Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[Victor]

2 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Without knowing anything for certain, I’d think he may reunite with AAU teammate Mgbako at NC state lol

Mgbacko didn’t sign with NC state. Hes taking more visits. 

[Hoosierfanyuh]

Still a little less than a week for people to enter, let KJ work his magic

[Home Jersey]

Just now, Victor said:

Mgbacko didn’t sign with NC state. Hes taking more visits. 

Yep he hasn’t signed with them… yet. Just a thought.

[Stuhoo]

39 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Even if there isn’t more to the story… they can kick rocks. Didn’t he decommit before DDV was announced or shortly after? IMO after decommitting, DDV has no obligation to pick up the phone for a guy who committed to the last staff. Literally why waste the time? IDS running that story is lazy IMO.

The first basketball player that Devries reached out to; before the official presser, was Trent Sisley and his family. I liked the IDS article. To me it made things really clear:

• Woodson was desperate for roster fills for next year and overpaid for Zrno.
• Dolson or Harper likely filled Devries in on the circumstances of the Sisley and Zrno, and Devries saw which one was a good cultural fit vs a player chasing a bag.
• Devries took a look at his two incoming commits and decided one was a great idea to keep, but that Zrno wasn't worth the NIL budget hit. Could be as simple as Zrno being a Luke Goode clone on the court, albeit unproven and not a local, well-liked cultural fit.
• Thereafter, when Zrno's agent called, no one answered.

[Hoosierfanyuh]

As for freeman: TN247 page still has pretty much nothing, but TN Twitter feels confident, but it seems like it’s just coming from fans. Not a lot out there. Him and enright are mutuals on Instagram but he also follows a TN assistant (Rod Clark, weren’t we rumored for him for a bit?) and then he also follows Auburn MBB account. 

[GP711]

Would not be surprised to see DDV start targeting some lingering HS prospects with a decent core of the team in place, while obviously looking for a big. 

[CSP]

3 minutes ago, GP711 said:

Would not be surprised to see DDV start targeting some lingering HS prospects with a decent core of the team in place, while obviously looking for a big. 

I hope he drives to Jeff and asks Tre Singleton what it'll cost

[iu eyedoc]

14 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

I don't know, guys. 3 commitments in 2 days is nice but what has CDD done lately? There hasn't been a single commitment so far today. He's obviously squandered the momentum he had and has lost his mojo. 

Seriously, what's the over/under date on  BTB freak out if CDDV doesn't sign a true 5, I will say May 1st?

[CSP]

Just now, iu eyedoc said:

Seriously, what's the over/under date on  BTB freak out if CDDV doesn't sign a true 5, I will say May 1st?

no no no... 

April... 21st, 22nd somewhere in that time frame. The natives aren't waiting 2 full weeks to freak out again.

[Hoosierfan2017]

The IDS running a puff piece for Zrno against DD is wild to me, but I don’t exactly have the highest level of respect for that publication. 

Zrno is very clearly a bag chaser. You don’t commit to a school you know little to nothing about for a coach on a flaming hot seat if you’re interested in anything other than a bag. Maybe he’s good, maybe he’s not. I know nothing about his game, but IU will be just fine without him. 

[Hoosierfanyuh]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

The IDS running a puff piece for Zrno against DD is wild to me, but I don’t exactly have the highest level of respect for that publication. 

Zrno is very clearly a bag chaser. You don’t commit to a school you know little to nothing about for a coach on a flaming hot seat if you’re interested in anything other than a bag. Maybe he’s good, maybe he’s not. I know nothing about his game, but IU will be just fine without him. 

Honestly think it’s his agency - they’re very loud on the internet all of this seems very intentional 

[Home Jersey]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Honestly think it’s his agency - they’re very loud on the internet all of this seems very intentional 

I agree his handlers are probably behind it. Not sure what they think they’re achieving by complaining about this though, would think that doesn’t exactly help his appeal to other schools. With Euro pros coming to CBB more and all the money / agents involved, we are really in the Wild West. Lots of noise, but that’s all it is…

[Hoosierfanyuh]

3 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

I agree his handlers are probably behind it. Not sure what they think they’re achieving by complaining about this though, would think that doesn’t exactly help his appeal to other schools. With Euro pros coming to CBB more and all the money / agents involved, we are really in the Wild West. Lots of noise, but that’s all it is…

Rabby also said a little while ago that other schools likely would’ve never been involved had IU not been, schools will see he is being recruited by IU and think he’s good enough for a look at solely based off of that. IU only got involved because it was a last ditch effort from Woodson. 

[Hoosierfan1901]

No commitment yet today? I guess we need to start having a chat about DDV’s recruiting strategy…

[Golfman25]

Sorry, I couldn't even get thru the IDS article.  Dude decommits and expects the new coach to contact him?  Crazy world we live in.  

[Hoosierfanyuh]

15 minutes ago, GP711 said:

Would not be surprised to see DDV start targeting some lingering HS prospects with a decent core of the team in place, while obviously looking for a big. 

Anyways, this excites me

[68Hoosier]

24 minutes ago, GP711 said:

Would not be surprised to see DDV start targeting some lingering HS prospects with a decent core of the team in place, while obviously looking for a big. 

I like this, we need to work on a foundation for the future, so we are not reloading from the portal every year.  Kids from HS or someone with 2 to 3 years of eligibility left. 

[go iu bb]

41 minutes ago, Hurryin' Hoosiers said:

Or it's possible IU ignored him when he tried to get their side of the story?

IDS guy wrote a story.  Doesn't mean he got played.

A few things:

Zrno was not a signed recruit. CDD and IU would not be allowed to talk about him or the situation.

Nowhere in the story does it appear the IDS asked any tough questions. It comes off as if he's just a mouthpiece for Zrno's agent.

A few questions off the top of my head that could have been asked:

• You say you first tried to contact coach on March 18th yet decommitted on March 19th. Do you think you gave him enough time?
• It was the middle of March, well before the transfer portal opened. Why could you not give him more time before decommitting? 
• Why are you coming to us with this now? What do you hope to achieve? 
• Different coach with different valuations for players and he needs to build a team from the ground up. Would Zrno still listen if the money being offered was less?
• What do you think Zrno would offer to a DeVries coached team?

The article could have at least pointed out that Zrno did commit very quickly but chose to not do so.

The dude totally got played by putting out such a puff piece for an ex-recruit.

[Napleshoosier]

34 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Yep he hasn’t signed with them… yet. Just a thought.

Mbako might be having a problem…..

[HoosierFan1994]

Always nice to wake up to a commit, even if expected. I'm no scout, but from what I watched he is able to get to the rim and finish. Streaky shooter. Like most of our guys so far is able to shoot long range threes. Comes from a team that was just in the NCAA tournament. Heck, you can say he was their best player. Million dollar question is will these guys all fit together and we won't know that for a while. 

Side note: I made a comment on Twitter about Conerway and some UK fan had to comment and trash him. Funny for them to call us a quad 4 game and then talk about us on Rupp Rafters.

But enough with them. I'm guessing another guard/wing type player (Goode?) along with a few 5's is next in store. After that who knows. Always fun to see the roster take shape. Just shows you in the future not to panic early. We didn't know IU was going after some of these guys a week or so ago.