Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[AH1971]

10 minutes ago, Cd71 said:

I see all this worry about our size on the frontline.  Villanova 2018 says hello.  They crushed everyone through the tournament with not one person over 6'9 I believe.

The Villanova team that has 4 guards playing in the current NBA playoffs? Yeah that team could guard the hell out of you out on the perimeter. I’m not worried about height, I’m worried about guys who can guard.

[Pagoda]

13 minutes ago, IUCrazy2 said:

I think that some of the Woodson stuff is bleeding over for him.  Woodson is gone but the athletic department folks are still there.  I get the impression that they are locking out the rumor monger guys.

I'm not sure if Rabby is locked out.  Spring '24 didn't help him, but he is technically professional and measured.  Some of these new assistants are probably decent sources too.

I can tell you two guys who are locked out for good, which is fan-freaking-tastic:

[Juwan Moye]

57 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Jeez…I hope not. They’ve been putrid on D the last few years. Worse than Tom Crean and Woody defenses. We’ll have little shot at the tourney if we’re that bad on D. 
 

Ideally, we’d look more like Wisconsin/BYU/Kentucky this past year. A top offense…. Don’t need to play a blistering pace to get it…and inside the top 50/60 on def efficiency. Purdue , Uconn, and Illinois were similar but played slower.  
 

I get the personnel issues and comp to Iowa, but they're so dang bad on D I hate to even see that comparison. 

This is where coaching comes in though. Regardless of personnel, DeVries was still able to put together a team that ranked 15th in KenPom DRtg last season.

It looks like he’s prioritizing recruiting offense, which is more Fran-like, but he can actually coach defense which we’ve not seen Fran succeed at.

[Victor]

6 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

I'm not sure if Rabby is locked out.  Spring '24 didn't help him, but he is technically professional and measured. 

I can tell you two people who are locked out for good:

“Are you guys gay?” Quote from RMK. Funniest thing Knight said in years. No coach…we are just clowns. 

[Victor]

15 minutes ago, IUCrazy2 said:

I think that some of the Woodson stuff is bleeding over for him.  Woodson is gone but the athletic department folks are still there.  I get the impression that they are locking out the rumor monger guys.

Jig was up 4-5 years ago though. When the Garland thing happened that was it for me. Then his weirdness on peegs. No more Rabby for me. 

[str8baller]

1 minute ago, Juwan Moye said:

This is where coaching comes in though. Regardless of personnel, DeVries was still able to put together a team that ranked 15th in KenPom DRtg last season.

It looks like he’s prioritizing recruiting offense, which is more Fran-like, but he can actually coach defense which we’ve not seen Fran succeed at.

I agree with that. But that’s kind of why I pushed back on that comparison. Iowas issues were Fran moreso than personnel.  
 

If I squint real hard I can talk myself into this roster being something like Gards put on the floor at Wisconsin. Not athletic enough to be really good defensively but sound. Somebody compared Bailey to Wahl and that’d be a solid outcome for us. 

[CSP]

20 minutes ago, str8baller said:

They also didn’t play Tucker at the 4 because he was injured. So I’m not sure we’ll look like them. Or maybe we don’t play Tucker at the 4? Who knows…

I mean.. he and Okani were the 3/4 

[RaceToTheTop]

41 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

I’d feel a lot better about Bailey if this roster had guys like Javon Small, Sencire Harris, and Toby Okani guarding out on the perimeter. We don’t have that unfortunately.

You mean like Conerway?

[ebridges24]

36 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

I'm not sure if Rabby is locked out.  Spring '24 didn't help him, but he is technically professional and measured.  Some of these new assistants are probably decent sources too.

I can tell you two guys who are locked out for good, which is fan-freaking-tastic:

who are these turds?

[Victor]

2 minutes ago, ebridges24 said:

who are these turds?

Whatever you do don’t give them any money. 

[RaceToTheTop]

IU had shown interest in Houston's Terrance Arceneaux -- he has now committed to NC State.

Also showed some interest in Idaho State's Dylan Darling -- he has now committed to St. John's.

[Hoosierfanyuh]

Was kinda expecting more news today tbh 

[AH1971]

28 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

You mean like Conerway?

He’s ok. Now keep going.

[SlamaJamaSisley]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

Me too I know for sure some were scheduled unless people cancelled it is very hard to believe.

With no returning players from last year, who shows these guys around to all of the beautiful sorority houses?

[68Hoosier]

6 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Was kinda expecting more news today tbh 

I hope (expect) for news every day until we have a full roster and coaching staff.  It controls my life LOL.  

[CSP]

11 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Was kinda expecting more news today tbh 

were you expecting two commits yesterday, though? 

[IU Prof]

21 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Was kinda expecting more news today tbh 

We did get a lot yesterday, though...more than expected.

[Chris007]

17 minutes ago, SlamaJamaSisley said:

With no returning players from last year, who shows these guys around to all of the beautiful sorority houses?

I'm guessing student managers are still around. Adams and KJ both are familiar with campus too. 

[8bucks]

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

I'm guessing student managers are still around. Adams and KJ both are familiar with campus too. 

Do you know if the prior managers were kept?  Munds is a family friend and from a Purdue family so I was hoping he would be retained.

[Chris007]

1 minute ago, 8bucks said:

Do you know if the prior managers were kept?  Munds is a family friend and from a Purdue family so I was hoping he would be retained.

I have not heard