Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[IUCrazy2]

2 minutes ago, Ryno6284 said:

Do we have no kids here in the midwest that know how to play hardnose basketball? Why do we make this harder than it need be?

I'm not even saying Indiana per se!  Just kids that know fundamentals and are willing to give it all while on the court!

Sure, here is the problem you have though:  Michigan, Michigan St., Purdue, Illinois, Louisville, Kentucky, and to a lesser extent Ohio State are all out in front of us right now and our program has gone out of its way to NOT recruit that type of player for at least several years.

Like seriously, this is preaching to the choir but I cannot think of another school that has ruined its brand as bad as our administration fumbled the ball on our basketball team.  A literal masterclass in incompetence.

[Ryno6284]

25 minutes ago, IUCrazy2 said:

Sure, here is the problem you have though:  Michigan, Michigan St., Purdue, Illinois, Louisville, Kentucky, and to a lesser extent Ohio State are all out in front of us right now and our program has gone out of its way to NOT recruit that type of player for at least several years.

Like seriously, this is preaching to the choir but I cannot think of another school that has ruined its brand as bad as our administration fumbled the ball on our basketball team.  A literal masterclass in incompetence.

Northwestern and Notre Dame have kids we could get, that Coach Cig would take on every other day that ends in "Y", but we pass on them!  If we can figure out how to get a "team" of those kids together, I think DDV could build something here!  Hopefully Carr can help figure this out!

We need to keep it simple!  The game of basketball is simple, we just over complicate it with metrics and other rankings and other BS!  

Love the game, love the game you are playing, and make sure everyone that watches you knows this!

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Despite the title of this thread, no idea if we'll have any interest or not, but it is a significant player that is available.

4-star Kayden Allen has received his release from Cincinnati and will reopen his recruitment, he told @Rivals. 

The 6-5 shooting guard is a top-50 overall recruit in the 2026 class.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Mike Wiemuth (X’s & Joes Pod) @MikeWiemuth

In the last portal period, 66% of the top-50 portal players were off the board by the day IU made their 2nd assistant hire (April 11th). By the time you get past the 2nd week of April, you're operating in a talent pool that has been substantially drained.

[Demo]

19 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Despite the title of this thread, no idea if we'll have any interest or not, but it is a significant player that is available.

4-star Kayden Allen has received his release from Cincinnati and will reopen his recruitment, he told @Rivals. 

The 6-5 shooting guard is a top-50 overall recruit in the 2026 class.

Had an IU offer when he was at Montverde and the previous staff was offering everybody there. Never felt like it went anywhere, though it may have been a function of being the year they went all in on the portal. Apparently had a Tennessee offer so Clark may have been involved with him. 

[Mopladysman]

26 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Mike Wiemuth (X’s & Joes Pod) @MikeWiemuth

In the last portal period, 66% of the top-50 portal players were off the board by the day IU made their 2nd assistant hire (April 11th). By the time you get past the 2nd week of April, you're operating in a talent pool that has been substantially drained.

Here we come 6th banner!

[RaceToTheTop]

SIAP, IU has said they would decline an opportunity to play in the NIT or Crown.  Not a surprise.

I would guess that USC will as well as Musselman will want to hit the portal.  Not sure about Washington.  I could see Northwestern interested in playing in the Crown since that could give their team that didn't have much NIL get some more.

[Mike Wiemuth (iuinphilly)]

3 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Mike Wiemuth (X’s & Joes Pod) @MikeWiemuth

In the last portal period, 66% of the top-50 portal players were off the board by the day IU made their 2nd assistant hire (April 11th). By the time you get past the 2nd week of April, you're operating in a talent pool that has been substantially drained.

I mean, if you’re going to listen to that guy…..   ;) 

[Hornsby]

6 hours ago, IUCrazy2 said:

Sure, here is the problem you have though:  Michigan, Michigan St., Purdue, Illinois, Louisville, Kentucky, and to a lesser extent Ohio State are all out in front of us right now and our program has gone out of its way to NOT recruit that type of player for at least several years.

