Wow Dakich!

[HoosierAloha 29,887]

Boucher for Oregon hasn't played in the tourney.

I wouldn't be shocked to see Brooks, Boucher, Bell, Mason, Graham, and probably a few others get a shot in the league.

I do agree that we need a program that values upperclassmen. However, we also need that one or two stud underclassmen. I believe it takes a balanced roster to consistently compete at the highest level.

[Old Friend 8,389]

Point wasn't to discredit upper or lower classmen or kids who may be NBA players someday.   My point is we don't need a bunch of NBA players on the roster, and especially ones who will leave early in order to win a championship.  I reject that completely.  I have, and I hope most have zero interest in repeating the Kentucky model.  You know as well as I do Indiana fans like to watch their kids and teams develop.   The model I will continue to use is Wisconsin.  Always an experienced team; always in the conversation, fundamentally sound, do things their way; recruit kids who can succeed in that system, and all they do is win.   They are now what Indiana was; and when I hear people tell me how much things have changed; I point to them.  Perhaps the most consistent program in the country over the last 15-20 years.  And....because Indiana is Indiana, and in a far better basketball hotbed, we will ALWAYS get better talent than Wisconsin.   Which, to me, means we'll be there..in the national conversation every year, just like they are.