Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[Chris007 44,871]

12 minutes ago, Demo said:

Agree completely. They’ve got to add a big. Probably a couple. I can’t get my mind around NOT wanting a physical, experienced rebounder/defender/PnR finisher who doesn’t need shots. Would be a huge get.

I'll probably have to be that guy that comes back halfway through the season to say I told you so. So don't hold it against me. 

I do know that IU is going to meet whatever he wants while he's here on Sunday to get him to say yes

[HoosierFan1994 4,754]

I think if you are IU this is your hope

Rice

Conwell (I'd take Hickman here too)

Mgbako 

Reneau

Ballo

Bench: Galloway (1-3), Tucker (3), Humrichous (3-4), maybe add another big for backup minutes to play the 5

Cupps, Newton, Leal will be your 10-12 guys which I think is ideal. 

[HoosierFan1994 4,754]

Surfing the 247 portal website before work...on the 247 portal rankings it now shows a Crystal ball pick for Kanaan Carlyle to IU. 

https://247sports.com/season/2024-basketball/transferportaltop/

 

He is #10

Edit: This makes Hickman or Humrichous a must IMO. Need a shooter off the bench. We are in no way to turn a talent like this down. But, shooters shooters and shooters is the need. 

[str8baller 5,474]

17 minutes ago, Demo said:

Agree completely. They’ve got to add a big. Probably a couple. I can’t get my mind around NOT wanting a physical, experienced rebounder/defender/PnR finisher who doesn’t need shots. Would be a huge get.

Woody is going to do what Woody is going to do, so in that context he's a good pickup. 

Otherwise, offensively our problems mainly boildown to spacing and shooting.  He doesn't address either. But again, it's likely nobody we plugged in there would if somebody like Ware didn't.  

 

I'm in the "we are who we are" camp and say bring the big fella in. But then if Rice is in too, the only other way we address shooting is by recruiting over Galloway relegating him to the bench. I'm really curious if Woody will actuality do that.  

 

 

 

[Demo 20,384]

15 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Rice, Ballo, MM, MR, Trey, Tucker, Leal, Cupps, Newton really isn't a bad start to this thing. You'd still have 4 schollies to play with there. 

Yup. And the thing with Ballo, showing my age here, he reminds me of having Dale Davis. Not for his game, but for the fact that he’s the biggest bada$$ on the floor and nobody wants any part of that guy. That’s a really underrated trait. A Coleman Hawkins-type kid is not woofing at Ballo.

[JSHoosier 20,380]

1 minute ago, str8baller said:

Woody is going to do what Woody is going to do, so in that context he's a good pickup. 

Otherwise, offensively our problems mainly boildown to spacing and shooting.  He doesn't address either. But again, it's likely nobody we plugged in there would if somebody like Ware didn't.  

 

I'm in the "we are who we are" camp and say bring the big fella in. But then if Rice is in too, the only other way we address shooting is by recruiting over Galloway relegating him to the bench. I'm really curious if Woody will actuality do that.  

 

 

 

Between Galloway and Tucker I don't see both coming off the bench.

[Chris007 44,871]

16 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Kanaan Caryle come on down you are next on the Indiana Hoosiers Portal. The price is right and you get to play with your buddy Myles Rice. After discussing it with my buddy Tyme I think both of these guys are done deals

I'm not joking though I think this is done and we will get both Rice and Caryle

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,326]

4 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

Between Galloway and Tucker I don't see both coming off the bench.

Why? 

[HoosierFan1994 4,754]

Just now, Chris007 said:

I'm not joking though I think this is done and we will get both Rice and Caryle

It seems legit. Travis Branham from 247 put in picks to IU for both. Can Rice, Carlyle, and Conwell all start together? Would be interesting but just wondering. 

[Stuhoo 81,657]

11 minutes ago, Demo said:

Yup. And the thing with Ballo, showing my age here, he reminds me of having Dale Davis. Not for his game, but for the fact that he’s the biggest bada$$ on the floor and nobody wants any part of that guy. That’s a really underrated trait. A Coleman Hawkins-type kid is not woofing at Ballo.

There's a theme. Pharrel Payne has not been quite as successful or high profile as Ballo to date, but Payne is also the biggest bad-@$$  on the floor.

