College Bball Thread

[Uspshoosier 53,847]

  On 10/4/2024 at 8:36 PM, Uspshoosier said:

https://x.com/cbbonfox/status/1842279962327277757?s=46
 

 

[str8baller 7,325]

  On 10/4/2024 at 8:36 PM, Uspshoosier said:

https://x.com/cbbonfox/status/1842279962327277757?s=46
 

The football realignment has created some damn fine basketball conferences.

[Demo 23,015]

 

Interesting. Not like we didn’t already know it, but Purdue’s bench is really young.

[Demo 23,015]

https://x.com/B1GMBBall/status/1842545455705530750
 

Unbelievable. Never seen anything like it. Carr is a freakshow.

[Demo 23,015]

 

Rhode Island fans wondering the same thing we did, when exactly is Miller Time?

[Class of '66 Old Fart 89,857]

NCAA has officially shortened the portal window to 30 days commencing after the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament.

[Demo 23,015]

  On 10/8/2024 at 10:06 PM, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

NCAA has officially shortened the portal window to 30 days commencing after the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament.

So final 4 teams and players on final 4 teams only have 2 weeks? 

[str8baller 7,325]

  On 10/8/2024 at 10:06 PM, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

NCAA has officially shortened the portal window to 30 days commencing after the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament.

 

  On 10/8/2024 at 10:25 PM, Demo said:

So final 4 teams and players on final 4 teams only have 2 weeks? 

That's a peculiar situation that would induce teams teams to be working the portal while they are potentially still playing, but it sounds like something the NCAA would do. 

[Scotty R 3,505]

  On 10/8/2024 at 10:51 PM, str8baller said:

 

That's a peculiar situation that would induce teams teams to be working the portal while they are potentially still playing, but it sounds like something the NCAA would do. 

Two years ago Hurley said during the final four he had to deal with the portal 

[go iu bb 9,153]

National Letter of Intent is being removed. It was basically worthless anyways since recruits are pretty much always released from it if they change their minds. There have been rare times when a coach/school wouldn't release a recruit from their NLI but they would get shredded in the court of public opinion each time and back eventually back release him so all they did was hurt themselves.

Without this formal step of signing and then requesting a release, I wonder if other sports recruitment will become more like football where a "commitment" is more a sign of the current leader rather than an actual commitment.

This is a swimming article but I'm pretty sure this applies to all sports:

https://swimswam.com/ncaa-removing-national-letter-of-intent-nli-program/

Speaking of swimming, IU has very good teams pretty much every year and this year the men have a legit chance at winning the national championship.

[TheWatShot 15,455]

  On 10/7/2024 at 6:39 PM, Demo said:

 

Rhode Island fans wondering the same thing we did, when exactly is Miller Time?

I wonder if Rhode Island will pull the plug after this season, or if they still have the outdated belief that you have to give a coach 4 years to prove he's no good. 

 

But this is also his third season, which means it should be the year the players finally grasp how to play the pack-line defense (tic). So maybe they'll be mediocre instead of awful. 

[IUHoosierJoe 2,117]

  On 10/9/2024 at 6:03 PM, TheWatShot said:

I wonder if Rhode Island will pull the plug after this season, or if they still have the outdated belief that you have to give a coach 4 years to prove he's no good. 

 

But this is also his third season, which means it should be the year the players finally grasp how to play the pack-line defense (tic). So maybe they'll be mediocre instead of awful. 

Dayton appears to be doing just fine without him.

[Home Jersey 15,424]

I’m officially ready for basketball season to start. Hopefully the season has some overlap with football this year. Being aware of recruiting news is nice but I can’t care too much about every new “development” on that front given nobody really knows what’s going on and rosters turn over so much every year now. I care about the guys we DO get, and couldn’t care less about the ones we don’t. With the portal and our NIL, we can field a competitive team each year regardless of any given HS recruit. I’m cautiously optimistic about this season and am ready to see the team in action. I hope they surpass our expectations. 

[str8baller 7,325]

  On 10/8/2024 at 11:35 PM, Scotty R said:

Two years ago Hurley said during the final four he had to deal with the portal 

I bet. I’m sure unofficially it is being dealt with all the time. But making the official window 30 days half of which backs right up into the time when teams are playing is a different kind of crazy. 
 

They could easily do it in late May or even after the semester when people would know if they were graduating or transferring or whatever. Maybe that conflicts with something else, I don’t know. 

[Demo 23,015]

https://x.com/TheFieldOf68/status/1844394506747011546
 

This is insane if true. Dybantsa is a #1 overall-type kid, easily, but there is no way in a college setting with a format like the NCAA tournament that any player is worth that kind of jack. Not even close. 

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,083]

  On 10/10/2024 at 4:23 PM, Demo said:

https://x.com/TheFieldOf68/status/1844394506747011546
 
This is insane if true. Dybantsa is a #1 overall-type kid, easily, but there is no way in a college setting with a format like the NCAA tournament that any player is worth that kind of jack. Not even close. 

Jump the freaking shark. Absolutely insane.


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[Class of '66 Old Fart 89,857]

In absolutely earth shattering, apocalyptic, cataclysmic news, the Boozer twins committed to Duke.  I've gotten as tired of hearing about them as I did Bronny James. 

[Uspshoosier 53,847]

https://kenpom.com/
 

IU will start their basketball season 39th in Ken Pom.   

[Demo 23,015]

  On 10/14/2024 at 3:03 PM, Uspshoosier said:

https://kenpom.com/
 

IU will start their basketball season 39th in Ken Pom.   

10th in B1G

[HoosierHoopster 8,126]

 

  On 10/14/2024 at 3:13 PM, Demo said:

10th in B1G

That's just a reflection of KenPom rankings turning on the prior season -- at this point, pre-season, his rankings are useless (you probably already know that, just pointing it out given how meaningless it is at this point)