I love the Hoosiers. Will cheer for them like crazy in the fall and always. But, at this point, I'm hoping some of you guys can tell me why I should be optimistic:

Coming off an historically bad season, we:

1) Appear to have become an "island of misfit toys" for players at critical positions...especially on offense
2) Have had a coaching carousel the likes of which I can't remember, but have retained the coach of the single worst unit on the team
3) Will have our head coach, who, frankly, has not proven he's the best game manager to begin with, doing our defensive play-calling. Our defensive coordinator, who won't be calling plays, has never been a defensive coordinator before and will be doing God-only-knows-what.

To me, if I take my personal love of the Hoosiers out of the equation, it sounds like we're headed for continued ineptitude on offense and chaos on defense.

Really, truly, please give me something to be optimistic about because last season "left a mark" to say the least. I WANT to be excited, but just can't figure out HOW to be.

I just don't know why, maybe it's not the program but Self's style of play. They just seem awkward and have always made that impression on me. They win a lot, but they just have a weird look, it reminds me of a friend that was not very good but was extremely difficult to guard because he just didn't move fluidly and its like wtf. It's like they have a whole team of those types every year

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Is it worth $25?

I tell you what. If we get Malik.... That is a top 5 class for sure. He is a prototypical UNC or MSU big. Tough, crafty, great midrange. I didn't think we were a realistic option. Looks like I was wrong!!

Indiana has extended an offer to Wheeler (Ga.) 2023 forward Arrinten Page.

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In the 4th, NU took the lead at 1-0 on two singles and a hit batter (2nd of the game) with one out. Brehmer then advanced runners to 2nd and 3rd on a wild pitch. Brehmer got a K for the 2nd out with runners still on 2nd and 3rd. A standup double to CF by Ethan O'Donnell, his second double of the game, scored two to make it 3-0. Brehmer then gave up a single to put runners on the corners with two outs. A K ended the T4th, as Brehmer who had two straight good outings, really struggled to get through the 4th and really added to his PC at 80. Brehmer also leads the B1G in hit batters with 9 counting the two today.

IU went down in order in the 4th with a ground out and two Ks, and for the 2nd straight day, IU is having trouble hitting the starting pitcher for the Wildcats up to this point.

Malaki Branham was the 38th* ranked player out of high school, and has declared for the draft after one season at OSU. Tamar Bates was ranked 30th*, and after one season as a bench contributor for IU, he is not projected by most to start as a sophomore. Are the players to blame, or are the rankers?

Many argue that you can't rely on freshmen to contribute, but freshmen contribute all across div 1 basketball. Why is IU denied the same expectations from their recruits? Many here expect JHS to start because of the number beside his name on a website, but why is that reliable when we've seen our recent 5-star recruits struggle?

Galloway, ranked 157* out of hs was much more impactful as a freshmen than Bates was this year. How do the rankers miss so badly? CJ Gunn is a 6'5" triple-threat scoring machine, but only ranked 129*, suggesting our expectations should be held in check, yet Chucky Hepburn was a mere 127* and was the starting PG for the B1G co-champs. Why should we trust the experts?

"Expert, texpert choking smokers
Don't you think the joker laughs at you (ho ho ho, hee hee hee, hah hah hah)
See how they smile like pigs in a sty, see how they snide
I'm crying…"

*numbers taken from 247 for consistency

This is the official live thread of the GEICO High School National Championship game between #3 Montverde Academy and #4 Link Academy.

Of course, Montverde features 2022 Indiana signee Jalen Hood-Schifino while also featuring Indiana targets Malik Reneau (2022 forward), KJ Evans (2023 forward), and Derik Queen (2024 forward).

On the Link side, they feature a trio 2022 forwards that have committed to power five schools such as Jordan Walsh (Arkansas), Felix Okpara (Ohio State), and Tarris Reed Jr. (Michigan).

Tipoff for this championship game will take place at 12 ET on ESPN.

I will have full coverage here and on Twitter @KylerStaley

Georgia 4A Player of the year.

Looks like we have gotten a good one here. Pair him up with CJ Gunn and we should have some firepower on the court.

Now if Bates and Geronimo mature, we'll have some potent wings/forwards.

Just need 1/2 more to leave/hit the portal.

Braden Smith.

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Players dont even care anymore. They are blatantly calling out what a joke it is. Go to the end of this clip. CG responds to a tweet saying he needs to graduate, basically saying I graduated last year. I am in grad school now. Really I only take one class. Its on Wednesdays at 7, haven't been in a few weeks. LOL. ONE class is all they require. Just a joke.

Good news for those over 50. It will be interesting to watch the uptake as I suspect some will be slow to act. I will likely wait until the six month point.

I would gladly trade this booster approval for a few months if we could get the studies completed and successfully approve the initial Jabs for the younger kids. Lots of anxious parents out there waiting.

We could possibly see a Ryder Anderson-type guy in terms of leadership, but with more ability. The defense could go as he goes, should be fun to watch. Coach Teegardin called him "different" multiple times during yesterday's presser.

@iuwclurker Taking this off thread to address your curiosity without further mucking up the Ukraine thread.

We can learn a lot about how people are related to each other generally through virtually any genetic comparison. If a group of people all share the same discrete set of single nucleotide polymorphisms (individual changes in a single nucleotide at a specific point in the genome), then they are very likely closely related. However, for purposes of genealogy, this can easily get messy, because 45 of our 46 autosomes can pass from either the mother or the father, and can also switch genes back and forth during meiosis, in a process called recombination. This quickly can lead to genetic drift, further blurring genealogical lines. There are two special cases, however, that are useful for genealogy: Y-chromosomes and mitochondria.

Y-chromosomes are only passed down the male line, because they can only be supplied by a sperm. Mitochondria are only passed down the female line, because they don't exist in sperm, and therefore can only come from an egg. So if two people have identical mitochondria, they have a recent common female-line ancestor, and if two men have identical Y-chromosomes, they have a recent common male-line ancestor. With the Y-chromosome, we can only directly test males, but we can also count how many sisters and half-sisters those males have by the same father, and, at any rate, since people tend to have male and female offspring at roughly the same rate, if x% of the male population shares a common male-line ancestor, it's likely that very close to x% of the female population consists of sisters and paternal half-sisters and various forms of cousins who also share that same ancestor (that is to say, females whose father also had the same Y-chromosome).

Long story short, what the study you didn't get to fully read about actually said was that, among people living in the former Mongol territories, about 8% of males (and therefore, most likely, about 8% of the entire population) have a relatively recent male-line common ancestor. An argument has been put forward for the case that said ancestor is Genghis Khan himself, although without his remains or the remains of someone verifiably known to be related to him in the direct male line, we can't say for certain that it was actually him.

and all four of their 2022 and 2023 commitments have reopened their recruitments. I guess the new coach there will have to take out want ads.

Should we take a look? Could be a good defensive substitute in the post.

Gone. The lies became even too much for her.

For sure

Does anyone know anything about our current NIL deals?
How much has been offered and to whom?

Terry is a 6'3 Guard who shoots 34.5% from 3.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/terry-roberts-3.html

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Too bad. Nice guy. That’s a tough job nowadays with so much talent in CBB. Systems don’t work like they used to