dgambill

Man I want to lock up our instate talent next year…take those kids and then add the best the portal has to offer from year to year and I think you can win a championship around teams like that. Indiana kids that will stay home and won’t transfer and establish a culture and add some portal magic to put us over the top.

Think we are a little gun shy because we heard a few other names as “locked” already and understandably they weren’t. With him you have to think a back up 5 will probably wrap things up….we would have 10 deep with a 6th year senior, a kid coming off major injuries, and likely yet another unused scholarship as the final 3. Perhaps you find a kid just willing to come for the check and be break glass if emergency 4/5 as well.

I can’t see Newton nor Leal getting off the bench if that is the case. Should be bigs from here on out now.

Even more likely it ends up with nothing to show. Lots of good teams go 1 and done in NCAA tournament…who knows. I just want to watch enjoyable basketball again.

Indeed. It’s short sighted money grab. Kids will have no legacy anymore…any connections to an Alma mater etc will be gone because you sold out your schools. Something to be said for staying 4 years and building a lasting legacy and connection to the school that you will carry the rest of your life.

I’d actually say he is worth something which is why he will cash in to go somewhere else. If he was not worth anything than he would just stay where he is. He had options. People may not like him…I get that but he can play a good role…and actually fits better at Duke than he did at Purdue (and he was fine there).

I actually think it’s a smart fit. Catch and shoot stretch 4. Doesn’t need the ball in his hands like the young guns. Will be surrounrded by playmakers and he can just spot up, rebound, and play defense. He will be an enforcer type in the ACC finesse conference.

Hope so…he needs to come out with a different mindset if we want any shot in this series. Only takes a bad series to really start to get into someone’s head. Beverly was owning him last night.

I think we have enough guards if Newton is healthy. I think a stretch 4 that can shoot and play 10-12 mins would be the goal….shooting doesn’t have to be in the shape of a guard when there is so little minutes there. A true back up 5 that can give you energy off the bench would be the other. Not sure there are guard minutes there unless Newton redshirts again. Maybe there is a grad transfer with Indiana ties that would like to round out the team.

The other thing about a 5* is they can have empty stats…or not add winning to a team if they are out there to just get drafted and not about the team. We’ve had a couple at IU…lord knows Ivey was that at Purdue.

He looked passive…and overall just not up for the moment. Very disappointing from the team…but Hali most of all.

With little to show for it. Imo if you have a talented freshman it’s getting that second year out of them imo that’s key. Like imagine last year with JHS running the point with pick n roll with Ware. Imagine Romeo a couple years ago coming back and playing with Trayce. Its stacking classes that makes the difference. So hopefully Mgbako has a huge year. Also…not all 5* are created equal…from position to position and also from year to year some classes and guys are more difference makers.

We miss Mathurin…the hope is he turns into that two….but yes we are still an elite player away. Wearing teams down during the regular season with our deep bench is one thing…but in the playoffs the bench shrinks and you can’t win that way.

Galloway was a senior last year and still didn’t show me any leadership. Not sure if that will be the case this year. He could though….especially if he sacrifices and is willing to take on a stopper role and a spark plug guy off the bench. Its hard to be a leader when you are the new guy but yes…hopefully someone emerges.

Someone should tell the Pacers the regular season is over and they actually made the playoffs. Looks like they think it’s the offseason and they are on South Beach.

Pacers look like a lottery team…I mean horrible defense, horrible shooting, horrible offense….i mean Haliburton is like a ghost. Can’t be an all star or superstar and disappear in the same playoffs. Someone needs to get in his face and challenge him.

I’m waiting on the Pacers to reverse their jerseys to road red…I swear with the way they are shooting 3s it’s the Indiana Hoosiers out there not the Pacers.

I hope they all talk…it was a reason our defense was so atrocious last year. No one calling out screens, helping each other out with where they need to be.

I know Indy doesn’t play much defense but this is embarrassing.

It has to be asked…who is the leader? Galloway might not be starting and Reneau doesn’t seem to have the temperament. We saw it a lot this year with X out. When Trayce and Race left….we lost a ton of leadership. Thats a big part of how teams come together. A lot of new players.

Sonic has terrible food…everything taste like it was frozen and thawed in a microwave….that said 3.89 for chicken strips?? Something tells me that picture is from pre-Brandon.

He is a lottery pick…most say top 10…can’t see him pulling out as next years draft will be stronger.

All getting poached…every coach and head NIL guy for each school was sitting and watching Alabama play at the end of the year and are throwing money at the kids.

I think what I’m getting at is you don’t need a whole team that shoots like that. A few adequate shooters yes but even if you have one great shooter that draws attention of the defense and if you run them off screens for looks and the defense is jumping out on them that opens up back cuts and space for others.

Yes but just having one guy like Loyer or a prolific 3pt shooter will draw defense attention as well…kinda like Steph does and defense will over help on him or he pulls attention his way and that opens up lanes and shots for everyone else. I don’t think we need multiple but it would be great to have one deadly 40% shooter that teams have to account for. The other guards/wings can be those 34-36% guys.