Transfer Portal w IU Interest

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2 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

https://x.com/tiptonedits/status/1773454038895313319?s=46

80% chance he ends up in the B1G?

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Adou Thiero in the portal......would assume that IU will reach out as he was recruited by IU and it came down to IU and Kentucky and he seemed to have ended up at Kentucky because of his dad.  6'7ish wing who can defend multiple positions.  Was not much of a three point threat under Kentucky (shot 32% last season on just 22 attempts) but in high school he made 134 of 376 from deep (36%).  Made 19 starts at Kentucky last year, averaging 21 minutes and about 7 points and 5 rebounds.  Outstanding athlete.  Again, IU will still need to bring in shooters but as a backup 2/3/4 he's a good d and rebound guy.  Also blocked over a shot per game last year.

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23 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Adou Thiero in the portal......would assume that IU will reach out as he was recruited by IU and it came down to IU and Kentucky and he seemed to have ended up at Kentucky because of his dad.  6'7ish wing who can defend multiple positions.  Was not much of a three point threat under Kentucky (shot 32% last season on just 22 attempts) but in high school he made 134 of 376 from deep (36%).  Made 19 starts at Kentucky last year, averaging 21 minutes and about 7 points and 5 rebounds.  Outstanding athlete.  Again, IU will still need to bring in shooters but as a backup 2/3/4 he's a good d and rebound guy.  Also blocked over a shot per game last year.

Don’t think he plans on being a back up to anybody.

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1 hour ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Adou Thiero in the portal......would assume that IU will reach out as he was recruited by IU and it came down to IU and Kentucky and he seemed to have ended up at Kentucky because of his dad.  6'7ish wing who can defend multiple positions.  Was not much of a three point threat under Kentucky (shot 32% last season on just 22 attempts) but in high school he made 134 of 376 from deep (36%).  Made 19 starts at Kentucky last year, averaging 21 minutes and about 7 points and 5 rebounds.  Outstanding athlete.  Again, IU will still need to bring in shooters but as a backup 2/3/4 he's a good d and rebound guy.  Also blocked over a shot per game last year.

I don’t get this.  Started a bunch at Kentucky, a team that underperformed with an early exit.  Why would he come to a team that struggles to get to the tournament, as a backup?   

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1 hour ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Adou Thiero in the portal......would assume that IU will reach out as he was recruited by IU and it came down to IU and Kentucky and he seemed to have ended up at Kentucky because of his dad.  6'7ish wing who can defend multiple positions.  Was not much of a three point threat under Kentucky (shot 32% last season on just 22 attempts) but in high school he made 134 of 376 from deep (36%).  Made 19 starts at Kentucky last year, averaging 21 minutes and about 7 points and 5 rebounds.  Outstanding athlete.  Again, IU will still need to bring in shooters but as a backup 2/3/4 he's a good d and rebound guy.  Also blocked over a shot per game last year.

Imagine he’ll end up back in Philly. Maybe Nova. 

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3 minutes ago, Golfman25 said:

I don’t get this.  Started a bunch at Kentucky, a team that underperformed with an early exit.  Why would he come to a team that struggles to get to the tournament, as a backup?   

Maybe he won't.  But I am sure IU will touch base because he was really close to coming to IU two years ago.  

In terms of performance, they certainly exited early but they didn't underperform in the regular season.  They started the year ranked 16th and ended the year ranked 12th.  The truth is that if he were to return to Kentucky, he would be pretty much guaranteed a starting role again on a team that would be top 25, yet he's leaving.  If it were simply about playing a lot and winning, he'd be staying.  Quite a few guys that enter the portal do so because they simply don't like where they are playing/the coach/etc.  

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10 minutes ago, Demo said:

Imagine he’ll end up back in Philly. Maybe Nova. 

Maybe, although if it goes back to recruiting roots the only Pennsylvania school that was expressing interest before was Pittsburgh.  He did take an official visit to Maryland in high school.

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5 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

The Young pickup was good enough to let the Purdue twidiots get on X.

did we pick up a kid named Young or did PU?

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10 hours ago, Golfman25 said:

I don’t get this.  Started a bunch at Kentucky, a team that underperformed with an early exit.  Why would he come to a team that struggles to get to the tournament, as a backup?   

Because Calipari, his coaching staff, and the revolving door locker room at Kentucky are high drama and not much fun to hang out with, and there's now unlimited places to get paid.

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Scratch this one off. A shame. 

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51 minutes ago, Demo said:

Scratch this one off. A shame. 

Damn.

Other than West Virginia, a real southern list.  Might like the warm weather.

I will say that the two things that concerned me were his height and that his three point shooting percentages jumped all over the map in his four years -- 40% his freshman year, 21% his sophomore year, 32% his junior year, 43% his senior year.  

Still in need of a point guard and shooters.  Hopefully positive developments with Hickman this weekend.

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1 hour ago, ebridges24 said:

did we pick up a kid named Young or did PU?

We did, but Purdue twidiots took to X to say how it wasn't a good pickup.

Sorry, meant Tucker.  Not sure why I typed Young.

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2 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

Because Calipari, his coaching staff, and the revolving door locker room at Kentucky are high drama and not much fun to hang out with

Yeah, but IU has toxic fans.   :)

If he wants to leave there are bunches of programs he can play for.  

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To me? This looks like a hell of a good shooting stroke:

 

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Just now, Stuhoo said:

To me? This looks like a hell of a good shooting stroke:

 

IU expected to be involved per rabby

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The portal tracker that I follow hasn't shown IU having much interest in any big men so far.  It seems to me that we need a center and another player that can play the 4 and the 5.  Is Reneau going to play most of his minutes next year as our center or power forward? He's definitely a great low post scorer, I just worry about Reneau guarding in the post. 

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50 minutes ago, IUc2016 said:

IU expected to be involved per rabby

For the love of basketball gods, please 

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1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

To me? This looks like a hell of a good shooting stroke:

 

Gotta be somebody around here clued in on Evansville basketball. Does he have a chance to rebound and defend at the HM level?

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19 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

And contrary to popular belief, there is NOTHING wrong with it. It’s fun! I’ll predict 24 wins and a Sweet 16 in September. I’ll almost certainly be wrong. Who gives a s**t?

I agree No one should Give a turdue, but i guess there are some Who do?

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2 hours ago, Demo said:

Gotta be somebody around here clued in on Evansville basketball. Does he have a chance to rebound and defend at the HM level?

Went to most UE home games.... He's not going to overwhelm you with athletic ability but he has a nose for the ball and will bang underneath with the big boys.  He's a spot up shooter and can hit from well behind 3 point line