Dallas James(C) to INDIANA

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

He's a Hoosier. And while he may never play, I feel he deserves a thread of his own.

Dallas James. Center.

Artesia, California. City Honors Prep Academy.

7-0, 235.

Played 4 years at South Carolina State.

Stats: 70 games, 1.4 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 0.7 bpg, 56.2% FG

Per 40: Averaged 3.5 blocks.

Per 100 Possessions: Averaged 4.8 blocks.

Good practice body, especially for Ballo to go up against some length. And an insurance policy on a team that doesn't need a massive contributor from their 3rd string center.

[IUFAN1976]

Welcome to HoosierNation!  He will serve a purpose and I think he’ll get in a few games this year!

[fwgreenway]

I would just echo all the positive things already said about this pick up. SIAP, but this is another example of the staff correcting the flaws of last years roster. Now they have completed all 13 scholarships and won't have the fan base wondering why they left one open like last year. Also, welcome aboard Mr. James.

[IUFAN1976]

1 hour ago, fwgreenway said:

I would just echo all the positive things already said about this pick up. SIAP, but this is another example of the staff correcting the flaws of last years roster. Now they have completed all 13 scholarships and won't have the fan base wondering why they left one open like last year. Also, welcome aboard Mr. James.

Exactly!  Even though he went about all of it the wrong way, heard the fans concerns loud and clear!  He also fills a need and concern most of us had, front court depth, and yes it isn’t the quality of depth most of us would have wanted; however, he could play a few minutes here and there to help.  I like this signing myself and he will help in practice and academics too!

[Scotty R]

1 hour ago, fwgreenway said:

I would just echo all the positive things already said about this pick up. SIAP, but this is another example of the staff correcting the flaws of last years roster. Now they have completed all 13 scholarships and won't have the fan base wondering why they left one open like last year. Also, welcome aboard Mr. James.

I never understood why our fans care so much about filling all 13 scholarships. Last year the reason we struggled was not having a 13th scholarship but it was roster construction.  Most teams don't have all 13 scholarships covered and one is the team who has won back to back championships.

[go iu bb]

16 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

I never understood why our fans care so much about filling all 13 scholarships. Last year the reason we struggled was not having a 13th scholarship but it was roster construction.  Most teams don't have all 13 scholarships covered and one is the team who has won back to back championships.

The more roster spots you don't use, the more susceptible you are to ending up with a bad roster due to injuries or even playing to expectation. It's not just in games where not having enough bodies can hurt, it can be in practice and game prep as well.

I don't understand why you're so adamant that not all scholarships should be used. Just because some other teams do the same thing? We tried it last year and many (all?) years under Miller. None of those resulted in a national championship so maybe, just maybe, there are other factors involved than not using all scholarships.

[Scotty R]

20 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

The more roster spots you don't use, the more susceptible you are to ending up with a bad roster due to injuries or even playing to expectation. It's not just in games where not having enough bodies can hurt, it can be in practice and game prep as well.

I don't understand why you're so adamant that not all scholarships should be used. Just because some other teams do the same thing? We tried it last year and many (all?) years under Miller. None of those resulted in a national championship so maybe, just maybe, there are other factors involved than not using all scholarships.

Because your rotation should be like 8 players and no more so that is 4 or 5 guys that are unhappy and will probably transfer anyways

[go iu bb]

4 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

Because your rotation should be like 8 players and no more so that is 4 or 5 guys that are unhappy and will probably transfer anyways

This guy isn't one of those. Again, no down side to this.

[DChoosier]

I agree there is no downside to signing James, assuming no one better was available, but a 7 foot senior making a total of 9 buckets in 25 games, against low level competition, is almost kind of funny (also was 1-6 from the FT line). I’m not even sure he will practice all that much against Ballo as long as Hatton is healthy. That being said he will come in handy as a practice player if we encounter injuries. 
Anyway, he sounds like a good kid and a potential positive contributor to the team GPA.

