IUfaninIllinois

3 hours ago, 13th&Jackson said:

Perfect fit:

Ballo's size at 7-feet and 260 pounds makes him a difficult player for opponents to manage. He averaged 12.9 points and 10.1 rebounds in 2023-24 for Arizona on 65.8% shooting. There isn't much versatility to his game, and Ballo's free-throw shooting dipped to a career-worst 49.5% this past season. But he's a productive bruiser with a proven track record at an elite program. 

I’d much rather have him than Bradshaw.

3 minutes ago, SawatchHoosier said:

Hickman is that guy we always complain about burning us all game long. As you said we need that fearless guard who doesn't care if someone is in his face. I don't know if he can produce at the same level in Big Ten but being at 80% to 90% of that level would be tremendous for Indiana. 

 

I also think the dude from Evansville if he comes here would be great for the second unit when Malik is tired or is in foul trouble. One of our biggests problem since woody has been here is getting scoring from the second unit. If you have Hickman and the dude from Evansville there not as much of an issue

Schertz officially SLU’s new coach. Curious when we will hear what players are following him. 

So I saw on BTB they saw a rumor that Conwell’s dream school was IU. 1, I hope it’s actually true and 2. I really hope IU pursues him. If these are both true do you take him over KC or do you convince them both to come? Also is Rice or KC a point guard? I see they are just boat listed as guards. Conwell I’m pretty sure is a shooting guard.

22 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

Maybe 5fouls needs to work with Coach Clif then haha 

4 hours ago, 5fouls said:

I hear you.  Whenever I go out and shoot in the driveway with my son, it gets more embarrassing each and every time.  My range has probably been cut in half and my shooting percentage might be down more than that.

I hear shooting percentages go down with each new marriage!

46 minutes ago, IUfaninIllinois said:

Yeah I heard ISU coach could be announced today for SLU. If that happens he’s definitely entering the portal this weekend it will just be a matter if he goes to SLU with his teammates or decides to go power 5. Rumor around here is ISU coach could bring all starters with him as they all have eligibility left so if that’s the case and Conwell doesn’t want to go money hunting then I can easily see him following his coach.

3 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Guess what Conwell shot from 3 as a FR? 

I mean if Conwell wants to come here, he should get in the portal and get a visit lined up. These two won't be here for two more weeks, but I am really hoping Ya's tweet means something. 

Yeah I heard ISU coach could be announced today for SLU. If that happens he’s definitely entering the portal this weekend it will just be a matter if he goes to SLU with his teammates or decides to go power 5. Rumor around here is ISU coach could bring all starters with him as they all have eligibility left so if that’s the case and Conwell doesn’t want to go money hunting then I can easily see him following his coach.

Just now, btownqb said:

🙏

I assume Myles Rice? Then next target is Carlyle? I still personally would wait a couple days on Conwell even though he was really bad last night.

Hmmmmmm

1 hour ago, DC2345 said:

Rice posted that earlier today. It’s him and Carlyle. It’s not a coincidence. 

I feel like everyone is excited about Carlyle and rice. Why is everyone excited? I look at it as two more guys who are mid range players which is also tuckers strength. We obviously can still get a shooter or two but seems like if we get them EVERY GUARD we have just drives the ball. 

I think tomorrow through Sunday will be interesting. ISU season is over tonight so we will see if he decides to go to SLU and if he does I’d think by next week we would know who is going with him. 

Just now, cthomas said:

I can't believe she was married to Dario Franchitti. Never forget her running down pit lane barefoot in the rain after his last 500 win.

I can’t believe we’ve had multiple pages about an actress on a basketball players page who isn’t even coming here LOL

16 minutes ago, bronkonagurski said:

Max Montana sounds like a porn name. 

My name is max Montana I shot threes in college and put my ball in the hole now I shoot scenes and still put the ball in the hole….

58 minutes ago, Joe_Hoopsier said:

Expand on this... Please... This is where it usually gets all cloudy for men, mentally.

Wanting her to come to IU and be the teams point guard lol

1 minute ago, Tru123dt said:

Hopefully we get involved 🤞

 

 

I feel like we just never recruit west coast ever. When’s the last time we got a kid from California?

7 hours ago, btownqb said:

I'm not sure Juju Watkins won't make us forget about Caitlin Clark. 

I assume you wanting her is a pipe dream and she’s not leaving USC correct?

46 minutes ago, Boiler Sam said:

Insane they are hosting recruits while preparing for a final four game. 

They don’t have a choice though because I think they are losing alot of players because they have 9/10 portal players 

24 minutes ago, btownqb said:

We have more than two spots left. I don't think we need to replace Scalia with portal, maybe though.  Women get 15 schollies. 

I wish I knew more about the Currie-Jelks situation. 

Oh I didn’t know they get 15 interesting…. I’ll be honest I don’t even know who that is

10 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Hatfield has narrowed down on 3 schools + return to UL

I bet NC State throws a bag at him plus they are showing him on a national stage how he can be used

6 minutes ago, btownqb said:

I don't think either 2024 recruit will be ready for next season. I feel you go hard in the portal for the best big girl you can find... Parrish and Scalia were BIG fish in the portal, and Currie-Jelks was last year. 

Currie-Jelks, Meister, Garzon, two FR.... if you added one more starter level big, I think you'd have a great amount of depth in the front court. 

LaMendola, Beaumont need to take steps in their games going into next year. Those two, CMM, Bargesser, and Parrish playing spots 1-3. You have Sandvik, as well. Obviously, you could add in the portal here, but I like those first 5 a lot. 

I believe we have two spots left so I say we replace Scalia and Holmes with starters that can pop right in.

8 minutes ago, DC2345 said:

They weren’t involved. Michigan might be the current leader 

Yeah I heard Michigan and northwestern. Really surprised Notre dame didn’t push hard for him

6 minutes ago, DC2345 said:

Possibly. They are involved with several others. I’ve also heard they wanted to make it a two day official visit so they pushed it back. We’ll see what happens.

Did the kid from Louisville do three day official visits with all the teams he is interested in? Or are we the outlier?

2 minutes ago, ledies22 said:

what do you want? them to take the first 6 available?

IKR!!! Then people would complain our team isn’t strong enough. To me we can get plenty of Leland Walker players at the 11th hour

5 minutes ago, DC2345 said:

I do know there’s several players they’ve been talking to that have been kept pretty quiet. I don’t even know who they all are. That said I don’t know how far along things are they could be getting ready to commit or not. They also have some they’re still waiting on so we’ll see what happens.

I’d have to think they are waiting on Conwell. Also I heard Danny Wokf is only talking to high academic schools. Realize he’s not a guard but I’d say IU is out on him.