2023 SF/PF Mackenzie Mgbako to Texas A&M via Portal

[Hoosierfanyuh 7,008]

Eric just said as of an hour ago it had not been communicated to iu where he is going. ik follows are annoying but Trey just followed him on twitter a little while ago. Also mom followed Carmelo recently. 

[lillurk 5,151]

This is reminding me a little of the Blackmon re-recruitment.

[cthomas 6,627]

We won't know anything until he says it, then either way we will move on.

[Hovadipo 61,502]

32 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Eric just said as of an hour ago it had not been communicated to iu where he is going. ik follows are annoying but Trey just followed him on twitter a little while ago. Also mom followed Carmelo recently. 

I wouldn’t be at all surprised if Melo (and likely others) is showing up on FaceTime during big visits. 

[lillurk 5,151]

17 minutes ago, lillurk said:

This is reminding me a little of the Blackmon re-recruitment.

BUT to my knowledge there’s no Devin Booker domino

[Home Jersey 16,281]

32 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Eric just said as of an hour ago it had not been communicated to iu where he is going. ik follows are annoying but Trey just followed him on twitter a little while ago. Also mom followed Carmelo recently. 

Hopefully we're in touch regularly throughout each day at this point. I imagine that until a decision gets communicated, the process is fairly relentless, when the competition is this high level

[iu eyedoc 4,503]

7 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

It has nothing to do with style of play. None of those 4 players are the same. Butler, Vincent, Martin, Robinson. All different but still made it through hard work.

Well that and in their last college season, Jimmy Butler averaged 15.7 pts, 6.1 reb, and 2.3 assts at age 22 while Miller Kopp averaged 8.1 pts, 2.5 reb, and 1.2 assts at age 24. But hey hard work!!!!

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KU vs IU twitter tomorrow from around 7pm tomorrow until something is officially announced on Friday will be ruthless lol. The KU fans are almost as relentless as ours

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 9,310]

14 minutes ago, iu eyedoc said:

Well that and in their last college season, Jimmy Butler averaged 15.7 pts, 6.1 reb, and 2.3 assts at age 22 while Miller Kopp averaged 8.1 pts, 2.5 reb, and 1.2 assts at age 24. But hey hard work!!!!

Well... Yea. Hard work. Can get someone places. Who would have thought.

[Brass Cannon 25,452]

Well hopefully we get him on Friday. Either way Zelda is coming out that day and thus I have deemed it to be a good day 

[wirenuts 1,454]

6 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Well hopefully we get him on Friday. Either way Zelda is coming out that day and thus I have deemed it to be a good day 

Hell yes. If it is even close to as good as BOTW it will be an absolute classic. 

[Uspshoosier 54,529]

10 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Well hopefully we get him on Friday. Either way Zelda is coming out that day and thus I have deemed it to be a good day 

Going to be a good day.   Not many things can make a recruitment announcement for an IU player on the back burner but Zelda does.   Been running through BOTW again to get ready (and did the tedious chore of finding all 900 seeds).    I’m guessing Mgbako is a Zelda fan as well.   Only reason he planned announcement for Friday.   Sorry for the OT talk 

[IUFAN1976 4,320]

3 minutes ago, Schreckbagger said:

Just a thought.....why wait until Friday, the day after the portal closes? Maybe CMW asked him to wait until after Thursday to keep Banks or Gunn from jumping ship.

Just a silly thought....

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He wouldn’t do that be Self might to keep others from jumping!

[Stuhoo 89,746]

6 minutes ago, Schreckbagger said:

Just a thought.....why wait until Friday, the day after the portal closes? Maybe CMW asked him to wait until after Thursday to keep Banks or Gunn from jumping ship.

Just a silly thought....

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I could see either teams coach having arranged for exactly that.

[go iu bb 9,729]

10 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Going to be a good day.   Not many things can make a recruitment announcement for an IU player on the back burner but Zelda does.   Been running through BOTW again to get ready (and did the tedious chore of finding all 900 seeds).    I’m guessing Mgbako is a Zelda fan as well.   Only reason he planned announcement for Friday.   Sorry for the OT talk 

I'm excited for that release. Made sure I have space on my Switch for it. Lucky for me Friday is one of my off Fridays (9-80 work schedule) and my last final is tomorrow. So ready for it.

[Brass Cannon 25,452]

2 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

I'm excited for that release. Made sure I have space on my Switch for it.

Will be running to the store right after I drop my daughter off at school. Took the day off because I can never find time to game on a day to day basis. 

[cthomas 6,627]

6 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

I could see either teams coach having arranged for exactly that.

I wouldn't think that reasoning would be very up front to guys who were already in the program. Doesn't feel like a commitment to your guys.

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I think its far more likely Mgbako chose Friday so the family can get through this week - do their due diligence, go about their routines, etc. Then make the announcement on Friday, celebrate over the weekend, and relax knowing the decision has been made

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After watching the first 5 minutes of this, I think the positive impact of having Dad on the visit to IU can't be overstated  

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 9,310]

Y'all playing Zelda and I'm just over here running a franchise on NBA 2K17 LOL.