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He protected it once. That was enough.

The 2025-26 Indiana Hoosiers

Me reading the last few pages hoping for some info

More recruiting in a couple days than Woody did in his 4 years 

If you want the keys to Mike Woodson’s office, you go to Mike Woodson. 

Gtfo Mgbako.
Probably my least favorite player in 41 years of being a diehard IU fan as a student and alumni.
I’d rather have Bud Mackey on the coaching staff than Mgbako on scholarship.

I call him “Kevin.”
Heard he appreciates that.

Thank you for your service 

I too was initially bummed yesterday when the news broke, but I’m warming to the idea and going to give coach DD at least the equal chances I’ve given our past coaches. I liked the press conference and his attitude and repeatedly talking about work. All of that was refreshing. I’m proceeding with caution, as IU has been winning the off-season most of my life, but also think we might have gotten it right. 
 
Kind of related, if you’re DD, what NIL number do you reach out to the Mullins camp with? You have to at least make a call. 

I too was initially bummed yesterday when the news broke, but I’m warming to the idea and going to give coach DD at least the equal chances I’ve given our past coaches. I liked the press conference and his attitude and repeatedly talking about work. All of that was refreshing. I’m proceeding with caution, as IU has been winning the off-season most of my life, but also think we might have gotten it right. 
 
Kind of related, if you’re DD, what NIL number do you reach out to the Mullins camp with? You have to at least make a call. 

Do you think DRock is going to have to be told to get out to high school games?  Do you think he is going to be a jerk to the Womens basketball team?  
Thank goodness for a breath of fresh air into this program 

Finally got to watch, and all I can say is that first 25+ win regular season is gonna hit like absolute crack.
Recruiting is about to be so fun again. 

You are annoying sorry if the truth hurts.

I crashed out yesterday but I try to be an optimistic person when there is reason.  I think we have some reason for it.  Gonna have to start delivering on it this year though.  Huge year ahead.

Some really interesting comments made by the 247sports WVU staff in their reaction podcast:
They confirmed that DeVries had been in talks with Indiana in some form or another for over a month.
They believe (but can't confirm) there was contact between Dolson and DeVries in the Bahamas (one of them even insinuated that DeVries may have known IU was going to open up and he'd be candidate, and that's why he elected to shut down Tucker DeVries for the season to preserve eligibility after just 8 games -- zero proof to this, but interesting he'd even suggest it).
DeVries had given Indiana a hard yes last week, and was waiting for tournament results to finalize and sign.
Once IU and WVU got snubbed, things were set in motion rapidly Sunday evening, and by Monday Dolson and DeVries met to finalize the contract. This wasn't the expected timeline, but it worked out perfectly for Indiana -- and better for WVU in the long run, since they can get going on their coaching search before the tournament begins.
Iowa was never really in the picture; they wanted DeVries, but not only were they way too late to the party, they lacked the firepower to contend with IU. It was also noted that Iowa lacks the NIL support that WVU has, so it would've been a pretty tough sell for Iowa to pry him away regardless; Iowa being "home" for DeVries was likely their main selling point. Once it became clear DeVries wasn't even entertaining an offer from Iowa, they knew he was gone. They felt they could compete with Iowa to keep him, but not Indiana.
They also anticipate nearly the entire roster to follow the head coach and/or assistants (wherever they end up).
That about sums up the portions relevant to Indiana. They rambled on a bit about what coaches they'll target, the new landscape of college basketball, the future of non-B1G/SEC power conference programs, etc.
I'll add this: the tone of the podcast was pure dejection. They had felt like they had their guy for the long haul in Morgantown, and had been extremely excited for the future with DeVries. They sounded incredibly bummed to lose him. I almost felt bad for them lol. I suppose that's how we'd feel if Cignetti packed up and headed out of town to take the Texas job or something after one year.

Until the next coaching search all.  It was a fun one.  ✌️ 

#NeverForget

Not thrilled but will give him a chance.  Feels like a panic hire to me.  We shall see I guess.  Hoping for the best. 

Analytics don’t win ball games. This is now, what, 4 hires in a row we’ve had to talk ourselves into. Scott just hung himself, which is unfortunate, because I like the guy. Oh well, even more money to funnel towards the football program. Basketball has been irrelevant and an embarrassment for far too long to care this much.

Will try hard to have an open mind. I like the season he had, given the injuries. But this smells a lot like Archie to me. I guess he does have more experience, so I like that. Get ready to re-learn pack line defense, buddy. Hopefully it takes less than 4 years to learn it this time. More 3s and defensive rankings are good. We shall see. But I’d be lying if I said it excites me.