Seems like everywhere you read and look there is an article about how big this coming weekend is for recruiting. Kind of crazy. All the sites have something plus Indystar, etc. Hope Woody seals the deal. Maybe Carmelo might happen to be passing through town!!!
The Montverde Recruiting Weekend
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2024 Indiana Basketball Recruiting Board update: Setting the stage for a pivotal month of visits
Indiana's 2024 recruiting board continues to narrow its focus.
www.insidethehall.com
Going inside what could be IU basketball's most important 2024 recruiting weekend
IU's all-Montverde weekend shapes up to be one of the most important of the current cycle for Mike Woodson's lofty 2024 recruiting efforts.
www.indystar.com
Sure has been a summer of hype visits..
Time for some solid verbals..
Time for some solid verbals..
Verbal(s) this weekend would be huge. Nothing this weekend might be worrisome. Emphasis on might.
McNeeley just set visits to KU and UT. Unlikely he's going to commit, so be prepared for worrisome. Strap in!
We've had numerous visits set for IU, that have ultimately been cancelled, after visiting someone else. Swartz just did it actually.
Obviously its VERY possible McNeeley is going to take those other visits. But its also possible he set those visits as leverage to bump the NIL package he's getting to pick/attend IU.
I believe he was at Kansas last weekend
He’s been pretty consistent though. It’s been those 3 since mid-summer. He seems an IU lean since late July imho.
Yeah...as you can see, I'm just prone to devil's advocate stances.
Another post on this thread indicated he has already visited Kansas. If that's true, the theory I floated is much less likely.
He could visit us though, and cancel the UT visit. Like I said, its happened to us quite a lot this offseason.
Glad he didn't commit to them when there then. ha ha.
If he were to choose someone else, that would be a big blow. Too early in the 24 cycle to get worried though. I'm sure history will follow suit and Woody will get a 5 star level kid, and a couple other solid 3/4 star kids...at a minimum.
just keep Josh Smith away from town....even though he's part of the family.....
We really need to land at least one of these guys and get the ball rolling.
Totally on the outside, but it doesn't feel to me like we're getting Fland, and honestly I don't like how McNeeley has dragged out. A verbal from him this weekend or next week would be HUGE, but it just feels like with us leading all this time, he'd have committed if he wasn't hesitant over something.
I think it was Cavanaugh that made an interesting point a while back about types of recruitments that Woody has been successful with, and types he hasn't.
Most of his success has come from players that have been forced to change their minds late in their recruitment process, and then make a new choice fairly quickly. He hasn't had much success, at all, in longer, drawn out, more open recruitments.
So I share your overall pessimism. But that's mainly because we haven't seen a recruitment like all these 24 kids recruitments end with an IU commitment, yet.
I gotta think we'll get at least one of them...and I do think leveraging for higher NIL money could be causing kids to delay committing...and its definitely not abnormal for kids to not have made their decisions at this point. But I am getting ancy, as I'm sure Woody is as well. Hope he figures out how to close McNeeley here soon. Might lead to a couple more.
Yeah, I don't begrudge a kid w NIL now, trying to protect himself and get the best deal he can, but, assuming he wants to win and play w other good players, the angle of "We need you to commit so we can close on other good players, and have a better team for you to play with", would seem to hold water.
“We deserve to sit at the table with the best players” — Massive IU basketball recruiting weekend on tap
When he arrived two and a half years ago, then new IU coach Mike Woodson knew he had to elevate the expectations when it came to what was possible on the recruiting trail. “When I took the job, I m…
www.thedailyhoosier.com
The reality is that coaches like Self and Calipari have put a lot of guys into the NBA over many years. And they have plenty of bucks to use during the new NIL era. IU will have to pony up big-time to be competitive here. I'm hoping the JHS connection will be very meaningful to these kids in terms of giving an edge to Woody in the trust department.
Queen and Mac Newley will come down to money and Under Armour is DEDICATED to making sure Maryland gets Queen.
Mcneely gonna be dogfight too
Maryland has recently complained about NIL funds. Not so sure they have those big funds available.
Idk this info just came from a buddy of mine that is very well connected in AAU and college coaching circle
I don't think IU was leading all this time, I think its been very close with 3 teams in the mix. IU needs to have a great visit to pull ahead.
Yep, and with better offensive skills, but in the proverbial dawg fight, I'll take Payton Sparks for the win. Just keeping my fingers crossed, and not expecting to hear this weekend, for some more ballers to join what Coach Woody is putting together
We saw him and he is a big dude. Also ran into CJ, Banks, and Malik for the third time as a group. Those three all look like different kids, all bigger and stronger.
Getting Queen would crown Woody king.
Thought I saw that Reanu had actually lost a few pounds. He (and JHS) were the rare recruits who came in already physically equipped with the strength to play in the B10. My greatest hope for Reanu this off-season in the gym was to really work on his flexibility, foot speed and agility. I thought last year many of his fouls were caused by grabbing because guys were getting by him and not moving his feet.
Is this quality of explosiveness in a player something that can be ignited, perhaps as firecracker in plug of rectum, lit?
Not really. Strength yes. Explosiveness is more the player's genetic athletic ability and it can't really be improved very much by training.
Paraphrased from Bob Knight upon being asked the best way to motivate a player.
Buried deep within the pages of “Fun With Physiology” it states that one’s genetic profile strongly influences whether one has a higher proportion of slow-twitched or fast-twitched muscle fibers. It’s probably safe to assume Malik’s grand-pappy wasn’t too quick on the draw, being of slower twitch once triggered.
Getting Flagg would crown CMW.
But that's not happening..
Flagg at Indiana would have the fan base out of their minds...You probably couldn't get a seat..
I'm a little worried none of these 3 are coming..
We'll see...
No, it’s sounding like IU might just pull a hatrick. Had a good breakfast. 😉
