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  1. 17 hours ago, Madison22 said:

    From everything I've read, this is not good news.  He's been injured for at least 15 months (Spring 2022).  Now add perhaps another year to that.

    I found this regarding microfracture surgery:  "Recovery time can be slow. Many people can go back to sports or other intense activities in about 9 to 12 months. Athletes in very intense sports may not be able to return to their former level."

    This type of surgery used to be done in the NBA, but has since fallen out of favor.  According to an article in the Chicago Tribune, the failure rate is 66%.  It is not clear what defines failure.

    I believe this 2018 article is readable, and not behind a paywall:

    https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/bulls/ct-spt-nba-microfracture-surgery-amare-stoudemire-20180706-story.html  

     

    Replying to my own post, as I think I got it wrong.

    As I understand it now, the microfracture surgery was several months ago.  The recent procedure was minor, not a setback at all. 

    Jakai said he wants to be playing by December.

    If true, this is great news.

    It just goes to show that maybe - possibly - the Indiana University medical staff with their thousands of hours experience know more about this than me after 5 minutes on Google.

     

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  2. 3 hours ago, BGleas said:

     

     

    From everything I've read, this is not good news.  He's been injured for at least 15 months (Spring 2022).  Now add perhaps another year to that.

    I found this regarding microfracture surgery:  "Recovery time can be slow. Many people can go back to sports or other intense activities in about 9 to 12 months. Athletes in very intense sports may not be able to return to their former level."

    This type of surgery used to be done in the NBA, but has since fallen out of favor.  According to an article in the Chicago Tribune, the failure rate is 66%.  It is not clear what defines failure.

    I believe this 2018 article is readable, and not behind a paywall:

    https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/bulls/ct-spt-nba-microfracture-surgery-amare-stoudemire-20180706-story.html  

     

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  3. Gabe Cupps' work ethic impressing teammates and coaches:

    "No matter what, if there's something at 6 a.m. that he has to be at, he is working out before to start his dayIf he has to catch a flight at 4:30 in the morning, he will work out before the flight at 4:30. And he's done that for 10 years straight, and that's why he is where he is."

    https://247sports.com/college/indiana/article/a-special-young-kid-indiana-basketball-iu-hoosiers-freshman-gabe-cupps-respect-actions-214403051/

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  4. 15 minutes ago, Steubenhoosier said:

    Just finished the most recent Brad Thor book of his character Scott Harvath.

    Strongly recommend the series if you haven’t read them 

    Nicholas (The Troll) is my favorite character in that series.  And his 2 awesome dogs.

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  5. ANOTHER very good article by the same SI writer about McNeeley. 

    It says Liam talks to JHS and Malik about their Indiana experiences.  He wants an NBA system.  He would enjoy being on the same team as Derik Queen in college.  They're not a package deal, just best friends.

    Is he an IU lean?  Will both he and Derik commit to IU?  That remains to be seen, but there are some encouraging quotes here.

    https://www.si.com/college/indiana/basketball/catching-up-with-5-star-prospect-liam-mcneeley-indiana-basketball-recruiting

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  6. Per Mike at TheDailyHoosier:

    2025 guard Braylon has 2 IU visits coming this year, including Hoosier Hysteria. 

    In one game this year, he scored a career-high 31 points on 12-for-14 shooting and 7-for-9 from 3-point range.

    Edit:  corrected pic, below - sorry about that.

    braylon m hsn.JPG

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  7. Calbert Cheaney to CJ Gunn recently:

    "I told CJ, I said, 'Look, you've got an opportunity to be pretty good. You remind me of Greg Graham.'"

    Graham scored almost 1,600 points at Indiana and played six years in the NBA.

    Was it just motivation by Calbert, or did he mean it?  I think we'll see this season.

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  8. On 8/7/2023 at 6:25 AM, IUCrazy2 said:

    do you need like $18 million a year?  And all of that "donated"?  This isn't sustainable.

    You make good points.

    At the same time, courts don't care if it's sustainable.  The rules changed because the NCAA would have lost all lawsuits concerning NIL.  All sides knew that.

    Being sustainable is a free market equation that will sort itself out.

    That's just my 2 cents. 

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  9. 10 hours ago, rico said:

    Thought I would put this here.  Michigan regent gets honest:

    https://sports.yahoo.com/university-michigan-regent-gives-brutally-015556399.html

    This is a brutal take-down (edited a bit):

    "These college leaders run to Congress demanding action about how the biggest threats to college sports are the transfer portal and NIL . . . then they go transfer portal an entire conference."

    "If the arguments for Congressional action had no merit before, now they look positively silly."

    My gosh, this guy carved them up like a Christmas roast.

    image.jpeg.f9c30c7fca223d6f4be452c3b71d656a.jpeg

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