(2026) - Anthony Thompson to O$U

[dwtaylor1055]

Hoosiers Connect on X tweeted something that caught my attention Friday evening:

"Indiana Basketball, Legit, Hearing reports (us)".

Now could be in reference to them smashing Marian OR it could be towards Thompson maybe?

[ap2345]

46 minutes ago, dwtaylor1055 said:

Hoosiers Connect on X tweeted something that caught my attention Friday evening:

"Indiana Basketball, Legit, Hearing reports (us)".

Now could be in reference to them smashing Marian OR it could be towards Thompson maybe?

Nothing to do with Thompson. Nobody knows what Thompson is going to do yet

[ebridges24]

4 hours ago, mike vannice said:

Yeah that's not good. so no talk of the Diane/Karvala visits? Feels like just going through the motions with Diane but Karvala could be a fit for this offense. So odd to have two top 50 kids visiting and crickets. Guess we are a football school.

You said it brother!

[ebridges24]

4 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

I think the portal also lessens the importance and enthusiasm of high school recruiting.  Misses sucks but in the long run the portal might provide better options. Or overseas. Which seems to be the new hotspot to get great players.  

Definitely lessens the enthusiam

[go iu bb]

Now that they're back up: Rabjohns is saying that no one has any idea which way it will go yet but it is between IU and OSU, anyone one else would be surprising. He is still planning on announcing tomorrow but there is no time set.

[Brass Cannon]

9 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Now that they're back up: Rabjohns is saying that no one has any idea which way it will go yet but it is between IU and OSU, anyone one else would be surprising. He is still planning on announcing tomorrow but there is no time set.

Confirmed to be UK is how I read that 

[TheWatShot]

I'm gonna guess OSU will make him an offer he can't refuse and we come up empty once again. Diebler is desperate and we rarely win these battles. 

[JimmerNoe]

I went looking for an OSU board to see how they were feeling about him since we hadn’t had any updates for a few days and genuinely couldn’t find anything. May not have looked hard enough or this is just how us football powerhouses behave ;)

[Scotty R]

Probably still having last minute negotiations with the teams. It is unusual to be this quiet the day before an announcement 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

1 hour ago, TheWatShot said:

I'm gonna guess OSU will make him an offer he can't refuse and we come up empty once again. Diebler is desperate and we rarely win these battles. 

Yeah, feels right. Maybe Adidas will get the back of Indiana at some point and some point soon. 

[Hoosierfanyuh]

[Hoosierfanyuh]

Purely fwiw ^

[Scotty R]

Q

I think today you have 4 different avenues to get players

HS fall signing

HS spring signing plus decommits after coaches get fired 

Transfer portal 

Foreign recruits 

I still prefer to get some top HS players plus transfers with 2-3 years of eligibility 

[Scotty R]

8 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Does the order of the.list who he thinks is in the lead 

Never mind I see the asterisk means leader 

[mike vannice]

1 hour ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Where is Ethan Taylor on that list? Did I miss him committing somewhere?

[Hoosierfanyuh]

19 minutes ago, mike vannice said:

Where is Ethan Taylor on that list? Did I miss him committing somewhere?

Nope. Rabby just said he just got off the call and as of 930p no one knows who the choice is or when he’ll even announce it tomorrow, not even his HS.

[mike vannice]

2 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Nope. Rabby just said he just got off the call and as of 930p no one knows who the choice is or when he’ll even announce it tomorrow, not even his HS.

Sorry, I was asking about Ethan Taylor and his not being on the recruitment trends list. 

[mike vannice]

5 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Nope. Rabby just said he just got off the call and as of 930p no one knows who the choice is or when he’ll even announce it tomorrow, not even his HS.

Also weird that he hasn't made arrangements  with the school for the announcement. Maybe he will just do it on Twitter or Instagram.

[Hoosierfanyuh]

9 minutes ago, mike vannice said:

Sorry, I was asking about Ethan Taylor and his not being on the recruitment trends list. 

Yeah that’s why i said nope at the beginning 

[Stuhoo]

For a top ten player that may pop for IU tomorrow he’s kind of a mystery for the board. I just pulled up a recent interview of Anthony.

He strikes me as very intelligent, very serious, quietly confident without being egotistical, and pretty mature. Of the five stars we’ve had he probably presents himself most like J Hood Schifino.