I believe round five

Any big tailgating plans this year?

I see a lot of posters using this term. Can anyone explain it for me without snarky answers?

Anyone know ? Is it open tryouts? Do you have to be invited ? Are they all located in Indy or Fort Wayne ? Etc

Second day of the Bill Hensley Run N Slam tips off at 8 am this morning!

Keegan and I will be at Turnstone all morning providing coverage.

Today we will be looking at Asa Thomas, JQ Roberts, Cooper Koch, Raleigh Burgess, Travis Perry, Trent Sisley, Jalen Harlason, Kanon Catchings, and the big game of Gabe Cupps vs Xavier Booker later on today.

Updates to come shortly. #iubb

Last night, my wife and I finished watching this documentary series. It followed the Maker family, especially Makur and Thon, and their respective journeys through the basketball world. I thought it was interesting to see how many different people, with different agendas, are trying to influence the lives of basketball kids. I've, of course, heard about it for years, but it was interesting to actually see it.

FRIDAY'S SHOW:

🚨 Mike Mayer
🚨 Alec Lasley
🚨 Zach Osterman
🔥 Hensley Memorial Run N Slam this weekend
🔥 How to deal with current NIL issues
🔥 #iubb playing the waiting game with TJD
🔥 Live at French Lick for the B1G Men's Golf Championships

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That would be cool.

I live in Oklahoma, and I am a fan of the Colts but obviously I don't follow really close.

No thanks...

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I didn't like it when CNN fed debate questions to Hillary, and vice versa.
And I know all media is partisan to greater and lesser extents.
And I know it has happened since Washington.

But the idea that a Presidents Chief of Staff tells a media outlet - even FOX - (and even a Hannity who is allegedly an "editorial" not a "reporter)- what to say, how to present an issue, what spin to apply ...

It just bothers me.

At some point media has to stay close enough to neutral to operate as a check and balance on power.

The Hooterville Monthly can't serve that function. It has to be responsible national media too. And if the nationals are just gonna fellate one party or the other, it just gives the anti-First Amendment crowd a card to play.

Where is the happy medium?

From Berke Breathed - Bloom County:

yes, Biden is clearly not as mentally on his game as he once was.

one would need to be blind not to see that.

and he is obviously corrupt.

one would need to be blind not to see that.

Hilary was openly corrupt.

one would need to be blind not to see that.

Trump tried to overturn an election, and even warned us beforehand he was going to if it didn't go his way.

one would have to be blind not to see that.

Trump is openly a pathological liar, has been dishonest and a cheat all his life, both professionally and personally, is amoral, and is a totally vile human being, despite being correct on some things.

one would have to be blind not to see that.

Reagan and his financial agenda have devastated the working class to benefit the rich.

GW Bush and his henchman openly lied to take us into 20 yrs of war which destabilized the middle east.

one would need to be blind not to see these things.

all or virtually all the the Pubs in the senate are literally owned by Wall St, serve Wall St and the rich and not the general citizenry or even the majority of their own constituency, on literally everything economic literally all the time..

one would need to be blind not to see that.

the exact same could be said for some Dems in the senate as well, though we know not how many.

one would need to be blind not to see that.

some Dems in the senate and house are so beyond woke, or even reverse racist, that they hurt not only race relations in the country, and literally our civil safety, but sabotage their own party every election because of it.

one would need to be blind not to see that.

Pubs in state houses across the country are trying to put their entire weight on the scale of democracy, through purging voters more likely to vote Dem, manipulating polling places, changing the rules, and over the top gerrymandering

one would need to be blind not to see that.

9 people, accountable to no one, ever, on anything, who were never elected by anyone, but appointed behind closed doors by one cabal or another BECAUSE of their perceived political views, and not because they have a better grasp of the Constitution than a 1,000 other people or more, have way way way too much power for just 9 people, especially when so much of governance has been given up by the legislative branch and handed over to said just 9 people, literally mandating an activist court.

one would need to be blind not to see that.

the electorate willingly allows themselves to only see half of what one would need to be blind not to see.

one would need to be blind not to see that.

the electorate cares only about half of what one would need to be partisan to the point of being dangerous not to care about.

one would need to be blind not to see that.

both halves care only about half of this.

the blind spot of all, of literally half their field of vision, has been and constantly is being engineered.

and both haves care only about the half they allow themselves to see, and not at all about the half they don't and won't.

one would need to be blind not to see this.

