Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't Uconn used the portal pretty successfully?
UConn used it last year for 4 guys, 3 who made an impact. Of those 4, 1 transferred again this year, 1 was out of eligibility and 2 stuck around (Newton and diarra) and were key pieces. They added 1 this year in Spencer (very good add). Hurley used a lot of players he recruited.
Rice was a first team All PAC 10 player on a team that won a tourney game. He’s better than X, I’m not a IU fan by any stretch, so far they’ve bought 2 good players from the portal, I imagine they’ll get a shooter next. I will say this, not sure how Ballo and Reneau will function together next year.
A cap needs to be placed soon or this will get really out of hand. Pro sports have caps, needs to happen here, stop it at 3 million, that way a team like Indiana State that maybe can get up to a million can still compete. Right now Ark, Kansas, UCONN, IU, Ky are near or at 5 million, that will keep going up and up, where’s it end? In 5 years will some have a 20 million dollar roster?
How can you do both? CMP continues to recruit high school kids. We have a huge class coming in. I really dont know what the future holds since the era of NIL is still in its infancy. I suppose that once we get to a point that our recruits start to enter the portal (like whats going on w/the power-5 programs do), then we become the portal-builder?
If there never is a cap, then the NCAA tournament will be 95% won by superteams that buy players. Nobody wants that.
Thought so. Not a thing. Nada zilch. Your silly childish little "you are owned" is pathetic. This is a message board I don't get self worth out of this like you. Get a real life or some help.
Aww be nice to Jared. He's stuck in his mom's basement, his uncle-daddy won't "play" with him anymore, his Indinia team has to struggle and pay players just to be mediocre, he had to watch us go to a FF while his Indinia team didn't even play in the NIT and he sees our class coming in and knows that they have no hope of their program ever being more than a doormat especially with the conference expansion.
Tbh I think he’s a UT fan who is still butt hurt about losing to Purdue and trying to troll us by acting as an IU fan
I think I saw at one point, and could be more now, 12 of the 16 all MVC conference guys were in the portal. Crazy
That might be true. Only thing that might be dumber than an Indinia fan, is a UT fan
Agreed, I don’t mind some NIL, however, cap it for the good of the game like pro leagues though. Let’s be honest, Ark, KY are now at 5 million, that goes to 10
Yep, now a mid tier team that took a player the larger school didn’t want develope him and promptly lose him if he gets good. If a Cap is say capped at 3 million some will have to come back to say a 750K Indiana State program. If it continues to rise even sitting on a big market bench is better than starting on a mid major team, that sucks.
The shooter they all think they are getting that has the crystal balls shot 32% from three last year (Carlyle). I’m not saying you have to be good from three to win games, you can did it but if you better be damn good at everything else.
Rice had a stretch of 0-22 to end the regular season and from 2/17 on was 4/35. Carlyle was not much better going 7/32 in that time frame—majority of his 32 makes came in a few games. Both like to shoot it a lot, so will
Good points. I would also note that the pac has 10 players on their first team and a smaller pool of players,, all conference and it’s clear for the list he would have been on second team if they did the traditional five like the Big Ten. So he would be up there with Tominaga and storr.
honest question: have you seen Indiana win a title? I was pushing 4 years old win Indiana won in 1987 and quite frankly didn't see it in my life time. So that means we're even...I've never seen Indiana win a title. L'Hoosier. ...
You haven't either! LOL You're just mesmerized by 40 year old banners. LOL
5-95 by your reckoning. You only count NCAA championships so in the last 100 years you LOST 95 % of the time. LOOSIERS. LOL
You haven't won anything this century. LOOSIERS there is a reason the name fits. LOL
I bet they’ll get Essegian as well, I mean, he could be ok I guess. IU will be ok, likely a tourney team, likely a team Purdue should beat twice.
So you're a Tennessee fan posing as a Loosier fan? That explains a lot. Two programs that Purdue absolutely OWNS! LOL
It seems like a lot of deals are being made in the recruitment process.
I have faith Mike Woodson will be able to take all the talent and do just as well with it as he did last year.
No this poster hasn’t and not sure they’re even an IU fanhonest question: have you seen Indiana win a title? I was pushing 4 years old win Indiana won in 1987 and quite frankly didn't see it in my life time. So that means we're even...I've never seen Indiana win a title. L'Hoosier. ...
He didn’t get the joke about cupps being better than smith as said per their board so I don’t think he frequents there at all
Exactly why Purdue made it to the NC game. CMP has built a culture and it's built by recruiting. I might have an old school mentality but money isn't going to solve everyone's problems.