Like seriously, this is preaching to the choir but I cannot think of another school that has ruined its brand as bad as our administration fumbled the ball on our basketball team.  A literal masterclass in incompetence.

Having a gm can help i guess but dont most programs have one now? At the the end of the day it will come down to money unless our gm can go moneyball stuff. 

[Asha’man]

13 hours ago, Ryno6284 said:

Do we have no kids here in the midwest that know how to play hardnose basketball? Why do we make this harder than it need be?

I'm not even saying Indiana per se!  Just kids that know fundamentals and are willing to give it all while on the court!

I watch Houston and would love to have their athleticism and toughness. But they will never win it all bc they lack overall skill to compete with the teams that have both. 

[Asha’man]

7 hours ago, Hornsby said:

Having a gm can help i guess but dont most programs have one now? At the the end of the day it will come down to money unless our gm can go moneyball stuff. 

They don’t actually. I was listening to a Michigan podcast after we hired Carr and they said the top 4 teams at that time had a GM and the rest of the top 25 did not or only a ceremonial one. Evidently Duke has had one for years. Michigan, Florida, and Arizona were the other 4. So IU is aligning with the elite of college basketball in terms of structure and modernizing that aspect of the program while also overhauling the play style. 

[Uspshoosier]

17 minutes ago, EasyEJay said:

Where he had basically the same season in a slightly worse power conference, because after watching a year of his son that wasn't the reason they missed the NCAA tourney either............

Big 12 is a better conference than the Big 10.   He missed last year because committee chair was the AD of North Carolina.   West Virginia was a tourney team last year the just didn’t get selected 

[EasyEJay]

I've seen a lot of talk about some state of Indiana kids (Haralson and Orme the most) I would caution about getting excited about any kid with state connections right now HS or portal. There is just nothing about this program that is appealing right now.

IU needs multiple years of even just some success (showing they can win at least 20 games and make the tourney) and stabilization before most Indiana kids will even consider the program sadly . 

Whether its Purdue or going out of state too many HS / portal guys are having success. Heck theirs too many guys in both categories to even list.

What does IU have to sell these kids except money? (which apparently isn't much more than other programs?) especially after the PT issues w/ Trent Sisley this year? He was robbed of a year of development as a basketball player for what? Reed bailey, Jasi Miles, or 4 good games of Nick Dorn? Would we really have been worse than 18-14 if Trent Sisley was playing 18 min a game and allowed to play through mistakes? 

other of many frustrating things about the state of program right now ........... 

[EasyEJay]

40 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Big 12 is a better conference than the Big 10.   He missed last year because committee chair was the AD of North Carolina.   West Virginia was a tourney team last year the just didn’t get selected 

ok fine its a debatable topic and not the point of the post  but still you ignored the the point of the post so he either had a staff completely filled and ready to role for the portal at WVU and STILL MISSED the NCAA tourney OR again couldn't fill out his staff on time to build a better roster which would indicate good assistant coaches are hesitant to come work for him. which would be yet ANOTHER red flag 

[Uspshoosier]

4 minutes ago, EasyEJay said:

ok fine its a debatable topic and not the point of the post  but still you ignored the the point of the post so he either had a staff completely filled and ready to role for the portal at WVU and STILL MISSED the NCAA tourney OR again couldn't fill out his staff on time to build a better roster which would indicate good assistant coaches are hesitant to come work for him. which would be yet ANOTHER red flag 

Burn it down 

[Uspshoosier]

Rod Clark was one of Tennessee top assistants and Barnes was pissed when he left.   It is what it is.    He went hard after 2 assistants that worked with him before but are at programs that are in better positions than IU is currently.   They both got pay raises from their bosses at places that are willing to spend money on basketball.   It happens.   Frazier wasn’t going to work at IU, Ostrum had already failed at IU as an assistant and the former IU player on his staff got the head coaching job at Oral Roberts.  

[Uspshoosier]

7 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Burn it down 

 

[Stuhoo]

Hey guys ... wonderful discussion but, it is mirroring the discussion on multiple different threads.

In an effort to keep threads organized and on topic, please limit posts in this thread to 'Transfer Portal with IU Interest' players.

Thanks