That’s not giving Hanner much credit on offense.

I think he said something similar to this on that Magic/Bird special that was on recently. He didn’t name Benson, but basically they treated him like dirt.

Under Bobby’s watch too which makes me wonder if this was the norm.

Hollowell is a Hoosier Ace. Book it.

Must’ve done something prettay, prettay, pretttayyyy, pretty bad to get suspended on the eve of the tourney.

OT but in follow-up on the “What if- 1993 team scenario” – if we’d have had Montross, and assuming all other things equal, we’d have definitely beat Kansas in the tourney.
One of my favorite hypotheticals is if Chris Lawson )and/or Lawrence Funderburke… but we all know that wasn’t a good marriage) had not transferred or Lindeman not redshirted. Lawson (and maybe Lindeman) would have also been available to help with Ostertag in that Elite 8 game. The 1992 and 1993 teams were awesome…

But not as good as 1975… until Scott May’s broken arm

I’ve been hearing that IU is a lock in the Hollowell decision. I think this commitment will solidify IU as the number 1 class for 2012. Of course, getting Gery as well would help. Come to IU Jeremy. Join the movement. Before too long we will be looking down our noses at PU.
By the way, how bout them Rams!!

Can we respectfully place Ball State, IPFW, Valpo, IUPUI, and Evansville above Notre Damned and Purdont?

All Lawson wanted to do was shoot threes and not use his bulk to bang down low. Sure he couldve stretched the floor had he stuck around, but when you look at other options for the outside shot: Cheaney, both Grahams, Bailey, Anderson was still there. Heck I would have rather had Jamal Meeks taking a three than Lawson. If anybody ever watched Lawson play for Vandy you would have seen him only take long jump shots. He didnt want any part of going down low. Sure would have been nice to have Funderburke or a tough and competitive Lindeman down low. Lindeman took too long to compete.

This class coming in with Hollowell is enough for me and anyone added beyond that is gravy. I think they have enough with this group and the 09-11 groups to not only get into the NCAA but win a game or two.

I love the fact that Purdue is on the list to feel the pain of rejection yet again…well even though they didn’t even offer the kid, nevertheless, the Bannerless one’s will have to deal with the Fab 5 (2.0) for the next 4 years or so. Last fall I would not have counted Jeremy in this group, didn’t think we had a shot but how things change.

LOVE The fact Yogi is the lead recruiter now in getting Jeremy and Gary Harris.

Then again, I’ve heard some rumblings about Ohio St. Their fans don’t seem terribly optimistic, but Moses Abraham hasn’t been purged from my mind quite yet…

Hanner = Amare Stoudemire…..Patterson….Jim Thomas

Azur should be hired to do videos integrating highlights of IU greats with the current players — like they’re all on the same team — and shown in the locker room every halftime. And there should be scenes of jackals chasing down and devouring water buffalo interspersed in there, too. And it ends with Jimmy Chitwood saying, “I’ll make the shot.” Then you hit the floor for the second half…

No chance that AE is higher on the depth chart than a healthy Mo. No way. A healthy Mo is probably our best player in ’11, and he will be a senior in ’12. Oladipo should be our best perimeter defender next season also. That will make him very valuable.

We have to cut the rotation somewhere, and usually that is 8-9 instead of 10-11. AE is a good player, but I don’t believe he is better than Mo or VO.

As CTC said before the season, the easiest thing about being a Hoosier has been finding PT during the games. He then went on to say that is going to change soon. I am excited that we are presented with the option of having good players on the bench! Now, injuries won’t decimate the team!

You sparked my curiosity to check out the Purdue forums.. After no more than five minutes I got a nose bleed and passed out from the amount of stupidity that overwhelmed me. Not going back there any time soon

Toilet Up!

haha i just saw this. good stuff. and thanks whatwecanbe. I will update it when the 2012 class is complete, once JH or GH both are on board. should i also integrate the 2013, 2014 classes too?

I’m serious about the version with next year’s team and the past greats together — make us feel the lineage, the winning, the heredity of the program. It’s a big story and the current players (with CZ and AE) are going to continue it; mix it like it’s one big team, because it is. (Future players would be a different version, but that’s just me…)

I can’t agree with that statement. I love Victor, but Will Sheehey was the most complete player on the roster (excluding an injured Maurice Creek.) Their offensive skills are pretty similar, but Will’s a better ballhandler. On defense he was likely to be on anyone from a shooting guard to a power forward, and he did a pretty good job on all of them.
You are right in saying Victor’s going to see plenty of floor time, though. He’s too physically gifted to sit, and he’s bound to have a pretty big learning curve from this year to next.

Uh-oh, Azur, you better dig out some Don Schlundt and Jimmy Rayl footage.

“There are still going to be alot of doubters,haters,etc. I am ready for it tho”

If he was selecting IU there WOULDN’T be any doubters or haters, only believers, lovers, and newly employeed banner makers. It shouldn’t be difficult to be “ready” for thousands to throw roses at your feet. This tweet is a curveball. It does not increase my thinking he’s going to IU. Yesterday I would have said 85% certain he was going to IU, I’m now down to 50% or less. Is he going somewhere else to open the door for Gary Harris? Yet Yogi and Buss want him at IU with them. Man, the drama, what is going on?

I don’t think this has any bearing on where he’s going.

Having an opinion that is different than yours doesn’t qualify as ignorance. First off, I was speaking in relation to AE’s role on the ’12-’13 team not next season. Who do you put AE in front of at the wing in ’12? He will be competing for minutes with Mo, CW, VO, Will, Buss and possibly Hollowell and Harris!!

My point is that unless CTC decides he wants to have a 10-11 man rotation, I think it will be hard for AE to see anything more than Matt Roth type minutes.

Also, there is a big difference between a freshman making an impact on last season’s team compared to making an impact in a couple of years. PT is going to be much harder to come by in a couple years.

Look, lots of things can happen: injuries, transfers, players being completely overranked, etc. I hope AE has a great career at IU, but I have tempered my expectations for him. I don’t think he will be a 10 pt, 20-25 minute guy for us.

I definitely see you are going. AE will have every chance to make contributions on next year’s team. However, the playing time COULD drop significantly for him in the 2012 season. That’s exactly what you are saying. I happen to think there will be a 10-man rotation because they will be playing uptempo and trapping (I really, really hope so) all over the court. If Austin can be a consistent threat from 3 and defend with intensity, he will have a shot to be in that rotation.

Next season will be his chance to show the staff how much of a role he can play moving forward. Bottom line, it is tremendous to be able to wonder about how we are going to find playing time for very good players.

What do you mean? Like maybe testing positive for drugs and hitting a teammate over the head with a ball rack or something causing concussion. Maybe all rumors but smoke sometimes equals fire.

You can blame RMK for IU not getting Sean May or better yet just blame Myles Brand because Sean May grew up to play for the Hoosiers until the whole Knight deal went bad.