(2026) - PF Trey Thompson to Iowa

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1 minute ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

I am so not feeling bad for PUke at all

Every single word there could be true and it doesn’t change the fact that they lost a guy they’d put 2 years into. I imagine if he wanted to reclass the amount they probably invested in their backcourt probably made that one prohibitive.

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4 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

I am so not feeling bad for PUke at all

“something made him jump.”…perhaps the smell or the cows or the women…but let’s face facts, it all blends together into one enormous stink.

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6 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

I am so not feeling bad for PUke at all

When one thinks of “bribery, prostitution, gambling” in sports, one thinks of …

Iowa? Hahahahaha

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Part of this is likely McCollum, but also Pork Chop just cannot help but lowball high school recruits.  PU has had a very good run for 10+ years and Gym Rat Matty goes and watches these HS recruits all the time, but all that won’t overcome an out of market offer.  We’ve seen time and time again their top targets they put all this time into quickly drop PU once other programs come in and offer these kids what they’re worth.  I’ve heard a few stories about how frustrated he gets with other programs’ comp packages (including us with Sisley).

Iowa?  They prioritize FB, wrasslin’, and then after that men’s bball, with a decent chunk of resources going to their women’s team too.

Matt’s program works, don’t get me wrong, but he is cheap @$$ with high school kids.  Fortunately, PU still isn’t too good with this NIL stuff and hopefully it continues…

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7 hours ago, Home Jersey said:

Yup. I always felt concerns about McCollum's ability to recruit at this level were way overblown. The Thompson recruitment alone doesn't dissuade those concerns, but I think it's a sign of things to come with McCollum at Iowa.

Going to be a big problem for the rest of the B10. I like DDV a lot and think he's going to raise the standard for IUBB. I'm hoping we get good battles between these guys and Dusty. New blood in the conference should be fun. 

If the past 2 decades of IU basketball message board fandom have taught me anything, whenever our fans have doubts about an opposing coach's abilities, they're usually wrong. 

 

I actually wish we had gotten McCollum instead of DeVries, but that's another discussion. 

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10 hours ago, TheWatShot said:

If the past 2 decades of IU basketball message board fandom have taught me anything, whenever our fans have doubts about an opposing coach's abilities, they're usually wrong. 

 

I actually wish we had gotten McCollum instead of DeVries, but that's another discussion. 

I think McCollum might be a better coach but I think he wouldn't have fit here either. 

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7 minutes ago, IUCrazy2 said:

I think McCollum might be a better coach but I think he wouldn't have fit here either. 

Could be.  I like McCollum, but he wasn’t jumping at the chance to take the job… he wanted to wait until after tourney to talk to IU.

CDD really wanted the job, which I appreciate — he wasn’t lukewarm on IU like Ben was.  I think we got the right guy.

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I'm sick. This guy plays winning basketball. 

As far as a coach. My choices were Pitino, Beard, Wade, maybe McCollum.  DeVries never crossed my mind. The handling of his staff and hence roster construction makes me think even less. 

 

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1 hour ago, BA47591 said:

I'm sick. This guy plays winning basketball. 

As far as a coach. My choices were Pitino, Beard, Wade, maybe McCollum.  DeVries never crossed my mind. The handling of his staff and hence roster construction makes me think even less. 

 

We know

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2 hours ago, AH1971 said:

We know

Thank you for acknowledging my pain AH. I'm serious. 

I have a toothache that's killing me. My driverside eye tooth is a baby tooth and has finally cashed it in and I'm too tight to get it yanked and replaced. Had Devries just had a staff on time, my tooth wouldn't hurt.

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4 hours ago, BA47591 said:

I'm sick. This guy plays winning basketball. 

As far as a coach. My choices were Pitino, Beard, Wade, maybe McCollum.  DeVries never crossed my mind. The handling of his staff and hence roster construction makes me think even less. 

 

You are clearly upset with his “staff handling.”

Why and what does that mean? I am not sure.

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13 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

You are clearly upset with his “staff handling.”

Why and what does that mean? I am not sure.

Yeah don't understand the issue. I would have held out till August if it meant hiring Rod Clark. To most, this is marathon, not a sprint. Getting the right staff in place no matter the timeline is much more paramount to long term success although I understand you can't please everyone. 

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11 hours ago, AH1971 said:

Yeah don't understand the issue. I would have held out till August if it meant hiring Rod Clark. To most, this is marathon, not a sprint. Getting the right staff in place no matter the timeline is much more paramount to long term success although I understand you can't please everyone. 

100% positive this staff wasn't the plan. 

I find it negligent and disrespectful to not be better prepared for day one on the job as IU Mens Basketball Coach. Atleast have someone that sit on a bench last year with you. I understand Murphy and Moikobu are friends and they jammed him, but tough shi7 that's on him. Someone that could pick up the phone and have connections to players would've been great to go into the portal. He had Frazier and Barnett build last years team. That's what your staff does. To not have one cost us a year. 

Moving forward, we'll compete on the recruiting trail. 

