Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[RaceToTheTop]

1 hour ago, MemphisHoosier said:

Oh do tell….

Chrisdaplant and Ken enright both posting the dog in the car gif.  Don’t know if they are talking about Leal or Goode.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

On 4/30/2025 at 12:08 PM, schoosier said:

Niko Bundalo 6’10” reopening recruitment. OH native do we have room?

Committed to Ole Miss

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Committed to Ole Miss

Wow. I really wonder what our team would have looked like with Beard. I don’t think Bundalo came on the cheap, so Ole Miss is ponying up some good cash too.


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[mamasa]

13 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Wow. I really wonder what our team would have looked like with Beard. I don’t think Bundalo came on the cheap, so Ole Miss is ponying up some good cash too.


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[BA47591]

Talent and poor coaching/culture

Or

What we have. 

 

Could we not have landed in the middle? 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Sebastian Wilkins will re-class to 2025 and commits to Duke.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Sebastian Wilkins will re-class to 2025 and commits to Duke.

Lol. Wilkins and Dame Sarr in the last 2 days. Indiana is far off next year.


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[ebridges24]

6 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Lol. Wilkins and Dame Sarr in the last 2 days. Indiana is far off next year.


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wonder how much they cost the Dookies?

[WayneFleekHoosier]

27 minutes ago, ebridges24 said:

wonder how much they cost the Dookies?

Does it matter?  They will be a relevant team every year and it all works out.  Indiana has tried to do it every which way.  Maybe DeVries is a miracle worker. We will find out in 6 months. 

[str8baller]

16 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Does it matter?  They will be a relevant team every year and it all works out.  Indiana has tried to do it every which way.  Maybe DeVries is a miracle worker. We will find out in 6 months. 

Watching posters crash out 2mos into year one is wild. It’d be almost excusable if we didn’t watch a midmajor football coach with a bunch midmajor guys get to a 12th place finish (or better).  
 

The funny thing is, if we suck next year how’s that any different than the last 25 years? Just relax and see what the new coach sucks we’ll know in a couple years and we can sit back and ***** for 3 years until he’s fired. IU basketball at its finest. No need to get a head start on the misery tho.

[ebridges24]

2 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Does it matter?  They will be a relevant team every year and it all works out.  Indiana has tried to do it every which way.  Maybe DeVries is a miracle worker. We will find out in 6 months. 

It matters to me because I want to know, if it doesn't matter to you, then fine.

[ebridges24]

2 hours ago, str8baller said:

Watching posters crash out 2mos into year one is wild. It’d be almost excusable if we didn’t watch a midmajor football coach with a bunch midmajor guys get to a 12th place finish (or better).  
 

The funny thing is, if we suck next year how’s that any different than the last 25 years? Just relax and see what the new coach sucks we’ll know in a couple years and we can sit back and ***** for 3 years until he’s fired. IU basketball at its finest. No need to get a head start on the misery tho.

and ***** = and wait?

[str8baller]

3 minutes ago, ebridges24 said:

and ***** = and wait?

= “complain “ but not in the king’s English :)

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Watching posters crash out 2mos into year one is wild. It’d be almost excusable if we didn’t watch a midmajor football coach with a bunch midmajor guys get to a 12th place finish (or better).  
 
The funny thing is, if we suck next year how’s that any different than the last 25 years? Just relax and see what the new coach sucks we’ll know in a couple years and we can sit back and ***** for 3 years until he’s fired. IU basketball at its finest. No need to get a head start on the misery tho.

Isn’t a crashout. Just making observations. If DeVries is a Cig level genius we will all be ecstatic.

Yeah, I’ve said a million times I want a different brand of ball on offense and defense and we are for sure going to get that.

This approach doesn’t instill confidence in me or the basketball community but DeVries makes the big bucks to get big results. And if he does with this roster he deserves all the flowers. But the big boy schools are loading up and we aren’t on that stratosphere with this roster.


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[steubenhoosier]

54 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Isn’t a crashout. Just making observations. If DeVries is a Cig level genius we will all be ecstatic.

Yeah, I’ve said a million times I want a different brand of ball on offense and defense and we are for sure going to get that.

This approach doesn’t instill confidence in me or the basketball community but DeVries makes the big bucks to get big results. And if he does with this roster he deserves all the flowers. But the big boy schools are loading up and we aren’t on that stratosphere with this roster.


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Did you honestly expect this program to be at the level of the “big boy schools “ in year 1?