This house specifically

This is the official live thread of the opening night of the annual Bill Hensley Run N Slam!

All of the best Midwest teams will be in Fort Wayne, Indiana tonight and TheHoosier.com has all your coverage the Indiana targets. Although this is not a Live Evaluation Period, this is still one of the biggest weekends of the AAU season.

Some Indiana targets are 2023 guard and IU commit Gabe Cupps (Midwest BB 17u), 2023 forward Xavier Booker (George Hill 17u), 2023 wing Asa Thomas (Illinois Wolves 17u), 2023 wing Sam Orme (Indy Heat 17u), 2023 forward JQ Roberts (Indiana Elite 1u), 2023 guard Joey Hart (GPP 17u), 2024 forward Cooper Koch (Indiana Elite 16U), 2024 forward Raleigh Burgess (Indiana Elite 16U), 2024 forward Flory Bidunga (Indiana Elite 16U), 2024 guard Travis Perry (Indiana Elite 16U), 2024 wing Jack Benter, 2024 wing Kanon Catching (Indy Heat 16U), 2025 guard Jalen Haralson (Indy Heat 16u) and 2025 forward Trent Sisley (Indy Heat 16u).

Keegan and I will be split up tonight as Keegan will be at Turnstone and I will be at Sport One Fieldhouse. We won't get to all of the targets tonight but will be back tomorrow as well to provide coverage. Tip offs begin at 6:30. #iubb

Below is the schedule for tonight:

Under the loving auspices of the Homeland Security Dept. Headed by one of the foremost proponents of the 'Biden laptop is Russian disinformation' gang. What could go wrong?

Also don't like the looks of the international "Declaration for the Future of the Internet", also touted by the demented old fool.

2022 Centerville (OH) wing Rich Rolf committed to Charlotte.

He took an official visit the weekend after his unofficial visit to Indiana.

he would have been a preferred walk-on at Indiana.

Let's take the Board's temperature. I'm voting for a random person.

RHP Jack Perkins is on the mound for IU and he has an ERA of 4.37 in 55.2 IP, and RHP Cole Kirschsieper is on the mound for the Illini with an ERA of 2.62 in 58.1 IP. Glasser is welcomed back into the lineup as the DH and that adds an additional strong bat to the lineup. Johnson will still be at SS and he has played well there since moving in for Glasser.

Perkins was having some control problems in the 1st and he walked the first batter of the game. He struck out the next batter for one out, but then hit a batter to put two on. An infield hit then loaded the bases with one out and the Illini's best hitter at the plate. Perkins gets a big K on a .360 hitter for two outs with the bases still loaded. Perkins got a ground out to get out of the jam and end the Illini's 1st. Because of control problems, Perkins threw 32 pitches in the 1st.

In IU's 1st, Whalen led off with a double and Jessee followed with another double to give IU the first score of the game at 1-0. Pyne returns to the lineup and he hits a single to score Jessee to make it 2-0 with a man on and no outs. Ellis strikes out for the first out with Pyne still at 1st. A fielder's choice forces Pyne at 2nd with Mathison reaching with two outs. Mathison then steals 2nd. Tibbett's strikes out looking on a 3-2 count to end the inning.

Indiana has now received good news from Race Thompson and Jordan Geronimo as both announced in the last two weeks that they would be back at Indiana next season.

With the addition of Malik Reneau, that tightens up the front court where now, even if Trayce Jackson-Davis doesn't return, the Hoosiers will still be with a talented, versatile and good rotation of front court players heading into next season.

Jackson-Davis has until June 1 to announce his intentions and if he receives a combine invite, his decision will drag on for the next month.

Indiana is currently with one available scholarship if Jackson-Davis doesn't return.

Scholarship chart:


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As for the lone name still available for Indiana on the transfer market, Wichita State wing Dexter Dennis has pumped the breaks on his recruitment.

After taking two visits -- his only two at this point -- to Indiana and Clemson, Indiana was in a very good spot to land him and there was potential that he was going to announce sooner than later. After the weekend went by, the talk shifted from Indiana as the landing spot to more schools are getting involved. Kansas, TCU, Kansas State and Vanderbilt are some of the other schools that have been connected to his recruitment.

