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As is to be expected, the April college basketball recruiting live period came and went with a flurry of activity. After an exhausting weekend watching recruits virtually nonstop, the Indiana coaching staff has followed that up by watching workouts, conducting in-home visits and issuing scholarship offers this week. Embedded in all of this activity are a lot of clues, both about the near and long-term path of the IU basketball program. THE WRITING SEEMS TO BE ON THE WALL WITH THE CLASS OF 2019 As it stands right now, IU has two open scholarships on its 2019-20 roster. It is…
Wednesday afternoon update — Indiana offered Davis a scholarship today after meeting with Davis today: https://twitter.com/step_basketball/status/1123703679612268546 When the Indiana coaching staff visits a prospect twice over the course of two weeks, it is time to take note. That is the case with 2020 point guard RJ Davis, who Archie Miller is visiting today based on reports: https://twitter.com/Andrew__Slater/status/1123311751448211456 Just over a week ago IU coaches were at Archbishop Stepinac High School in New York to watch Davis. https://twitter.com/lohudinsider/status/1120394794763726848 Sandwiched in between those visits was an incredibly impressive AAU weekend in Atlanta on the Nike EYBL circuit. Playing for the New York…
Indiana head basketball coach Archie Miller is determined to get a primary ball handler in the class of 2020. For more than a year the top target in that regard has been St. Louis area product Caleb Love. Continuing that pursuit, Miller visited Love in-home on Tuesday. Love attends Christian Brothers in St. Louis and he led his team to the state finals as a junior. He is ranked as the No. 32 player in the country in the 2020 class according to the 247Sports Composite and the No. 5 point guard. At 6-foot-3, Love is a big point guard…
Indiana continues to actively issue scholarship offers in the class of 2020 after the April live recruiting period. The latest incoming high school senior to receive an IU offer is Minnesota native Dawson Garcia. The IU coaching staff visited Garcia on Tuesday evening and issued the offer in person. He announced the offer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dawson23lee/status/1123428602182275074 Although he is 6-foot-11, Garcia is not a traditional back to the basket big man. The Prior Lake product has ball handling ability and can pass and knock down perimeter shots. According to the 247Sports Composite, Garcia is the No. 29 player in the…
Indiana has made up substantial ground since entering the mix for 2019 4-star guard Lester Quinones a few months ago. When the New York native announced his “final seven” schools in February, the Hoosiers’ odds seemed slim, with at least one 247Sports recruiting analyst describing IU as a “very big longshot.” An official visit to Bloomington last week seems to have helped the cause substantially, and now the Hoosiers appear to be in the final two for the talented shooting guard. On an appearance today on 92.9 FM in Memphis, Quinones discussed the latest with his recruitment. He indicated that…
Indiana head coach Archie Miller just doubled down on the “inside out” in-state recruiting initiative. After spending much of the weekend watching them play in Dallas, Miller has offered 2020 four-star shooting guards Anthony Leal and Trey Galloway today during in-home visits. Leal hails from Bloomington, Ind., while Galloway attends Culver Academies in Culver, Ind. The Galloway offer was first announced today by 247Sports ($). Leal announced his offer via Twitter this evening: https://twitter.com/anthonyl3al/status/1123015034408505344 Leal and Galloway are teammates on the Indiana Elite AAU squad that competes on the Adidas Gauntlet circuit. Indiana coaches watched the duo all weekend in…
After an impressive performance in Atlanta on the Nike EYBL AAU circuit, Indiana has extended an offer to Massachusetts forward Matthew Cross. The offer was announced by Mike Yagmin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikeYagmin/status/1122692949115113472 Hailing from Beverly, Massachusetts, Cross attends Woodstock Academy in Connecticut. The 6-foot-7 wing averaged 16 points and 7 rebounds per game as a junior, but it was his performance this past weekend that has garnered more attention including the offer from IU. Playing for BABC, Cross had a huge weekend in Atlanta, averaging 22 points over four games. He showed a complete game to go with his scoring…
Indiana head football coach Tom Allen continues to have success on the recruiting trail, and IU may have never had a bigger commitment than this. Class of 2020 wide receiver Rashawn William announced his verbal commitment to IU on Monday via Twitter: https://twitter.com/troule19/status/1122899581803597825 The Detroit native is ranked the 166th best player overall in the 2020 class according to the 247Sports Composite. That ranking is believed to be the highest for an IU commit during the recruiting service rankings era, a mark that was previously held by 2019 signee Sampson James. Williams is the No. 33 wide receiver nationally and…
With only one live recruiting period in the month of April, it was all systems go this weekend for Archie Miller and his Indiana basketball coaching staff. Under the new reforms recommended by the Rice Commission last summer, April 26-28 was the only time during the spring that college basketball coaches were allowed to watch recruits play in person. With major AAU events being held at different locations around the country, it was time to divide and conquer as the IU staff covered as much ground and as many prospects as possible. Here is a summary of where Miller and…