Transfers and coaching changes starting to roll in. Plenty of recruiting decisions coming up as well.

A bunch of Indianapolis sophomores are transferring. Ronnie Johnson, Jeremy Hollowell, Eron Harris all leaving. Ron Patterson from Cuse expected to transfer as well. They could all end up as one big package somewhere. Eron Harris is a surprise.

Marquette rumored to be very close to getting Shaka Smart. Buzz leaving could work out well for them... Not sure I like it for Shaka. Didn't he turn down UCLA?

I thought so, he turned down Illinois as well.

Bye bye Laquinton Ross from Ohio State. Kind of glad. He could be so good, but is such a head case idiot, I'm sure he was a big part of their chemistry problems this year.

Anthony Lee is the first hot transfer (available to play next year), could go to Louisville, Indiana, among others.

Lee has visited Georgetown and has guaranteed visits to Iowa St and Indiana. He called Indiana the leader last week but not sure how legit that is. He has family in the Quad Cities so Iowa St could be tough to beat. He will have no competition for minutes at IU.

Jeff Goodman ‏@GoodmanESPN 32s
Temple transfer Anthony Lee told ESPN he's trimmed his list to five: Ohio State, Indiana, Louisville, Iowa State and Notre Dame.

Guess the Gtown visit didn't go too well. Louisville going to be able to offer plenty of playing time but 3 best players will be gone. Ohio St losing a lot and have a pretty good big man already. Iowa St probably has some transfers stashed from last year available next year?

IU is going to have to land Lee or a guy like Lee or Crean could be gone after next year.

Yeah but UCLA isn't located in Milwaukee

id be stunned if lee didnt go to iowa state

Indiana's Jeremy Hollowell and Purdue's Ronnie Johnson have discussed the possibility of transfer to the same school. Among the schools that have been contacted to discuss that possibility are Auburn, New Mexico, Memphis and Cincinnati, per multiple sources.

Depending on who is hired at IUPUI, that could be a possibility as well, a source said per rabjohns

Transfer Listfrom last year to see some guys who are now eligible this year.


Iowa St has a 6'7 F from Northern Illinois coming in next year who played 2 years and shot 33% from the floor. lol. avged 13/5. Abdul Nader... Probably won't affect the Lee decision much

Eron Harris(17 ppg, 42% 3s) is looking to transfer closer to home. Too bad he isn't just a serviceable big man instead. IU has a stud SG and another top 50 SG coming in this year.

Ronnie has stated that he wants to visit Xavier as well.

That's a stretch.

Marquette seems like such a minor upgrade. Weird.

8/6/2 in 23 mpg shooting 60% seems pretty good unless he is just the worst defender ever I guess. Maybe pretty good is a bit far but there just isn't that many solid big men around.

Damn IUPUI would be loaded with Hollowell Ronnie Johnson Harris and Patterson. Hollowell could still end up being a really good player eventually.

He is a decent shot blocker, but overall just an ok defender. He fouls a lot. Those numbers still seem to paint a slightly better picture than watching him. He has terrible hands, and turns it over an inordinate amount of times for the amount he handles it (not much). His fg % is so good because he basically only shoots dunks and bunnies. He definitely has some potential, but will probably never realize it because he just seems to not give a **** and doesn't seem to want to put forth the effort. There was a hilarious stretch in that Dayton game where he basically walked/half jogged between the 3pt lines (he probably didn't even get that far) like 3-4 times because he was too lazy to get back in either direction multiple times in a row.

/rant

I know very little about Lee but as an Ohio State fan, I'd be happy with anybody stealing some of Williams/McDonalds minutes.

Duke just landed this guy (Luke Kennard) for 2015:



unanimous Ohio Mr. Basketball averaging 41 ppg and 10.4 rpg. Ranked btwn #1 and #5 SG depending which publication you trust.

Strengths according to rivals: 3 point range, ballhandling, big-time score.
Weaknesses: Explosiveness, Strength, Wingspan

Seems like Duke is getting back to their fundamentals as this guy seems like the prototypical Duke basketball player who rustles jimmies. Will be a great fit beside Grayson Allen who will surely rile some people.

ESPN Recruiting says #8 SG CDL fyi

looks like a pretty rustl-y Duke guy tho, dat range.

Ford O'Connell ‏@FordOConnell 1m
RT @jasonkenney: .@tvvfoxsix is reporting that Marquette has landed Shaka Smart. Second report out of Milwaukee.

Jason Kenney ‏@jasonkenney 1m
Multiple outlets in Milwaukee are now reporting that Shaka Smart will be the next head coach of Marquette. #VCU #RVA

Keep reading multiple sources confirming slowly but surely but nothing official has been announced yet.

Thought Kennard was a lock for UK.. What happened?