Popular Post dgambill Posted April 19, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 14 minutes ago, Bowhunter said: Yes but it would be even better if Kaufman changed his mind. While Purdue is loading up in the front court for more ground and pound 3 yards and a cloud of dust....IU is looking to go Air Coryell on the B1G. 5 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgambill Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 (edited) Longer cut. Edited April 19, 2021 by dgambill 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 Wow. Great job staff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post IUFLA Posted April 19, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 19 minutes ago, Between2Halls said: Bates on Woodson and staff: “Past his own decorated personal achievements and accolades, he just stressed how important it was that he make me better as a man," said Bates. "Me and my family felt that being around him and the staff that he’s put together that they would be able to continue to build my mental capacity and just help me grow as a young man. I’m going to be with them for a pretty important portion of my life and that was the one thing that was really important to us, being around a group of men that are going to build me and have my best interests first.” https://247sports.com/Article/Mike-Woodson-and-Indiana-land-coveted-guard-Tamar-Bates-164379494/ Liked this too... “(Coach Woodson) just said that in terms of me personally that I fit his coaching philosophy and that’s just getting to it on both ends of the floor," said Bates. "Playing really good defense and then having a spaced, fast paced, ball screen setting offense. He wants to implement a lot of NBA stuff in our offense, and we are going to have to buy in to playing defense and that’s not a problem for me, I enjoy defense.” “I’m excited to play for such a historic program when you are talking about people like coach Bobby Knight and as much as they have won. I’m just trying to go there and add to what they have there now because they have some really good players. The goal is to bring Indiana basketball back to where it was and I’m going to go in with that same mentality to carry it on.” 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgambill Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 Should we update the thread to include his nickname.......gotta love it....Scoop! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ephul Posted April 19, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 Unbelievable pickup. In the past, being "in on" a recruit like this would mean we simply were in his final list of teams. To be able to get a kid like this is incredible. He's exactly what we need. Get a stretch 4 and we are set. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRSMick55 Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, btownqb said: Sure. Cool. No negativity toward you and you’re post; I would have liked him to stay ( go Cathedral)but just don’t care about players once they leave whatever team I root for.😎 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 1 minute ago, WRSMick55 said: No negativity toward you and you’re post; I would have liked him to stay ( go Cathedral)but just don’t care about players once they leave whatever team I root for.😎 Oh I don't either. I was just saying.. if we can't keep Franklin, Bates was probably "next" on my wish list. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Between2Halls Posted April 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 6 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Liked this too... “(Coach Woodson) just said that in terms of me personally that I fit his coaching philosophy and that’s just getting to it on both ends of the floor," said Bates. "Playing really good defense and then having a spaced, fast paced, ball screen setting offense. He wants to implement a lot of NBA stuff in our offense, and we are going to have to buy in to playing defense and that’s not a problem for me, I enjoy defense.” “I’m excited to play for such a historic program when you are talking about people like coach Bobby Knight and as much as they have won. I’m just trying to go there and add to what they have there now because they have some really good players. The goal is to bring Indiana basketball back to where it was and I’m going to go in with that same mentality to carry it on.” Yea I really like this young man and his addition to the program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSaccamanno Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 38 minutes ago, dgambill said: Well Stewart wears 45....gonna have a cool back court lol Guards that wear big guy numbers are always hilarious to me. I still remember Greg Anthony running point at UNLV wearing number 50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dgambill Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 11 minutes ago, ephul said: Unbelievable pickup. In the past, being "in on" a recruit like this would mean we simply were in his final list of teams. To be able to get a kid like this is incredible. He's exactly what we need. Get a stretch 4 and we are set. Doesn’t he play with this kid?? Efton Reid not a stretch 4 but well...why not. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 12 minutes ago, dgambill said: Should we update the thread to include his nickname.......gotta love it....Scoop! Someone needs to get this to the IU in game music person. Geico brought it back to life. Scoop there it is. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 7 minutes ago, BobSaccamanno said: Guards that wear big guy numbers are always hilarious to me. I still remember Greg Anthony running point at UNLV wearing number 50. I pray he doesn't wear number 53. