College Bball Thread

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

R. J. Hampton signs with a New Zealand pro team and won't attend college.

https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/five-star-rj-hampton-explains-his-shocking-decision

[Demo]

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

R. J. Hampton signs with a New Zealand pro team and won't attend college.

https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/five-star-rj-hampton-explains-his-shocking-decision

I’m deeply envious of this kid. Playing ball for money and living in New Zealand for a year would be above average. However, in an ESPN interview he tried to compare the training and competition he’s going to get with what Luka Doncic got in Spain. Yeah, no. 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

I’ll believe that when I see it. That’d be surprising to say the least

Now official. So you can believe it and be surprised.


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[Hoosierfan2017]

7 hours ago, Demo said:

I’m deeply envious of this kid. Playing ball for money and living in New Zealand for a year would be above average. However, in an ESPN interview he tried to compare the training and competition he’s going to get with what Luka Doncic got in Spain. Yeah, no. 

I'd still rather play college ball if I was an elite recruit, though. 

[LIHoosier]

1 hour ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

I'd still rather play college ball if I was an elite recruit, though. 

On the other end, you can create yourself a grainy highlight video playing pro-ish ball, have Fran Fraschilla gush about you and still safely be a 1st round pick without that pesky pretending to attend classes for 3-4 months. If you're top 5 material though, college is probably better for the 'brand'.

[Crimson and Cream]

The New Zealand team is part of the Australian National Competition, the NBL. The league has a "Next Stars" development system in place for players that will be eligible to declare for the NBA Draft. The NBL contracts the players, not the individual team, so teams are not paying for the players out of there own pockets. This is a direct push by the league to gain bigger notoriety and reputation. 

It is also easier for the young players to come to Australia/New Zealand because there is no language barriers and the cultures are somewhat similar to the US. The NBL in the last few seasons has taken big steps forward and is a very solid competition now.

This is a smart decision by the kid imo and I think this could start a trend of other top players skipping college.

[Stuhoo]

 

Wow wow wow:

 

Jerry Carino@NJHoopsHaven

 

 

Just received confirmation that this is legit. Omoruyi informed Pikiell last night of his intention to transfer. I am stunned.

Jerry Carino@NJHoopsHaven

 

Did standout Rutgers forward Eugene Omoruyi just transfer in the dead of night? Potentially stunning development for a program on the verge of a breakthrough: https://www.app.com/story/sports/college/2019/05/29/rutgers-basketball-eugene-omoruyi/1268151001/ … via @AsburyParkPress

 

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8:02 AM - May 29, 2019

[BGleas]

41 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

Wow wow wow:

 

Jerry Carino@NJHoopsHaven

 

 

Just received confirmation that this is legit. Omoruyi informed Pikiell last night of his intention to transfer. I am stunned.

Jerry Carino@NJHoopsHaven

 

Did standout Rutgers forward Eugene Omoruyi just transfer in the dead of night? Potentially stunning development for a program on the verge of a breakthrough: https://www.app.com/story/sports/college/2019/05/29/rutgers-basketball-eugene-omoruyi/1268151001/ … via @AsburyParkPress

 

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8:02 AM - May 29, 2019

While the paycheck is certainly nice, being a college basketball coach sounds awful. 

[HoosierFan1994]

2 hours ago, BGleas said:

While the paycheck is certainly nice, being a college basketball coach sounds awful. 

Yup. 5 years ago you knew who was on your team for next year by the end of the spring semester. Now you don't 100% know until the fall. I don't like it. I hope all parties can work together for something that benefits everyone. 

[Stuhoo]

Woof; Hoiberg is gonna be running on fumes this coming season:

 

Jeff Goodman‏Verified account @GoodmanHoops 8m8 minutes ago

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Nebraska's Isaiah Roby will keep his name in the NBA draft, sources told @Stadium.

[Stuhoo]

With early entry and transfer decisions almost complete, let's take a look at how our next year conference opponents survived the trauma and drama, done in terms of how many times we play them next season:

IUBB: One early entry (Romeo), Clifton & Jake transfer = we done pretty good.