But, over the last week, Wichita State has emerged as a program that could retain him. Wichita State is doing a lot with NIL now and trying to retain some of its players who entered the portal by helping get them NIL agreements if and when they return. Craig Porter returned to the Shockers program this week and cited his NIL deal in why he returned.

He said: "Time to make it happen… A Huge thank you to Armchair Strategies, Wichita Sports Forum and Aegis Group for hooking me up and keeping me a shocker"

As time goes on, the chances of landing Dennis get smaller.

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2023 five-star forward KJ Evans spoke to TheHoosier.com last weekend and said he is planning on taking an official visit to Indiana in June.

But, this week he added an offer from Arizona and after an in-home visit, he added Arizona to his final list. That includes: Indiana, Kentucky, Oregon, Auburn, UCLA and now Arizona.

He is expected to visit Oregon in the next few weeks and has already visited Kentucky.

Indiana had at least one assistant (Yasir Rosemond or Kenya Hunter) at every game Evans played in Indianapolis last weekend.

More on Evans:


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Staying in 2023, 6-foot-9 Georgia forward Arrinten Page is now becoming a real priority for the Indiana coaching staff. After sending Mike Woodson, Kenya Hunter, Yasir Rosemond and Xavier Johnson to one of his games last weekend, and an assistant at every other game he played in over the weekend, the staff continued to put on the pressure.

This week, Yasir Rosemond and Kenya Hunter visited Page for an in-home visit, he told TheHoosier.com.

That is a strong statement after visibly showing up for him during both live evaluation periods so far.

TheHoosier.com captured video on Page during the second live period.

Scouting video:


More on Page:


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2023 Cathedral (IN) forward Xavier Booker has fallen behind Page in terms of prioritization at the moment. Indiana had multiple opportunities to see Booker during both live periods and Mike Woodson saw Booker just once.

In comparison, Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo saw Booker at least three times and had an assistant at every single one of Booker's games during both live periods.

This week, both Izzo and Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey were in to see Booker at practice.

We should have a more clear picture on Booker, from him, this weekend assuming we get a chance to talk with him.

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New offers were extended this week to 2023 guard Freddy Dilione and 2024 guard Dylan Harper.

Dilione is from Word of God Christian Academy (NC) and has been a breakout player in the first two live periods. Indiana watched him in both live periods playing for Team Loaded (NC) and extended the offer over the weekend.

Dilione reclassified from 2022 to 2023 and it has really benefited him. He has now picked up offers from Alabama, Indiana, Minnesota, Georgia Tech, Texas A&M, Rutgers, Maryland and Tennessee all since the first live period. In total he holds over 20 offers including Houston, NC State, Providence, Penn State, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Xavier, St. John's and DePaul who have been involved for a while.

Team Loaded head coach Thomas Carr on Dilione: "People are now starting to realize how special and dynamic of a guard he is. He is a three level scorer. He can go get a shot at any time and anywhere on the floor. He's built that way... How special he is in his ability to come off of ball screens with his reads or catch and shoot off of the pass. Finishing at the rim, any hand or any side, he can do that.

"He's always been a great one-on-one player... we call him a late clock killer because he can go get you one out of a timeout. But where he's really developed in terms of a basketball player is his ability to come off of ball screens and make the right reads... The thing I give him the most credit for is, he could always shoot but he was a streaky shooter. It comes off of his hands effortlessly and it's such a smooth stoke (now)."

Indiana assistant coach Yasir Rosemond was the first person in contact Dilione from IU.

Thomas Carr has a very good relationship with Rosemond and also knows Kenya Hunter well.

During the first live period in Indianapolis, Dilione averaged 25.7 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game. He shot 48 percent from the field, 44 percent from three and 70 percent from the free throw line.

Last weekend, Dilione played in two games and scored 30 points against Wildcat Select and then 26 points against Garner Road.

Rivals national writer Travis Graf saw Dilione play in Indianapolis during the first live period.

"Dilione has a slow and methodical approach to the game, and it’s effective. He’s a crafty scorer that picks and chooses his spots and gets to them at a high rate. He’s at his best when getting down hill and getting to his floater or pull-up jumper."

