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If anyone cares jasai and family are currently having dinner at Zagreb with CDD

A small Kenny Johnson story: I lived in Louisville for med school while he was getting fired by Pitino and caught in the scandal. I was behind him in line at an BBQ place and introduced myself, thanked him for his time at IU. He asked me to come with him to his car as he took his food out to go and had a trunk full of boxes as he was literally cleaning out his office. Handed me three different autographed pictures of Victor Oladipo and shook my hand. Gave one to my Grandpa and have two downstairs hanging in my man cave.
Love this hire. He’s a great dude.

2002 was this century FYI

I think DDV has a good shot of working out here and not too worried about the portal this early. That said, seeing the seasons Louisville and Michigan just had… with coaches who grew up an IU fan / actually was a basketball manager here… and their early portal success … kills me thinking about how much was lost by bringing back a dead duck coach for a fourth year. Shameful leadership. The horse has been beaten to death 1000x over already but it’s truly mind blowing and IMO has left a really sour taste in a decent amount of fan’s mouths that’s gonna last for a while. Onward…

I find it interesting that two hours ago the IUBB official Instagram site posted a 50 second Luke Goode highlight reel in it's story.
Makes me think that IU might have some indication that he is likely going to be back.
Sure hope so.

Maryland has a chance to do the funniest thing ever and hire the guy Drake just announced as their new coach

I generally do not understand the angst in adding Enright? You’re potentially needing to fill 13-15 roster spots. How anyone can attribute adding a veteran leader with years of experience in DeVries system as anything but a good thing is beyond me. 

A few predictions (most of these are reading between the lines or speculating and a couple are sourced but still speculation until they happen):
1. I don't see any staff shakeup coming imminently at Illinois so Chester Frazier comes with Coach DeVries to Bloomington. I think WVU will pay a bunch to keep Hawthorne "home" and he stays but I think Kelvin Odih and MacLean come to IU. Odih is a really intriguing physical guard. He's developing as a shooter but he's a great athlete and already known as a really top-notch defender. I was told he's the type of player Jakai Newton could have been if he was healthy. MacLean is a really good shooter but I have not seen much of him and don't want to talk blindly about what type of player he could be. Similar size to Trent Sisley though.
2. The Villanova job is really interesting. Their fans and 247Sports site seems to think they have a good shot to get Willard from Maryland. Of course, Willard battled quite publicly with the AD at Maryland and it appears helped push him out the door to SMU. Willard wants more resources devoted to basketball and less to football and if he gets his way, he'll stay. If not, he'll take Villanova. If he stays at Maryland, I think they'll turn to Chris Collins quickly and he'd take the job. That domino would then probably open up the recruitment of Tre Singleton at Jeffersonville. He's a four-star forward that has developed nicely since committing to the Wildcats. He plays in the semi-state this Saturday and it would not be surprising to see DeVries watch him play. So...maybe those dominoes fall and Singleton is receptive to switching to IU? If so, maybe a four-man high school recruiting class? It'd be a bit heavy on 6'8" forwards but the three of those guys would have differing skill sets so I don't see that as a problem.
3. Josh Dix is possible but I'd be very surprised if he did not end up at Creighton. He'd be a great get but I think Creighton is the choice. It's a good basketball fit and a fit for the non-basketball reasons previously mentioned. A player from Iowa I think IU could get if they really wanted him: Cooper Koch. He's originally from Peoria and is, yet another, skilled 6'8" guy. He didn't play much as a freshman but his efficiency numbers were very promising.
4. If Kory Barnett comes with DeVries, IU will be the leader for Davidson from Nevada. That'd be a huge piece of the roster puzzle.
5. The targets I've listed out are forwards...if that comes to fruition, that position (plus Tucker DeVries) probably secures us for the 3 and 4 spots in the lineup. Who emerges as targets at guard (minus Conor Enright)?
Sorry for the length...excited for how this continues to unfold!

I've now watched 5 full games that span all 3 1/3 seasons of Tucker's career. Tucker has grown exponentially in his BBIQ from FR to this past season. I think he's often times possibly too unselfish. But man oh man he's going to have some games in AH that are going to have us fans on cloud 9. He's the kind of guy that can elevate his team from good to elite. Need a stud PG and I expect DDV to prioritize that position in the portal. His teams always feature a strong and smart PG. If Goode gets a waiver and you add that PG plus an athletic big then I think next year's team could legit contend for a B1G title. Tucker really is that damn good.

Conwell went for 17-5-3, 21-7-3, 13-7-1 on Drake last year. Say Miller goes to Texas…you think DDV might just be interested in having Conwell join Tucker on the perimeter next year? I won’t rest until he leaves college basketball or plays for IU, so get used to it. 

Hello everyone new to the panel but a DD fan. Just a little info on DD his first group of players 3 of them are in Drake's records book. One of his assistant coaches Garret Sturtz a former walk on is the all time rebound leader. Another one of his players a Indiana guy D.J. Wilkins Merrivile all time 3pt's made. And another Indiana guy Roman Penn Bishop Knoll/ Bosco Institute all time asst leader. He also had 6 Region guys in his group. All those guys graduated and a few with there masters. He's had 4 assistant coaches leave to P5 jobs. And one is a head coach. Three of his former players are assistant coaches on D1 staffs and 5 of his players are playing overseas. That's just a little about what he's done while at Drake. 

God, have already  thought more about HS recruiting in the last 12 hours than in the last 18 months.
How awesome is that? 

Curry Sage Spaces tonight says he’s hearing McCollum met with Iowa this weekend and couldn’t agree to terms because of NIL but he may end up taking it anyway.  Sounds like in general the NIL situation for men’s basketball is a mess at Iowa.  Brownell to IU is out.  Curry seems to think it is either DeVries or a higher caliber (Stevens/May/Wade) for IU.  He doesn’t seem certain at all…just trying to connect dots.  “Inclinations” as he called it.  He has a trusted sources that it’s not McCollum, Brownell or McDermott for IU but it is done.  If not DeVries….he thinks it’s someone “really f*cking big”

Billy Donovan would be wild

Flight will leave late tonight or early tomorrow morning... Stevens announcement will be tomorrow. Final. Meeting tonight to lock down details. Contract signed. Would even be shocked if leaked tonight by shams 

Brownell getting a 6 year extension at Clemson 

It’s not Brad Brownell 

Lloyd is one name out there that seems like a possible surprise candidate.  AZ isn’t in the best financial shape and Tommy supposedly doesn’t like his AD.  There are no good jobs in the PNW, so Tommy will have to stay far from home if he wants a big program.  This situation could have led Tommy to connect with Scott a while back and get this mostly wrapped up by the time Woody was fired.
I’m just guessing at some other angles that explain how quiet this search has been.

Mike Woodson did in his final year exactly what anyone who was paying attention knew what he would do in his final year. 
Underachieve.

He’s using words


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“Will Wade wants the IU job above all other openings but can’t even get an interview” is not evidence of an incompetent search, it’s evidence that the search is complete

I know I teased before but I will say this. We will make the announcement of brad Monday if we don't make the tourney or the day after our last game. Contract is signed and official. 

Well said.
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