• Home only:  Michigan State (Ward) = very good, Iowa (Cook, Bohannon, Moss, Dailey) = badly diminished, Northwestern; no one left - the bad get worse
• Away only:  Michigan (Poole, Iggy, Matthews, Belein, Jalen Wilson) = still good, but big losses, Rutgers (Omoruyi) = Just one loss, but a big one, Illinois (None of note) = awesome for them
• Home and Away:  Purdue (Edwards only) = excellent, Penn State (Bolton is a big loss, still maybe Stevens) = train wreck, Ohio State, (no one of consequence) Wisconsin (no big transfer losses) = good, Maryland (Fernando) = not too shabby for them , Minnesota ( I Washington, maybe Coffey) reasonable, and Nebraska = entire rotation from last year gone without exception. Oh boy.

By the way, if we sweep Nebraska and Penn State, beat NW at home, and go 6-9 for the rest of our schedule, we're looking at a pretty reasonable minimum conference record. 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Ohio State, Michigan state will be the best teams imo.

Illinois I think will be surprisingly good. Dosunmu and Cockburn with the foreign guy will be a good trio.

Minnesota will be good/great if Coffey returns.

Purdue will be interesting. No phenomenal pieces. Who picks up Carsen Edwards scoring. Lately it seems Painter figures it out. They will be interesting for certain.

Indiana ???? I don’t know what to expect. We lose 2 huge pieces but then chemistry could be better.


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[ebridges24]

15 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Ohio State, Michigan state will be the best teams imo.

Illinois I think will be surprisingly good. Dosunmu and Cockburn with the foreign guy will be a good trio.

Minnesota will be good/great if Coffey returns.

Purdue will be interesting. No phenomenal pieces. Who picks up Carsen Edwards scoring. Lately it seems Painter figures it out. They will be interesting for certain.

Indiana ???? I don’t know what to expect. We lose 2 huge pieces but then chemistry could be better.


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Are you not considering graduated players in you list? Reason I ask is because Purdue loses Ryan Cline also. Guess it doesn't matter though, they lost 4 out of 5 starters last year and got better.

[Brass Cannon]

14 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Ohio State, Michigan state will be the best teams imo.

Illinois I think will be surprisingly good. Dosunmu and Cockburn with the foreign guy will be a good trio.

Minnesota will be good/great if Coffey returns.

Purdue will be interesting. No phenomenal pieces. Who picks up Carsen Edwards scoring. Lately it seems Painter figures it out. They will be interesting for certain.

Indiana ???? I don’t know what to expect. We lose 2 huge pieces but then chemistry could be better.


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We lose 2 pieces but finally have a legit big rotation. We could conceivably have the tallest guy on the court at some point this season. 

To me this season hinges on our guards development. Fingers crossed

[OliviaPope40]

Figured the Hauser boys would spilt up and as for RJ Hampton I'm not surprised by that statement and OSU getting Wesson back isn't that big of a surprise. 

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

We lose 2 pieces but finally have a legit big rotation. We could conceivably have the tallest guy on the court at some point this season. 

To me this season hinges on our guards development. Fingers crossed

And staying healthy. I still believe the RP concussion is the injury that hurt us the most.

 

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[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Minny losing Amir Coffey - staying in the draft.

[Brass Cannon]

1 hour ago, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

And staying healthy. I still believe the RP concussion is the injury that hurt us the most.

 

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Problem is going into to year 3 we are still a RP injury away from being a mess. That’s not a good place to be 

[SlamaJamaSisley]

ESPN’s love affair with Duke and Zion is sickening.  ESPNU is currently showing the IU vs Duke game as part of a Duke marathon the way it looks.  Gag me!

[biteoftheapple]

ESPN’s love affair with Duke and Zion is sickening.  ESPNU is currently showing the IU vs Duke game as part of a Duke marathon the way it looks.  Gag me!

ESPN has to find their next one, as Lebron is aging.