2024 PG Daquan Davis to Florida State

[Henryville Hoosier 978]

Seems like a pretty solid player. I think Woody needs to get this kid if he can. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,829]

Davis and team with a 107-92 win and nearly a triple double.  22p; 9r; 8a; 2s; 0b; 3t.   8-12 FG; 4-5 on 3s; 2-3 FT.

[IU_FanClub 1,713]

Dragging your feet on this kid just doesn't make any sense. No clue why we have not gone all in on him yet, this is the type of guard we are always begging for.

[8bucks 6,557]

1 hour ago, IU_FanClub said:

Dragging your feet on this kid just doesn't make any sense. No clue why we have not gone all in on him yet, this is the type of guard we are always begging for.

Didn’t he move his OV from the spring to this weekend or am I thinking of someone else. If he did, how do you know we are dragging our feet on him 

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Just now, 8bucks said:

Didn’t he move his OV from the spring to this weekend or am I thinking of someone else. If he did, how do you know we are dragging our feet on him 

I believe you're thinking of Sanon

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,726]

Our coaching staff are going to need to do a lot of soul searching to figure out our backcourt for next season imo.

You have Galloway likely back, Gunn, Cupps, and Newton all projected to come back and I don’t feel good about any of them being a starter on a top 10 team.


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11 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Our coaching staff are going to need to do a lot of soul searching to figure out our backcourt for next season imo.

You have Galloway likely back, Gunn, Cupps, and Newton all projected to come back and I don’t feel good about any of them being a starter on a top 10 team.


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Top 10 in the nation or top 10 in the B1G? That doesn't look like a top 10 in the B1G backcourt, much less top 10 in the nation.

[Hardwood83 4,775]

12 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Our coaching staff are going to need to do a lot of soul searching to figure out our backcourt for next season imo.

You have Galloway likely back, Gunn, Cupps, and Newton all projected to come back and I don’t feel good about any of them being a starter on a top 10 team.


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Your gut is correct. Cupps won't be ready for that big of a step and Trey is a great 6th man (both IMO obviously) Gunn shoulda Redshirted last year and Newton coming off nearly 2 years of inactivity is a question until proven otherwise.

Transfer portal for the win! 

[Scotty R 2,321]

2 hours ago, IU_FanClub said:

Dragging your feet on this kid just doesn't make any sense. No clue why we have not gone all in on him yet, this is the type of guard we are always begging for.

How do you know they haven't 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,829]

4 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

How do you know they haven't 

Well, he has yet to receive a formal offer so that doesn't sound like we've gone all in.  Right now we have a number of offers out to high profile guards and while we can't get caught slow playing any one kid, the overall recruiting strategy is somewhat like a game of chess in how we handle each target.

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2 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Well, he has yet to receive a formal offer so that doesn't sound like we've gone all in.  Right now we have a number of offers out to high profile guards and while we can't get caught slow playing any one kid, the overall recruiting strategy is somewhat like a game of chess in how we handle each target.

I asked someone but can't remember which board and someone posted that we had offered 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,829]

13 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

I asked someone but can't remember which board and someone posted that we had offered 

99.99% confident we haven't.  Lot of expectations were an offer would be made after Woody watched him play last weekend but it didn't happen.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,829]

In a loss earlier tonight:  8p; 4r; 6a; 0s; 0b; 1t.          1-10 FG; 0-5 on 3s; 6-8 FT    and he played so well last night!!

[Demo 20,541]

Halftime quote from Davis during a OTE game I’m watching that they’re winning pretty comfortably: “We didn’t play with a lot of energy. We’ve got to fix the energy and play defense. Everybody wanting’ the ball and that ain’t gonna help us win.” 
 

Calling out his team at halftime of a game they’re winning by 13. Love it. 

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,726]

This kid is an interesting example to look at as fans. Just interesting on the philosophy behind recruiting. 
I would say most of us would be pretty happy with him. Woody watched him recently and must still be on the fence. Sounds like he is ours if we wanted him. 
So this begs the question, does Woody just have really, really high standards and isn’t willing to budge? Is this is a good thing long term or something he needs to adjust?  Would he rather have a portal guy since we have Cupps etc? 
easy to say take him , but do we then complain he is not good enough IE Gunn, Leal, Geronimo, etc.

I’d argue we weren’t “complaining” Gunn, Leal, Geronimo aren’t good enough I’d say we were justifiably pointing out that they weren’t good enough.

I’m still on the fence with Gunn because he has the intangibles but then on the court it doesn’t seem to work. Geronimo was similar. Gunn came in yesterday, missed a front end then took an I’ll advised jumper and missed it. Got yanked. He plays with ultimate confidence but the shooting has never matched.

There are examples of 3 stars and less that become incredible players all across the country every year, it just seems rare to find them on Indianas roster.

I kinda like this kid, but I think we need an alpha ready to roll at either PG or SG next year and Davis would be a developmental piece at IU. So, it makes things tough.


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[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,829]

Similar to the Boogie Fland recruitment.  Staff was very high on Boogie but he didn't play particularly well in front of Woody and was put on the backburner.  Clearly that subsequently changed and we battled to the wire for Boogie but lost.

Woody watched Davis on Dec. 8, and he didn't have a bad game --  20p; 8r; 2a; 4s; 0b; 1t        6-18 FG; 4-9 on 3s; 4-6 FT

From what I read elsewhere seemed expectations were that Davis would be offered once Woody saw him play in person.  That offer did not take place and I've not seen anything that offers any explanation other than Woody's playing a chess game with his guard recruitment.  Sometimes a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush but what do I know?

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5 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Similar to the Boogie Fland recruitment.  Staff was very high on Boogie but he didn't play particularly well in front of Woody and was put on the backburner.  Clearly that subsequently changed and we battled to the wire for Boogie but lost.

Woody watched Davis on Dec. 8, and he didn't have a bad game --  20p; 8r; 2a; 4s; 0b; 1t        6-18 FG; 4-9 on 3s; 4-6 FT

From what I read elsewhere seemed expectations were that Davis would be offered once Woody saw him play in person.  That offer did not take place and I've not seen anything that offers any explanation other than Woody's playing a chess game with his guard recruitment.  Sometimes a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush but what do I know?

Looking at this year's roster, I'd be hard pressed to call Woody a winner at a "guard chess game". One open scholly, two solid guards on the injured list, a rookie that's coming along nicely in many regards, a senior that has been missing in action so far this year (finally showed up in the Kansas game), a senior who's much better as a "team guy"/cheerleader than as a player, and a handful of walk-ons who have yet to see action...

I don't see much in the way of interest/commitments for 2024 at this point, either.

I find his overall recruiting frustrating. He lands a big fish or two, but misses on the entirety of a supporting cast. Not sure why it's gone that way, but it's maddening.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,829]

OTE loss.   27p.  3r.  3a.  2s.  0b.  2t.     8-18 FG.   3-8 on 3s.    8-8 FT

[DoctorP 1,318]

Get this kid signed. Adding him + Queen to Liam would be a homerun cycle

[IUFAN1976 3,646]

I agree!  Get this guy and DQ and with Liam, it would make for a nice recruiting class!  You don’t have to load your team up on all 5 star recruits, you can win with 4 and 3 star recruits too.  Look at Turdue, I don’t believe they have any 5 star recruits.
 

Like Old Fart said: “ A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush”.