FKIM01

Gotta quit reading this thread.  It's absolutely exhausting...

...and the "buying a team" talk needs to go away.  How many teams did UCLA, Duke, Kensucky, Kansas, etc. buy in the past?  I guess John Wooden sucks as a coach too.  Michigan bought the Fab 5.  At least today it happens legally.  I don't like how stupid the NIL has made the game, but it's the current rule to live by.  Everyone can now "buy a team", so that criticism needs to stop.

2 hours ago, Reacher said:

My Illini friend has IU and IL as the top 2 teams in the conference 

Eight players transferred from a fairly successful team.  Is it safe to say players hate coach Underwear after they see him up close for awhile?

9 hours ago, IU Scott said:

Rice missed two straight years and became the Pacers 12 freshman of the year

I don't know how he got to the Pacers, but that's an impressive jump.

20 minutes ago, Maedhros said:

Huh. How about that.

 

 

Well, at least one guy thinks IU traded up.

Private group. Screenshot?

23 hours ago, 5fouls said:

Lol at the about face regarding use of the 13th scholly.  

Can't speak for others but I have no problem banking it for now, rather than adding a project.  If you give it to a quality contributor, fine, but I think it's silly to fill it with a project that only gets mop-up minutes. 12 plus walk-ons is plenty to run practice.  Hemenway seems a reasonable use if he wants it, but that puts IU in a position of needing to fill the 13th with a front court player to backup Ballo/Reneau.

That's a long winded way of saying IU is now in a position where the staff can be choosy if they want.

The NCAA is going to lose every antitrust suit they face. 🤣🤣🤣

4 minutes ago, Parakeet Jones said:

Two things can be simultaneously true. You can hate the NIL/portal landscape AND be happy IU is taking full advantage of it.   I identify with both of those positions. 
 

I read this somewhere and have stole it and posted it many times. You can build a team through the portal, but you can’t build a program through the portal. We seem to have built a team this offseason, I just hope it translates into building a program. 

Great post.  I'm right there with you.  I absolutely hate the NIL and the farce it makes of amateur sports, but since it's not going away, I'm at least appreciative of how it's leveled the playing field and taken away the biggest cheating element in college sports.  I find it laughable that the NCAA has a tampering "rule" that appears even less effective than the pro version.

Now, all that's left is to eliminate the requirement for the athletes to attend classes.  Let the ones go that want to and let the rest stay in the gym.  If you require ANY class,it should be of the personal finance variety.  Help these kids hang onto the money they make and otherwise, let them learn their sport.  It's silly to pretend that most of these elite athletes have any interest in the classroom. Eventually,  I could see teams only affiliated to schools via sponsorship.

39 minutes ago, BeerBQ said:

It’s weird to see someone say they idolized Hulls growing up. It makes me feel really old. 

Me too, brother.  Grew up idolizing Steve Alford, Damon Bailey and Calbert Cheaney.

26 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

 

Figured he might be a pipe dream with all the other additions but man...I wanted him.

Solid.  Just need another front court player...Humrichous would be awesome!

2 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

Hunter Dickinson reminds me of a grown man who used to always want to play in our backyard football games and be QB for both sides when I was about 12

He's also the poster child for pretty much zero development in college.  He was 2nd team all American as a freshman with pretty much the same PPG and rebounds.

22 minutes ago, 13th&Jackson said:

Officially announced today but apparently both parties knew all season he wouldn't return. 

“A.J. is looking to make a pro career,” Izzo said last week on Staudt on Sports on AM-730 in Lansing. “But he could go back to college; it wouldn’t be here. We have some younger guys and he has exhausted his (eligibility) and he’ll graduate. But I think he’d like to get into pro ball whether it be Europe, whether it be the G League. But nowadays everybody will look at college, too, depending on offers from different places.”

He's not exhausted his eligibility if he's in the transfer portal, Tom...

4 minutes ago, Andrew said:

Rabby mentioned there’s some interest between the two of us. But we’ll have to see 

Assuming Goode comes, IU is rapidly approaching the point where scholarships need to be treated like rare gold.  Some of these players are simply going to hit the portal too late for IU interest.

Seems like IU has done a better job retaining talent than most of their B10 brethren.  The only IU player I'd love to have back (not happening) is Ware.

I'm almost losing track of where IU is...does Goode make 11 if he commits?  If so, I'm guessing the staff is down to recruiting one more 4/5 and then sitting on the last scholarship in case the perfect fit pops up late (I'd love Humrichous and think he'd likely get starter minutes.)

4 hours ago, bluegrassIU said:

Yes I am.

I mean, ummm, errrr....move along. Nothing to see here.

So there are two mods diddling Turdue cheerleaders?

Miami players entering the portal make me wonder if the Ruiz gravy train has run it's course.  Last I saw, the bulk of his wealth was a shitty penny stock that was going down the toilet and that company was the source of his NIL "advertising" money.

...but I haven't looked at it for awhile.

12 minutes ago, FKIM01 said:

If Edey was six inches shorter, Purdue loses in the first round again.

31 minutes ago, Seeking6 said:

Seems like our comrades in Champaign have some splaining to do...

https://www.outkick.com/sports/aj-storr-wisconsin-transfer-illinois-tampering-allegations

I doubt they are worried.  The NCAA is completely toothless in regulating the NIL.  If I were a school, I'd ignore them.

If Edey was six inches shorter, Purdue loses in the first round again.

8 hours ago, btownqb said:

isn't that when he was playing around with the cheerleader? 😆

Oh crap...MP is an admin here? 😮

9 hours ago, btownqb said:

That's stupid. But ok 

9 hours ago, DC2345 said:

They like holding one open just in case someone pops up right before the season or during the season they want to add. 

That's exactly the way I'd play it...a late high quality add.

20 minutes ago, OGIUAndy said:

I agree otherwise we could have just rolled with Sparks again. They seem like similar types of players. Decent offense and rebounding, not athletic, not good FT shooters. I'd rather just have an all defensive type guy. But I also don't know who's interested. 

I figured it was Sparks decision to leave?  Assume he's looking for more minutes.

1 minute ago, Reacher said:

How did Purdue miss on this guy? 

https://www.wruf.com/headlines/2024/04/22/olivier-rioux-florida-basketball-worlds-tallest-teenader/

Dude is even Canadian.  Considering he's 7-7, he's surely as good as Edey.