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSaccamanno Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 1 minute ago, btownqb said: I pray he doesn't wear number 53. I think any of the numbers between 20 and 24 are perfect for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FW_Hoosier Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 Wowwww, this is HUGE. Landing top 50 guard talent like this consistently is the key to maintaining a successful program, and this kid immediately fills our biggest need at the guard spot. Our group of guards should go from a huge weakness last season to a strength next season. Can’t wait to see them play in the new offense. And we landed Bates out of nowhere with no smoke beforehand? This coaching staff is obviously connecting with recruits in a major way — getting those Juwan Howard vibes now. Exciting stuff. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowhunter Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 Just now, FW_Hoosier said: Wowwww, this is HUGE. Landing top 50 guard talent like this consistently is the key to maintaining a successful program, and this kid immediately fills our biggest need at the guard spot. Our group of guards should go from a huge weakness last season to a strength next season. Can’t wait to see them play in the new offense. And we landed Bates out of nowhere with no smoke beforehand? This coaching staff is obviously connecting with recruits in a major way — getting those Juwan Howard vibes now. Exciting stuff. It’s nice to land a stud like this because it seems to open up the trust factor for other top 50 recruits down the road. Bates believes in our coaching staff. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ephul Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 I'm impressed how quickly we got a need filled. This team needed a shooter for four years.... And we never really got one. I would've taken a Matt Roth type kid if we had to. Woodson just landed an extremely athletic, top 50 shooter. Really excited to see how we decides to spend that last scholarship. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bluegrassIU Posted April 19, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 TJD has to be salivating. Dude is gonna have room to breathe, and doninate. 15 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HoosierFaithful Posted April 19, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 I think it's fair to say very few of us expected CMW to hit the ground running quite like this. So impressive. A useful reminder that people (e.g. Dolson) get paid a LOT of money to figure this out and as shocking as it may sound, he might know a little more about basketball than we do. 18 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 1 minute ago, bluegrassIU said: TJD has to be salivating. Dude is gonna have room to breathe, and doninate. All day long....you said it perfectly. He will get some room to breathe. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bluegrassIU Posted April 19, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 6 minutes ago, HoosierFaithful said: I think it's fair to say very few of us expected CMW to hit the ground running quite like this. So impressive. A useful reminder that people (e.g. Dolson) get paid a LOT of money to figure this out and as shocking as it may sound, he might know a little more about basketball than we do. Stop it. We are HSN. NOBODY knows more than us. Blasphemer! 4 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FW_Hoosier Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 5 minutes ago, ephul said: I'm impressed how quickly we got a need filled. This team needed a shooter for four years.... And we never really got one. I would've taken a Matt Roth type kid if we had to. Woodson just landed an extremely athletic, top 50 shooter. Really excited to see how we decides to spend that last scholarship. Land an athletic shot blocking big in the transfer portal and let’s roll. Even as it is, this should be a really tough and well-balanced roster. A starting lineup of X, Bates, Stewart, Thompson, and TJD gives you a dynamic play-making PG flanked by two shooters with a solid defender/hustle guy at the 4 and a dominant All-American at the 5. Then you have a hopefully much improved Lander backing up X, Hunter and Leal providing more shooting off the bench, Phinisee and Galloway being plus defenders that Mike Woodson can play with shooters around them, and two young forwards with a lot of talent in Geronimo and Duncomb coming off the bench as well. With the addition of Bates, I don’t see many holes in this roster. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegrassIU Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, FW_Hoosier said: Land an athletic shot blocking big in the transfer portal and let’s roll. Even as it is, this should be a really tough and well-balanced roster. A starting lineup of X, Bates, Stewart, Thompson, and TJD gives you a dynamic play-making PG flanked by two shooters with a solid defender/hustle guy at the 4 and a dominant All-American at the 5. Then you have a hopefully much improved Lander backing up X, Hunter and Leal providing more shooting off the bench, Phinisee and Galloway being plus defenders that Mike Woodson can play with shooters around them, and two young forwards with a lot of talent in Geronimo and Duncomb coming off the bench as well. With the addition of Bates, I don’t see many holes in this roster. Whoa, you being optimistic? Things are looking up. 😁 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artesian_86 Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 26 minutes ago, HoosierFaithful said: I think it's fair to say very few of us expected CMW to hit the ground running quite like this. So impressive. A useful reminder that people (e.g. Dolson) get paid a LOT of money to figure this out and as shocking as it may sound, he might know a little more about basketball than we do. It’s like in the movies......I can’t get this image out of my head.....Coach Woodson, Coach Fife, Coach Rosemond, Coach Hunter and Coach Matta walking into a crowded room.... (all in a regal, slow motion pace)....The crowd is in awe. 🤩🤓 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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