Next year’s lineup??
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Well we can only hope but hard to rely on a 100 or so rated frosh coming in and supplanting a productive upperclassmen. Hopefully they land an experienced guard from the portal and allow Cupps to develop and earn his time.
Apparently IU has contacted Ellis from Louisville.
What about Nembhard from Creighton? Seem he'd be a logical recruiting candidate to play near his brother on the Pacers. Visiting Zona and the Zags?
Abmas is still out there. Texas?
Transfer rankings: Where the top 100 players are going, and who's still available
The rate of announcements has slowed, but players are still entering the portal.
We'll see fairly quickly how difficult it is to replace TJD, who was the cornerstone of the program for 4 seasons. I don't see IU, regardless of which portal players Woody brings in, being anything better than a middle of the pack B1G team. Not a prediction or anything ... just tempering my own expectations.
I mean we have X too. X will likely play 32+ mpg at the point so only about 8 minutes at the point available. Cupps could likely handle that and if not Galloway has shown the ability for spot duty at the point. Plus Newton is a combo guard who handles the ball a ton in HS too. I guess my point is, unless we don’t think Cupps will be ready as a Sophomore, I don’t see a reason to go get another pg.Well we can only hope but hard to rely on a 100 or so rated frosh coming in and supplanting a productive upperclassmen. Hopefully they land an experienced guard from the portal and allow Cupps to develop and earn his time.
Apparently IU has contacted Ellis from Louisville.
What about Nembhard from Creighton? Seem he'd be a logical recruiting candidate to play near his brother on the Pacers. Visiting Zona and the Zags?
Abmas is still out there. Texas?
Transfer rankings: Where the top 100 players are going, and who's still available
The rate of announcements has slowed, but players are still entering the portal.www.espn.com
Woodson (IU) > Painter (PU)
Johnson (IU) > Smith (PU)
Galloway (IU) > Loyer (PU)
Banks (IU) = Morton (PU)
Reneau (IU) > Gillis (PU)
Ware (IU) = Furst (PU)
Galloway isn't a point guard. He isn't a volume shooter or a volume scorer. Staff is also kicking the tires on Cormac Ryan as a backup plan. Need 3 wings.Well we can only hope but hard to rely on a 100 or so rated frosh coming in and supplanting a productive upperclassmen. Hopefully they land an experienced guard from the portal and allow Cupps to develop and earn his time.
Apparently IU has contacted Ellis from Louisville.
What about Nembhard from Creighton? Seem he'd be a logical recruiting candidate to play near his brother on the Pacers. Visiting Zona and the Zags?
Abmas is still out there. Texas?
Transfer rankings: Where the top 100 players are going, and who's still available
The rate of announcements has slowed, but players are still entering the portal.
We lost our whole starting lineup basically so anything above middle of the pack would be a massive success. Right now I see three starters in X, Malik, and Ware. Other than that who knows at this point but tempering expectations at least to start is probably wise.
As of today, assuming we don't sign anyone else that will be impactful. I'm sure that's not true, but as a baseline:
PG - XJ, Cupps
SG - Galloway, Gunn
SF - Banks, Newton
PF - Ware, Reneau
C - Reneau, Sparks
That team is bookended with All Big Ten level players in X and Malik. That lineup could potentially be VERY good defensively, especially on the perimeter with length and athleticism. Its not possible to replace what TJD gave us with one person. But I think if Woody does change up how we play, Malik can provide reliable post scoring. And we could actually be better 1-4, than we were last year.
Sparks contributions will be important.
Ware making the expected Sophomore improvements will be important.
And then 1 or more emerging to be a really good, versatile, 2 way wing player from Banks, Gunn, Newton.
I think the roster, as of today, would have a great chance to be an NCAA tournament team. And one that could do some damage if they're playing well at the end of the year.
Looking forward, anyone that Woody can sign yet, that is good enough to supplant any of the main rotation guys I have listed above, just makes the "at large NCAA team" prediction more and more certain. Especially if we can get a dynamic scoring wing.
I'm excited about next year's team already though, as is.
PG - XJ, Cupps
SG - Galloway, Gunn
SF - Banks, Newton
PF - Ware, Reneau
C - Reneau, Sparks
That team is bookended with All Big Ten level players in X and Malik. That lineup could potentially be VERY good defensively, especially on the perimeter with length and athleticism. Its not possible to replace what TJD gave us with one person. But I think if Woody does change up how we play, Malik can provide reliable post scoring. And we could actually be better 1-4, than we were last year.
Sparks contributions will be important.
Ware making the expected Sophomore improvements will be important.
And then 1 or more emerging to be a really good, versatile, 2 way wing player from Banks, Gunn, Newton.
I think the roster, as of today, would have a great chance to be an NCAA tournament team. And one that could do some damage if they're playing well at the end of the year.
Looking forward, anyone that Woody can sign yet, that is good enough to supplant any of the main rotation guys I have listed above, just makes the "at large NCAA team" prediction more and more certain. Especially if we can get a dynamic scoring wing.
I'm excited about next year's team already though, as is.
Doesn't really matter...but I seriously doubt that's right.
I hope they both play a lot on the perimeter. But Malik will be more of an anchored post player than Ware will be.
I wouldn't be surprised to find out us having Malik and Payton, as good/solid post oriented bigs...was a big factor in Ware choosing IU. I'm sure he wants to play outside a fair bit.
I expect you are correct on offense. Ware will likely guard the opposing center on defense though to provide better rim protection.
