Transfer Portal w IU Interest

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7 minutes ago, JF87 said:

Tucker really didn't wait.  Initially, Tucker had agreed to play for the Ignite in the G league.  The NBA announced recently that they were not continuing the Ignite, so Tucker had to scramble and find a home.  Fortunately, for us and Tucker there was a mutual need, and we have a large NIL pool.   

I think he was likely just waiting on the official word because there's been talks for almost a year of the G-League team being discontinued. I heard this back in spring in 2023 from scouts. 

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16 minutes ago, steubenhoosier said:

Per 24/7 Storr has committed to Illinois already.

Pharrell Payne from Minnesota is in the portal.

I believe he has picked up a crystal ball.  No commitment

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24 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

For all of you who are upset that IU's money resources are allowing us to "buy a team:"

LOTS OF TEAMS HAVE LOTS OF MONEY and to a certain extent, most every P5 team is now bought and paid.

Sure but I think you're missing the intent of the concern.  Everyone gets paid -- no problem.  Question become whether money is the overriding factor.  If your just doing it "for the money" then you're really just going thru the motions.  There is no connection.  There is no glue.  

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3 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

I believe he has picked up a crystal ball.  No commitment

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28 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

For all of you who are upset that IU's money resources are allowing us to "buy a team:"

LOTS OF TEAMS HAVE LOTS OF MONEY and to a certain extent, most every P5 team is now bought and paid.

Outside of just having a distaste for what NIL (and that is a joke of a name, this is pay for play) has done to college in general, I think when people talk about Woodson "buying a team" it is a frustration with the idea that he is a mediocre coach with an outdated approach to the game who was thrown a lifeline to go buy players by a few big donors who are as out of touch as he is.  Also, is this a permanent commitment to actually compete by these people or was this a shot in the dark to save their guy from himself?

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13 minutes ago, JF87 said:

Tucker really didn't wait.  Initially, Tucker had agreed to play for the Ignite in the G league.  The NBA announced recently that they were not continuing the Ignite, so Tucker had to scramble and find a home.  Fortunately, for us and Tucker there was a mutual need, and we have a large NIL pool.   

We specialize in recruiting scramblers. 

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46 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

I’m not disputing you but asking if you really know that he makes all these “I guarantee you will start” promises.  
By your calculation, if we land those guys, Gallo is definitely on the bench and if we also land Connell he would  automatically join Gallo on the bench due to other promises ?

I really hope that is not what is happening.

Does Woodson even know we’re recruiting these guys? I’m not even a bit joking. There is no way he can possibly keep track of all the names being thrown at him. I really don’t think he wants anything to do with roster construction which is why IU is talking about the GM role. I guess my point is Woodson isn’t telling these kids they’ll be starting because he doesn’t even know who he’s talking to

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1 minute ago, Golfman25 said:

Sure but I think you're missing the intent of the concern.  Everyone gets paid -- no problem.  Question become whether money is the overriding factor.  If your just doing it "for the money" then you're really just going thru the motions.  There is no connection.  There is no glue.  

I agree that a team of nothing but guys that only joined because it was the absolute highest bid is not optimal.
These days a program has to have the NIL $$$$ to compete for players but hopefully you don’t have a team of guys that literally don’t care about anything other than who is the highest bidder.

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2 minutes ago, Golfman25 said:

Sure but I think you're missing the intent of the concern.  Everyone gets paid -- no problem.  Question become whether money is the overriding factor.  If your just doing it "for the money" then you're really just going thru the motions.  There is no connection.  There is no glue.  

So money guys like Perkins, Conwell, Leland Walker, and Hickman that are from Indiana and if they come, will do so in real part to be in front of family and at their state's flagship school?

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9 minutes ago, Golfman25 said:

Sure but I think you're missing the intent of the concern.  Everyone gets paid -- no problem.  Question become whether money is the overriding factor.  If your just doing it "for the money" then you're really just going thru the motions.  There is no connection.  There is no glue.  

Also inferring that paying Mullins and Sisley would be a winner.

Agree with you on the principle. Of all of our leading incoming candidates, the out of state five star is the only obvious outlier.

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7 minutes ago, steubenhoosier said:

Yes, that’s a crystal ball — not a commitment.

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1 minute ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Yes, that’s a crystal ball — not a commitment.

got it

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5 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

So money guys like Perkins, Conwell, Leland Walker, and Hickman that are from Indiana and if they come, will do so in real part to be in front of family and at their state's flagship school?

Grab 3/4 (sorry Leland) and Bradshaw please. Then maybe one more big and Blazi as the 13th spot. 

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16 minutes ago, ib4iu said:

Does Woodson even know we’re recruiting these guys? I’m not even a bit joking. There is no way he can possibly keep track of all the names being thrown at him. I really don’t think he wants anything to do with roster construction which is why IU is talking about the GM role. I guess my point is Woodson isn’t telling these kids they’ll be starting because he doesn’t even know who he’s talking to

I'm almost positive that Mike Woodson promised Chris Tucker that he will start next year.   :)

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1 minute ago, JF87 said:

I'm almost positive that Mike Woodson promised Chris Tucker that he will start next year.   :)

Yes, but he couldn’t understand the words coming from his mouth

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8 minutes ago, Hoosier2014 said:

Grab 3/4 (sorry Leland) and Bradshaw please. Then maybe one more big and Blazi as the 13th spot. 

I want the evansville stretch 4 that just went portaling

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2 hours ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

I want the evansville stretch 4 that just went portaling

Remains to be seen if IU makes contact but this is who he's referring to.

Evansville grad transfer Ben Humrichous has entered the transfer portal @On3sports has learned The 6-9 forward averaged 14.7 points on 41.4% 3P this season. Is originally from Tipton, Indiana.

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46 minutes ago, JF87 said:

That's fine, but others were acting like we could get Tucker, Perkins, and Conwell.  That's just not going to happen in a world were all three of these kids will require solid minutes to come to IU.  

If I was one you were referring to as "acting like we could get Tucker, Perkins and Conwell"...that was not my intent. I believe I started the hypothetical with the word "ideally" or something similar. I do not believe it is likely that Indiana gets all three of those guys, although it is possible and it's very possible they could play together and share enough different lineups that it could make sense. Tucker is not going to steal minutes from Tony Perkins at all. There is no overlap between the two really, in my opinion. Tucker appears to be able to handle the ball well but I don't see him as a primary ball-handler at all, Perkins would be. 

I don't know how any of this is going to play out or who IU will end up with. I doubt it will work out. I was just attempting to lay out an optimistic possibility, one that I don't think is completely "pie in the sky" crazy. I'm glad the staff landed Bryson Tucker, he looks like a very fun prospect that fits well in Mike Woodson's offense (as much as I don't like said offense). 

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Looks like I need to fire this one up again, dammit.

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6 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

I want the evansville stretch 4 that just went portaling

Yeah would love a defensive specialist big (Bradshaw) and a stretch 5 (Humrichous or Dawson Garcia). The odds of that happening are slim since someone is going to have to sit the bench but it's fun to think about.