More on Dilione:


Class of 2024 guard Dylan Harper is the brother of former Rutgers forward Ron Harper Jr. He has offers from Indiana, Georgetown, Rutgers, Georgia Tech, St. Peter's, Tulane and Radford.

The lefty combo guard averaged 15.2 points last season for Don Bosco and is averaging 18.8 points per game on 50.4 percent shooting and 6.0 rebounds to go along with 4.8 assists per game so far on the EYBL circuit this summer..

He had a big 26-point performance against NH Lightning this past weekend. He was 8-of-13 from the field and 9-of-14 from the free throw line. He also added four assists, four rebounds and just one turnover in 29 minutes.

He also had performances of 16, 17 and 18 points in his other three games this past weekend. In eight games this summer, he has three 20-point games.

Indiana assistant Yasir Rosemond watched Harper last weekend.

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2024 guard Elijah Crawford is a newer name on the radar. He averaged 19.3 points on 31-of-55 (56.4%) made field goals, 2.8 rebounds, 4.0 assists, and 1.5 steals in four games during the second live evaluation period. Indiana watched him in both live evaluation periods.

TheHoosier.com spoke with Crawford.

Crawford on IU: "I like the program. I feel like they're turning it around. It should be a really nice program for the next couple of years."

Crawford on his game: "I'd probably a say, a guard who can get to a spot, score at anytime and on his teammate at any time... I've seen a lot of improvement, especially with my leadership, and leading the team so far."

It's still very early but Indiana is getting involved with multiple 2024 guards.

He's a name to keep monitoring.

Here is more on Crawford's game:


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Indiana assistant coach Brian Walsh was on the road this week and visited 2025 Heritage Hills (IN) forward Trent Sisley.

Sisley holds an offer from Purdue and Indiana already. He is one of the top prospect in the state for the 2025 class.

TheHoosier.com was told that Indiana is doing really, really good work with Sisley.

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In Fort Wayne, the Bill Hensley Run-N-Slam is going on this weekend and TheHoosier.com will be out covering some key Indiana targets.

Some are 2023 guard and IU commit Gabe Cupps (Midwest BB 17u), 2023 forward Xavier Booker (George Hill 17u), 2023 wing Asa Thomas (Illinois Wolves 17u), 2023 wing Sam Orme (Indy Heat 17u), 2023 forward JQ Roberts (Indiana Elite 1u), 2023 guard Joey Hart (GPP 17u), 2024 forward Cooper Koch (Indiana Elite 16U), 2024 forward Raleigh Burgess (Indiana Elite 16U), 2024 forward Flory Bidunga (Indiana Elite 16U), 2024 guard Travis Perry (Indiana Elite 16U), 2024 guard Jonathan Powell (Wildcat Select 16U), 2024 wing Kanon Catching (Indy Heat 16U), 2025 guard Jalen Haralson (Indy Heat 16u) and 2025 forward Trent Sisley (Indy Heat 16u).

Biggest game of the weekend is on Saturday morning when Gabe Cupps and Midwest Basketball Club 17U will play Xavier Booker and George Hill 17U.

We will have more video, scouting notes, interviews and analysis this weekend and next week.

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More full senior season highlights from five-star Malik Reneau:

FRIDAY'S SHOW:

🚨 Mike Mayer
🚨 Alec Lasley
🚨 Zach Osterman
🔥 Hensley Memorial Run N Slam this weekend
🔥 How to deal with current NIL issues
🔥 #iubb playing the waiting game with TJD
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He is the person whose knowledge of the game I respect the most on this board. small debate in another thread about who was most dominate in high school Kemp or Robinson.
Coach who would be your all-time team Indiana HS team based only on players you have seen during their High School career only, not on what they did in college or the pros

Mine would be

C Oden
F Robinson
F Kemp
G Skiles
G Gordon
6th man Bailey

Admittedly living in so ind only got to see a lot of players in the state tournament, Alford and Blackmon Sr were supposed to be incredible High School players, but I never had a chance to see them.

Texas high school policy banning braided or twisted hair has stopped a teen from attending school, his mom says

I know, I know, CNN and all that...

So, here's the Houston Chronicle

Miami’s Isaiah Wong wants more NIL money or says he will transfer. Ouch!! College Basketball is becoming a nightmare