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*Official* B1G Off-season Thread

While I do agree that it helps having more commitments than other teams, it matters that the most recent pickups are 2 of the more highly-rated guys in the class (one a 4* 5.8 RR and one a 3* 5.7 ranking). The other guys that Purdue is in play for are all 5.6 RR quality or higher so landing any of those guys will only improve the class as those commitments will cancel out the 2* commitments since rivals only counts your best 20 commitments.

If Purdue had a top 20 class consisting of mainly 2* and 3* guys but had twice as many commitments as other teams, I’d agree. But Purdue already has 4 4* guys with the chance to add several more.

Good point and regardless Purdue is going to have a great class. Much better than either IU or Purdue has had in awhile. You know me I am not a hater except to a few bad posters.
 
I'm not flaming, but outside of the Maui Invitational and Gonzaga.... are any of those other 9 teams tournament contenders?

UNLV likely not, Mizzou likely not, Georgetown likely not, Miss Valley State likely not, Notre Dame likely not...
Mizzou is going to have a POY contender in Porter and will potentially be a bubble team at a neutral court site. Georgetown will probably be a bubble team with a beast, Govan, down low. And, as you said Gonzaga, ISU/AZ, Auburn/SDSU/Xavier/Duke.

Up to 4/5 tournament teams predominantly away or neutral court in the non-conf is a pretty tough schedule paired with a 20 game B1G conference slate.
 
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Cool. So that same mentality apply to you Purdue basketball fans? Y’all haven’t been to a Final Four in 38 years. Good to know you’re essentially admitting your irrelevance.

I do think its funny how the fans of different sports from the same school have different attitudes. I have been an IU football fan for now 30+ years I know the struggle.
 
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Good point and regardless Purdue is going to have a great class. Much better than either IU or Purdue has had in awhile. You know me I am not a hater except to a few bad posters.

You’re good no worries. I just wanted to explain that yeah Purdue is benefitting from having 21 commitments but a lot of them are high quality guys. I think it has the potential to end up probably a top 35/40 class depending on who else jumps on board.
 
Mizzou is going to have a POY contender in Porter and will potentially be a bubble team at a neutral court site. Georgetown will probably be a bubble team with a beast, Govan, down low. And, as you said Gonzaga, ISU/AZ, Auburn/SDSU/Xavier/Duke.

Up to 4/5 tournament teams predominantly away or neutral court in the non-conf is a pretty tough schedule paired with a 20 game B1G conference slate.
Think the Porter you’re thinking of is in the nba now.
 
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You’re good no worries. I just wanted to explain that yeah Purdue is benefitting from having 21 commitments but a lot of them are high quality guys. I think it has the potential to end up probably a top 35/40 class depending on who else jumps on board.

And that is a damn solid class. I have hopes IU can end up around that 40 range. Still a few high 3s and a couple 4s to visit. Allen has done well with the Florida pipeline.
 
This Urban Meyer thing is a pretty big deal. Pressured the wife to drop charges in 2009. Yikes. Not sure he makes it
 
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And that is a damn solid class. I have hopes IU can end up around that 40 range. Still a few high 3s and a couple 4s to visit. Allen has done well with the Florida pipeline.

Allen’s Florida pipeline reminds me of Danny Hope’s honestly.
 
Wait. What? What did I miss?

He didn't exactly pressure the wife to drop charges, but a friend connection did.

Text messages are out that all of the coaches wives knew about the 2015 abuse happening. The lady had direct communication with Urban's wife.
 
Sure do what you want, but when you are all loud and proud about "Top 20" when you have 7 or 8 more recruits than most other teams its a bit much.

While I do agree that it helps having more commitments than other teams, it matters that the most recent pickups are 2 of the more highly-rated guys in the class (one a 4* 5.8 RR and one a 3* 5.7 ranking). The other guys that Purdue is in play for are all 5.6 RR quality or higher so landing any of those guys will only improve the class as those commitments will cancel out the 2* commitments since rivals only counts your best 20 commitments.

If Purdue had a top 20 class consisting of mainly 2* and 3* guys but had twice as many commitments as other teams, I’d agree. But Purdue already has 4 4* guys with the chance to add several more.

This is definitely a reasonable perspective to have here. I think for schools like ours, who hasn't had great success decade after decade, its easy for fans to not understand every nuisance involved in recruiting. Unlike basketball, where nearly every fan understands every possible angle.

So, when most fans see a top 20 or top 10 ranking, in their mind, their #19 class that has 22 recruits is the same as the team with the #18 class who only has 11 players. If I'm being completely honest, if it was IU who had that ranking, at first I'd think the same thing. Simply because I'm not used to having to worry about how good the class is...because it's never that good.
 
Cool. So that same mentality apply to you Purdue basketball fans? Y’all haven’t been to a Final Four in 38 years. Good to know you’re essentially admitting your irrelevance.
Yeah, winning a bowl game and making the final four definitely the same thing and comparable.
 
Cool. So that same mentality apply to you Purdue basketball fans? Y’all haven’t been to a Final Four in 38 years. Good to know you’re essentially admitting your irrelevance.
Yeah, winning a bowl game and making the final four definitely the same thing and comparable.

What would be considered comparable in basketball to winning a bowl game in football? I would think it's more then just winning a tournament game, but I've never thought about it before until I read your post.
 
What would be considered comparable in basketball to winning a bowl game in football? I would think it's more then just winning a tournament game, but I've never thought about it before until I read your post.
probably winning a game in tournament. there's about 40 bowl winners and 34 teams that win one NCAAT game. but it makes no sense to compare them, they are entirely different
 
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What would be considered comparable in basketball to winning a bowl game in football? I would think it's more then just winning a tournament game, but I've never thought about it before until I read your post.
Nah it’s easier to win a bowl game then to even make the tournament in basketball.
 
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Why’s it bad? Hope got good players from Florida but didn’t recruit well enough locally. Remains to be seen how Allen recruits locally.

Yeah we will see how he does locally, but I will take 2nd and 3rd "tier" Florida kids over a lot of Indiana kids. The talent in Indiana has increased for sure, but it doesn't have near the depth of the Florida talent pool.

Allen being a local to Indiana should help. He certainly will not lose Indiana kids without a fight.
 
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