Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[Juwan Moye 1,303]

  On 4/16/2025 at 3:25 PM, 8bucks said:

To be fair, we do not know much more about these guys vs last years group except they shoot better from outside.  Last year we brought in a well rounded (on paper) group but were the here more for the money, not coached well or overrated.  Maybe all but hopefully this years group proves to be what they appear to be

The difference here though is you can at least see a thought process beyond “let me get the highest ranked people I can”.

Doesn’t guarantee success but it sure as hell is more likely to work than “buddy ball”.

[mamasa 15,978]

  On 4/16/2025 at 2:33 PM, jermhoosierfan said:

This is from last night, and it gets into the type of players that CDD is looking for.  They have a chip on their shoulder and want to prove that they are good enough to be at the power 4 level. 

 

Hey! I know Bob Moats! Great guy, coached elementary basketball in Columbus for years!

[Artie86 3,501]

  On 4/16/2025 at 3:25 PM, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

as in ...... they were assuming Wilkerson was theirs since he went to a horse race? 

I also think,..... they feel they had the upper hand because his uncle was one of UK's track coaches......

[Pagoda 4,717]

  On 4/16/2025 at 3:25 PM, 8bucks said:

To be fair, we do not know much more about these guys vs last years group except they shoot better from outside.  Last year we brought in a well rounded (on paper) group but were the here more for the money, not coached well or overrated.  Maybe all but hopefully this years group proves to be what they appear to be

All I know is Woody didn’t recruit them and CDD did.  That’s enough for me!

[RaceToTheTop 31,217]

Tayton Conerway is 100% a guy with intangibles and a glue guy.  Rebounds well for his size, distributes, gets to the rim and is a + defender.  You don't need everyone to be a knock down shooter.  He provides a lot of good things.

[Ryno6284 4,469]

  On 4/16/2025 at 3:25 PM, 8bucks said:

To be fair, we do not know much more about these guys vs last years group except they shoot better from outside.  Last year we brought in a well rounded (on paper) group but were the here more for the money, not coached well or overrated.  Maybe all but hopefully this years group proves to be what they appear to be

For me it isn’t so much about the guys, it’s about THE guy! The head coach! We got a very good one!

[AZ Hoosier 10,960]

  On 4/16/2025 at 3:25 PM, 8bucks said:

To be fair, we do not know much more about these guys vs last years group except they shoot better from outside.  Last year we brought in a well rounded (on paper) group but were the here more for the money, not coached well or overrated.  Maybe all but hopefully this years group proves to be what they appear to be

Well, to start with, DeVries is ten times the coach that Woodson was... 

DeVries is building a team of compatible parts instead of collecting stars and handing out bags...

DeVries will coach these guys, not just spend his sideline time rehearsing passè clichès and focusing on the insurmountable hump.

This year's portal work >>> last year's portal work.

[Hoosierfanyuh 6,973]

Not much on the TN board about Freeman yet today

[Ctf9 484]

  On 4/16/2025 at 3:42 PM, AZ Hoosier said:

This year's portal work >>> last year's portal work.

He’s also doing it in what seems to be a more competitive portal environment—lots of top teams spending big and turning over huge chunks of their roster, fast. 
 

I remain in wait and see mode with DeVries, but I’m certainly not panicking anymore. This team should make the tournament. That’s good enough for year one. I think they’ll also be really fun to watch. 

[iu eyedoc 4,494]

  On 4/16/2025 at 3:38 PM, RaceToTheTop said:

Tayton Conerway is 100% a guy with intangibles and a glue guy.  Rebounds well for his size, distributes, gets to the rim and is a + defender.  You don't need everyone to be a knock down shooter.  He provides a lot of good things.

Echos  of Chris Reynolds

[Pagoda 4,717]

  On 4/16/2025 at 3:44 PM, Ctf9 said:

He’s also doing it in what seems to be a more competitive portal environment—lots of top teams spending big and turning over huge chunks of their roster, fast. 
 

