What players will stay?
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Probably all will enter the portal, and it's all for the best.
The only one that I really care about staying is Tucker. He's going to be good with a staff that focuses on development. The rest can go if they want, but really it's just MR, Mac, and Rice with any game and eligibility.
Remember when Woody got the job and all entered portal except Gallo and Leal…don’t see anyone really tied to IU ( maybe Cupps?) so yeah, all will probably enter
The right coach, I think, they all stay. We won’t won’t to give the new coach a complete rebuild with zero players returning.
The wrong coach. They all leave.
The wrong coach. They all leave.
I'd trade all them gone..For Mullins changing his mind..
Let's let the new coach decide who he wants and who he doesn't. I think the ones he wants will stay the others Goodbye.
I imagine they will all enter the portal. Think it depends who we hire who stays and goes. I’d just hope they would wait to see. If they enter the portal right after we are done, it will likely be several more weeks if we are hiring an active coach.
I think they will all enter, and we'll get back whoever we want to pay to keep. Given their many deficiencies, hard to say who we'd want. Reneau, Rice, and Mgbako, maybe?
Well, I take that back. Cupps and Newton might stay for fear that they can't get any other offers--but Cupps probably will, just probably from MAC schools. But he's a worker so I'd expect to see him succeed somewhere eventually. Poor Newton has more missed games than minutes played in college, I think.
Well, I take that back. Cupps and Newton might stay for fear that they can't get any other offers--but Cupps probably will, just probably from MAC schools. But he's a worker so I'd expect to see him succeed somewhere eventually. Poor Newton has more missed games than minutes played in college, I think.
No guarantee the new coach would want them. Do we still have the bill of rights?
A couple may stay just given it's hard to bring in 13 new players. Though I'd be fine if they all left.
I think we do. But the new coach could just pull a Gelon and kick them off the team and offer to pay for the rest of their schooling.
I'm not in favor of that, especially with rosters expanding next year, but it wouldn't surprise me.
Here's the roster:
2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster - Indiana University Athletics
The official 2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster for the Indiana University Hoosiers
Ballo, Galloway, Hatton, and Leal are all out of eligibility, as is James but I can't remember if he's on scholarship or not... So there's 4 certain scholarships available... Goode appears to be out of eligibility (he played in 10 games as a Sophomore) but I'm uncertain as to whether he got a waiver for that season or not...; so that's a probable 5th Sch. available...
I'm betting Newton takes a medical and finishs his degree here on scholarship but not as a member of the roster... So there's a possible 6th scholarship available...
If the two guys currently committed actually show up, that leaves us with probably 4 scholarships to use in the Portal (if everyone else was asked to stay and they chose to..., and Newton is taking a medical...).
I'm guessing we lose at least one more who does have eligibility to the Portal so that gives us up to 5 scholarships available to bring in high character, high basketball IQ guys, who can shoot "lights out" and love to play hard nosed Defense, as culture changers...; which should be enough if they truly have the right stuff...
It's going to be an interesting Spring for Indiana Basketball...
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Smart coach won’t want more than 1 or 2 back. This team has toxic pieces. I never want to see Malik play at IU again.
Too many variables at play to really predict how many, and then who, might stay.
New coaches style of play
Whether or not the new coach wants any of them
What would their NIL packages look like?
Assuming the last one stays somewhat similar to what they're getting today, I would think there will be a number of them that will want to come back. So it'd come down to whether or not the new coach wants them back or not.
New coaches style of play
Whether or not the new coach wants any of them
What would their NIL packages look like?
Assuming the last one stays somewhat similar to what they're getting today, I would think there will be a number of them that will want to come back. So it'd come down to whether or not the new coach wants them back or not.
I could easily see an incoming coach wanting someone like Cupps on their roster. Us fans just gotta hope he's not someone we're relying on to play big minutes.
I don't know enough about him as a person to say that...
He clearly has skills that could be tweaked and polished and would seemingly be helpful IF he allowed himself to be actually Coached by the new guy... Now if he sees himself as above coaching and somehow irreplaceable then yah, adios...
He does have a Lot of work to do especially on the Defensive end of things...
They have scholarships so they have an education guarantee at a minimum.
As for NIL, that's a completely different issue. I imagine it's a contract and ruled by those terms.
Any lawyers out there who want to enlighten us?
I think it would be hilarious to see Carlyle become the player we were told he was under a different coach.
I think Carlyle absolutely could become that player, for a different coach. We saw flashes early in the season of what he could be as a defender. A competent coach gets him to play defense that way, all the time. And then offensively, he's bouncy, he's fast, if he were to buy in to being a guy that plays off the ball, and cuts hard, makes plays going to the rim, shoots MANY less tough shots off the dribble, he could be a pretty good supporting wing/guard.
Perhaps...but his defensive energy, early in the year, was night and day different than what we've seen out of him Late December-on.
He was the guy up turning ball handlers, cutting off driving lanes, clapping while doing so... For whatever reason, he lost that passion and focus defensively. My theory is if its in there at all, a good coach gets him to do it most of the time.
I think Reneau and MM will have strong seasons next year, regardless of which school and coach they play for.
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