Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,390]

39 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

FWIW, Bailey is ranked as the 23rd best transfer on on3.

Right around Wolf last year. 

[hotjawns 60]

seems like there are a lot of fish in the sea to be had!

[Brass Cannon 25,366]

33 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

I’m stating the obvious but tourney game after game after game proves the need for a three level dawg guard. For the 10th or so year in a row that’s something we desperately need. 

Yep. If you are going to break the bank it’s here

[steubenhoosier 1,749]

5 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Right around Wolf last year. 

Wolf played in , and succeeded in, the tournament last year. The mentality of “I can play at this level “ means something. Hopefully Bailey can get the same mentality 

[Crimson and Cream 5,953]

1 hour ago, str8baller said:

 

I heard the same about Rice last year and if you just take out the games at the end where he was tired… 

Whatever the excuse is he hasn’t made a ton of shots in 3 years with career 43/37/67 splits. 

He shot 43% from 3 with 3 attempts a game his last year at Drake, what do you mean "he hasn't made a ton of shots"?? The form looks good and he's proven he can do it an entire season. If he was hurt last season I'd say that's a valid excuse for a dip in the numbers. The kid's a Hoosier, let's give him and the new coaching staff a shot here instead of tearing them down due to a previous coaching staff/players disappointments.

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,084]

9 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

We're talking about his shooting. 

he shoots 1.5 FTs a game. You're making up something to cling to. 

His SO year at Drake Game 1 through 1/4 of 2025 when he was injured... 47 games worth of data.. (you clearly didn't look up the games he played this season vs P5 competition before his injury)... anyways... 47 games.. 

eFG% 56.5  3pt FG% 42.9  A/T 2:1+

Your argument is he isn't a good shooter, Rice like even, because of his shooting % on 1.5FTs and his post injury numbers is a pretty terrible argument. 

You promise to own this when his shooting stats are suboptimal next year.  To me, I fully think he’s the backup.  If he’s playing 10-12 hard, tough minutes I can live with that.  If he plays with the effectiveness hulls played his freshman year, yet gets 20+ minutes a game then that’s the day I start the fire DDC thread.  
 

I got more faith in this coach to figure things out on the fly.  I’ll wait to see what other guards we get.  Enright won’t be launching too many shots anyway.  So it’ll come down to his ballhandling and defense.  Which I’m also not high on.  It’ll be fun to see where this goes. 

[str8baller 7,325]

14 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

We're talking about his shooting. 

he shoots 1.5 FTs a game. You're making up something to cling to. 

His SO year at Drake Game 1 through 1/4 of 2025 when he was injured... 47 games worth of data.. (you clearly didn't look up the games he played this season vs P5 competition before his injury)... anyways... 47 games.. 

eFG% 56.5  3pt FG% 42.9  A/T 2:1+

Your argument is he isn't a good shooter, Rice like even, because of his shooting % on 1.5FTs and his post injury numbers is a pretty terrible argument. 

We’ll find out next year. I heard it all this time last year about Rice and Carlyle from you guys. We’ll see if you’re right this go around. If he shoots 40% from 3 and 80% from FT line, we all win. 

[str8baller 7,325]

2 minutes ago, Crimson and Cream said:

The kid's a Hoosier, let's give him and the new coaching staff a shot here instead of tearing them down due to a previous coaching staff/players disappointments.

That’s a lot of emotion…which you’re entitled to.
 

I haven’t “tore anyone down.”  Just discussing basketball.

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,084]

8 minutes ago, str8baller said:

We’ll find out next year. I heard it all this time last year about Rice and Carlyle from you guys. We’ll see if you’re right this go around. If he shoots 40% from 3 and 80% from FT line, we all win. 

I placed bets with some of the burners this year on predictions I knew wouldn’t come true. They didn’t pay them off in the end believe it or not.  
 I want Enright to be great.  I don’t expect him to start or get Starters minutes. Him becoming an 80% FT shooter would be a stat I’d be willing to bet on.  
 

Anyway, my thought is we will have 3 to 4 other shooters on the floor with DDV so if our pg is our worst shooter on the team, then other guys get more shots. It can work.  The FT shooting bothers me because the guards on most of these winning teams just don’t seem to miss free throws. Leal, Galloways scarred me shooting in the 60s for the past 2 or more seasons. 

Edited yesterday at 02:40 AM by WayneFleekHoosier

[Crimson and Cream 5,953]

3 minutes ago, str8baller said:

That’s a lot of emotion…which you’re entitled to.
 

I haven’t “tore anyone down.”  Just discussing basketball.

This thread is 458 pages of a whine fest and I pop in with "let's give this staff a chance" and it's a lot of emotion? 

Wow. If you want to just discuss basketball, why did you ignore the first half of my post that was discussing basketball and only quote the second half? 

[cbp4iu 2,309]

Hints in the trilly chat of Pack

[dwtaylor1055 1,765]

[Hoosier987 2,670]

Just now, dwtaylor1055 said:

lol…we’re not taking any players that are playing in the final four.  

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,084]

3 minutes ago, dwtaylor1055 said:

I know this is rare take but in don’t love it. If it is, it is.  

[Hoosierfan1901 8,249]

5 minutes ago, dwtaylor1055 said:

That guy was wrong about Conwell, we will see how this one goes

[dwtaylor1055 1,765]

4 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

lol…we’re not taking any players that are playing in the final four.  

Nijel Peck

[Brass Cannon 25,366]

I can live with Pack. High risk high reward. 

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild 664]

19 minutes ago, str8baller said:

We’ll find out next year. I heard it all this time last year about Rice and Carlyle from you guys. We’ll see if you’re right this go around. If he shoots 40% from 3 and 80% from FT line, we all win. 

You can’t use rice and Carlyle in your examples when 1. They didn’t care and 2. Woodson was there coach who did zero to put them in a spot to succeed/develop them. Also DeVries has already proven he knows how to get Enright to be at his best.

[Asha’man 858]

6 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

lol…we’re not taking any players that are playing in the final four.  

So we aren’t getting Cooper Flagg?

[DChoosier 9,608]

3 minutes ago, Asha’man said:

So we aren’t getting Cooper Flagg?

If we would have landed Flagg this year I am 100% confident that he would have been the best “stand in the corner while the big guy works” player we have ever had.