Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[tyappleg]

22 minutes ago, IvanRenkosillegitimatechild said:

A burner account on Twitter who got the freeman recruiting right and a couple college coaches right says his same source is saying Dix to IU but others are saying Illinois is getting Dix. I feel like it won’t be IU with him leaving campus without committing 

Seems like most are saying Illinois.  Hoping they are wrong, but probably not.  Although if it was done, it feels like it would have been announced by now. 

[Hoosierfanyuh]

I’m pretty confident that account doesn’t know much lmao 

[Hoosierfan1901]

5 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

I’m pretty confident that account doesn’t know much lmao 

Too many followers, needs to be under 20 followers to be reliable 

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

12 minutes ago, Mopladysman said:

Thank you!

You’re welcome!

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

9 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

Seems like most are saying Illinois.  Hoping they are wrong, but probably not.  Although if it was done, it feels like it would have been announced by now. 

I agree

[tyappleg]

2 minutes ago, IvanRenkosillegitimatechild said:

I agree

The longer it goes the better I feel.  Still feel it's like 70/30 in favor of Illinois (based on almost nothing)

[Asha’man]

8 hours ago, tyappleg said:

The longer it goes the better I feel.  Still feel it's like 70/30 in favor of Illinois (based on almost nothing)

Isn’t the reason ppl are saying Illinois is bc it’s closer to home and some family issues he wants to be close to home for?

[Hovadipo]

15 minutes ago, Asha’man said:

Isn’t the reason ppl are saying Illinois is bc it’s closer to home and some family issues he wants to be close to home for?

Somebody making $2million per year isn’t worried about being either a 7 or 9.5 hour drive from home. They’re flying and, assuming being closer to home isn’t just an internet-created cop out, he’s closer to a real airport at IU. 

I’m assuming he’d have access to an emergency plane at either school’s local airport anyway. 

[Silat Player]

18 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Somebody making $2million per year isn’t worried about being either a 7 or 9.5 hour drive from home. They’re flying and, assuming being closer to home isn’t just an internet-created cop out, he’s closer to a real airport at IU. 

I’m assuming he’d have access to an emergency plane at either school’s local airport anyway. 

I think it's going to depend on the player. In this case, maybe there's a feeling of security being within a certain distance to home versus being further away? We have no idea what his comfort level is.

In a larger sense, I think it's a lot harder for us fans to decipher why some of players choose one team over another. It's not always just the bag or the coach or any factor that we even know about. 

Look at someone like Reneau. He got offers at a lot of schools. He decided to go home. That seemed obvious. Ok.

There was a backstory about Conwell's family being from L'ville and him having spent time there, and having been recruited by them the previous year. We didn't know that when he first committed there.

Now we're hearing the story about Dix's sick relative. How many things are going on behind the scenes of that recruitment that are deciding where he goes? 

I think this is true of a lot of these recruitments.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Background on Elyjah Freeman

https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/04/03/iu-basketball-transfer-portal-player-profile-lincoln-memorial-wing-elyjah-freeman/

[triple]

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

Background on Elyjah Freeman

https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/04/03/iu-basketball-transfer-portal-player-profile-lincoln-memorial-wing-elyjah-freeman/

Top of my transfer wish list.

[Jim IV22]

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

Background on Elyjah Freeman

https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/04/03/iu-basketball-transfer-portal-player-profile-lincoln-memorial-wing-elyjah-freeman/

Apologies if I missed it, but do we have a visit setup with him? 

[tyappleg]

Just now, Jim IV22 said:

Apologies if I missed it, but do we have a visit setup with him? 

He was on campus a couple days ago.

[Hovadipo]

25 minutes ago, Silat Player said:

I think it's going to depend on the player. In this case, maybe there's a feeling of security being within a certain distance to home versus being further away? We have no idea what his comfort level is.

In a larger sense, I think it's a lot harder for us fans to decipher why some of players choose one team over another. It's not always just the bag or the coach or any factor that we even know about. 

Look at someone like Reneau. He got offers at a lot of schools. He decided to go home. That seemed obvious. Ok.

There was a backstory about Conwell's family being from L'ville and him having spent time there, and having been recruited by them the previous year. We didn't know that when he first committed there.

Now we're hearing the story about Dix's sick relative. How many things are going on behind the scenes of that recruitment that are deciding where he goes? 

I think this is true of a lot of these recruitments.

I agree with this. My larger point was that I doubt the true distance from home is playing that much of a factor. 

[Golfman25]

2 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Background on Elyjah Freeman

https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/04/03/iu-basketball-transfer-portal-player-profile-lincoln-memorial-wing-elyjah-freeman/

So some dude nobody has heard of, playing D2, is found by our new guy.  Comes to campus, etc. all under the radar.  Has 3 years left.  That is a coach who is grinding.  :) 

[Stuhoo]

1 minute ago, Golfman25 said:

So some dude nobody has heard of, playing D2, is found by our new guy.  Comes to campus, etc. all under the radar.  Has 3 years left.  That is a coach who is grinding.  :) 

Many high-major programs know about him and are actively pursuing him.

Getting him on campus? That was excellent.

[CSP]

Dix committing today? 

[rayl456]

5 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Many high-major programs know about him and are actively pursuing him.

Getting him on campus? That was excellent.

Nobody had heard of = guys like me and probably most BTB members.  :)

[sirhoosierlot]

14 hours ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Maybe, but they’ll have to stay affiliated with the schools. No one cares about semiprofessional leagues. If they aren’t affiliated with the schools then popularity would plummet. 

Yeah absolutely. I don’t know how it would work with nonrevenue sports but I guess they could just stay the same as they are. 

[Chris007]

14 minutes ago, Golfman25 said:

So some dude nobody has heard of, playing D2, is found by our new guy.  Comes to campus, etc. all under the radar.  Has 3 years left.  That is a coach who is grinding.  :) 

I believe he has already visited UK and TENN also so people know about him