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Sorry, been gone for a few days. Ballo is done 👍 Hickman 👍 And I'm still hearing Conwell.

I know a lot of people don't like the Ballo fit with MR, but Ballo is a beast. He is a double/double machine and gets a lot of his points on putbacks. He had 281 offensive rebounds last season. The entire IU team only had 288. He also doesn't get in foul trouble. He only averages 2.1 fouls/game. No way IU can pass on this guy.

IU is now working on Power

Kanaan Carlyle scouting report on 247 in HS, which projected him as an eventual first rounder: "Carlyle is a dynamic ball in hand player with terrific length for his size who can create scoring opportunities for himself on demand. He is simply wired to score from all three levels and never has seen a shot he does not like. His handle is as good and tight as anyone in the class and he can get by a defender with his speed and quickness. While he is primarily a scorer, he is terrific at making attacking plays off the dribble with his excellent handle and when the bucket opportunity does not present itself, he is more than willing to make the right find. What is better than his ability to score is his mindset. His mentality is elite as he is a tough and fierce competitor who is always in full attack mode. His constant aggression is what makes him positively productive. Defensively, he has the length and the foot speed to be elite and devastating on that side of the floor. A terrific two-way guard, Carlyle most certainly projects a reliable scorer who plays through most injuries and goes to war like each game is his last"

per Tony Ardagna this is good info for everyone to remember. Shooting is fun & all, but you need creators for most knockdown shooters to even matter. Carlyle & Rice are both high-level creators. They will greatly help overall offensive movement. Spacing could be a lot better with just a little bit of an improvement from those two and their ability to shoot the 3.

Things aren't over with Essegian and their is mutual interest with IU and Power. Ya and Walsh are on Power

You hate to see it, you know? ... just hate that for them.

Essegian to IU! Theres our shooter.

insider source here. he was going to go to arkansas and then Hoosierman69 sent him $10 on venmo and he said "Cal, lemme call you back"

some of yall need to come on here less, I worry about your blood pressure.

Louisville visit has been canceled.

Hickman got a really nice offer from IU fwiw

Ballo is going to get PAID $$$$$$$

All of the following are real quotes from high-major D1 college basketball coaches: Sounds like they're talking about the portal/NIL, doesn't it? They're not. Know what they're talking about? They're talking about the exact thing that everyone in this thread is clamoring for, even the "old school" guys..... All of the above quotes are from 1986-87, and the coaches are talking about the adoption of the 3 point line. Just a reminder that even in our own personal "good old days", there was a "get off my lawn" guy yearning for HIS "good old days". Things are always evolving. That doesn't make change inherently good or inherently bad, but change is always present.

NBA Draft room assessment of Carlyle... NBA Draft Room Kanaan Carlyle POSITION: PG FROM: Stanford (Milton, GA) HT: 6-2 WT: 175 Draft Notes "Carlyle is an ultra-quick and explosive lead guard who flashes big time upside. He has an elite first step and blow-by ability and overall top end athleticism. He’ll need to keep getting stronger but he’s well on his way to having an NBA frame. Carlyle is a blur up and down the court and has an extra gear. He loves to push the pace and attack the rim or set up teammates in the open court. Has a nice pull-up game and can score 1on1, taking it all the way to the rim or getting into his mid range game. He’s a capable 3pt shooter but has a ways to go in terms of becoming a knock down threat from NBA range. But he’s young and we’ll see big improvements in his jumper over the coming years. On the defensive end Carlyle really gets after it pressuring the ball and using his elite quickness to disrupt in the passing lanes. Has all the tools to be a great defender at the next levels of play." I'll take that 🙂

I'm happy when IU gets their guy. And, I'll always be a Hoosier fan. But, man I'll take a team like Indiana State had this year every time over one that was constructed in the mold of George Steinbrenner's Yankees (youngsters can google him). If a genie were to grant me my college basketball wish, I would put the game back like it was before free agency. Oh, and you guys can get off my lawn!