 

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100% positive this staff wasn't the plan. 
I find it negligent and disrespectful to not be better prepared for day one on the job as IU Mens Basketball Coach. Atleast have someone that sit on a bench last year with you. I understand Murphy and Moikobu are friends and they jammed him, but tough shi7 that's on him. Someone that could pick up the phone and have connections to players would've been great to go into the portal. He had Frazier and Barnett build last years team. That's what your staff does. To not have one cost us a year. 
Moving forward, we'll compete on the recruiting trail. 
 

I think you are right on. Current staff looks nice. Seeing what a concerted effort from Murphy, Moikobu would have built from the portal would have been interesting. There were a lot of machinations at the start, with building the staff that definitely didn’t help the portal haul. Then our boosters not being prepared for rates doubling or tripling for guys this off season. Had to make the roster with the funds available. Hopefully we can stay competitive at the top.




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44 minutes ago, BA47591 said:

100% positive this staff wasn't the plan. 

I find it negligent and disrespectful to not be better prepared for day one on the job as IU Mens Basketball Coach. Atleast have someone that sit on a bench last year with you. I understand Murphy and Moikobu are friends and they jammed him, but tough shi7 that's on him. Someone that could pick up the phone and have connections to players would've been great to go into the portal. He had Frazier and Barnett build last years team. That's what your staff does. To not have one cost us a year. 

Moving forward, we'll compete on the recruiting trail. 

 

Barnett took a HC job elsewhere and there wasn’t a chance in hell Chester Frazier was coming here. That leaves you with Tom Ostrom as the remaining guy who sat on his bench last year…yeah that Tom Ostrom. We didn’t lose a year because DeVries didn’t panic.

Pure nonsense.

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12 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Barnett took a HC job elsewhere and there wasn’t a chance in hell Chester Frazier was coming here. That leaves you with Tom Ostrom as the remaining guy who sat on his bench last year…yeah that Tom Ostrom. We didn’t lose a year because DeVries didn’t panic.

Pure nonsense.

Yup, awful lot of bluster when you keep in mind anonymous posters really never have the full picture.   

1 hour ago, BA47591 said:

100% positive this staff wasn't the plan. 

I find it negligent and disrespectful to not be better prepared for day one on the job as IU Mens Basketball Coach. Atleast have someone that sit on a bench last year with you. I understand Murphy and Moikobu are friends and they jammed him, but tough shi7 that's on him. Someone that could pick up the phone and have connections to players would've been great to go into the portal. He had Frazier and Barnett build last years team. That's what your staff does. To not have one cost us a year. 

Moving forward, we'll compete on the recruiting trail. 

You know that? What's our record this year gonna be? 

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,780]

Barnett took a HC job elsewhere and there wasn’t a chance in hell Chester Frazier was coming here. That leaves you with Tom Ostrom as the remaining guy who sat on his bench last year…yeah that Tom Ostrom. We didn’t lose a year because DeVries didn’t panic.
Pure nonsense.

I think it’s more the cat and mouse with Murphy/Moibuko that slowed us down. But also the market. We thought 10 million would put us head and shoulders above the competition, but some of schools put up 15-20. Studs were going for 1 million the previous season. That went to 2-3.


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1 minute ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

I think it’s more the cat and mouse with Murphy/Moibuko that slowed us down. But also the market. We thought 10 million would put us head and shoulders above the competition, but some of schools put up 15-20. Studs were going for 1 million the previous season. That went to 2-3.


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So it was a money/NIL issue, not a negligent, unprepared from day one issue? In a perfect world, Moibuko and Murphy accept on the spot, but that’s life and the way this industry works. Rod Clark is a better recruiter than Moibuko and pushing the same tier as Murphy. 

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So it was a money/NIL issue, not a negligent, unprepared from day one issue? In a perfect world, Moibuko and Murphy accept on the spot, but that’s life and the way this industry works. Rod Clark is a better recruiter than Moibuko and pushing the same tier as Murphy. 

It was both in my opinion. I like our staff. Kenny and Rod are legit with connections. But yeah, money talks, and we had a budget. I think that’s ultimately what capped us more. We had to go over the top to get Wilkerson. The 10 went fast. But I think options were lessened by the timing of the staff too. Both factors.

I think we are prioritizing freshman going forward because it’s thriftier than than portal. Not convinced that is the winning strategy either but if you get the right ones, Freshman can still win.




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12 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

It was both in my opinion. I like our staff. Kenny and Rod are legit with connections. But yeah, money talks, and we had a budget. I think that’s ultimately what capped us more. We had to go over the top to get Wilkerson. The 10 went fast. But I think options were lessened by the timing of the staff too. Both factors.

I think we are prioritizing freshman going forward because it’s thriftier than than portal. Not convinced that is the winning strategy either but if you get the right ones, Freshman can still win.




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I’m not sure what leads you to believe that? Roster retention is still an absolute necessity in today’s game and roster retention starts with…recruiting freshman. Recruit your core roster and then supplement your needs in the portal.