Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[str8baller]

11 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

That's fair. Is it crazy to think the staff isn't ruling out recruiting over Galloway though? I wouldn't be against it. *ducks*

They're still contacting guys in what I believe to be the Conwell/Hickman tier, so either they're clueless (possible!) or they're not worried about hurting feelings right?

Wouldn’t you be recruiting over Tucker first? 
 

I get that Galloway shot it poorly last year but he was still an effective ball handler and an above average defender. Sending him to the bench probably already makes us worse defensively. Putting a freshman wing and mid major guard in his bench spot 100% hurts us defensively, and maybe offensively depending on how ball handling duties get carved up. 
 

Just seems fairly unlikely those two haven’t been given some assurances on PT. Signing Tucker and barely playing seems like it might hurt Woodys recruiting strategy of going “big game hunting.”
 

Interesting puzzle to solve, for sure though. I just don’t see a lot left on the bench for non-bigs

[Chris007]

I think the Arkansas visit is off. Ballo will be a Hoosier today

[Chris007]

1 minute ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Trilly bomb.

I was eating my double cheeseburger when I got that text and my fat fingers couldn't type fast enough. Trilly beat me to it

[Hoosierfanyuh]

That was a crazy hour lmaooooo

[steubenhoosier]

31 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Big Pharma vs. Big Chicken let's see who wins.

Way I understand things, Big chicken needs Big Pharma to make their products profitable

[Home Jersey]

My own speculation based on the random late mention of Arkansas... maybe Ballo's team got the offer up from 1.2 to 1.4 or so and we commit before we leave/don't take any other visits. Currently #1 player in the portal 

[RaceToTheTop]

4 minutes ago, SamIam said:

I get it, but we wouldn't take him off the bench? He made the all-freshman team a year ago, he got injured and Storr and Blackwell held his minutes. I'm fine with Leal playing minutes again if we don't get anyone, but Essegian feels like a good risk to take to play a Zeisloft role

Essegian should be looking to go somewhere he can play.  At IU he would be behind Rice, Carlyle, and Galloway.  Could also be behind Tucker if Tucker plays some at the 2 and Essegian can't play the point, so he'd be behind Cupps at the one.  Essegian is a reclamation product and I believe he will get his game back, but for his sake he needs to get it back by being on the court and not the bench.

[HoosierFan1994]

Just now, Hoosierfanyuh said:

That was a crazy hour lmaooooo

Yeah this ranks up there for sure. Glad I had testing and didn't miss out. 

[RaceToTheTop]

Think about the roller coaster Tyme is going through right now from being right to wrong to right to wrong to right...

[Hoosierfanyuh]

2 minutes ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

Yeah this ranks up there for sure. Glad I had testing and didn't miss out. 

My ONE meeting i had today was during the chaos lmao 

[Magisterium]

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

I think the Arkansas visit is off. Ballo will be a Hoosier today

If Ballo commits does Williams still visit (fwiw he’s got some positional versatility)?

and if not maybe Malone or Brea gets the last spot (assuming Carlyle is on board)?

[Juwan Moye]

5 hours ago, Juwan Moye said:

Really looking forward to that “Ballo has cancelled his Louisville visit” report. If he makes it there then it’s time to get nervous. Not because of UofL, but because he’s at a minimum trying to utilize his leverage to improve the offer.

 

I still think we find the money regardless.

We made it! :)

[Papacap]

5 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I was eating my double cheeseburger when I got that text and my fat fingers couldn't type fast enough. Trilly beat me to it

Has anyone seen you, Trilly and Tyme together? Hmmmmm……..

[Chris007]

1 minute ago, Magisterium said:

If Ballo commits does Williams still visit (fwiw he’s got some positional versatility)?

and if not maybe Malone or Brea gets the last spot (assuming Carlyle is on board)?

I would be surprised to see Williams still visit but Rabby confirmed that Malone is still on for Thursday

[reconmkd]

I am so confused! Was the Trilly bomb on discord? LOL!

[cleeter]

1 minute ago, reconmkd said:

I am so confused! Was the Trilly bomb on discord? LOL!

Yes, it was on discord. 

[RaceToTheTop]

1 minute ago, Papacap said:

Has anyone seen you, Trilly and Tyme together? Hmmmmm……..

 

[Stuhoo]

[68Hoosier]

1 minute ago, cleeter said:

Yes, it was on discord. 

Ok, wth is discord?  Is this a new social media thing.  

[RaceToTheTop]

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I would be surprised to see Williams still visit but Rabby confirmed that Malone is still on for Thursday

Assuming everything we have heard about Ballo commitment, Malone still makes sense as a backup big.  Skill set is different than Reneau and Ballo.