Feathery

Yeah I think Leal is fine I t he coming year as a 5-10 minute player tops. Cupps I have hope for. He just needs to add like 25-30lbs of muscle to his frame, as he was so slight. The roster this coming year is actually looking strong and can be a contender.

Never saw it. I’m a huge believer that the college game is a guards game. And we haven’t had the guards necessary since Yogi, which means the Crean era. Just one man’s opinion and philosophy on basketball. X was too inconsistent in his play for my liking to consider IU a top 10-12 team. Also the lack of shooting and true post size. TJD was great but undersized. Saw that vs Arizona for sure.

I agree. First time in years I’d expect to be ranked top 25 all season. No excuses.

Ironically I heard a commentator mention that Bruce Pearl plays 10 deep. I didn’t go look it up to verify.

Why are you offended for how much someone else is getting paid? Paid by people with the disposable income to pay them. It’s not coming out of the universities pockets. And the university is making over $140 mil a year off the football and basketball teams.

Supply and demand my friend. There are more doctors than elite basketball players. Not saying it’s right but as someone who works in healthcare I’d rather pay to watch basketball than go see a doctor. lol.

The NCAA is just the organization universities created to set the rules. The issue is the universities through the NCAA set rules that have been deemed to be illegal. To solve the issue you need a players union and the athletes to be recognized as labor/employees. Vermont basketball is attempting to make this happen now. Until there is a union you can’t collectively bargain to have rules. But the universities don’t want to share revenue until that have to so they are dragging their feet and letting the entity they set up be the bad guy punching bag. But to your point the is no issue imo with NIL and its sustainable. Even if IU has 0 money to spend on NIL there will be players that will come play. IU might finish last in the conference every year but the system is sustainable for however much any school wants to spend. Nobody is forcing schools to pay anything. They are choosing too. Before NIL other programs paid with no limit and won championships now that’s it’s open to everyone it’s a problem? And to be honest the billionaires footing the NIL bill aren’t even making a dent in what they make a year. This is a rounding error to them. So in that light it is sustainable. You might not like it but it’s totally sustainable.

Really? The English Premiere League seems to be doing very well. European soccer leagues have 2 transfer windows a year. Very similar to a transfer portal. To try and have financial fair play they can spend what their revenue is. But that’s a more recent phenomenon. NFL didn’t have a salary cap until the 90’s. Baseball doesn’t have a salary cap that’s capped. Any team can go over and pay an extra tax. US sports leagues have player unions which colleges players don’t have yet.

I hope it’s here forever. lol. honestly every IU fan should support NIL bc it’s the vehicle to get back to prominence. Without it there is no hope. The Dukes etc of the world will still be paying for the top players and IU would always be an afterthought.

Surprised you even have a lawn for ppl to get off of. All the alimony you have to pay with 9 ex wives.

Cook’s and Simon’s are my best guess.

Nice!!! Welcome Mr Rice. Lets Go!

Michigan fans seem to think he is theirs. I know ppl have said IU was his dream school. But he grew up in a Michigan family and attended games there. Evidently during Wisc-Mich games they would show pictures of Essegian in Michigan gear as a kid. So I’m not getting my hopes up on this one.

Respect your opinion but I’m of the total opposite belief that system is the bigger problem over talent. Our guards have been dreadful since Cream left. That includes Romeo, bc he played hurt. X was never the answer either. We haven’t had a top PG since Yogi. I think Carlyle is a great fit if his shooting improves. Which freshman to soph jump for a good FT shooter is a very good indication he will be a mid 30’s% from 3 next year. Rice projects even better from deep. Both are tremendous athletes that can finish at the rim AND then also finish the old fashion 3pt play by actually making g their FT’s.

Not sure what adjustments Painter could have made. They were severely outmatched athletically at every position but center. The height and length for UConn was evident just by eyesight on the court. The guy guarding Smith dwarfed him.