Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[croneleoni 324]

  On 4/5/2025 at 9:00 PM, GP711 said:

Yes not trying to take credit for his prediction Bailey news was all him:)

Do you think he would play the 4 or 5 position? If 4, would he back up Tucker Devries?

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[Stuhoo 88,869]

  On 4/5/2025 at 8:54 PM, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Sounds like Trilly just made a Reed Bailey prediction for IU

Good things come to those who wait. In this case? The good things might be a 6’11 kid with a great perimeter game and 3.8 assists per. That’s a crazy number and indicates he can put the ball on the floor. 

[FightFor6 1,239]

Bailey could be our Danny Wolf. Would be thrilled with that pickup. 

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild 679]

  On 4/5/2025 at 9:00 PM, GP711 said:

Yes not trying to take credit for his prediction Bailey news was all him:)

When looking to these transfers from mid majors I always look at what they do vs. high major programs. He played 2 this year: 

Gonzaga - he had 9 pts 4 rebounds 2 assists - 24 minutes played 

Arizona - he had 19 pts 5 rebounds 3 assists - 29 minutes played 

[lillurk 5,026]

  On 4/5/2025 at 9:02 PM, croneleoni said:

Do you think he would play the 4 or 5 position? If 4, would he back up Tucker Devries?

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  On 4/5/2025 at 9:06 PM, Stuhoo said:

Good things come to those who wait. In this case? The good things might be a 6’11 kid with a great perimeter game and 3.8 assists per. That’s a crazy number and indicates he can put the ball on the floor. 

 

  On 4/5/2025 at 9:06 PM, FightFor6 said:

Bailey could be our Danny Wolf. Would be thrilled with that pickup. 

Yeah would say he’s a skilled 4 big enough to play some spot 5 — interesting fit, given the rim protection #s. Think you probably still roster two 5s with Bailey, DeVries, Sisley, and Goode. 

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,204]

  On 4/5/2025 at 9:02 PM, croneleoni said:

Do you think he would play the 4 or 5 position? If 4, would he back up Tucker Devries?

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He’s a 5. But he can play 4.  Weak on defense.  Crafty and skilled on offense but not a post up type of guy.  DeVries is gonna have his work cut out for him on defense.  
 

This alone doesn’t kill the Bindunga thoughts, but it kinda does.  Both will want to play a lot of minutes.  
 

Our offense is going to be so much prettier. If we can defend anyone, that’ll be the question.  Got a bit of ‘25 Iowa feel about things.  

[RaceToTheTop 30,807]

Bailey would be a very good get.  Good scorer who gets to the line a lot -- 228 free throws last year after getting 168 as a sophomore.

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild 679]

  On 4/5/2025 at 9:02 PM, croneleoni said:

Do you think he would play the 4 or 5 position? If 4, would he back up Tucker Devries?

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He’s a good bench piece and not a starter IMO

[Ryno6284 4,377]

According to Tony Adragna, IU has reached out to Nigel Pack the last 24 hours!

[Chris007 61,982]

  On 4/5/2025 at 9:10 PM, RaceToTheTop said:

Bailey would be a very good get.  Good scorer who gets to the line a lot -- 228 free throws last year after getting 168 as a sophomore.

Sounds like we have our next Bailey at IU

[HoosierHoopster 8,167]

  On 4/5/2025 at 8:48 PM, 12345Brad said:

The hybrid and developing young kids is great - just becoming so much harder to keep kids if they don’t see the floor until their junior year.   Hopefully that’s the long-term model for IU. 

Yeah, I want to see consistency and chemistry with the development of younger players, growing the program with them, while adding strong vet players with team fit. I think that’s what we’re going to see with DeVries 

[Stuhoo 88,869]

  On 4/5/2025 at 9:11 PM, Ryno6284 said:

According to Tony Adragna, IU has reached out to Nigel Pack the last 24 hours!

Dayammm. There’s a coaches saying that you can teach a bad defender how to play defense, but you can’t teach a bad shooter how to shoot 

[Stuhoo 88,869]

  On 4/5/2025 at 9:11 PM, IvanRenkosillegitimatechild said:

He’s a good bench piece and not a starter IMO

Bailey?!!?

Ahhhh… no

[RaceToTheTop 30,807]

  On 4/5/2025 at 9:09 PM, WayneFleekHoosier said:

He’s a 5. But he can play 4.  Weak on defense.  Crafty and skilled on offense but not a post up type of guy.  DeVries is gonna have his work cut out for him on defense.  
 

This alone doesn’t kill the Bindunga thoughts, but it kinda does.  Both will want to play a lot of minutes.  
 

Our offense is going to be so much prettier. If we can defend anyone, that’ll be the question.  Got a bit of ‘25 Iowa feel about things.  

With West Virginia being 15th in defensive efficiency last year despite lacking any real kind of shot blocker (Hansberry played the most minutes at center and he blocked 12 shots all year), I'm confident that DeVries will be able to coach the players he has into playing solid defense.  

[Ryno6284 4,377]

  On 4/5/2025 at 9:13 PM, Stuhoo said:

Dayammm. There’s a coaches saying that you can teach a bad defender how to play defense, but you can’t teach a bad shooter how to shoot 

Sounds like the same thing with Reed Bailey!

[Henryville Hoosier 1,377]

 

[RaceToTheTop 30,807]

  On 4/5/2025 at 9:06 PM, FightFor6 said:

Bailey could be our Danny Wolf. Would be thrilled with that pickup. 

3.8 assists last year.  He has good handles.

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  On 4/5/2025 at 9:13 PM, Stuhoo said:

Dayammm. There’s a coaches saying that you can teach a bad defender how to play defense, but you can’t teach a bad shooter how to shoot 

I’ve been thinking about Pack since it trickled out that IU had made contact — I actually really like the fit assuming there are some pieces put around the roster we haven’t seen yet: bigger, dogged perimeter defender, and rim protecting center.

Being able to stagger minutes w/DeVries, and theoretically Bailey and Pack should give your offense a really high floor for shot quality and TO avoidance

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  On 4/5/2025 at 9:11 PM, IvanRenkosillegitimatechild said:

He’s a good bench piece and not a starter IMO

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,204]

  On 4/5/2025 at 9:15 PM, RaceToTheTop said:

With West Virginia being 15th in defensive efficiency last year despite lacking any real kind of shot blocker (Hansberry played the most minutes at center and he blocked 12 shots all year), I'm confident that DeVries will be able to coach the players he has into playing solid defense.  

I understand he has had good defenses. But personnel matters. As it stands now we are a bad defensive personnel team. The good thing is we won’t have Woody confusing the **** out of them and they can play defense. We have a negative defender at every position so far. Gonna be a real humdinger.


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