Comments on: Jelan Kendrick signs with Memphis

By: tigertom

tigertom — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:07:37 +0000

can someone pass the grapes Hey Tarik, where you goin' ?

By: Ben_M

Ben_M — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:35:49 +0000

I don't think there was anything i said about Memphis that isn't true.

By: jptmemphis

jptmemphis — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:19:01 +0000

Was / Is Calipari shady? Absolutely. Pastner? – No Way. Pastner is Mr. clean jeans. The man has never had beer or glass of wine. He doesn't even drink sodas. His harsh words are like dang! and heck.

Memphis is a rough city in many ways. One of the highlights is the U of M basketball. Many of these players find a home in Memphis that is very comfortable. These players are accepted as people in Memphis – not just players. they are loved and respected even after their playing days – even the players that are not stars. This is why they find comfort.

By: Taskmaster75

Taskmaster75 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:46:42 +0000

Yeah, because Marquette has the resources Indiana does right?

It's pretty sweet to imagine what Crean can do with actual top flight recruits. It's kind of hard to recruit your own state when you have a team like Purdue that is winning RIGHT NOW. Just because Crean isn't getting stars now doesn't mean he wont ever. It's looking more like you have some sort of vindictive motive against Crean rather than logical reasoning.

By: Chance

Chance — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:08:35 +0000

Jelan top four school were Memphis, Oregon, Ga Tech and Alabama. It was really down to Memphis and Oregon.

By: JASON

JASON — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:36:30 +0000

According to IDS, Will Sheehey said to announce decision Monday at 10AM, looks promising for IU.

By: BGleas

BGleas — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:27:49 +0000

Right, and hopefully CTC will be accomplishing the same with the Indiana AAU teams.

By: GCT

GCT — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:47:31 +0000

JK signed with Memphis, because he will be playing with his AAU team from this summer, 3/5 starters from the Magic have signed, and when Tarik Black signs this week that'll be 4. Who wouldn't wan to play with previous teammates where there is already chemistry established. Its the same when Calipari brought in the class from Laurinberg Prep. Memphis Magic won a lot of games over the summer against the same kids they will be playing against in college, its a guaranteed win-win situation for him. About having a better chance to start the Tiger's have the best back-court in the national, everyone will be competing for a starting role.

By: kbunch

kbunch — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:25:30 +0000

Kelin,

You are crazy. Sheehey and Kendrick are not even close. You shouldn't accept mediocrity, those banners are getting faded. We need a new one to hand and players like Kendrick and Irving are the ones that help bring titles.

By: Ben_M

Ben_M — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:21:49 +0000

Indiana is a top tier program. The fan base and traditon establishes that. We have gotten 5* recruits many times in the past. Two years ago we had gordon and white. We are just in a slump because of bad choices by the university and coaches. Bob Knight was a great coach for his time, but the game has become flashy and the type of player bob knight recruited almost doesn't exsist anymore. Mike Davis was a pretty good recruiter, but he was riding the wave of glory thanks to having a bob knight team to start off with. Kelvin well we all know how that went. What you have to look at is the coach in college and duke,NC, and Kansas all suffered for a bit because of coaching changes. Michigan State was always tough but nothing like they are now and thats thanks to tom izzo. Tom Crean is the long term guy to bring us back and an Izzo disciple.

ps: memphis is just one of those schools who has top notch talent every year and never wins the national championship….and thats all they will ever be

By: indiananorthshore

indiananorthshore — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:36:10 +0000

5 tourney appearances in 9 years and one final 4. You really think thats sweet?

By: indiananorthshore

indiananorthshore — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:28:52 +0000

We are not a top tier program any longer. We are U of Michigan Football of basketball. We will continue to get some 4 star players, but not 5 stars. Creans has yet to prove he can even recruit is own state. As far as Memphis buying players. Hoosierodi stop crying. Truly great programs like North Carolina, Duke, and Kansas, and Michigan State prevail in the recruiting wars over programs like Memphis. The Hoosiers were an elite program with an elite coach many years ago. No longer time to become realistic with our expectations

By: nathanzimmerman

nathanzimmerman — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:55:17 +0000

Just be glad that we've got 5 stars considering. With the wins will come the commits. If we win 15 games this year and show some of these kids that we're on the fast track back we'll get some of these 5 stars.

Not worried at all.

By: Azur Allen

Azur Allen — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:19:26 +0000

crean was pretty sweet at marquette without the 5*.

By: David Greene

David Greene — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:08:00 +0000

I come in peace. You don’t have to flame the Memphis program because of one lost recruit. JK played this past summer with the Memphis Magic. He is close to several players, got allot of love from Memphis fans and we have a young, dynamic coach who did a great recruiting job. Memphis has always been a good program, long before Cal arrived. IU is one of the storied programs in the NCAA and Crean will get you back to the good days if given time, he would also tell you Memphis is a good program. It’s a compliment to IU that they were able to get a visit from Kendrick. Good luck this season.

By: Deon Mitchell

Deon Mitchell — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:47:00 +0000

the future of IU is looking merely average nothing exciting unless the current roster develops tremendously. Its good to be considered but what good does that really do. I have faith in Crean just not sure how he plans on doing it with top talent not coming. I really dislike the success Matt Painter is having with a bunch of local talent.

By: chicohoosier

chicohoosier — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:44:10 +0000

You make some good points here. Our foundation is being set and once we have some moderate success, all these flirtations with five star players will result in a few commitments. As far as the Sampson mess, imagine if Devin Ebanks had made it into a Hoosier jersey, he is an all around amazing basketball player and is going to have a huge year at West Virginia. So yes, we are still in recovery mode and are doing well to put ourselves in a good position for the future. We will land in-state studs for '11, '12, and '13, we just need to show we're on our way back on the court this year and next.

By: hunteriualumni

hunteriualumni — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:19:27 +0000

I would have love to see this kid play at IU, but we are not ready for 5 star players. We need to continue to pursue these players. What we need to do is land the recruits that want to stay awhile and help rebuild our program. A one and done player will not help us until we have a solid team. We will start landing these players in a couple of years. We should not be supprised or dissapointed that he did not want to come and play for us right now. Had the Sampson mess not happened, then we would be landing these players every year. Coach Crean has a plan and I like what we have. We have a team to be proud of and the recruits that we have will fit in just fine.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:35:37 +0000

To the numerous Memphis fans who have commented (or tried to comment) on this trying to stir the pot. Your comments will not be published, so please stop wasting your time.

By: BGleas

BGleas — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:08:07 +0000

The tough thing here isn't just that we missed on KI and JK, it's the way we've missed, they've been "stomach punch" misses. I understand IU's current situation and getting these stud recruits is going to be a tough sell right now, but by all indications IU was in KI's top two and even the leader and then BAM, IU's suddenly dropped from his top 5 without a visit.

With JK we seemed a long shot, but then we got an OV and you had that poster on Hoosier Nation claiming (maybe he is, I don't know) to be JK's cousin and that JK to IU was almost a done deal. He claimed all JK wanted to do was see the team play this year and improve. All indications were that he'd wait until spring, then BAM he commits in the fall out of the blue.

I'm not one of the fans that thinks IU needs all Indiana kids, but I'm starting to think that IU's best chance to begin landing the 5* types is the secure the in-state ones, then the others will come. Seems it's easier to sell Indiana, given the current situation, to the stud in-state kids that know more of the history.