McGary had made comments basically sayign he would of liked playing here but we stopped coming after him.

And didn’t Yogi’s mom post on here about that nerdturd who stole the thunder of Yogi’s announcement before his committment was “officially” made?

Calm down guys. There’s room for Yogi at the point, Jordy as the dead-eye shooting #2, choose your poison at the wing, Cody at the 4, and I could see Hanner playing in the paint a lot at the 4.5 spot (or PJ at the #5..but i like a lineup with a 4.5 instead of a true center nowdays).

Everyone knows Jordy can still dish, so it’ll sorta be like having two PGs on the floor and one of them can DRILL from 3pt range. I’m not worried about how this pans out.

And BTW, Gary will make some other team’s fan base very happy..probably not going to be IU. And that’s okay.

Or maybe we could use him more on IU’s football team.  Though I’m beginning to wonder if anything can help that program….

I think we have won some big time recruits, Zeller, Ferrell, Creek, Hollowell, Perea were all recruited and ranked at a national level. And we won them all. Trey Lyles, James Blackmon…win and win…

I also predict Devin Davis will climb the rankings in the next two season, that kid is a beast. We are winning just can’t win them all 888…by the way are you related to 999? (ez joke, had to do it)

You beat me to those keystrokes about DSR. If memory serves me right CTC was the one that backed off of McGary and not the other way around for whatever reason. I really feel like he would have came to IU if CTC had not backed off but he did and only time will tell if that was the right thing to do and even then there could have been other things that none of us knew about that influenced his decision to back off of him. We just have to trust Crean on stuff like that.

Are you forgetting what our situation was 2 off-seasons ago? You’re acting like the violations/restrictions never occurred. Landing Zeller was a recruiting miracle with an assist from an angel named Austin Etherington.

We are going to land these type of players moving forward. And are incredibly blessed on what we have accomplished in the last year.

And by the way, IU didn’t want DSR, and I didn’t either.

I’m beginning to wish he would have chosen football at Arizona State.

We all support Coach Crean. And he is going hard after Gary Harris. Therefore, we the fans, the same fans you have been going back and forth with all week, are agreeing he would look great in an IU uniform.

I just don’t think we all agree on 2012 being that more special with him than you do. And since his arrival means the roster will be affected, coupled with the possibility he is one and done, that puts me in a situation where if does not choose IU I think the program will be just fine.

IMO you are overrating the 2012 possibilities of the Indiana Hoosiers with GH. And after three dismal seasons seasons, CTC is doing everything he can to get the best players on a year to year basis. And I understand that too.

Oh, and fwiw, we GOT the best IN player in 2012 — his name is YOGI.  The only reason for all this brouhaha over Gary Harris is he’s still uncommitted.  Sheesh…

thats my point.Were friggin IU and we have no shot at gettn the best players inb our state. Thats a huge problem. I cant remember UK, UNC having this problem. John Wall is the exception. We really must not be thought of on these programs levels ifwe have no shot at getting this type of player. Thats why we need to start winning the BIG ones. Gary will send a message like Cody did if we win the battle. If we lose it who else down the line will think gary went to UK and made it to the NBA when most of us know he would do the same at IU.

If the other schools he was considering were, say, UCLA, Pitt, and Texas, I think we’d be a little more okay with him going elsewhere.  But everybody hates PUke and pUKe, while MSU has been the strongest team in the B1G for the past decade (a position IU wants to reclaim).  It would be a little easier to watch him pick teams that we wouldn’t face … or have to hear about it from their annoying fanbase.

Except that one time Tom Pritchard’s mom (AKA JerryCT’s one and only) showed up here…

I love Hulls, trust me. But he just doesn’t have the potential to pressure the ball like Yogi. And I think as Crean gets the talent, you will see his ball-hawking defense take shape.

Nor does Hulls have the same potential to push the ball in transition.

If Yogi were not so mature mentally, I could see Hulls outplaying him. But Yogi is special.But I expect Hulls to see lots of minutes from the bench. He can come in fresh and just fire away. Also Hulls will be instrumental in helping Yogi along through practice.Either way, the Big Ten will be ours

I love Hulls. He will fight hard and he will still have lots of minutes off the bench, providing lots of leadership. But Jordan isn’t going to start running a LOT faster and jumping a LOT higher all of a sudden.

Crean wants his point guard to not just attack the basket in the half court but also in transition, especially since we will have Cody and Hanner running the floor together.
By Christmas next year, they will be talking about IU as one of the most exciting college teams ever with our team speed and transition game.

No extra info. I was just at the scrimmage and saw both Will and Victor much improved shooting, ball-handling, awareness, defensive footwork and making good decisive decisions.
And it isn’t their “talent” that jumps year to year. They have the talent. It is experience, technique and maturity that improve year to year.Oh, and to be completely “clear,” I don’t think about what the “#2” shooting guard is considering in picking a school. I know any guard considering IU isn’t going have an easy time getting minutes.I do know how Yogi made his decision about school. He made sure he was going to play with Hanner and Cody. And that is the wisest decision a kid could ever make.

Ohio State also had Daequan Cook, another freshman who went to the NBA early (And flamed out). Derrick Rose wasn’t alone, he also had Chris Douglas-Roberts and Joey Dorsey, two more NBA players. Beasley also had Bill Walker, yet another NBA prospect. And John Wall by himself made Kentucky a top 5 time, how about (And this number isn’t an exaggeration) the 5 other NBA first round picks he played with. Did they make a difference perhaps? Duke only fell because they literally did not have another PG to play the position, they had to put Scheyer there just to get by, it wasn’t because Irving was so great (Although he had a ton of talent).

Don’t get me wrong, I want Harris, and freshman can be valuable, but they aren’t the sole indicator of success.