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That’s one worth saving the extra scholarship for. are the other schools who recruited him before filled up?

Fine line between jumping in early to say earn that respect, and making your offer appear cheap.

Dude you nailed it. Well done sir! Lol

There was a kid from I think Merriville (sp?) back in the early 90s that as a frosh and soph was a top 10 player in his class. By jr year he dropped like a lead balloon. Senior year dropped even more. Wish I remembered his name. He was a 6’8” PF.

Can’t think of too many bad reasons to add someone who has one year of eligibility left into this years class and team

Oh lawdy I miss HIM

Two legit reasons to have and use silent commitments… 1.) Said recruit wants to go to School X out of state. Knows he’s going to deal with a lot of flack with his HS Coaches, some family, friends, etc. If they silent till late in the process, they don’t have to deal with the kick back for weeks or months. But they want the spot. Plus the school’s coaches don’t want the kid to experience the pressure. Silent commits can change just as commits do tho. 2.) Maybe a stud RB/LB recruit (example), has been told and agrees “you’re likely going to be a LB but if you are a RB it’ll be full back.” But his verbal might scare away another RB recruit they want as a RB. Silent allows to improve odds of getting both and keeps other coaches from using that players commitment as negative recruiting. In basketball maybe a combo guard who won’t be a pure PG, so keeping him silent helps to land the PG they want because the truth is they don’t see them both as pure PGs but the PG might feel they do no matter what they say. Plus in the meantime, they can really solidify the relationship with the PG and earn the trust so that PG truly believes them. There are legit reasons both sides could value a silent commitment.

At this point I’d rather not take anyone else unless some stud enters that’s a luxury.

Any word on time table for announcement?

My dad was a CFO for a small university in Indiana… he was a corporate guy for decades and at the end of career at 55 he gave 13 years to his Alma mater to dig them out of the red, into the black, built a ton of stuff and put the university in the best financial spot they’d ever been in. he retired. Next CFO came in who’s a University background type person within 3 years they’re a mess again financially. His conclusion the university people just have a stupid financial mindset. They completely buy and spend anything they want whenever they want to with zero business or responsible mindset. They just burn thru money left and right. No regard for reason at all.

As a UT football and IU Hoops fan Knoxville is an AWESOME area and their fans are amazingly passionate and they SPEND MONEY and ATHLETICS.

IU’s facilities are SO much better than they were. IU’s faculties are far from among the top facilities in the country.

My UT Volunteer fanbase is as nuts as any in the country. We struggled so similarly to IU in respective sports with similar all time tradition and expectations. Their fanbase and boosters refused to give up on the expectations and kept pushing thru coach after coach and poor department management. And it APPEARS they’ve finally found their man who can get them there. IU will never get there if the fanbase lowers expectations. That’s when it’ll be over. IU fans must stay full blown demanding to get us back. Period.

The region has more than enough to take care of a historic program, with a gorgeous campus, solid facilities, etc. there’s enough here to sell if the right coach is selling it. There are programs that has certain perks that have faded away (Notre Dame used to get any too Catholic in America for example, Nebraska had a system under Osborne that fit perfectly with the beef fed giant linemen that locally they’d develop. The option doesn’t work really anymore.) IU is different. IU is more like when Bama was down in the 90s in football. They were a sleeping giant because they had plenty of talent around them and a historic program to sell. They filtered through coaches until they found Saban. But they’ll be good after him also because the fanbase, facilities and history support it. It can be sold. So can LSU, USC, etc in football. IU might not get back to to as many conference titles in a 20+ year stretch as under Knight. But it is one that can yearly be in the top 5-15 and fighting for Final Fours and BTT’s annually. If Crean of all people could get us to where he did as such a below average coach, there’s a coach out there that can do a heck of a lot better then he did at IU.

AJ Guyton belongs on the list. I’m 46 and I still remember how every IU fan was utterly mind blown as he got going. It wasn’t just the stats, it was clutch shots, poise, etc.

Neva… I was born and raised a Hoosier and they don’t get it here…

Living in WI this IRKS me lol i raised my son well though. He got a 36 on his ACT and never even considered Wisconsin for college and we live here 💪🏻

Are we out of it for him or not officially yet?

Well…if she’s hot and into that… suck it up and learn to love it. 😎

Very interesting

That’s me!!!

No good on the info

Ok get Ledlum and then GET Knecht. don’t be stupid Knecht IU is clearly the best “fit” for US and YOU.

Based on video here’s a pondering… He looks the part more of a true SF. Could signing him mean Knecht would be more drawn to a situation he will be featured more as a true SG which is probably his more favorable match ups and sets him up for better success?

I love religious humor lol