Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[OGIUAndy]

2 hours ago, Kentuckysucks said:

That George lettice guy says DeVries is working Bigunda heavily but will likely be too expensive.  

I have been paying attention to his posts, they seem pretty vague to me and puppet what Tyme says. We can all assume  Bigunda will be expensive. I think the "insider" with the most accurate info, until proven otherwise, is Trilly. 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

2 minutes ago, IU5355 said:

Thanks I have convinced myself that 12 million is getting passed pretty significantly. Based on nothing other than fear lol. 

 

Your gut fears will be proven to be true.  We might be nearing a crescendo but we aren’t quite there yet.  

[Pagoda]

8 minutes ago, IU5355 said:

Thanks I have convinced myself that 12 million is getting passed pretty significantly. Based on nothing other than fear lol. 

I'd guess it's #10-15 in the country, with #7 to #20 all being within a few million of each other.

We've just got to scout well and effectively pitch the guys we want to put this money to good use.  If we can't do that, it's pointless to give this staff more money, we would pull a '25-26 Kentucky.  And we don't have unlimited money at IU...

If we can show some traction and make the tourney, the money will go up.  Just like it did with football.  Especially if we make a S16 or something.

[AH1971]

6 minutes ago, IU5355 said:

Thanks I have convinced myself that 12 million is getting passed pretty significantly. Based on nothing other than fear lol. 

 

$12 million will get you 2-3 really good players. Problem is that IU needs more than just 2-3 really good players. It pretty much needs an entire new starting lineup and a couple of bench pieces.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

4 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

It was close

Yaxel ~$5mil

Johnson/Mara/Cadeau all probably around $1 mil a piece

retention of Tschetter, Burnett (starter), Gayle (6th man) + two freshman Cason/McKenney collectively in the $1.5-$2mil range. So you're looking at around $9-10mil for Michigan compared to IU's ~$10mil. It's close. Michigan got way more out of their secondary and rotational pieces than IU. 

Those numbers outside of Yaxel don’t add up to me. But I get it. Indiana at 10’ Michigan at 12-13. Or whatever,  either way, rosters need to be closer. 

[AH1971]

Just now, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Those numbers outside of Yaxel don’t add up to me. But I get it. Indiana at 10’ Michigan at 12-13. Or whatever,  either way, rosters need to be closer. 

What doesn't add up? There's no way Cadeau and Mara got more than $1 million. Johnson may have gotten closer to $1.5, but collectively that trio was closer to $3mil than say $5 or 6 million. Would guess Burnett and Gayle were in the $500-750k range and Tschetter + 2 freshman were $300-500k

[Chris007]

3 hours ago, Kentuckysucks said:

That George lettice guy says DeVries is working Bigunda heavily but will likely be too expensive.  

Rumor is Kansas offered 3 million, and he told them it would take 4-4.5. I don't think we can get to that number

[RaceToTheTop]

1 hour ago, AH1971 said:

Mara was literally unplayable at times at UCLA.

I have to disagree there.  Mara rode the bench at UCLA because Cronin had no clue how to play him.

[Chris007]

54 minutes ago, IU5355 said:

Does anyone know how much NIL we actually have for basketball?

I saw it floating on X that we have around 12 million, which is concerning.

I think we can go a little above that, but not much.

[AH1971]

2 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

I have to disagree there.  Mara rode the bench at UCLA because Cronin had no clue how to play him.

That's just not true

He couldn't defend without fouling and was an utter liability at the line. He's developed a bunch at Michigan. 

[Chris007]

50 minutes ago, CSP said:

I saw 12 million and that we were T5

That top 5 part is way off, Rabby said. That guy has been really low on what he says teams spend. He tried to say that ILL only spent 8 million this year.

[HoosierHoopster]

49 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

If it's $12M that is pretty good -- up about 20% from last season.  Especially for a program that's done diddly poo for a decade.

If we can't put together a solid team with that much money we're toast no matter how much we spend.

Give me the $12 Million, I’ll see what I can do…

[HoosierHoopster]

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

That top 5 part is way off, Rabby said. That guy has been really low on what he says teams spend. He tried to say that ILL only spent 8 million this year.

 

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

That top 5 part is way off, Rabby said. That guy has been really low on what he says teams spend. He tried to say that ILL only spent 8 million this year.

Really need some transparency rules, to go with overall rules regulating the portal. 

[RaceToTheTop]

 

9 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Rumor is Kansas offered 3 million, and he told them it would take 4-4.5. I don't think we can get to that number

imo, you don’t go for bidunga…..especially since he is testing NBA waters.  You would have to keep a huge chunk of money aside while waiting.

[HoosierHoopster]

2 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

 

imo, you don’t go for bidunga…..especially since he is testing NBA waters.  You would have to keep a huge chunk of money aside while waiting.

Agree. If we needed 1-2 players around a core sure, but we’re team building 

[AH1971]

49 minutes ago, OGIUAndy said:

I have been paying attention to his posts, they seem pretty vague to me and puppet what Tyme says. We can all assume  Bigunda will be expensive. I think the "insider" with the most accurate info, until proven otherwise, is Trilly. 

Trilly's insider info comes primarily from Andrew Slater via Rabjohns.

[AH1971]

4 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

 

imo, you don’t go for bidunga…..especially since he is testing NBA waters.  You would have to keep a huge chunk of money aside while waiting.

Or convince one of the brass that he's the difference between a top 10 team and a top 25-30 team if push come to shove at the end. 

[RaceToTheTop]

8 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

That's just not true

He couldn't defend without fouling and was an utter liability at the line. He's developed a bunch at Michigan. 

Wrong.  1.4 fouls in 13 minutes is playable.  And it is a fact that his free throw shooting is worse at Michigan.

[AH1971]

Just now, RaceToTheTop said:

Wrong.  1.4 fouls in 13 minutes is playable.  And it is a fact that his free throw shooting is worse at Michigan.

He could only play drop coverage at UCLA because of his proficiency to foul. Teams exploited him night in and night out. 

[Hoosierfanyuh]

I’d rather have two playable bigs than 1 Flory. He’s expensive