Maedhros

No shot at Goodman is unneccessary. If you felt Bardo was talking about you, that might be a tell.

Huh, can't imagine why anyone would feel the impulse to dunk on comments like this... Brother, there won't be any games until November. Good things are happening right now. We might have a dynamic, playmaking backcourt for the first time since Yogi left. If you think the very real shift in how Woodson & staff are recruiting and building their roster is just donors buying recruits, I'm not sure what Indiana Basketball could do to make you happy this spring, or summer. Maybe sit things out for a while. Replying back to downplay every piece of good news that might happen over the next six months sounds exhausting.

Teri Moren gets another from the portal. This looks to be her Sara Scalia, 39% career shooter from 3, on over 5 attempts per game. Honorable Mention All Big Ten last season a sophomore.

Mack still out there recruiting and selling the program.

Very excited for this to happen, so I can found out what new holes Goodman will find in the roster.

Because if launching a petition is your honest reaction to something as trivial as a basketball season, then in the immortal words of Anthony Leal, you guys gotta chill.

Twitter is a dying place. I still use it because that's where most of my follows remain, and I mostly stick to media figures and prominent fan accounts. It's valuable to get breaking news, and to get instant reactions that make watching a game a communal event. But for true social interaction I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Ads are getting worse by the day, and bots have gone from just suggesting porn to actual porn. It's a gross place, in several different ways. I say all that to say that most of our players, Carlyle and Rice included, aren't present much on Twitter but are more active on other social media platforms like Instagram.

The "true fans" comment was about an as if-the-shoe-fits moment as I can remember. By and large, the people I saw take exception were those already quite vocal that they were out on Woodson. Including a certain host of a postgame podcast. I'll agree the comment didn't need to be said, at least not by the head coach, who needs to be above that level of discourse. But I also know we had fans literally creating petitions on change.org and emailing the BOT to call for Woodson's job. Pitchforks and torches were out for program legend Quinn Buckner, and even Armond Hill was catching strays just for being caught on camera next to Woodson during games. Wild stuff, and deserving of being called out, if not by that person in that moment. If anyone feels targeted by Woodson's "true fans" comments, it might be worth taking a moment of introspection and asking yourself why. I have no problem at all with Galloway and Leal responding the way they did, in that moment with the biggest platform they'll have.

lol. I think it far likelier the players are just tired of hearing too. Speak what you want as a fan, that's your right. But Leal and Galloway responding they way they did is the most natural response in the world, no pot stirring by Woodson or inability to take criticism needed.

Old friend Miro Little is in the transfer portal from Baylor.

Transfer Portal is still open... But no, I don't think that's significant, just the numbers those guys wore at their previous school. Myles Rice also wore 4 at WSU, and that's available.

Indiana not mentioned here, would say we're not involved with TJ Power going forward.

Goode. He's already proven capable of playing the exact role we need in the Big Ten. With Anderson you're hoping it translates playing up a couple levels from the ASUN, the 26th ranked conference on Torvik.

The biggest Fake Tough guy in the Big Ten transfers to Fake Tough U. Perfect fit, no notes.

The last video of Goodman I saw, he was saying Mgbako wasn't a good shooter last year and Woodson should have gone all in for Andrej Stojakovic in the portal. Because the pieces won't fit without a shooter like that. 3P% 3PPG 3PP40 Player A 32.7% 3.3 5.8 Player B 32.7% 4.6 6.8 Player C 32.0% 4.3 6.8 Two of these three guys are on Indiana's roster next year. The other is Stojakovic. Luke Good was 38.9% from three last year, on 4.1 attempts per game, 8.2 per 40 minutes. If he does commit, can't wait to see the goalposts move once again.

For those who like to count chickens before they've hatched: Bart Torvik currently has Indiana ranked 21 overall with our roster as it stands. Luke Goode would project to have the highest ORating on our team, with 125, on 36% of available minutes, and would bump our overall ranking to 17.

But you're not, tho...

Osterman said Anderson was spotted at Uptown, so put this one on commitment watch, I'd guess.

XJ was a sixth year senior. Kanaan was a freshman adjusting to the college level, and there's some evidence playing point for Stanford wasn't his best role. His scouting report describes an aggressive three level scorer, not a facilitator. He's also quite good in catch and shoot situations, per numbers posted by Assembly Call. Playing next to a true point in Myles Rice seems like it will fit him well. Freshmen take time, especially at the point. We think fondly of JHS because he had some big games for us, but his efficiency numbers weren't much better than Carlyle's. Kanaan had those games when he popped, too, before falling off over the last month. I can only imagine how the game would have slowed down for JHS in year two. Kanaan seems to have all the tools and the mindset needed to make a big leap.

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Off the board, to the good guys!

Official!

Don't know about that specifically. Though they're both rising sophomores, Rice was two classes ahead of Carlyle, so I'm not sure how much they would have played together. But they're both from the Atlanta area and I've heard it said they're buds.

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.