Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[RaceToTheTop]

45 minutes ago, Ryno6284 said:

How about William Patterson from Syracuse?  I think he was a freshmen this year?  7'1" 220.  I doubt Cisse would come here for mop up minutes, but would be a great addition!

Patterson came to Syracuse as an unranked recruit and they redshirted him.  I'm thinking if he had shown anything at all in practice, he wouldn't have redshirted and Syracuse would have tried to keep him as they are in desparate need of big men.

[RaceToTheTop]

2 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

He is visiting  Vandy soon and has an In home visit with Maryland and setting up visits to IU and Rutgers according to Rabjohns 

So I'd say that Coyle's tweet is waaayyyyy premature.  That said, at least with Maryland/IU/Rutgers we are talking about schools he wouldn't start at, so playing time isn't all he's looking at.

[Juwan Moye]

9 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

One of the selling points for MM coming to IU was that he would be playing the 3.  Coaches make those decisions all of the time, whether it is worth playing a guy for a certain amount of time or at a certain position is worth losing them over.  I have to say that if MM weren't here last year, the amount that our perimeter shooting hurt was would have soooooooo much worse than it was.

I hadn’t heard that before, where did you hear it? The only point I recall hearing is something about Mgbakos mom asking Woodson to recruit her son after he decommited from Duke.

Obviously our team last year is much worse without him, but he’s clearly a guy who should be playing at the 4.

[Magisterium]

52 minutes ago, Ryno6284 said:

How about William Patterson from Syracuse?  I think he was a freshmen this year?  7'1" 220.  I doubt Cisse would come here for mop up minutes, but would be a great addition!

He’s one I’ve wondered about, along with the Reeves kid (Duke iirc)

[Ryno6284]

11 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Patterson came to Syracuse as an unranked recruit and they redshirted him.  I'm thinking if he had shown anything at all in practice, he wouldn't have redshirted and Syracuse would have tried to keep him as they are in desparate need of big men.

possible injury?  I know next to nothing about this kid.

[Stuhoo]

18 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

One of the selling points for MM coming to IU was that he would be playing the 3.  Coaches make those decisions all of the time, whether it is worth playing a guy for a certain amount of time or at a certain position is worth losing them over.  I have to say that if MM weren't here last year, the amount that our perimeter shooting hurt was would have soooooooo much worse than it was.

A wing/stretch on offense and a 4 on defense.

That’s Mgbako.

[RaceToTheTop]

1 minute ago, Juwan Moye said:

I hadn’t heard that before, where did you hear it? The only point I recall hearing is something about Mgbakos mom asking Woodson to recruit her son after he decommited from Duke.

Obviously our team last year is much worse without him, but he’s clearly a guy who should be playing at the 4.

There was all over this board when he signed here.  

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Cade Tyson (Belmont) transfers to North Carolina.

[IUFAN1976]

4 hours ago, Juwan Moye said:

Yeah, bringing in an NK type makes sense. But bringing in a guy who is likely even worse than NK, to sit at the end of the bench just in case of injury, could be fine I guess but is far from important.

In that scenario I’d have to think we’re better with Malik at the 5 and then trying to hide his weaknesses, probably by playing some zone, or by ensuring the guys manning the 3 and 4 are better defending and rebounding options.

That comes down to coaching.  If that ever happens, Woodson has to make those adjustments.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

It is now official.  All the paperwork is done.

[Demo]

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

It is now official.  All the paperwork is done.

Really can’t wait for the 1st Wisky game next year. In no universe does Steven Crowl want any part of this kid.

[ElectricBoogaloo]

On 4/28/2024 at 7:48 AM, WayneFleekHoosier said:

I guess.  I’m glad we are using 13 but I’d rather take a developmental type big man.  And this backup big?  Let’s see what shakes out. 

In the transfer portal and NIL era why use a scholarship on a developmental guy? Players develop by playing, not sitting on the end of the bench. I like what the staff is doing here in finding impact multi year players plus some upperclassmen with 1-2 years left to fill specific roles.

[Stuhoo]

17 minutes ago, Demo said:

Really can’t wait for the 1st Wisky game next year. In no universe does Steven Crowl want any part of this kid.

The rim is gonna have scraps of the back of Will Berg's noggin pasted on it.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

It is now official.  All the paperwork is done.

The on paper lineup is quite impressive. No if/ands/buts about it.  

[ebridges24]

Any word on bigs? We need at least one more serviceable big.

[Demo]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

The rim is gonna have scraps of the back of Will Berg's noggin pasted on it.

Well, that’s certainly…..vivid.

[Demo]

 

[IUFAN1976]

33 minutes ago, ebridges24 said:

Any word on bigs? We need at least one more serviceable big.

See above, he’s definitely a biggggg!!!  Lol. 

[RaceToTheTop]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

 

Think this was assumed about four days ago -- he was down to Colorado and Notre Dame with Colorado in the lead.

[Demo]

Gracious exit by the young man