I would like to see IU field a team with plenty of guys with that kind of attitude. Trey Galloway is not a super-skilled player, but he has that attitude. Leal too. Cupps and (from what I've read) Newton also have that in them. Ain't no one punking Jakai Newton.

Hell, for all of my scheme and roster construction issues with Woody, I cannot imagine that even Woodson's biggest detractors think he has less than an appropriately prickly attitude. So Woody ought to go get players that reflect that.

[HoosierFan1994 4,754]

4 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

Between Galloway and Tucker I don't see both coming off the bench.

Trey Galloway is going to play no matter what. As far as Tucker goes more and more 5 stars are coming off the bench. Especially with this extra covid year still in play. I think half of ESPN's 5 stars last year came off the bench..some played at UK where Cal didn't play his two best guys right away. However, there were others. 

[Chris007 44,871]

1 minute ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

It seems legit. Travis Branham from 247 put in picks to IU for both. Can Rice, Carlyle, and Conwell all start together? Would be interesting but just wondering. 

That's a good question and I don't know the answer. I'm not sure that we'll find out. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,713]

31 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Rice, Ballo, MM, MR, Trey, Tucker, Leal, Cupps, Newton really isn't a bad start to this thing. You'd still have 4 schollies to play with there. 

Looks like a great way to still have a horrid offense. But Woody would love it.

[Chris007 44,871]

11 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

Between Galloway and Tucker I don't see both coming off the bench.

They might both come off the bench but there better be some leadership on this team because you are going to have some guys who have either played a lot of college ball or we're highly recruited sitting a lot of minutes. There is only one basketball and so many minutes to go around. I think we will see a lot of unhappy guys. 

[Stuhoo 81,657]

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,326]

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

They might both come off the bench but there better be some leadership on this team because you are going to have some guys who have either played a lot of college ball or we're highly recruited sitting a lot of minutes. There is only one basketball and so many minutes to go around. I think we will see a lot of unhappy guys. 

Now the issue is too much talent?!?!? That was some serious mental gymnastics to come up with that. 

 

  (WHY DON'T YOU GUYS ALLOW EMOJIS!?!!?!?!)

[sirhoosierlot 2,844]

Just now, btownqb said:

Now the issue is too much talent?!?!? That was some serious mental gymnastics to come up with that. 

 

  (WHY DON'T YOU GUYS ALLOW EMOJIS!?!!?!?!)

Just wait for the mass exodus!!

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,326]

Just now, sirhoosierlot said:

Just wait for the mass exodus!!

I mean, I'll bet Myles Rice, who BEAT CANCER, probably has some leadership qualities to him, you think

[IH8PU 220]

18 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Woody is going to do what Woody is going to do, so in that context he's a good pickup. 

Otherwise, offensively our problems mainly boildown to spacing and shooting.  He doesn't address either. But again, it's likely nobody we plugged in there would if somebody like Ware didn't.  

 

I'm in the "we are who we are" camp and say bring the big fella in. But then if Rice is in too, the only other way we address shooting is by recruiting over Galloway relegating him to the bench. I'm really curious if Woody will actuality do that.  

 

 

 

IF the guards from Wazzu and Stanford sign up, then Ballo from AZ this weekend ... this has his offense written all over it. I say that because the "pure" shooters as of this morning are all visiting other schools like Tennessee, UNC, Texas etc. I am NOT saying those two guards won't work out but it shows me that Woodson plans to run the same offense he has and sees the shot percentage increase by "we just need to hit shots". I agree with you "the only other way we address shooting is by recruiting over Galloway relegating him to the bench" ....

But IMO Woodson will not do that. The handwriting is on the wall IF Rice and Carlyle commit.

[Silat Player 316]

13 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

I think your nakedness is probably going to be safe....I can't see IU adding three guards of that caliber from the portal.  In terms of playing time, trying to work those three + Galloway and adding Tucker, it wouldn't seem to be that the minutes would be there, especially since we can assume MM will be playing mostly the 3.  

Rice is looking good, so to me it looks like the second added guard could be Hickman or Carlyle.  If we added both, I'll join your naked mile through campus but I think the fine folks of Bloomington can be marked safe from that trauma.

Mixed feelings on that kind of haul. Your guys' celebration is our trauma...