Comments on: 2011 Indiana Basketball Recruiting Board

By: Matthew Lanham

Matthew Lanham — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 04:12:00 +0000

Looks like the 2011 nationwide talent is almost bone dry at this point. It’s a shame all those 2012 youngsters considering IU aren’t graduating this coming year. I’m not a scout but here are some possibilities based on my 15 minute google search, I believe Cannon to be the most noteworthy. All these guys are listed as “considering” IU on rivals.com.

John Cannon – 6’10, 225 lbs (2 star (87 grade) ESPN, 3.5 star Rivals)
Based on the basic ESPN review he sounds decent (not slow) with good potential if he hits the weight room. Also, he has an offer from Princeton and is considering Harvard so I’m guessing he’s not an idiot – my kind of guy. I couldn’t find any videos on him.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/indiana/basketball/recruiting/player-John-Cannon-93863?colleges=show#college_choices
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/71921/john-cannon

Jacob Williams – 6’5, 180 lbs (2 star (86 grade) ESPN, 3.5 star Rivals)
Not too much on this kid. You can never really tell too much from youtube. They always have nice dunks and hit every shot. Never a good indicator of defensive ability or lack of. Appears athletic. Plays guard and forward positions so he has some handles.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/103137/jacob-williams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmL_p8p28kI

Others: Austin Keel (reminds me of Roth), Walter Pritchford (has been discussed previously)

By: Kelin OlaHarrispo

Kelin OlaHarrispo — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:32:00 +0000

In reply to NotanIdiotFan.

I understand where you are coming from, however for me, I look at the BC game and see a guard would have helped us. I think we filled a need with Cody, Chandler would be as good a get a anyone in the spring. He was previously drooled over by Cal, Pitino, and others and is a big time talent. We could not go wrong either way….I lean slightly to a combo guard. I even heard dakich mention that today, we really missed a guy that could get his shot or a shot for others in the KY game….we will see how it plays out…

By: NotanIdiotFan

NotanIdiotFan — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 01:24:00 +0000

In reply to Kelin OlaHarrispo. Kelin, I am now on board with Michael Chandler or McGary over a PG. The lost to KU was due to lack of size in the interior and our bigs just wearing down. If you have seen any of my earlier post, I was an absolute NO on Chandler, but at this point I say take a chance on him or McGary. If they work out, the plus is much higher then the plus on Amayo, plus it allows Zeller to play more at the PF position.

By: Kelin OlaHarrispo

Kelin OlaHarrispo — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:13:00 +0000

INTERESTING…..As I aim to stay on topic…decided to post this on the 2011 recruiting board…..Apparently Kelvin Amayo likes Indiana. Saw this elsewhere from his twitter account…..(and I am not a twitter follower of ANY player or recruit..not my cup of tea)

@…….when I cut my list Indiana will be in it. . . about 1 hour ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to …………

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:00:00 +0000

Can you give similar type of information for 2-6 prospects for the 3rd scholarship for 2011?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:17:00 +0000

Odds McGary joins this class?

By: ufo3

ufo3 — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:04:00 +0000

IU needs Michael Chandler. Chandler is a true 5, a Center with a Post offensive and defensive game. Chandler and Zeller, two in-state Indiana players would be outstanding together at IU, and form a formidible front line. A Big Time post player is the difference between being a good team and a great team.

By: ufo3

ufo3 — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:04:00 +0000

By: ufo3

ufo3 — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:04:00 +0000

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 18:08:00 +0000

Boatright is a top 30 talent he’s top three in the state of Illinois. IU needs a PG, we were going hard for BJ so now I think that Ryan should be our oversign..What you guys think..hes got mad game
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/53939/ryan-boatright

By: Steven Shoda

Steven Shoda — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 14:26:00 +0000

Cody Zeller or Michael Chandler are a must for 2011

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:14:00 +0000

After November is over and the dust has settled, IU may look good to Cook and Cook may look good to IU. Vic is his good friend and former teammate!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:21:00 +0000

no worries my man. this particular thread/story is older than most, so some of the older comments are coming ‘back to life’ so to speak.

By: Young Kelin Zeller

Young Kelin Zeller — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:41:00 +0000

NO zeller…go Goff, solid Indiana kid, experienced, athletic. Chandler is a nice player but I don’t get a good feeling about him.

No Young….Save the scholly, go into 2011 with the cards you have. Quinn Cook has left us off his list. Give the keys to Yogi for 2012

By: IUfanPurduePhD

IUfanPurduePhD — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:25:00 +0000

The recruiting board has been here for a while, all Alex did was update the targets.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:21:00 +0000

I am sorry. I never look at the date of the post. How do you find them and repost them to a current discussion? We need a Rule against Kelin reposting all 2000 of his pearls of wisdom for each new topic!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:14:00 +0000

I totally agree. But what is the plan if Young says no to IU? What is your plan if Zeller says no to IU? My plan for Young was A Thomas, but we lost that chance. Now my plan would be Quinn Cook. My plan for Zeller is Chandler first, then Goff. If we can not get any of these, then enjoy the lump of coal because Austin Etherington will be a diamond in the rough!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:08:00 +0000

Sorry. I just saw it in the thread 2 days ago. How does a post from one month ago get in a current discussion?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:05:00 +0000

The proof is in the pudding…or eating the pudding…you get the point. We will revisit this issue at the end of the 2012-13 season, and annually thereafter until after the NBA draft. I watched every game of DJ’s career, and I love the kid. But it took him until the middle to late part of his junior year to hit the 17′ contested jump shot at a high %. Cody can do this and much more now, and he has one more year of HS ball to work on his game.

By: IUfanPurduePhD

IUfanPurduePhD — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:47:00 +0000

Ha, yeah, I had to put that up there because there seems to be some people that are taking me to task for “not knowing” that Branden Dawson committed to MSU or that McGary reclassified to 2012 … failing to see, of course, that I wrote most of those posts back in June, before we knew any of those things, and esp. before we knew that Zeller was going to have a monster summer. It was a preemptive strike, of sorts. 🙂