[Scotty R]

59 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

This guy isn't one of those. Again, no down side to this.

I don't care one way or the other if we use the 13th scholarship. What I never understood why some our fans were outraged when we didn't use the 13th scholarship.

[Stuhoo]

19 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

I don't care one way or the other if we use the 13th scholarship. What I never understood why some our fans were outraged when we didn't use the 13th scholarship.

That's fair and I agree.

1. If the roster is constructed soundly that 13th scholly doesn't necessarily need to be filled.
2. Filling it with Dallas James has zero downside and moreover, filling it with a proven high-quality student and person can be of value and in this case seems like a good idea.

[8bucks]

3 hours ago, Scotty R said:

I don't care one way or the other if we use the 13th scholarship. What I never understood why some our fans were outraged when we didn't use the 13th scholarship.

Last year I would argue that it wasn’t the 13th scholarship that was open but somewhere between 8-10.  Staff put too much hope in X recovering AND playing like he did his final 8 games of year 1. Then they did not build experienced depth at PG.  positions 10-12 slid up because we did not fill the backup PG spot which I would argue would be roster positions/scholarship 8-10.

[Crimson and Cream]

5 hours ago, Scotty R said:

I never understood why our fans care so much about filling all 13 scholarships. Last year the reason we struggled was not having a 13th scholarship but it was roster construction.  Most teams don't have all 13 scholarships covered and one is the team who has won back to back championships.

BECAUSE of the poor roster construction we needed that 13th spot filled. Now of course that would involve the coach admitting the roster construction was flawed which is another discussion, but when you've got one guy out for an extended time (ended up being the entire season) that knocks you down to only 11 players. That doesn't give you much wiggle room taking injuries/suspensions/foul trouble into consideration. You need all 11 of those players to be playable and that was not the case for us at all. 

[CSP]

17 hours ago, Scotty R said:

I don't care one way or the other if we use the 13th scholarship. What I never understood why some our fans were outraged when we didn't use the 13th scholarship.

Because we had no guard depth and the ones we did have... sucked? 

Because Sparks sucked? 

Pretty big reasons why 

[CSP]

21 hours ago, fwgreenway said:

I would just echo all the positive things already said about this pick up. SIAP, but this is another example of the staff correcting the flaws of last years roster. Now they have completed all 13 scholarships and won't have the fan base wondering why they left one open like last year. Also, welcome aboard Mr. James.

I think the staffed had already corrected the roster with the talent influx. 

There's just no reason to leave a scholly empty. 

[go iu bb]

2 hours ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Because we had no guard depth and the ones we did have... sucked? 

Because Sparks sucked? 

Pretty big reasons why 

Yes. Even though it was the last scholarship, since the guard depth was so weak they probably could've gotten a decent player who could've helped. That "last" scholarship doesn't always have to go to a bench warmer.

[Scotty R]

3 hours ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Because we had no guard depth and the ones we did have... sucked? 

Because Sparks sucked? 

Pretty big reasons why 

That doesn't have anything to do with the 13th scholarship but bad roster construction. I stead of Sparks should have gotten another guard

[go iu bb]

18 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

That doesn't have anything to do with the 13th scholarship but bad roster construction. I stead of Sparks should have gotten another guard

Why instead? There was literally 1 more scholarship that could have gone to a guard.

[CSP]

2 hours ago, Scotty R said:

That doesn't have anything to do with the 13th scholarship but bad roster construction. I stead of Sparks should have gotten another guard

No. When you don't have talent, you don't leave an unfilled scholly. Stupid decisions that cemented our course of a **** season. 

[IUFAN1976]

The more I read about him the more I like him and I am glad we used the 13th scholarship on him!  He is pursuing his Masters Degree in Intelligence System Engineering!

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/new-iu-center-dallas-james-says-he-was-admitted-to-s-c-state-on-an-academic-scholarship/