Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[Home Jersey]

6 minutes ago, Magisterium said:

Gotta say that, for a guy who was supposedly a “big risk” for some folks due to the jump from Drake to the P4, McCollum seems to be hanging in there, at least on the recruiting front with an allegedly modest budget 

It's kind of funny, I thought a knock on McCollum was that he did not have a roster to bring with him. 

He's got 4 guys coming with him, Stirtz and Manyawu look very good at B10 level. Kael Combs and Isaia Howard got some run as young guards and will know his system. He could also bring Tavion Banks but he could possibly get a bigger pay day than Ben can afford IMO. I'd expect he will at least be able to bring 5 in Joey Matteoni a 6'8 PF freshman.

He's also got Isaiah Johnson-Arigu from Miami who barely played this year but was #147 in HS. 6'7 220 small ball 4. 

[Magisterium]

4 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

It's kind of funny, I thought a knock on McCollum was that he did not have a roster to bring with him. 

He's got 4 guys coming with him, Stirtz and Manyawu look very good at B10 level. Kael Combs and Isaia Howard got some run as young guards and will know his system. He could also bring Tavion Banks but he could possibly get a bigger pay day than Ben can afford IMO. I'd expect he will at least be able to bring 5 in Joey Matteoni a 6'8 PF freshman.

He's also got Isaiah Johnson-Arigu from Miami who barely played this year but was #147 in HS. 6'7 220 small ball 4. 

Yup, and I don’t mean to imply that I would’ve preferred McCollum over DeVries or that Ben would have been a better choice either. Full disclosure: my #1A and #1B choices would have been McCasland and Golden respectively, but the notion that McCollum should have been avoided due to his lack of P4 experience was always superficial and naive imo.

[Hoosierfanyuh]

247 Illinois staff member said they’re still waiting on communication from Dix as of a minute ago so 

[Hoosierfanyuh]

Iowa thinks it’s us or them

Illinois thinks it’s us or them

We think it’s us or Illinois 

 

[go iu bb]

Just now, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Iowa thinks it’s us or them

Illinois thinks it’s us or them

We think it’s us or Illinois 

 

That means it'll be .... Purdue.

[Magisterium]

Just now, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Iowa thinks it’s us or them

Illinois thinks it’s us or them

We think it’s us or Illinois 

 

sounds like Louisville then….$15 million in NIL ( or whatever it’s up to now)

[RaceToTheTop]

5 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Iowa thinks it’s us or them

Illinois thinks it’s us or them

We think it’s us or Illinois 

 

IU 3

Illinois 2

Iowa 1

 

[HoosierFan1994]

Honestly, I can't blame any of these guys for taking their time. It's a tough decision. You make the wrong choice, you could end up in a situation like Myles Rice. Josh doesn't have any eligibility left, but if he makes the right choice he could have a senior season like Knecht. I don't want this to happen, but kudos to him if he ends up back at Iowa. No way are they offering anywhere close to what the other schools are. 

 

[Scotty R]

I saw on a podcast that Travis Barnham stated that Bidunga is probably.dowm to two options 

1) Auburn 

2) return to KU

[Parakeet Jones]

11 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Iowa thinks it’s us or them

Illinois thinks it’s us or them

We think it’s us or Illinois 

 

We’re the common denominator. 

[MikeRoberts]

3 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

I saw on a podcast that Travis Barnham stated that Bidunga is probably.dowm to two options 

1) Auburn 

2) return to KU

Adams coming up big for us early 

[Magisterium]

1 minute ago, Scotty R said:

I saw on a podcast that Travis Barnham stated that Bidunga is probably.dowm to two options 

1) Auburn 

2) return to KU

Those are kinda the vibes I’ve been seeing, which is okay imo. The portal appears to already have several potential rim-protectors in it, and some of them may be somewhat less expensive than Flory might be. Such as the guys from Wake Forest, Clemson, Xavier, as well as others.

[AZ Hoosier]

15 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

That means it'll be .... Purdue.

Or Louisville... they're getting everyone else... so, why not? :D 

[Jeff Flabjohns]

Yeesh. Dumb take but I want to win one of these battles more than I care about having Josh Dix. 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Those are kinda the vibes I’ve been seeing, which is okay imo. The portal appears to already have several potential rim-protectors in it, and some of them may be somewhat less expensive than Flory might be. Such as the guys from Wake Forest, Clemson, Xavier, as well as others.

While I’ll agree to an extent, we should be able to flex our Nil advantage at some point. We’ve got it, we should make some splashes. If DeVries wanted to Ball on a Budget he shouldn’t have come to IU. He had 3-4 at WV.

My worry is IU is all talk and wants to act like we are going to spend 10. But instead they pull a Cubs and try to win with 5.

Louisville Is the talk of CBB and Kelsey I assure you isn’t scared to back that up. No reason that shouldn’t be Indiana.


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[Papacap]

8 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

While I’ll agree to an extent, we should be able to flex our Nil advantage at some point. We’ve got it, we should make some splashes. If DeVries wanted to Ball on a Budget he shouldn’t have come to IU. He had 3-4 at WV.

My worry is IU is all talk and wants to act like we are going to spend 10. But instead they pull a Cubs and try to win with 5.

Louisville Is the talk of CBB and Kelsey I assure you isn’t scared to back that up. No reason that shouldn’t be Indiana.


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I’m old enough to remember when IU was the talk of CBB and the portal. Got us to the second day of the BTT. I want commits, too. But I also want DeVries to put together a team he wants and let’s see what he can do.

[steubenhoosier]

I’m fairly sure that the ghost of Hornsby has taken over several of our posters.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

I’m old enough to remember when IU was the talk of CBB and the portal. Got us to the second day of the BTT. I want commits, too. But I also want DeVries to put together a team he wants and let’s see what he can do.

But it was also Woodson. And even then the basketball people doubted him. Get a good basketball coach legit talent with a united purpose and that’s how you get to the top.

DeVries literally chose Indiana because it gives him resources he didn’t have at WV. You utilize that. But with guys that want to win.




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[8bucks]

46 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

But it was also Woodson. And even then the basketball people doubted him. Get a good basketball coach legit talent with a united purpose and that’s how you get to the top.

DeVries literally chose Indiana because it gives him resources he didn’t have at WV. You utilize that. But with guys that want to win.




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I wonder if he has to be more cautious in year 1 since he has an entire roster to build. We have to overpay to get guys since we don’t have a clear vision of who we are or how we will really play. Then you have to balance getting mercenaries vs a team. 
 

I am becoming more convinced we as fans are going to have to grind and be less insistent on a super quick turnaround. 

[Hoosierfanyuh]

All these assumptions based off of missing Conwell are really funny lol