(2017) SF Jordan Tucker- OV 11/30/16

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He is giving us a lot of love on Twitter RT'ing Hoosier fans. This one is my favorite RT




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Adam Zagoria ‏@AdamZagoria 1m1 minute ago Manhattan, NY

Villanova coach Jay Wright is in to see 2017 Wing Jordan Tucker today following his official to Indiana

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

Adam Zagoria ‏@AdamZagoria 1m1 minute ago Manhattan, NY

Villanova coach Jay Wright is in to see 2017 Wing Jordan Tucker today following his official to Indiana

We beat them for 2 guys already. Fingers crossed for the trifecta. 

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

Adam Zagoria ‏@AdamZagoria 1m1 minute ago Manhattan, NY

Villanova coach Jay Wright is in to see 2017 Wing Jordan Tucker today following his official to Indiana

He knows he needs to get back in this kid's ear asap after last night lol

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He is giving us a lot of love on Twitter RT'ing Hoosier fans. This one is my favorite RT




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This was my tweet lol i figured Hoosier Nation would like it. Even happier he liked it.

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Well good stuff.  I'm sure the visit had quite an effect on him, and hopefully we end up with him.

Obviously everyone wants the guys like Wilkes and Preston, for good reason, but there's something to be said for the kids who go into college expecting to be there a few years vs. kids who don't even bother unpacking their bags all the way because they've got one foot out the door already.

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IMO this was always our best shot with a 5 star or high 4 star. Wilkes felt off from the beginning of this year. The multiple visits and IU never being a leader coming into this year gave me doubts. Tucker came here for an unofficial and talked up the program and said he would be back and the other night he made good. I was worried we lost ground w the vamped up recruitment of Wilkes, but looks like we made it up. Cousins with Clifton Moore gives us a angle to use as well. At THIS point he's ours to lose. U of L is out which was who scared me. Cuse probably is as well w Brisset going there. Nova is who worries me now and if Duke misses on Kevin Knox he is their's if they want him. I think they get Knox though and I think Tucker is ours. I think we should be done after Tucker and wait until the spring for coaching changes or grad guys for anyone else. Unless Diallo is serious about us, which after making his top 5 you would never know by twitter we are even after him.

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On 12/2/2016 at 6:39 PM, Yogi's Picnic Basket said:

I think we should be done after Tucker and wait until the spring for coaching changes or grad guys for anyone else. 

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To elaborate on your point here, I'm still not counting us out for some recruits we were essentially bridesmaids for.

Michael Porter being one.  It's highly likely Lorenzo Romar gets fired after this year, given that he's been there since 2002 and hasn't reached the NCAA tournament since the 2010-2011 season.  This year will almost certainly be 6 seasons in a row that Washington doesn't get invited.

Although Porter will probably end up wherever his dad gets offered a coaching job, I'll hold out hope that a successful season for IU will at least keep us on his radar if he's forced to evaluate his options at the end of the year.

Another is Tremont Waters, but we'll just have to be patient here.  I guess we're fortunate that some of the recruits who considered us ended up picking such sh!tty teams.  Ha.

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3 minutes ago, AKHoosier said:

To elaborate on your point here, I'm still not counting us out for some recruits we were essentially bridesmaids for.

Michael Porter being one.  It's highly likely Lorenzo Romar gets fired after this year, given that he's been there since 2002 and hasn't reached the NCAA tournament since the 2010-2011 season.  This year will almost certainly be 6 seasons in a row that Washington doesn't get invited.

Although Porter will probably end up wherever his dad gets offered a coaching job, I'll hold out hope that a successful season for IU will at least keep us on his radar if he's forced to evaluate his options at the end of the year.

Another is Tremont Waters, but we'll just have to be patient here.  I guess we're fortunate that some of the recruits who considered us ended up picking such sh!tty teams.  Ha.

Agreed I don't see GT not getting a new coach. Maybe he goes there but maybe not andhe's too good to settle and we were his only other high choice that hasn't signed a PG. 

If Bryant stays and we get Waters this team will be scary good next year 

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To elaborate on your point here, I'm still not counting us out for some recruits we were essentially bridesmaids for.

Michael Porter being one.  It's highly likely Lorenzo Romar gets fired after this year, given that he's been there since 2002 and hasn't reached the NCAA tournament since the 2010-2011 season.  This year will almost certainly be 6 seasons in a row that Washington doesn't get invited.

Although Porter will probably end up wherever his dad gets offered a coaching job, I'll hold out hope that a successful season for IU will at least keep us on his radar if he's forced to evaluate his options at the end of the year.

Another is Tremont Waters, but we'll just have to be patient here.  I guess we're fortunate that some of the recruits who considered us ended up picking such sh!tty teams.  Ha.

Though logical, the bridesmaids thing never seems to help. Seems like when prior guys opened back up or were looking to transfer we were not in the mix. Noticed it somewhat with other schools too.

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http://www.zagsblog.com/2016/12/04/2017-wing-jordan-tucker-talks-indiana-villanova-decision-timeframe/

 

“I loved the atmosphere [at Indiana],” Tucker said Sunday by phone of his trip, which included watching No. 10 Indiana take out No. 3 UNC, 76-67. “I got to go for a national game. Usually people go for football games and stuff, I wanted to switch it up, come for a basketball game. So I saw how they prepared for UNC and what they did and what they’re going to take away from them. Coach [Tom] Crean makes his players feel comfortable and always lets them know what they have to do to secure a ‘W.'”

