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IU is now working on Power

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

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

Here's my two cents. With Tucker, Rice, and Ballo we've already crushed the offseason. If/when Carlyle says yes that's even better. No disrespect to the Hickman or Essegian types but they won't move the needle like the above. If Essegian comes great. If not....find another.

Had fun at the spring game! Managed to get into the Varsity Club shindig despite not being on the list (lol) and was able to meet Mackenzie Mgbako, Jakai Newton, Anthony Leal and Anthony Walker and got their autographs.

TJ Power is a better fit for the current roster than Essegian is imo

Myles Rice is back in town, per his Instagram. Good for Rice, because it's Little 500, but good for Kanaan Carlyle who visits this weekend as well. I know Carlyle's been assumed for a while now, but I'll take any good vibes I can get until it's official.

I find this really weird how you are baggin on the guys coming here call it a done deal to IU. Then turn around and say "this one is over." because of a crystal ball prediction.

I saw TJD...DOIN' WORK ON kIRKWOOD tonight. Good to see him back in Btown with recruits in town. By the way it was 2am he was heading toward the gradute hotel and a group of girls chasing him. Good to be a young millionaire, maybe.

Went well and he is a take. He's trying to decide if he wants to take anymore visits.

On one hand, I love seeing UK taken down a peg or two. On the other hand rooting for Jerry Jones/John Calipari to do it is like rooting for the murderers over the rapists.

Was never sold.on Essegian. Decent player, but there are dozens as good as him available. It's the expected bias because he is from Indiana. If he was from Georgia, we wouldn't even give him much consideration as a fan base.

I'm not going to lose sleep over Essegian. But I'm tired of people acting like something is "done."

Exactly. Losing an senior All American level talent in Xavier Johnson completely derailed the season last year according to Mike Woodson.

I've been telling you all for 2 months, that we are going to be the deeepest off season team EVER !!

Payne" "Hey Cal, thanks! It'll be just like the old days!" Cal: "Well, except now it's on the up and up, and everyone is doing it"

And by "coaching malfeasance", you mean Teflon John being an idiot, right?

2014-15, and they did legitimately go 10 deep but it was injuries that shut it down. Cauley-Stein, both Harrisons, Lyles, Ulis, Booker, KAT, Dakari Johnson, Alex Poythress and Marcus Lee all averaged 10+ MPG, but Poythress went down early in the season and Lee was dinged up most of the year. And it worked, that was the year they were undefeated until they lost to Wisky in the FF. One of the only times Wisconsin has ever been useful. 😂

I’ll bump this because a wise guy said it. Also because we have to remember that was is “done” today can be undone or redone tomorrow. Nobody here has an agenda. I value the insight and info. Does it make me at times get my hopes up? Sure. But I also am balanced enough to know it’s all fluid.

I'll also add that outside of the doom and gloom that you may read on conservative media, Portland is great city. Does it have some of the at West Coast hippie, liberal attitude about? Very much, but it also eclectic city surrounded my so much natural beauty. It is not the warzone everyone makes it out to be, although their Chinatown was a bit suspect. Cities with any sort of age are always going to have problems due to having to deal with diversity, aging infrastructure, and now changing dynamics in market (work from home, online shopping, etc.), but I'd like to think human's are still social people that want to be near each other.

Good timing, since my power just came back on after going off last night in the storm. Off from 10pm until 9am. Odd twist.....My power company is Duke energy. Maybe it is a sign?

TJ Power is an absolutely perfect fit.

Gallo, CE, Tucker, Power, and Malone 2nd unit is pretty pretty good though.

Finding guys willing to accept a role is going to be the challenge now. The big from Drexel not looking to go up against OB for playing time. Probably makes sense because of the investment IU made in OB. Still, you're leaving Drexel and expecting to be the starter by default at a power conference program? Possible I suppose in today's crazy NIL world. Is it likely? What about practicing against better players if your goal is the NBA? Maybe that's not what they want. Maybe IU already discussed money and it wasn't what he expects. It really seems every player in the portal now expects to he treated like a five star super recruit. But several of them will not be on a roster when the music stops.

We've certainly looked worse. More depth defensively is needed, at least in the front 7.

Nebraska lost 6 to the portal. They have minutes we don't have. I am just going to add, if a kid takes another visit after leaving IU, he isn't a lock. He might come here but he isn't a lock.

You’ve got a true sophomore that is definitely a pass first guy (Cupps), a complete unknown (Newton), a senior that is a marksman but struggles getting his own shot (Leal). If Connor makes guard number 7, you’ve got to figure he’s tied for 4th at worst.

And Power isn't the same kind of 4 as Reneau. He could play that Euro/stretch-4 position a la Watford, etc from day 1.

Zach Anderson from FGCU is supposedly visiting IU

We have more wings than we do 4s.

I spent 5 hours walking around campus and the mainly the downtown area yesterday. I did not get that impression at all. I know it is purely anecdotal though. At most, I encountered a couple of folks who seemed to be having a rough time in life (I'll leave it at that).

Didn't know we were in on Thiero...

Last year, Auburn didn't have any player over 25 mpg, and 10 over 14 mpg...So, yeah...

Kinda like when Dykes was a UK assistant

the current NIL and Transfer Portal guidelines is gutting college basketball. At some point, schools will need to start having kids sign contracts with buyouts to keep them at one place longer than a year.

We’ve got 4 more spots, I believe. Essegian, Power, Malone, and Carlyle. Woody wants to play 10 deep. That’s probably a legit 10 deep rotation. He can shut everyone up about having shooting and dynamic guards.

It shouldn't. Malone is a 5. He can stretch the floor but he's a 5. IU still needs another 4 imo.

Complete with "Fool's Gold" for some of the players

I don’t care what anyone says. This is the most fun group. And I’m hoping it is as much fun during the season as it has been during the past few offseasons.

Given what I know of players past and present, and the degenerates on this board, if the rapture happened I don't think the college basketball world would notice. 😄

If the Rapture happens and prevents me from seeing our F4 run next year, I’ma gonna be pissed!!

LMAO Kentucky get screwed by legal payments is the best.

A lot of teams are losing a bunch of guys. There is a crack in the door for us to bust through and make some noise. I hope we find a way to kick that door wide open.

This is also giving a rise to a growing moderate population that's sick of both sides of most issues. We're the ones smart enough to keep our mouths shut on social media though. 😉