Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[Magisterium 377]

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

Supposedly we have spoken to him and told him how much interest we have but like Hickman I don't think he is interested in coming off the bench. 

Personally I would start Conwell over just about any guard IU has (other than Rice)

[dwtaylor1055 1,517]

Joe Tipton put Iu down as his pick on On3 website. 
 

Move off Cal

[HoosierFan1994 4,690]

Just now, dwtaylor1055 said:

Joe Tipton put Iu down as his pick on On3 website. 
 

Move off Cal

If I remember right Ware was supposed to visit Alabama. He ended up not going. Hope this is the same here. I don't want him anywhere near Cal. 

[SamIam 646]

1 minute ago, Jam said:

That guy couldn’t see the floor at Wisconsin.

I get it, but we wouldn't take him off the bench? He made the all-freshman team a year ago, he got injured and Storr and Blackwell held his minutes. I'm fine with Leal playing minutes again if we don't get anyone, but Essegian feels like a good risk to take to play a Zeisloft role

[iubb 2,488]

 

[cleeter 2,116]

Trilly just posted a gif for IU for Ballo. Also said video will be up within the hour. 

[Magisterium 377]

Just now, dwtaylor1055 said:

Joe Tipton put Iu down as his pick on On3 website. 
 

Move off Cal

I would’ve expected Bradshaw to wait and maybe follow Cal-didn’t see his quick commit to tOSU coming 

[Go_Hoosiers 191]

Where did the Arkansas news come from? Was that just Ballo's agent trying to maximize the IU offer? Squeeze a little more juice?

[RaceToTheTop 24,853]

1 minute ago, cleeter said:

Trilly just posted a gif for IU for Ballo. Also said video will be up within the hour. 

Please, please, please......I need to work.

[Adillac 953]

lol, the info and disinfo in these things is funny

[HoosierFan1994 4,690]

Just now, Go_Hoosiers said:

Where did the Arkansas news come from? Was that just Ballo's agent trying to maximize the IU offer? Squeeze a little more juice?

I think so. What a crazy last hour. 

[RaceToTheTop 24,853]

2 minutes ago, cleeter said:

Trilly just posted a gif for IU for Ballo. Also said video will be up within the hour. 

Trilly bomb.

[str8baller 5,022]

11 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

That's fair. Is it crazy to think the staff isn't ruling out recruiting over Galloway though? I wouldn't be against it. *ducks*

They're still contacting guys in what I believe to be the Conwell/Hickman tier, so either they're clueless (possible!) or they're not worried about hurting feelings right?

Wouldn’t you be recruiting over Tucker first? 
 

I get that Galloway shot it poorly last year but he was still an effective ball handler and an above average defender. Sending him to the bench probably already makes us worse defensively. Putting a freshman wing and mid major guard in his bench spot 100% hurts us defensively, and maybe offensively depending on how ball handling duties get carved up. 
 

Just seems fairly unlikely those two haven’t been given some assurances on PT. Signing Tucker and barely playing seems like it might hurt Woodys recruiting strategy of going “big game hunting.”
 

Interesting puzzle to solve, for sure though. I just don’t see a lot left on the bench for non-bigs

[Chris007 43,565]

I think the Arkansas visit is off. Ballo will be a Hoosier today

[Chris007 43,565]

1 minute ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Trilly bomb.

I was eating my double cheeseburger when I got that text and my fat fingers couldn't type fast enough. Trilly beat me to it

[Hoosierfanyuh 2,141]

That was a crazy hour lmaooooo

[steubenhoosier 780]

31 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Big Pharma vs. Big Chicken let's see who wins.

Way I understand things, Big chicken needs Big Pharma to make their products profitable

[Home Jersey 6,537]

My own speculation based on the random late mention of Arkansas... maybe Ballo's team got the offer up from 1.2 to 1.4 or so and we commit before we leave/don't take any other visits. Currently #1 player in the portal 

[RaceToTheTop 24,853]

4 minutes ago, SamIam said:

I get it, but we wouldn't take him off the bench? He made the all-freshman team a year ago, he got injured and Storr and Blackwell held his minutes. I'm fine with Leal playing minutes again if we don't get anyone, but Essegian feels like a good risk to take to play a Zeisloft role

Essegian should be looking to go somewhere he can play.  At IU he would be behind Rice, Carlyle, and Galloway.  Could also be behind Tucker if Tucker plays some at the 2 and Essegian can't play the point, so he'd be behind Cupps at the one.  Essegian is a reclamation product and I believe he will get his game back, but for his sake he needs to get it back by being on the court and not the bench.

[HoosierFan1994 4,690]

Just now, Hoosierfanyuh said:

That was a crazy hour lmaooooo

Yeah this ranks up there for sure. Glad I had testing and didn't miss out.