“As of right now, no I’m not,” he said. “I was planning on committing after those two visits. Not right away but soon. I’m trying to but my goal is to commit in January [or] February the latest.”

“Depending on how we’re rolling with the season, I’m just going to play it by ear, kind of,” he said. “Maybe we plan an ESPN game also, maybe do it on there or before we play a game.”

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17 minutes ago, hoosierpap said:

http://www.zagsblog.com/2016/12/04/2017-wing-jordan-tucker-talks-indiana-villanova-decision-timeframe/

 

“I loved the atmosphere [at Indiana],” Tucker said Sunday by phone of his trip, which included watching No. 10 Indiana take out No. 3 UNC, 76-67. “I got to go for a national game. Usually people go for football games and stuff, I wanted to switch it up, come for a basketball game. So I saw how they prepared for UNC and what they did and what they’re going to take away from them. Coach [Tom] Crean makes his players feel comfortable and always lets them know what they have to do to secure a ‘W.'”

“As of right now, no I’m not,” he said. “I was planning on committing after those two visits. Not right away but soon. I’m trying to but my goal is to commit in January [or] February the latest.”

“Depending on how we’re rolling with the season, I’m just going to play it by ear, kind of,” he said. “Maybe we plan an ESPN game also, maybe do it on there or before we play a game.”

WOW! This is good news. Down to us and Nova. Hope we can close the deal.

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I think we have to be considered the leaders. Samuels was ranked pretty high & higher than smith. May be a factor who knows. Knowing OG is almost 99.9 % gone after this yr he knows hes likely to have a chance to srart along w DD, Juwan, possibly JBJ & RoJo would be an awesome team.

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Jermaine Samuels & Mikal Bridges is the reason he should be ours.

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JEFF RABJOHNS
5:08 PM
MARIETTA, Ga. — Four-star 2017 forward Jordan Tucker sat down with Peegs.com for an in-depth conversation about his Indiana official visit, where his recruitment stands what he feels IU could do for him as a basketball player and person.

MARIETTA, Ga. — Four-star 2017 forward Jordan Tucker of Wheeler (GA) was amazed by his official visit to Indiana, both while he was on it after he had time to reflect.

The 6-foot-7 forward was on campus to see coach Tom Crean’s No. 13 Indiana Hoosiers knock off No. 3 North Carolina in the marquee Wednesday night ESPN game in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge.
Peegs.com traveled to Wheeler High School, on the outskirts of Atlanta, to talk with Tucker and see him play in person.
“I loved everything, the atmosphere, the support from the students. I felt it right away. Coach Crean gave me that support, making me feel comfortable,” Tucker told Peegs.com.
“Coming to Indiana, telling me what I’m going to do right away, how I’m going to impact the team, how I could be a part of a national championship team. They made me feel I could call Indiana home. It was very welcoming.”
Tucker, originally from New York, made the trip with his father.
“I was with the team all day while they were preparing for the UNC game. I was watching what they do, watching practice,” Tucker said.
“I was with them in the film room. He (Crean) does an unbelievable preparing for the game, and it translates to the floor, too. You saw it. They played a hell of a game.”
IU’s Assembly Hall was sold out at more than 17,000 fans, including students who camped out across the street the night before the game and lined up starting at 9 a.m. for a 9:15 p.m. game.
“I haven’t seen anything like that,” Tucker said. “I give the players a lot of credit. It’s hard to play in an atmosphere like that, to stay focused.”
During halftime of IU’s win over North Carolina, Indiana honored its 1981 national championship team led by Isiah Thomas.
Tucker had a chance to meet and get his photo taken with legendary college basketball voice Purdue Person Vitale.
“I’ve always wanted to meet him. I’ve seen him on TV since I was little, watching college basketball,” Tucker said. “I felt that was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He’s legendary. I had to get that picture.”
Tucker spent time with the IU coaching staff. Crean and Tucker have been in regular contact for a while.
“He’s going to develop me and turn me into a pro,” Tucker said. “I have an all-around game. He’s going to touch every part of that and make me more efficient in everything.”
This was Tucker’s second time on campus at IU after an earlier unofficial visit over the summer.
“I knew the development was good. I know he doesn’t have as much talent as he has had in past years, but he’s shown me that he can do whatever he wants with his players, with however much he has,” Tucker said.
“He showed me that whatever players he has, he’s going to developm them and get them better, and that’s everybody, one through 12.”
Tucker spent time with all of the current IU players, including guys such as Thomas Bryant, Josh Newkirk, Curtis Jones and Devonte Green. Tucker has known some of those guys for several years.
“I was asking about the adjustments, and they said it’s the atmosphere, that they play hard, go hard every day and it just got into them,” Tucker said.
“That’s what I need. That’s what stuck out to me.”
Indiana was Tucker’s first official visit. His only current planned other official visit is Dec. 13 to Villanova. He initially was planning a spring decision but that has changed.
“I think it might be earlier, January, maybe February, that’s my goal,” Tucker said. “I’m definitely trying to commit before the season ends.”

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Hopefully the Villanova visit isn't as impressive!

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I like how Vitale's name was automatically changed to Purdue Person. Lol


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Unless the article was significantly edited, Justin appears to be a well-educated young man. 

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We told him we're winning the natty next year?


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3 minutes ago, Hoosier Roots said:

We told him we're winning the natty next year?


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Probably more of a "with what we have and the addition of you, we're competing for the 'ship. You're the missing piece."

If any top 25 team isn't using that type of line I'd be shocked.