Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[realTomCrean]

26 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I will add that you got special treatment by getting the thread off-topic, not having your post deleted, and not having a mod quote you to tell you that you were in the wrong thread. So you should thank all mods. Not sure you could walk a day in my shoes. 

All starkness aside I do appreciate the mods and BtownBanners members

[go iu bb]

1 hour ago, dwtaylor1055 said:

Rice put up very similar stats to JHS in his only year at IU(don't recall where I saw the side by side comparison of the two kids).  Rice was worse for his 3pt shooting though between the two.  If Rice puts up the same numbers or slightly better and ups his 3pt % to say 35%ish it is fair to say he may only be in Indiana for one year depending how the season go.  

So not only are we going to land him but now he's going to have such a great year that he'll go pro after 1 year at IU? Man, the off season hype is always something amazing to watch.

[IUFAN1976]

ITH reports that Rice is visiting this weekend:

https://www.insidethehall.com/2024/04/11/report-washington-state-transfer-myles-rice-planning-iu-visit-this-weekend/

[HoosierHuddle]

The sniping back and forth and complaining about mods and what is or is not on topic looks a whole like the Peegs boards ha. Regardless, some mostly rambling thoughts on potential roster construction as we see IU's targets emerge and visits scheduled...

-At guard, IU is very close to securing a commitment from Myles Rice. Appears we just need to not screw up the visit this weekend. Rice is a very good first domino to fall. He has a great story (cancer survivor), is a sophomore by year but is old by age so you'd hope he can be a leader with maturity, very good at getting to the basket, athletic, his FT% suggests his three-point shooting could improve quite a bit next season, plus-defender with good size. 

-IU is favored for Kanaan Carlyle. He and Rice are apparently quite tight. High potential with multiple years of eligibility. Not a good perimeter shooter but I do think he helps IU quite a bit. 

-If we succeed and added Rice and Carlyle, that's a big upgrade in the background and then we can swing big to hopefully land Ryan Conwell. I would imagine that would remove Connor Hickman. Heck, landing Rice and Carlyle might remove Hickman anyway. Conwell is a better player but Hickman would be a nice addition as well. The one thing missing from that backcourt (if adding Rice and Carlyle) is a proven knockdown shooter but the ability to penetrate and get downhill with the ball and have some dynamism from our backcourt is a major upgrade from what we had in 2023-2024.

-That brings us to the frontcourt. Nothing is unanimous but nearly all of us want to see IU play more time with one big instead of two. As much as I want to see that for long stretches, it does seem grounded in reality. Mike Woodson told everyone, he believes what IU did systematically on offense worked, we just needed better shooters/guards to execute it. So, with that as a near pre-requisite...I think Oumar Ballo is the best option on the board at center. I know IU's ceiling with him isn't particularly sky-high but he sure does raise the floor (in my opinion). Advanced analytics are not everything but his Box Score Plus/Minus (BPM) is 8.1...the exact same as Ware's was last season. He's a monster physically, an elite rebounder and an above-average rebounder (including a really good offensive rebounder). He's also very good in the lob game on pick and rolls, something that could be really effective with Myles Rice and some with Trey Galloway (don't know about Carlyle with that as Stanford didn't really try that). Ballo is not as good of a passer out of post sets as Amari Williams is but he's better at basically everything else than Williams is (same thing for Payne). The big red flag is FT shooting for Ballo. Ideally, IU lands Ballo and somehow convinces Ben Humrichous to play 20-25 minutes. They could do lineups with Malik-Ballo, Malik-Humrichous, Humrichous-Ballo, Mgbako-Ballo, etc...Lord knows Malik gets in enough foul trouble that there would still be minutes available. Selling Humrichous on that will not be easy though. 

-If IU added Carlyle/Rice/Conwell, the perimeter defense would be SOOOO much better than it was last season. Whew, that's a lot of rambling and it's likely all for naught anyway as the end result will probably look much different than the expectations anyway. Go Hoosiers.

Edited April 11, 2024 by HoosierHuddle

[dwtaylor1055]

8 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

So not only are we going to land him but now he's going to have such a great year that he'll go pro after 1 year at IU? Man, the off season hype is always something amazing to watch.

Better call JHS and tell him he shouldn’t have entered the draft when he was a top 20 pick all along with the stats he produced. 
 

I never said Rice was/is a lock to leave IU after one year, could I see it if he improves with similar or better stats and a big jump in 3pt %? sure why not, similar stats netted JhS a top 20 pick.  

[CSP]

8 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

So not only are we going to land him but now he's going to have such a great year that he'll go pro after 1 year at IU? Man, the off season hype is always something amazing to watch.

I would for sure think a marginal improved year from Rice and he goes pro. 

[dwtaylor1055]

1 minute ago, btownqb said:

I would for sure think a marginal improved year from Rice and he goes pro. 

Careful you might get called out with this comment above 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Hate to keep bringing him up, but Tyme confidently says Rice to Indiana is done.


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[dwtaylor1055]

1 minute ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Hate to keep bringing him up, but Tyme confidently says Rice to Indiana is done.


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Saw this too. Weird relationship he’s got with Rabby, Tony and others. Interesting to follow on Twitter non the less 

[Hoosierfanyuh]

3 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Hate to keep bringing him up, but Tyme confidently says Rice to Indiana is done.


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Hes a good follow if he’d quit being an arrogant ******* lol 

[Silat Player]

5 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Hes a good follow if he’d quit being an arrogant ******* lol 

Only a matter of time until he sends a message to Elon and requests that his account be deleted...LOL

[Feathery]

16 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Hate to keep bringing him up, but Tyme confidently says Rice to Indiana is done.


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RTZ said that days ago on the other site. 

[Ryno6284]

2 minutes ago, Feathery said:

RTZ said that days ago on the other site. 

NGW/TYME = RTZ?

[IUCrazy2]

12 minutes ago, Ryno6284 said:

NGW/TYME = RTZ?

No.

[RaceToTheTop]

25 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Hes a good follow if he’d quit being an arrogant ******* lol 

I have a thought on who he actually is but don’t have enough info yet to say yet.

[BGVille Hoosierfan]

39 minutes ago, dwtaylor1055 said:

Saw this too. Weird relationship he’s got with Rabby, Tony and others. Interesting to follow on Twitter non the less 

Tyme blocked me on Twitter. A lot of speculation that is a burner for an assistant coach even though he says he works in the housing department at IU.

[BGVille Hoosierfan]

9 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

I have a thought on who he actually is but don’t have enough info yet to say yet.

My guess is Coach Ya.

[ebridges24]

1 hour ago, dwtaylor1055 said:

NOICE!

[ebridges24]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

Also would add how will his numbers change when changing conferences. I don't follow the Pac-12 much but I tend to believe the defense is a little better in the BT

If you mean more mugging, then you're right

[Bowhunter]

Surprised he was rated 227 in high school. Kid is a baller! .