 28 of those that count, so he's at 29%.

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57 minutes ago, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

 

 

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Wonder who the others players were?

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Wonder who the others players were?

I was wondering the same thing. He did name 1

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1 hour ago, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

I was wondering the same thing. He did name 1

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Who did he name? I went back to 92 on sports reference and can’t find 1 person who meets those criteria. 

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2 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Stephanie Soares.  But she had played in 13 games out of Iowa State's games and they had no exempt games.  So she was at 13 of 28 games, or 46%.   Think it was a longshot that she would get the waiver because she was well above the exemption.

From what a poster had posted on here, Xavier would be at 11 of 31 games but just 8 of 28 of those that count, so he's at 29%.

There has to be a precedence to make the program believe XJ gets a waiver or he wasn't healthy enough. I just can't imagine we **** it up that bad.

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2 hours ago, HoosierAloha said:

There has to be a precedence to make the program believe XJ gets a waiver or he wasn't healthy enough. I just can't imagine we **** it up that bad.

If he wasn’t even healthy enough to make cuts by the end of the season, it would have been worth the risk.  But from what has been posted, he satisfies all the conditions to satisfy the waiver.

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Thought we had inside information that he was a go several times until the story that he'd try to come back next season?

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Who did he name? I went back to 92 on sports reference and can’t find 1 person who meets those criteria. 

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6 hours ago, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

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They're way too entrenched in numbers.