Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[BGVille Hoosierfan]

Nebraska insider on On3 just put in a crystal ball for Essegian to Nebraska. This one looks to be over.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

1 minute ago, BGVille Hoosierfan said:

Nebraska insider on On3 just put in a crystal ball for Essegian to Nebraska. This one looks to be over.

Would make a lot of sense.  Great chance for him to start.  A school that rains 3's.  Its a no-brainer if I'm CE.  

[Go_Hoosiers]

1 minute ago, BGVille Hoosierfan said:

Nebraska insider on On3 just put in a crystal ball for Essegian to Nebraska. This one looks to be over.

Hard to land 3 point shooters when you don't shoot 3s.

[Demo]

12 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

Struggling to see the fit here. Actually, that's a lie. Don't see the fit at all.

[dwtaylor1055]

13 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

umm okay.  is this a real possibility?

[OGIUAndy]

3 minutes ago, Go_Hoosiers said:

Hard to land 3 point shooters when you don't shoot 3s.

There are plenty to take if you're not afraid.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

3 minutes ago, dwtaylor1055 said:

umm okay.  is this a real possibility?

Nil Sweepstakes move imo.  And projected first round pick???  

Fit is hard to see, but I do kinda like the player.  Seems like a Woody type of guy.  

[Hoosier987]

6 minutes ago, dwtaylor1055 said:

umm okay.  is this a real possibility?

With our NIL. Absolutely. Like I said…Essegian isn’t a needle mover, this guy would be.

[dwtaylor1055]

Just now, Hoosier987 said:

With our NIL. Absolutely. Like I said…Essegian isn’t a needle mover, this guy would be.

 

3 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Nil Sweepstakes move imo.  And projected first round pick???  

Fit is hard to see, but I do kinda like the player.  Seems like a Woody type of guy.  

I am all aboard for needle movers 

[Hoosier987]

27 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

That's just not realistic 

Sure it is. Reneau is in foul trouble a lot. He’s going to be seeing bench time. 

[Unexpectedflash]

I  love Thiero. He's an absolute dog and plays with his hair on fire. i don't see the fit lol with our lack of shooters but he would be a great four honestly here. He has a lot of potential. Stacking talent is the name of the game. A rice, carlyle, Mgbako, Thiero, Ballo lineup is really fun. Athleticism everywhere and I think the shooting would be good enough. They'd get up and down the court and be able to switch pretty much everything on defense.

[Demo]

8 minutes ago, Go_Hoosiers said:

Hard to land 3 point shooters when you don't shoot 3s.

Not that hard. What is hard is trying to land a pure specialist who doesn’t upgrade you in any other way against the backdrop of a roster of 4-5 guards who don’t do that specialty as well but everything else better resulting in a muddled path to playing time. His path at Nebraska is crystal clear.

[CSP]

15 minutes ago, Demo said:

Struggling to see the fit here. Actually, that's a lie. Don't see the fit at all.

I'm not sure how he's a projected 1st rd pick. What if he wants to come here and RS? That's unrealistic, but it'd be nice haha

[dwtaylor1055]

Adou Thiero(6'8" 222lbs listed as a guard on ESPN but more likely a SF imo) visited IU during his original recruitment coming out of high school, a versatile defender and has a high motor.  Isn't Bryson Tucker considered to be very similar to that of Adou?  Can you imagine them two on the court together.  

[Unexpectedflash]

Just now, dwtaylor1055 said:

Adou Thiero(6'8" 222lbs listed as a guard on ESPN but more likely a SF imo) visited IU during his original recruitment coming out of high school, a versatile defender and has a high motor.  Isn't Bryson Tucker considered to be very similar to that of Adou?  Can you imagine them two on the court together.  

He actually grew two inches between high school and his sophomore year so he has the size of a forward with the ball handling skills of a guard. He's going to be a stud with a bigger role. I know kentucky fans were really sad to lose him. 

[dwtaylor1055]

2 minutes ago, Unexpectedflash said:

He actually grew two inches between high school and his sophomore year so he has the size of a forward with the ball handling skills of a guard. He's going to be a stud with a bigger role. I know kentucky fans were really sad to lose him. 

would be interesting should he chose IU

[Demo]

10 minutes ago, btownqb said:

I'm not sure how he's a projected 1st rd pick. What if he wants to come here and RS? That's unrealistic, but it'd be nice haha

The only fit I can see, and this is squinting pretty damned hard, involves him being bigger than he’s generally listed. When they were recruiting him part of his appeal was that he supposedly had open growth plates and was projected to maybe get to 6’10”. That didn’t happen but when you look at him in games he might be 6’8”. If so he’s got a chance to defend some bigger kids and could figure into a frontcourt rotation. Or he could just go to one of his other really good offers with a more natural fit and just call it a day.

[ebridges24]

20 minutes ago, OGIUAndy said:

There are plenty to take if you're not afraid.

There were quite a few 3's not taken by open shooters last year. Hopefully we're getting kids that can hit those shots and aren't afraid to take them.

[steubenhoosier]

With this news on Thiero, does that mean that any offer to Malone has been put on hold?

Is his visit over?

[HoosierHoopster]

16 minutes ago, ebridges24 said:

There were quite a few 3's not taken by open shooters last year. Hopefully we're getting kids that can hit those shots and aren't afraid to take them.

This is kind of a continuing discussion, I don't mean to beat it to death (it's probably already 6 feet under) but it's not that they're afraid, it's not part of the offensive scheme or sets or system that Woodson runs. You don't shoot by numbers at the bottom of D1 ball because some guys are supposedly afraid to shoot. FWIW Bako started taking more 3's as the season progressed, I'm hoping that, along with the total flop of a season we just had and the public calls for Woodson's firing will get him into the current century, so he / assistants start scheming for outside shooting.