I remain in wait and see mode with DeVries, but I’m certainly not panicking anymore. This team should make the tournament. That’s good enough for year one. I think they’ll also be really fun to watch. 

Great point.  The Rev Share more or less doubled player payroll this year, with some Big East schools really benefitting.  Also some schools appeared to have stepped up their NIL — BYU, UM, UL, etc.  Definitely seems tougher this year.

[Gnet550 1,053]

  On 4/16/2025 at 12:35 PM, JaybobHoosier said:

 

Something about a guy with a handle of "Jaybob" using this gif just makes it all the more hilarious...

[IU Prof 2,369]

  On 4/16/2025 at 3:25 PM, 8bucks said:

To be fair, we do not know much more about these guys vs last years group except they shoot better from outside.  Last year we brought in a well rounded (on paper) group but were the here more for the money, not coached well or overrated.  Maybe all but hopefully this years group proves to be what they appear to be

I don't think last year's group was well rounded. A number of people questioned how Reneau and Ballo would fit playing together. Others questioned the fit between Rice and Carlyle, since neither were lights out from beyond the arc, and utilized penetration that wasn't going to work with the lane clogged.

The fit of the pieces is MUCH better this year. Time will tell if improved results follow.

[Motley's 668]

  On 4/16/2025 at 3:46 PM, iu eyedoc said:

Echos  of Chris Reynolds

Much better offensively than Reynolds. Just not a perimeter shooter 

[HoosierFan1994 5,350]

  On 4/16/2025 at 3:25 PM, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

as in ...... they were assuming Wilkerson was theirs since he went to a horse race? 

Yeah and basically said if it's between IU and UK it should be an "easy decision". Acted like they would know yesterday at the end of the show he would be coming to UK. To be fair, Matt Jones wasn't there. I'm not sure he would have approved the way they were talking. Matt does a good job with NFL coverage on ESPN radio. 

[jermhoosierfan 301]

  On 4/16/2025 at 3:30 PM, mamasa said:

Hey! I know Bob Moats! Great guy, coached elementary basketball in Columbus for years!

I like these guys, and they preach patience.  If you spend your wad early, you miss a lot of high level guys later on.  

[jermhoosierfan 301]

  On 4/16/2025 at 3:42 PM, AZ Hoosier said:

Well, to start with, DeVries is ten times the coach that Woodson was... 

DeVries is building a team of compatible parts instead of collecting stars and handing out bags...

DeVries will coach these guys, not just spend his sideline time rehearsing passè clichès and focusing on the insurmountable hump.

This year's portal work >>> last year's portal work.

And don't forget about how much wine and how many cigars he will need for his group of buddies in the man cave later that night.

[JaybobHoosier 13,188]

  On 4/16/2025 at 3:47 PM, Gnet550 said:

Something about a guy with a handle of "Jaybob" using this gif just makes it all the more hilarious...

I know how to have a good time ;) lol.

[MikeRoberts 7,995]

  On 4/16/2025 at 3:42 PM, AZ Hoosier said:

Well, to start with, DeVries is ten times the coach that Woodson was... 

DeVries is building a team of compatible parts instead of collecting stars and handing out bags...

DeVries will coach these guys, not just spend his sideline time rehearsing passè clichès and focusing on the insurmountable hump.

This year's portal work >>> last year's portal work.

I love the optimism but this is really a reach at this point in time. We don’t know that DeVries is ten times the coach Woodson was….

we don’t know that DeVries is building a team of compatible parts instead of collecting stars and handing out bags etc etc.

Without going back to read your posts from last year I would be shocked if you were calling Woodson out for the players he was bringing in and the amount he was paying them. In fact I bet you were wildly excited.

the fact is most of us know very little about our coach or these players. I’m excited we are landing some players coach is prioritizing (5) but none of this factual yet

 

[realTomCrean 2,766]

IU is a Malik Mack and a true big away from the best roster they’ve had in a decade