IUfaninIllinois

41 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

Yeah he is...And free...Great, great forum member...

This is something Mile would say 😢😢😢

21 minutes ago, dgambill said:

Unless those kids graduate early and say Leal perhaps wants to get his masters at Stanford or something. I don’t think we can make many assumptions at all about our roster long term. Just what we have now and what is coming in...but in 3-4 years all our freshman might want to be grad transfers...unless we change our name to Wisconsin I just don’t know kids are going to stick around for 5 years.

Hahahahaha true 

3 hours ago, CincyHoosier said:

You are assuming A) we won't have our own transfers, B) seniors don't move on with their life to another career, C) we actually land an impact transfer.  Even if all that breaks our way we end up with imbalanced classes, something that plagued Crean. 

But we don’t because every single player gets this year free so we actually can pretend that all of the freshmen are redshirt freshmen. So technically next year besides Duncomb we are technically getting Leal, Geronimo, Galloway, and Lander. That’s a 5 kid recruiting class haha.

23 minutes ago, CincyHoosier said:

So if we don't get Miller or Aminu we're still fine?  2021 recruiting class of 1 guy is fine?  I get it that 2020 is different, transfers, yada yada.  But to me this would be a big problem to have 1 legitimate recruit in a year in which we really need 3-4.  

I don’t think we know because of the free year. Transfers and Brunk and or Durham coming back etc 

7 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

I doubt he realizes that fans can influence recruits for the good and the bad.  If the fans are always negative and calling for the coaches head everyday it will hurt as much as anything.  This fan base can be a huge asset with how loyal we can be and the huge following of the basketball program.  It also can be a negative as well especially now with social media and more people can spout out non sense

I 1000% agree. I’m soooo freaking tired of all of these “fans” being babies because we didn’t get a couple recruits. In the 2021 in state class there was literally 1 or maybe 2 players I wanted everyone else to me wasn’t worth it... they also are forgetting that our 2020 class was loaded and 3 of the 4 are 4 year players. People need to chill out and stop worrying. In the words of Aaron Rodgers R-E-L-A-X

1 hour ago, Mike said:

Hate Purdue but they know how to recruit players who fit their system.Indiana hit and miss will know this year if we are on track.

 

Why are you an Indiana fan? I haven’t seen you say anything positive at all ever about Indiana. Instead of being so negative why don’t you try just letting situations play out.

3 hours ago, DC2345 said:

I'm starting to not like IU's chances with this recruiting class moving forward. I know Lander is at IU but who knows if he'll be around after this year. I think he will but if he plays well who knows. I get that there will be a lot of transfers but if you're banking on that to fill out a recruiting class you could be in trouble. I don't put this all on CAM and the staff because things happen in recruiting but they need to find a player or two that they really lock in on and don't miss because of the last 3 guys that it was known were a priority CAM has missed on 2 of them and that can be fine if you recruit like UK but CAM hasn't done that. 

I’ve said this multiple times and I will continue to say it. I love CAM but I do put this on him. His strategy is to let the assistant coaches be the lead recruits and then he is the closer even when it’s on big time recruits. AM is a top 15 player and CAM didn’t even start building a relationship until recently. People ask how Howard is getting all of these recruits to commit and other coaches too and it’s all about the head coach establishing the relationship early.

19 minutes ago, bluegrassIU said:

Comparing yourself to @5fouls is really setting the bar pretty low. 

That was my goal lol

45 minutes ago, bluegrassIU said:

 

Hey at least I’m not 5fouls and married after my first marriage... I’ve stuck with one and if it ever ends then never again 😂😂😂

2 hours ago, cybergates said:

Don't think I'd label Benoit Benjamin a "stone cold killer shooter"

Hahahah 🤦🏻‍♂️ I’m a dummy I thought Korver was a 1st Round pick lmao!!!!

4 hours ago, Billingsley99 said:

Few tidbits.

I am not getting that warm fuzzy feeling anymore on Mason Miller. Still think there is a shot but he is being sold as the guy at Creighton. 

Really like and am pretty confident in landing both TK and AM. If we don't its not from lack of effort for sure. Both camps really like our staff, and what they are being told. If they go somewhere else its just a matter of what they feel is best overall.  As of today we are in a great position with both. Close the deal Coach

In regards to MM. being the guy means nothing if it doesn’t give you a great chance to get drafted high in the NBA draft. There have been only two first round draft picks for Creighton since 1985 and both of them were stone cold killer shooters. MM is not that and going to Creighton doesn’t give him the chances of getting drafted high like at IU no matter how relevant IU is or not. 

58 minutes ago, The Daily Hoosier said:

He reclassified down to 2022, and he is going to have a huge role the next two years on what is a very good prep school team.  I think it was a good sign that he indicated IU was pushing hard still because Bruiser was his point man.

Just reading the article I get this sneaky suspicion he really likes IU and could be our first commitment of 2022.... ignore this I was thinking of C.J. Gunn

8 hours ago, The Daily Hoosier said:

Indiana offered the east coast PG today.

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-class-of-2022-names-to-know-avery-brown/

A couple questions here... 

1. Indiana is almost never the first major offer so what changed with this kid... someone in his range (because rankings do matter in offers) is where Indiana always waits to make an offer especially with them having way more targets at that position for 2021 and 2022. 
2. is this someone who is low because of his points but could skyrocket as he develops with the reclassification? 
3. what’s your first impressions of him?

2 hours ago, Billingsley99 said:

My thoughts exactly 

Especially because smith is most likely a 4 year PG

33 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said:

I would be shocked if otherwise 

Did he grow up a big IU fan and that’s his dream school just like Jordy?

What also has to be taken into consideration is the new rule where the nba is taking essentially a one year practice squad... it’s hard to even determine who you should and shouldn’t recruit... normally Kentucky duke get the top ten guys but with a lot of them out of the picture they will be offering guys more in our range of recruitment.

9 hours ago, GaloisGroupe said:

Be proud of it - they are not that easy to come by!

Oh I am 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼. Thanks buddy

Oh nice thanks for the info.

What does it mean when in the top right corner the heart is highlighted in orange? I’ve seen it on a lot of posts but have always been curious what it is.

8 hours ago, 5fouls said:

I showed this to the current wife.  She laughed.  Hysterically.

Haha I’m glad you guys are laid back enough to enjoy my comment. It makes it that much more fun.

29 minutes ago, The Daily Hoosier said:

Thanks man.  Your sense of humor takes this site up a notch!

As many times as he’s been married he doesn’t have a choice but to have a sense of humor

12 minutes ago, NYHoosier312 said:

Any word on Emoni Bates?  There's been a number of articles that are comparing him to Lebron.  I hope Archie has at least reached out.  Seems like a long shot, but if we don't get him I hope Archie is at least going down swinging.

I’ll put money that he goes the professional route with this new nba 500k for one year rout unless one and done rule is over

3 hours ago, hoosierfan34 said:

If IU were smart, they would do all they could to make him feel valued. 

Yes exactly my point 

2 hours ago, hoosierfan34 said:

Enough can’t be said for how important Ostrom is to this staff. He’s been the key piece for several important commits in the Archie era. He does a terrific job of knowing who the key players are in a recruitment and being laser focused on building those relationships early. If he’s the lead recruiter on a kid who lives in Indiana and that kid tells the media that IU is recruiting them the hardest, the odds are pretty favorable for IU as he’s been able to close most of those kids. 

Do you think we need to give him a raise to make him one of the top paid assistants so he’s not tempted to leave for a head coaching job?