Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,331]

6 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Conwell reportedly visiting Louisville today per Louisville’s rivals writer

not good 

[Hoosierfan1901 8,239]

1 minute ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

not good 

Visiting Texas tomorrow 

[Jim IV22 140]

https://x.com/JamieShaw5/status/1907063465279144066

[dwtaylor1055 1,761]

players would be silly to not attend their scheduled visits IF they are able to get them all in before April 7th date, especially given the potential amount of $ that is at stake

[Hoosierfanyuh 5,507]

Conwell taking the other visits isn’t warm and fuzzies but i don’t believe it is any reason to be super worried 

[DChoosier 9,515]

9 minutes ago, dwtaylor1055 said:

players would be silly to not attend their scheduled visits IF they are able to get them all in before April 7th date, especially given the potential amount of $ that is at stake

Yep,

Lets face it….every visit ramps up the sense of competition for the players services which could possibly add, for an elite player, 100’s of thousands to their package. Like it or not that’s the reality.

[go iu bb 9,103]

10 minutes ago, Jim IV22 said:

https://x.com/JamieShaw5/status/1907063465279144066

That looks like a reasonable list for someone with his ranking. Much better than his previous list, which is kind of puzzling. Is he a late bloomer who recently shot up the rankings? Anyone know?

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,331]

3 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

That looks like a reasonable list for someone with his ranking. Much better than his previous list, which is kind of puzzling. Is he a late bloomer who recently shot up the rankings? Anyone know?

kids ranked Top 100 lol ... late bloomer? I think he's just naturally progressing. 

He'd be a RS candidate IMO

[go iu bb 9,103]

3 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

kids ranked Top 100 lol ... late bloomer? I think he's just naturally progressing. 

He'd be a RS candidate IMO

I know where he's ranked now. I don't know when he reached that ranking. Hence the question which you didn't answer in any way.

His offer list doesn't look like that of someone who's been highly ranked for a while. It looks like someone who somewhat recently became ranked. That's why I'm asking.

[rayl456 865]

23 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

not good 

Nope…everyone is a mercenary now.  The coach…the school…none of that matters as much anymore.  That’s the world we live in now.  There will some exceptions, but not many.  JMHO.  Others may not agree and that’s fine.   :)

[AH1971 2,954]

6 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

I know where he's ranked now. I don't know when he reached that ranking. Hence the question which you didn't answer in any way.

His offer list doesn't look like that of someone who's been highly ranked for a while. It looks like someone who somewhat recently became ranked. That's why I'm asking.

Yes fast riser. He was 304 on 11/30/24, 150 on 1/15/25, and shot all the way up to 70 on 2/2/25

[Hoosierfan2017 24,616]

Hope we land some guys soon. I’m getting antsy. 

[Home Jersey 15,415]

Obviously the ideal scenario is securing a commitment while they're on campus. 

As has been said though, players are smart to take all the visits they can in this market.

With the April 7 date in mind, I don't think the conventional wisdom applies RE: leaving campus without committing. 

At the same time, IU is in a pretty unique spot. Plenty of minutes and money to offer.

But imagine it's hard to envision a team around you when there's virtually no roster. 

Really hope this staff shows themselves to have great prioritization skills / recruiting chops in general this cycle. 

[pumpfake 4,483]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Hope we land some guys soon. I’m getting antsy. 

If the stringer is still empty on the 7th, then I'll begin getting concerned.

I have wondered how some will respond if we don't have much success with our perceived top targets.

[TadQueasy 2,473]

3 minutes ago, pumpfake said:

If the stringer is still empty on the 7th, then I'll begin getting concerned.

I have wondered how some will respond if we don't have much success with our perceived top targets.

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,331]

17 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

I know where he's ranked now. I don't know when he reached that ranking. Hence the question which you didn't answer in any way.

His offer list doesn't look like that of someone who's been highly ranked for a while. It looks like someone who somewhat recently became ranked. That's why I'm asking.

I just would categorize it differently. That's all. 

Long, very long and skilled. Glad we still want him. 

[coonhounds 10,523]

Anyone wonder if the fact we don't have a coaching staff is hurting at all?

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[AH1971 2,954]

2 minutes ago, coonhounds said:

Anyone wonder if the fact we don't have a coaching staff is hurting at all?

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We have a coaching staff and a few of them have already been recruiting for IU.

[TadQueasy 2,473]

2 minutes ago, coonhounds said:

Anyone wonder if the fact we don't have a coaching staff is hurting at all?

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[HoosierFan1994 5,195]

Keep in mind that while it's likely we know a good part of the roster by the end of the week, it's going to take some time to fill all 13 spots..most likely 12. Coach is going to be selective which is a GOOD thing. A hard reset was needed in 2017 and in 2021..didn't happen. Granted a different era but Miller kept all the Crean players/recruits in 2017. Look how that turned out. Woodson kept 9 Archie players/recruits (yes, Trayce was worthy keeping) and a few assistants. Indiana snuck into the tournament in 2022. Not all those guys were worth keeping. 

Let's see what this roster looks like in about 3 weeks. That seems like the median as far as commits go. It's very likely guys we will get haven't even entered the portal yet. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to get Conwell, Dix, Flory, Enright, etc. But none of those 4 guys are bigger than the program.  It's only a problem if those are the only guys Coach is going after...which isn't the case.