Transfer Portal w IU Interest

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Wonder if this is a little bit of old news and IU reached out before the Tucker commitment. But, fwiw. 6’7” wing who’s shot right at 40% from 3 over the last 2 years on a little over 4 attempts per game. All CAA last year. 1 year left. 

[HoosierDaddy87 17]

On 3/29/2024 at 8:00 PM, rcbowla said:

Thanks for the insight. In his video you see him taking and making several contested 3's. Is there consistency doing that? Any pull up shooting abilities? Thanks

Yes and yes...he improved as the year went on and this was his first year in D1.  

[finky 298]

23 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

Getting a five star incoming freshman this week hasn’t filled your to-date quota?

A little patience—guessing it won’t be all that long.

Hopefully this five Star can break the "Indiana" curse we bestow upon 4 and 5 star players....where they show up and can't shoot, defend and have a hoops IQ of 20.........

 

Kidding...sort of.....happy to see the Commit this week.

[IUFAN1976 2,330]

14 hours ago, JF87 said:

Watching this Connecticut and Illinois game, I vote we make it a priority to get an excellent rim protector again.  

Edey has year of eligibility, instead of him going to the NBA maybe MW can throw the entire $6 million at him to protect our rims!

[DChoosier 7,073]

1 hour ago, finky said:

Hopefully this five Star can break the "Indiana" curse we bestow upon 4 and 5 star players....where they show up and can't shoot, defend and have a hoops IQ of 20.........

 

Kidding...sort of.....happy to see the Commit this week.

I’d be willing to roll the dice if the future high 4 and 5 stars  match our most recent high and 5 stars.

Ware, MM, Malik, JHS, Bates, Lander, Trace.  5 out of 7 is pretty strong.

[DChoosier 7,073]

1 hour ago, IUFAN1976 said:

Edey has year of eligibility, instead of him going to the NBA maybe MW can throw the entire $6 million at him to protect our rims!

I like that. A lot.
With Edey and MR underneath we would only need two more bigs for the 4-in 1-out offense.

[NVFalcons1990 355]

34 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

I’d be willing to roll the dice if the future high 4 and 5 stars  match our most recent high and 5 stars.

Ware, MM, Malik, JHS, Bates, Lander, Trace.  5 out of 7 is pretty strong.

Don’t forget about Romeo Langford

[DChoosier 7,073]

35 minutes ago, NVFalcons1990 said:

Don’t forget about Romeo Langford

Yep,

 

Many disparage him but he was injured, stuck in Archie Ball, but still averaged 16.5 points a game and was second team all Big Ten per the coaches.

[NVFalcons1990 355]

5 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

Yep,

 

Many disparage him but he was injured, stuck in Archie Ball, but still averaged 16.5 points a game and was second team all Big Ten per the coaches.

Totally agree, was looking forward to him at next level but has seemed to leave too early.

[GloryDays 5,899]

15 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

Yep,

 

Many disparage him but he was injured, stuck in Archie Ball, but still averaged 16.5 points a game and was second team all Big Ten per the coaches.

 And most points coming in desperation with 5 seconds on the shot clock after standing in the left corner waiting on a pass that usually never came.

 Seems familiar to what we see now.

[btownqb 8,467]

2 hours ago, DChoosier said:

I’d be willing to roll the dice if the future high 4 and 5 stars  match our most recent high and 5 stars.

Ware, MM, Malik, JHS, Bates, Lander, Trace.  5 out of 7 is pretty strong.

JBJ, Rob Johnson, Troy Williams, Yogi, Zeller, Watford meet that criteria, too. Vonleh

[RaceToTheTop 24,034]

3 minutes ago, btownqb said:

JBJ, Rob Johnson, Troy Williams, Yogi, Zeller, Watford meet that criteria, too. Vonleh

Thomas Bryant.

[DChoosier 7,073]

23 minutes ago, btownqb said:

JBJ, Rob Johnson, Troy Williams, Yogi, Zeller, Watford meet that criteria, too. Vonleh

Yep

I intentionally didn’t go back before the Archie era but there are a lot of positive examples. (Illinois could have used Eric Gordon last night LOL )

[JerryYeagley23 2,882]

40 minutes ago, btownqb said:

JBJ, Rob Johnson, Troy Williams, Yogi, Zeller, Watford meet that criteria, too. Vonleh

Also Bracey Wright. ;)

[ebridges24 2,332]

55 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Thomas Bryant.

one of my favorites

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18 minutes ago, JerryYeagley23 said:

Also Bracey Wright. ;)

Help is on the way, Baby! 

[ebridges24 2,332]

2 minutes ago, Demo said:

Help is on the way, Baby! 

isn't that when we were supposed to get Josh Smith and Dwight Howard.

[DChoosier 7,073]

55 minutes ago, JerryYeagley23 said:

Also Bracey Wright. ;)

:( 

Dribble the clock down and launch a 28 footer. Man, we have had a lot of bad offenses in the last 25 or so years.

[HoosierTrav 7,619]

29 minutes ago, ebridges24 said:

isn't that when we were supposed to get Josh Smith and Dwight Howard.

Dwight Howard?

[btownqb 8,467]

34 minutes ago, ebridges24 said:

isn't that when we were supposed to get Josh Smith and Dwight Howard.

No. That was with DJ White and didn't Josh Smith sign a LOI?