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6 hours ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Here is another 

 

Yup and another will be coming as well (have no clue but probably another B12 or maybe a Pac-12 team).

32 minutes ago, dgambill said:

Kansas football has almost an identical record as Iowa st football historically. Last time Iowa St won a conference was 1912…and they had a much much bigger presence in basketball. Basically they are IU of the Big 12. I realize football is driving this more than basketball but if you want pure revenue and conference prestige and championships you add Kansas as they are basically a national contender every year in basketball and be the #1 team in the conference instantly. You don’t ignore 10 national championships. Maybe you take both and you drop one of the other schools I get it…maybe Stanford won’t come along but you take Kansas.

Whatever happens I don’t think the B1G will ignore all else at the expense of only football. They will take a wholistic look and yes will prioritize football but not ignore all else.

I'd love to add Kansas and UConn purely for basketball.

2 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

We can call it whatever the hell we want, but 20 teams is not a conference.

• You only play the other division in football in the Championship game.
• You play each team once in basketball and one team once for a 20 game schedule?
• You can't possibly play everyone in baseball, softball, soccer, etc.

The whole bigger is better concept is stupid beyond words, and will ultimately ruin college sports.  

Oh I agree, I don't like it one bit.  Hate it in fact.  I hope it doesn't happen but looks more and more likely.

Kansas, Oklahoma State, Iowa State & Baylor have reportedly all reached out to the Big Ten in some capacity.  Twenty teams is what the SEC is going for and what the end game will probably be.  Honestly, i'd take all four and then take two huge swings at schools like Clemson, Notre Dame, USC, Oregon, UCLA, Texas A&M and maybe a couple of others.  Miss out on them, then move to add a couple of east coast schools as dancing partners for Maryland/Rutgers/Penn State.  Syracuse, UConn, Pittsburgh, Boston College and one or two others would be targets.

Take it FWIW.  Warren needs to get a grip on the situation and land the first blows.  Pretty obvious what the SEC is trying to accomplish.

https://sports.yahoo.com/latest-conference-realignment-rumor-states-123925223.html

2 hours ago, NotIThatLives said:

Daily reminder this is about money over proximity to old conference boundaries and football pulls more than basketball.  

And that absolutely sucks.  But it is what it is.

32 minutes ago, NotIThatLives said:

I personally would like to see Kansas left hanging like a dry fish dead out of water moving into the American conference

I despise their fan base and how they look down on IU.  They would be an awesome addition, but if they got left out to dry, it would be kind of hilarious.

Keep an eye on the ACC, they'll probably get raided as well.

Sneaky good pickup.  Going to be a very good player down the road imo.

4 hours ago, Seeking6 said:

At least someone is reading our board from the Big 10 office. Kansas is setting up a call to speak with Big 10. Expect Iowa St to join in too.

It would definitely be Iowa State if we take another from Big 12.  Possible the B1G looks east again to add a fourth dancing partner for Maryland/Penn State/Rutgers.

My wife knows people that are heavily connected with UK & Vandy (take it fwiw).  SEC might be looking to get to 20 teams, Texas and Oklahoma is just the start.  Look for them to try and raid the ACC if this all goes down.  Only conferences not in a panic atm is SEC (obviously), Big Ten, Pac-12 and Big East.

2 hours ago, Billingsley99 said:

The odds say that she has been

Fouls is like the Kevin Bacon of the marriage world.

Tom Allen and staff are just crushing it.  Pretty awesome honestly.

On 6/14/2021 at 1:18 PM, dbmhoosier said:

 

Really like the black warm-ups with the red Indiana.  Wouldn't mind seeing a black alternate uniform.

I like our chances.

38 minutes ago, Euroclydon said:

One thing CMW may want to do is balance out the classes. You don't want five in one class (current juniors) and six in another class (current freshmen). Of course with the transfer portal being out of control it may not be an issue, but it could be a problem down the road. I'm not sure anyone would consider a redshirt these days.

My thing is, is balancing classes even a thing anymore with as much turnover as there is (portal, g-league, draft, overseas, etc.)?

Question now is, is someone else coming in to takeover Roberts' spot.

Just now, btownqb said:

Chris007 stated that Mangas will be at IU or he will start his professional career this coming year, that's his understanding. 

Forgot about Mangas.  Would take him or Bates.

Just now, btownqb said:

Manek alone would be awesome, imo. 

Having a post that can stretch the floor would really open things up for our wings/guards.

Just now, btownqb said:

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I'd take Manek & Bates and be very happy with that.

From the surface, this seems to be an encouraging hire imo.

41 minutes ago, btownqb said:

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/brady-manek-1.html

career 12p 6r avg. 1450 career points. He should be very high on our priority list, I hope. 

Him and Trace would be nice in the frontcourt.  How many openings do we have right now?

2 hours ago, kyhoosier29 said:

Brooks and Bates....to close out the roster. Would be a solid roster!

I'd take two out of any of Keion Brooks, Tamar Bates, Jabari Smith & Noah Locke.