Transfer Portal w IU Interest

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1 minute ago, IUFAN1976 said:

There are others, with Stuhoo and Home Jersey leading the way!!!!  Lol ;)

Don't ask what the pump is powered by

[IUFAN1976 4,320]

9 minutes ago, Gnet550 said:

We got Rice...If we follow that with Carlyle, Hickman, Ballo, and Payne....that is a heck of a roster honestly..

I think we will either get Ballo or Payne but not both.  We might land Malone as the bug coming off the bench

[dwtaylor1055 1,611]

1 minute ago, Home Jersey said:

Don't ask what the pump is powered by

Celsius?

[IUFAN1976 4,320]

2 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Don't ask what the pump is powered by

See we know where the pumper part comes from!

[RaceToTheTop 28,421]

23 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Yeah, I said on Friday I was told that deal was done. I have Rice, Carlyle and Ballo as Hoosiers as of now

Tyme/Ngw said the same thing.....in a Sixth Sense kind of way CHRIS007 IS NGW/TYME

[IUFAN1976 4,320]

3 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I would not have Home Jersey on the Sunshine pumper list. But the great thing is everyone gets to make their own list

See his emoji above, he confirmed it, lol!  

[IUFAN1976 4,320]

1 minute ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Tyme/Ngw said the same thing.....in a Sixth Sense kind of way CHRIS007 IS NGW/TYME

You’ve cracked the mystery!  

[Chris007 54,643]

3 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Tyme/Ngw said the same thing.....in a Sixth Sense kind of way CHRIS007 IS NGW/TYME

I think NGW is Tyme and hoosiers7681 on X. That dude came at me hard on Saturday night bringing up a bunch of things I had said on here. I wasn't allowed to be a fan anymore of IU.

In the end, I was just celebrating the portal haul of Rice, Carlyle and Ballo

[dwtaylor1055 1,611]

2 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Tyme/Ngw said the same thing.....in a Sixth Sense kind of way CHRIS007 IS NGW/TYME

you might get demoted all the way back to "purdue jockstrap" for that comment

[Class of '66 Old Fart 87,701]

35 minutes ago, dwtaylor1055 said:

Maybe because there are too many "Senior" members on here lol

[RaceToTheTop 28,421]

23 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Tony Perkins commits to Missouri per Rabby

What's interesting is that it had been two weeks since Perkins had visited Missouri and I don't believe he had taken any visits.  But some of the schools on his cut list have signed point guard commits -- IU signed Rice, UCLA signed Skyy Clark.  Wonder if he was looking for more interest from schools that decided to go a different way.  If not, two weeks after one visit followed by no other ones would seem strange.

[Juwan Moye 751]

28 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Whether we do it or not, is up to your opinion on Woody (And this isn’t the thread for that). But we’d have to play small to get another starter quality guard off the bench (ie land 2/3 of conwell, hickman, carlyle) any decent min. 
 

40min a game x 5 starters = 200 total min. 
 

if your starters all avg 28 mpg your at 140 minutes leaving 60 for the bench. Galloway played 33mpg last year, but let’s say he’s a team player and does 20mpg off the bench this year. 
 

40mpg left. Your 5star frosh Tucker + table scraps for Cupps/Leal/backup big is probably at least 20mpg. 
 

20mpg left. That’s the max you can offer a 2nd portal guard and that’s if you stagger Ballo/Reneau perfectly and play 4out or mbako at the 4 half the time.  
 

There’s no way to play big all game and get 2 more guards the mins they want.

Yep, I’ll stay on topic :)

 

The minutes point is what the discussion was meant to be about so you nailed it. If we’re bringing in all of these guards, but only play a two guard lineup, then there’s only 80 minutes available but if we go 3 guards that’s 120 minutes available which, given how the roster looks to be shaping up, probably makes more sense.

 

 This also would allow Tucker, who I assume gets 15+ minutes a game, to spend his time at the 3 instead of possibly at the 2.

[dwtaylor1055 1,611]

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

don't make me get my cane out.......Arg

[HoosierHoopster 7,630]

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

Hey I never authorized use of my name, image or likeness - I want my NIL money!

[dwtaylor1055 1,611]

2 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

Hey I never authorized use of my name, image or likeness - I want my NIL money!

$0.50 cents for your coffee please

[steubenhoosier 1,510]

All this talk about rosters, minutes, etc.

Is Newton an afterthought, or just being written off?

If he is recovered, I see him competing for guard minutes 

[dwtaylor1055 1,611]

1 minute ago, steubenhoosier said:

All this talk about rosters, minutes, etc.

Is Newton an afterthought, or just being written off?

If he is recovered, I see him competing for guard minutes 

Def he'll have to compete for guard minutes.  He is such a major unknown I don't want going into this upcoming season like we did with Gunn.  Gunn was a major unknown and for him it didn't pan out too well

[Hardwood83 4,834]

1 hour ago, Feathery said:

It’s been a pro league under the table for decades now. IU just didn’t participate in that and has faded to below mediocrity.

I’m not sure why a player making money has any effect on a fan liking a sport. That would be like me not wanting to have anything to do with the business you work for because they pay their employees. 

Oh Feathery, you see the world as it is, I see it as it should be. :) Guess I'm a naieve idealist, but I believe amateur sports can exist. Otherwise, why not give high school kids a piece of the action? How about that $6 Gramma pays for the junior league games at the rec center on saturday morning? I'm not against capitalism, at all. That doesn't equate to everything only being about money all the time. My solution is "if you want to get paid to play basketball, terrific, there are lots of options around the world for that. If you want to play for ____________ University then you aren't a professional, yet and won't get paid."  And yes, I understand that cat is out of the bag already. 

College sports (actually only football & basketball) have been twisted to create the current situation. Too bad no ever told us the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.   

Besides, pro basketball is already established, why should state run universities be running a sports/entertainment business? What do education and pro sports have to do with each other? Just license out the name "Indiana Hoosiers" and let them run the new league like AAA baseball. No reason for the facade of being attached to a school anymore. 

Enough on this derailment- back to transfer portal news. I think if Ballo hasn't committed by tomorrow afternoon, he's not gonna. 

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5 minutes ago, steubenhoosier said:

All this talk about rosters, minutes, etc.

Is Newton an afterthought, or just being written off?

If he is recovered, I see him competing for guard minutes 

If he’s 100% he won’t just compete for minutes, he’ll get’em. But, speaking as probably the #1 Newton fan who’s not a family member, it’s tough to roster build based on that assumption. 

[Juwan Moye 751]

5 minutes ago, steubenhoosier said:

All this talk about rosters, minutes, etc.

Is Newton an afterthought, or just being written off?

If he is recovered, I see him competing for guard minutes 

I’m personally not counting on him much for this year given his injury and time off but who knows, human performance and recovery is highly variable, especially when you look at young, high level athletes.

Love that he’s sticking with us though, really hoping he’s able to develop alongside Cupps the next couple of years.