[Hoosierfan2017]

5 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Lol. Wilkins and Dame Sarr in the last 2 days. Indiana is far off next year.


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Yeah we’re gonna have to lunch pail our way out of the hole we dug ourselves. Didn’t have to be this way, but alas. Hope Devries Is up to the task. 

[str8baller]

2 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

or the basketball community 

That’s giving your nervousis a lot of credit.  
 

We’re like 3 years into a fundamental shift college athletics. Let the new guy cook and enjoy the ride. We’ll learn a lot next year but it’ll hardly be the end all be all of his time here. And if he ultimately sucks…it’s just another day in Indiana basketball.

[TheWatShot]

18 minutes ago, str8baller said:

And if he ultimately sucks…it’s just another day in Indiana basketball.

I'm getting WAY ahead of myself here, but my biggest fear is that we'll become a program with a high floor/low ceiling, and while DeVries will win more than the last 2 coaches, his results won't be a whole lot different from Crean. We'll become a consistent tournament team that just doesn't have enough to make a serious run. Everyone will see it, but we'll be told that this is so much better than what we had before and we should be grateful to participate in March Madness again. 

 

Following this program in the 21st century is practically therapy-inducing. 

[HoosierHoopster]

6 hours ago, TheWatShot said:

I'm getting WAY ahead of myself here, but my biggest fear is that we'll become a program with a high floor/low ceiling, and while DeVries will win more than the last 2 coaches, his results won't be a whole lot different from Crean. We'll become a consistent tournament team that just doesn't have enough to make a serious run. Everyone will see it, but we'll be told that this is so much better than what we had before and we should be grateful to participate in March Madness again. 

 

Following this program in the 21st century is practically therapy-inducing. 

Isn’t it a bit early to have this kind of worry?

Crean’s results coming into IU did not reflect a strong basketball mind and record of developing teams and winning. He rode Wade. He looked decent. DeVries had a pretty long track record of developing programs into good teams and a strong basketball mind. Who knows if that will translate into teams that can contend for FF’s and championships, but fear? I don’t have any fear at this point, I’m pretty stoked to see what DeVries can do. 
Hell, on Crean, he did have us competing at the championship level he just didn’t have the bball mind to get to the very top or consistency in recruiting and he lost the HS coaches. No reason to fear that at this point, not a single game even played.

You guys walk around with little black clouds over your heads? Lol grab a little optimism it’s good for the soul

[Pagoda]

This is coming from an anon poster who generally believes in firing coaches quickly.  I'm not in the need to give a coach four to five years camp.

To level set: CDD has been here for two (2) months.  Not only has IUBB generally been bad for 25 years, CDD inherited Mike Woodson's four alarm tire fire of a program where almost all the staff and players were unusable and had to go.  The only useful thing CDD inherited was one (1) 4* high school recruit who committed despite Mike.  Even with our resources, no staff and no players is a tough starting point.

I think a turnaround can happen pretty quickly and it should be expected, but it will take some time when a coach inherits a four alarm tire fire.  There is just no way around it.  I don't mind folks being critical when we get some concrete signs of trouble, but it's been two (2) months.  Give me a break. We have a whole new staff and roster -- we're going to have to wait and see how this goes because we just don't know right now.

The goal in Year 1 is not to be top-10 or whatever -- the goal is put out Woody's four alarm tire fire and establish a culture and foundation we can build from for years to come.  Think big picture.  

In my view, a reasonable Year 1 of culture and foundation building includes playing modern/smart/tough basketball, making the tournament, signing very good high players again, and then doing well in the spring 2026 portal.  All of this will set us up for Year 2 when expectations can ramp up.  

What I cannot see a reasonable case for in Year 1, and especially not two (2) months in, is comparing ourselves to programs that have been healthy and successful for many years or decades.  Such as Duke.  It's a free country, but if you're expecting this in Year 1 you're going to be miserable.

I don't think a turnaround in the portal era should take long, but it's also not going to happen over night either.  I might suggest watching this program play some games and compete in high school recruiting battles.  If we play bad bball and miss the tourney and recruit poorly, okay hit the panic button.  I probably will.  But until then, getting worried seems pretty pointless.

And hey, CDD has built programs before.  His staff looks pretty good -- we've got offensive minds and a coach from a rich top-10 program liked what he saw at IU and joined us.  CDD teams defend reasonably well.  There is real talent on this team, notably shooting.  This could turn out pretty good... we'll have to wait and see.