Exactly. Offensive efficiency is about more than just 3P%. It's about being able to attack a defense in multiple ways. Kanaan Carlyle is a three level scorer. Myles Rice is a scorer and distributor. Keisei Tominaga, everyone's favorite shooter, right? Shot just 33% from 3 his first year at Nebraska, on 3.6 attempts per game. Ryan Conwell, the shooter everyone wants from the portal, shot just 30% as a freshman at South Florida in the AAC. Even Connor Hickman, over 40% as a junior, had a sophomore year at Bradley wherein he shot 33.6%. We have to stop looking at 3P% as the sole indicator of a player's worth.

I'm not a big I told you so type of guy. Never been my make up. I say what I think and if it checks out cool....if it doesn't I'll try to understand what I wasn't seeing. BUT....if we land Rice and Carlyle and Bollo....throw in a side dish of one of the other bigs with Hickman from outside and you add that pot of goodies to Malik, Mack, and Trey and our McD's AA Tucker....we will have something pretty serious pretty quick. Hope this all plays out.

Long time listener, first time caller…can someone explain to me how this poster is allowed to continue to post on this board as he ridicules IU’s head coach? @Purdue 7 congrats on having the best player in college basketball the last 2 years and finally losing to a single seed. Hang a banner next to your Helms banner from 1776 🙄

The IDS article (per usual) sucks. Those look to be the weakest grouping of reasons needed to hold a "vote". Academia is full of p******.

We are. Essegian = Hoosier

Malone visiting the 18th

Hey ladies. Chill. Conner was always going to take the Nebraska visit. Its done.

lol!!!!

As an employee of IU this is very biased and one sided. The president has done a lot of great things like centralization to reduce costs and increase support. Plus her push make IU more student centric instead of just faculty centric is the move all schools need to make to survive. Plus reduced fees for students at IU. No more siphoning money from students where I know schools and departments were using those fees to support things that did not apply directly to the students. Also in my area no one has been let go/RIFed to make these things happen. Faculty across all the campuses do not understand the new landscape of higher ed. Regional IU campuses will close soon if they don’t get on board. Lots of things I could get into but won’t as I don’t want to cause discord.

You must already be drunk. All night long is by Lionel Richie, not Alanis Morissette. And completely different decades.

McNeeley got recruited over.

Let’s go!!

It was done before he was even on campus. Same with Rice. And apparently same w/ Carlyle. Money talks.

Trilly Donovan official prediction for Oumar Ballo: Indiana He says video will be up within an hour.

They only got him because they paid him a lot. It's nothing to do with Bill Self. Shew that felt good to say.

FWIW, who ever that is. 😁

I'll just say this. Campuses are filled by ideologies and Bloomington is no different. Sometimes a President comes in and doesn't believe those. I FULLY support President Whitten and that's all I'll say on this one.

On the surface, this goes to my past posts about institutional rot and the damage it's doing to IU. It appears that the president is attempting to pull IU back from the abyss. What I've read thus far, I don't think the president is any more the problem at IU than Woody is. It's a much bigger issue as evidenced by the vote of no confidence. For now, I'll resist the urge to say more.

Had to laugh. Wife is doing continuing education this week and one of the classes was on NIL. The instructor/attorney just said on video conference that the player cannot be contacted by anyone until he or she enters the portal. Glad she had it on mute because I said yeah right buddy...join the real world.

Things are going well with Hickman. He might still visit Cincy tomorrow but things are going well.

Thank you! The 1996 F150 has been doing great lately with the new radiator

I prefer to live life with tongue in cheek. Life has thrown a lot worse things at me than the lack of RECENT success of my favorite college basketball team. I'm not going to let that stop me from having a little fun at the expense of my rival, one who is a favorite of many of my family and friends

Which is why I said wasn't at all concerned by it. Here is a good little piece that shows who and what we are getting. 100% seems like a winner.

Show me a fan base that think titles don’t matter, and I’ll show you a fan base that doesn’t have any.

Let's get Rice and Ballo today!!!

Trilly Donovan official prediction for Myles Rice: Indiana