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He blocked our 6’5 post player on one shot that was ridiculous. He is pretty well put together from a muscle stand point considering his height and weight. I though he was a little taller than 5’10 but that might just be because he played bigger than that.

I believe it. I hope to watch Silver Creek in person at some point this year.

Here is a video of Gus Etchison from this summer playing for Indiana Elite. I'm not saying he is a kid IU needs to offer now just someone that could rise in rankings and fill a need if we miss on Lander. He has better athleticism than Luke Brown imo and plays a harder schedule. Not a knock on Brown because I'm a fan of his two but this kid is really athletic. Hamilton Heights could have a 17-19 win season this year imo as well.

Just so people know how loaded the in state 2021 class is here are the rankings based on 247. 1.) Kristian Lander 5* Evansville Reitz / Not Committed 2.) Caleb Furst 4* FW Blackhawk / Not Committed 3.) Trey Kaufman 4* Silver Creek / Not Committed 4.) Jeremy Sochan 4* LaLu / Not Committed 5.) Treyton Thompson 4* LaLu / Not Committed 6.) Blake Wesley 4* SB Riley / Not Committed 7.) Luke Goode 4* Homestead / Not Committed 8.) J.R. Konleczny 4* SB St. Joe / Committed to Notre Dame 9.) Jalen Blackmon 4* Marion / Not Committed 10.) Pierce Thomas 3* Brownsburg / Not Committed 11.) Jayden Brewer 3* Avon / Not Committed 12.) Brooks Barnhizer 3* Laffayette Jeff / Not Committed 13.) Jayden Taylor 3* Perry Meridian / Committed to Butler 14.) Quimari Petterson 3* Gary West Side / Not Committed Not Listed Gus Etchison / Hamilton Heights Luke Brown / Blackford Kooper Jacobi / Silver Creek Blake Sisley / Herritage Hills There are also at least 12 other players around the state with D1 offers.

So a name to keep an eye on that I could see his ranking increase this year is Gus Etchison at Hamilton Heights. He currently has offers from Western Michigan, IUPUI, and the dreaded Incarnate Word. But if he continues to show the athleticism and shooting he did last night watch out. He scored 26 against us in a scrimmage last night. He is 6'1 or 6'2 and can jump out of the gym for a pg. He has a good shooting stroke and good court vision. Obviously Lander is option 1 but this could be a decent option to look at if Lander goes elsewhere. I also feel for the kid since his dad got killed just a few weeks ago too in a farming accident.

Possibly but it’s worth a shot.

So looking at the 2021 class I would like to see a pg, a wing, a pf, and a c. The pg spot is Landers if he wants it but I think the staff needs to fins some backup options. The wing spot has several good options that the staff has been in contact with. The pf/c spots could be Kaufman, Furst, and or Duncamb. That said I see Kaufman as a 4 and Furst and Duncamb as 5's based on their current skills sets. So yes Furst and Kaufman can play together. If they don't want to because of personal reasons then the staff needs to find other options for that spot. If the class is bigger than 4 then they can take best players and work with what they can get.

ESPN doesn't make any sense with some of their rankings.

Yes my phone changed the name.

Blake Wesley was visited by Archie and Bruiser today.

You know this how exactly???

He caught wind about the possibility of the Geronimo commitment before it was announced.

CoachSS has said they are likely to go all in on Garcia at some point.

If it’s a 5 man class then there is likely at least two one and done players or a grad transfer in the class.

He’s a Collin Hartman type. More of a small stretch 4 that can play some 3 as well in spurts.

Nope he was referring to newcomers for the 2020-2021 roster which is the 2020 recruiting class.

I’ve heard they would take both. I guess we’ll see if they do or if Cross has other plans.

He is allowed to fill in as an assistant until another assistant is hired yes it is allowed. That’s the reason he was able to go out and recruit during the evaluation periods because IU was down a coach and they are allowed to have someone fill that vacancy until it is filled permanently.

No it’s not. It is common knowledge that Comar was filling in as the interim assistant coach as you will until an actual assistant is hired. Apparently he’s the one on this player at the moment. If I was to guess it’s probably because he is number 3 in the pecking order behind Garcia and Loveday in the priority list for the staff.

JR Konieczny is on an unofficial at IU right now.

Trey Kaufman. He played for Silver Creek who won the 3A state championship over Culver Academy this year.

It would be nice if he could come to IU to play baseball or football and play basketball too. That way IU wouldn’t have to use a basketball scholly on him with that deep 2021 class. I know baseball and basketball overlap so that could be difficult but it would still be nice.