Indiana Fans Can Stop Worrying, The Hoosier's Basketball Program Is Officially Back
I LOVE declaring Indiana basketball back, especially in the offseason, one week after the national championship. No college basketball fanbase is better at buying into the off-season hype than the Indiana Hoosiers. Every season we get our hopes sky high thinking the program is back to the glory days, only to watch the hype train derail by the end of the season. It's the same thing every year. Underperform in the regular season, get dominated in the BTT, early exit during March Madness (if we even make the tourney these days.)
Despite learning my lesson every single season, I'm a fan with a memory of a gold fish. I'm ALL IN on this team. We need shooters and rebounding. What does Woodson do? He does what fans have been begging him to do - raid the transfer portal for guards. His first big get was Myles Rice, a stud guard that made his WSU team competitive as a Freshman.
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Then the latest news is Woodson bringing in another big man he can get ready for the NBA. I feel like what Calipari did for guards at Kentucky, Woodson is starting to slowly do for big men who go to Indiana - get them to the league. Woodson added not only one of the best at his position, but the best in the portal, Oumar Ballo.
I'm going to be honest, when Liam McNeely decommitted from the program after Indiana announced Woodson would be returning, losing to Nebraska by 30 points in the BTT, and missing March Madness, I was ready to go into full blown panic mode. Is Woodson the guy? Now? I don't even care that Indiana only has 1 hard commit for next season (Bryson Tucker), look what a team like Alabama did through the transfer portal.
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It's almost a cheat code for Indiana being able to recruit the week of the Little 500 with absolutely perfect weather. Word on the street is Ballo decided IU was where he wanted to be after going out to the bars last night with Trey Galloway. Regular guys get chicks, Trey swims in an aquarium of trim. Shoutout to the ultimate recruiting weapon, It's not fair to other schools when IU has unlimited NIL money and a handsome mother fucker like Trey Galloway showing them the night life. STOP THE FIGHT! INDIANA BASKETBALL IS BACK!