PITT Transfer Josh Newkirk is headed to IU!

[AZ Hoosier]

Such odd choices by our staff. A PG who can't shoot coming off knee surgery. Sure, sign him up. We are Indiana.

He was ranked around 120-130 overall coming out of high school. Oladipo or Sheehey he's not.


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[WayneFleekHoosier]

Admittedly CuJo is not an immediate big impact PG either as a Fresh. I like Bruce Brown better.

Also I would rather see RoJo on PG, Blackmon at SG, Alkins at the 3. Newkirk backs up Rojo.

[AZ Hoosier]

Ehhh..


May be good for Creans offense.. until he has to shoot the ball. Good future back up PG?

Or a future candidate for creaning.


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[BGleas]

This is another move, like Gelon, where you have to see what other pieces fall into place. It's a great pickup if you have a impact freshmen point guard and then Newkirk backing him up. You don't want the 2016 team to have a freshmen pg starting and a bunch of freshmen guards as your bench too.

[Trish]

Or a future candidate for creaning.


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Hey i like it, we need at least one good creaning every summer to keep things interesting. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Or a future candidate for creaning.


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Ouch!

[WayneFleekHoosier]

I think Rob will be our PG starter next year.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Or Blackmon if he doesn't bolt

[Prilla the Thrilla]

So now we still want Brown and CuJo?? We have 4 spots definitely opening up (Yogi, Z, Max, Troy). Newkirk takes the open scholly, so with Gelon we have 3 spots left. We pursue Brown, CuJo, and Davis? I would like this more if we didn't already sign GG.

[Trish]

Gosh i keep forgetting RoJo is still on the team. Seems like its been years since IU basketball ended.

 

So far we have a couple of role/project players for the 2016 class. Great. 

[MikeRoberts]

It's still early but if we don't land a top point guard in this class then I will be baffled. We have a starting point guard job open to sell at a blue blood program

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Admittedly CuJo is not an immediate big impact PG either as a Fresh. I like Bruce Brown better.

Also I would rather see RoJo on PG, Blackmon at SG, Alkins at the 3. Newkirk backs up Rojo.

I just don't think Alkins is a realistic commit.  Once again, I hope I'm wrong.

[HoosierD]

Scored 16 and had 8 assists against us last year.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Scored 16 and had 8 assists against us last year.

lets be honest. Who doesn't? Softest D in the nation.

One thing about Newkirk, those boys from Pitt can Defend and NOT shoot.

[BGleas]

You're probably right. The key to this signing IMO is who else we're going to bring in for 2016. If we can go something like Davis, CuJo, Brown, Gelon and 1 of Alkins/Leaf/Maker,Bridges then I really like the Newkirk pickup. It's one more veteran player who has been through the grind in a major conference. His numbers might be pedestrian, but next years team is going to need some vets.

Adding 4-5 freshmen to Newkirk, RoJo, Bryant (hopefully), Hartman, OG, Holt, Morgan, is a nice blend of youth, talent and experience. With Newkirk, we're not adding 6 freshmen next year.

I think Rob will be our PG starter next year.

[HoosierRob]

Yea, gotta be honest. Not thrilled with the first 2 new additions for 2016.

Better start landing some bigger fish. And soon

[JSHoosier]

Scored 16 and had 8 assists against us last year.

I could've probably done that against us last year.  That doesn't mean much to me when you consider he was going up against a team that didn't give a crap about staying in front of anyone.

[Crimson and Cream]

Biting my tongue over here. I keep saying to myself just wait until the class is filled out before passing judgment, but man it's hard.

[Demo]

Haven't seen enough of the kid to judge him. I'll look forward to reading a report from someone who has.
Strategically I like it from class balance and roster building standpoints. Assuming JBJ leaves I would have preferred 2 frosh guards and a grad transfer to 3 frosh guards in the same class. Newkirk fills the transfer role. Now go get Brown and Jones closed.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

You're probably right. The key to this signing IMO is who else we're going to bring in for 2016. If we can go something like Davis, CuJo, Brown, Gelon and 1 of Alkins/Leaf/Maker,Bridges then I really like the Newkirk pickup. It's one more veteran player who has been through the grind in a major conference. His numbers might be pedestrian, but next years team is going to need some vets.

Adding 4-5 freshmen to Newkirk, RoJo, Bryant (hopefully), Hartman, OG, Holt, Morgan, is a nice blend of youth, talent and experience. With Newkirk, we're not adding 6 freshmen next year.

If we get 2 of Bridges, Brown, Alkins, Leaf, CuJo, Davis I can live with these early signings. This one in particular. I understand the veteran PG thing. It makes sense to balance out roster too. Just not an exciting signing when those aforementioned players are on the board.