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There is no play out of the whole season me made me pace more than this one.

Open carry state. Indiana has very lax gun laws, so this is bound to happen, sadly. The city of Bloomington encourages visitors to come for Little 500, but even if they didn't, it has such a reputation that visitors would be there anyway. Police presence probably could be higher, but with open carry laws, huge crowds, and alcohol involved, its a high risk scene.

Agreed. That this is where we are as a society is the most sad. That there are people outside of the IU community who think it's OK to come to campus and start shooting over a disagreement is insane. Young people should be able to celebrate a university tradition and feel safe while doing it. I don't know where we go from here but something has to change.

Indiana University National College Football Champions! A classic:

Middle class budget doesn’t buy enough and after last year fiasco of some of the same talk that is heard now thus far it is disappointing to not have better than middle class money.

Z has not proven she is a go to player for long periods of time. Of course injuries…but foul trouble and consistency she is good when healthy and could become go to player but currently that is nothing more than wishful thinking until she proves it. By March 1, 2027.

Z is def a go to player inside when healthy. The question is her health. Saw enough last yr to confidently say she is a top 3-4 center in this league when on the court. Also, most importantly, with Jess Petrie and Kenzie Hare out of the portal to go with Lenee, you have three top-tier three point shooters. Z demands enough attention inside to open the three point line for these players. Clearly the team also had way more money for the portal this year which was good to see. I wouldn't say it was top-tier, but solid middle class money that got you three solid p5 starters in Petrie, Hare, and Samuels and a decent backup in Williams. Last year everyone who came at the time was a low end rotation player from the p5 or a mid-major starter. Clearly team went from a working class budget to a middle class budget for the portal given who they brought in.

Stanton gave Tholl another lesson today in her culture and system again today. Sometimes Stanton's system of power ball and avg pitching result in the 9-8 type losses you saw yesterday against decent teams. However, the joy you see in the dugout on every pitch and the home runs being hit like they are going out of style with wins far more often than not, you more than accept the sometimes shaky pitching. Stanton has built a winning program in this sport that has not been seen since the 1980's.

I believe Smiley does stress all of that as that is what Heller and Hannahs build their program on and how Heller took Mercer to school this weekend with Iowa.

Finkelstein on this past weekend's 3SSB event mentions Naz Anderson and Darius Wabbington. Also Antonio Pemberton a player we have looked at. https://247sports.com/college/basketball/recruiting/article/scouting-nasir-anderson-jalen-davis-darius-wabbington-and-3ssbs-top-2027-prospects-283246494/

IU is 37-13, 14-7 in the conference for those not keeping up like myself.

You make some good points here, and Smiley sounds intriguing. I’d be interested to know how he coaches: does he stress fundamentals…solid defense, good pitching, discipline at the plate? As Wayne points out, we are less than the sum of our parts (recruiting has been pretty decent) because we are sorely lacking in those areas. And we can’t let this go on any longer or the program will be in the gutter.

The towel that I have signed that I haven't yet framed is worth more than the jersey my brother law got signed for me.

Stats for our 3SSB offers are pretty sparse. We have a very small number of offers out to kids who play on the adidas circuit and for whatever reason, a number of teams did not make the trip to California. The 3SSB circuit does not report turnovers. Nasir "Rudy" Anderson '27 - Game Elite Date Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Blk Stl Ladera, CA 4/24-26 4 16.3 24 53 2 10 15 26 9.3 7.0 0.3 1.5 Count/Avg 4 16.3 45% 20% 58% 9.3 7.0 n.a. 0.3 1.5 HS 25-26 # 10.7 47% 13% 46% 4.3 5.2 3.3 2.0 0 AAU 2025 # 16.2 48% 38% 64% 4.1 3.09 2.3 0.3 1.6 Marcus Curry '27 - Atlantic Celtics Date Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk Ladera, CA 4/24-26 3 9.3 11 24 1 7 5 6 3.7 2.0 0.0 0.3 Count/Avg 0 9.3 46% 14% 83% 3.7 2.0 #DIV/0! 0.0 0.3 HS 25-26 na AAU 2025 na Darius Wabbington '27 - Compton Magic Date Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk Ladera, CA 4/24-26 4 17 19 39 9 17 21 26 4.3 2.3 0.3 0.5 Count/Avg 4 17.0 49% 53% 81% 4.3 2.3 #DIV/0! 0.3 0.5 HS 25-26 # 17.5 53% 38% 74% 9.6 2.6 2.4 1.0 1.2 AAU 2025 # 12.6 45% 0% 62% 7.6 1.3 1.2 0.9 1.3

True, didn’t see enough from her at UCLA or IU to know if she’s more than rebounding and size. Mack could just get you a bucket when you needed one. Things get tough, dump it to Mack. Not sure If Z offers that. Hope she does.

Trying to stay relevant.

Z is absolutely go to if she’s healthy but that’s the big if

Definitely another disappointing season. Felt like it was over right after it got started. Seems to be talented, at least at the plate, although I’m not 100 sure the stats even back that up. Not an easy decision for Dolson here. It has the feels, like we are getting less than the sum of our parts. But it’s not gosh awful either. Would it end up being a full rebuild? Curious how this one turns out.

Yup. Got the perfect guy who will almost certainly take the job and his name is Brian Smiley and he is only 41 years old. Born in Evansville and worked for years under Rick Heller and Mitch Hannah at Indiana State who are two of the most respected coaches in the game. Then went and instantly turned Miami (OH) and they are good again for the first time in 20 years after we stole the last good coach from them (Tracy Smith obviously) and he built IU from nothing. Miami (OH) might hate IU for stealing their best coaches but oh well. Def need to make a move on Smiley before someone else does but can absolutely get him if you act now given this is his home state. Do NOT bring back Chris Lemonis as fans on social media seem to want. Given Mercer's struggles, some people have gotten Tom Crean syndrome and remember that era far to fondly. Lemonis was better than Mercer, but that is a low bar right now and had serious issues with player development and was living off what Smith built. Did same thing at Mississippi State inheriting a palace and winning a championship before driving it into the ground. Other guys you should call who will probably say no is a Tracy Smith reunion (although he is getting up their in age), Hannahs himself, and Kansas' Dan Fitzgerald. Assuming they do say 'no' though your list should end at Smiley and bring him home to 812 area code. Most importantly IU seems to have good luck with Miami (OH) guys (Smith, Terry Hoeppner) and very bad luck with Dayton guys (Mercer, Archie Miller) making Smiley ideal.

Committed to Baylor today.

And Iowa sweeps us in our own ballpark winning today 7-4. Yarberry and Seebold allowed 9 hits (4 extra bases) and walked 5. After Iowa's 6th, they led 7-1. We scored 3 in our 6th but we were done for the day. We had 11 hits but left 10 runners on base. As we limp towards the end of the season, we'll be at Louisville (25-18) Tuesday at 6:00. Televised on ACCNX. Radio Live Stats Our next weekend series is at Northwestern (16-24-1) (5-16). The following weekend we're at West Laffy and the season finale May 14-16, we host Illinois.

5 shot. Several of those 5 were from fragments. The other 4 were injuries from fleeing. All ladies with gunshot wounds from Indy and South Bend. Stemming from 1 fight. Terrible, somewhat predictable, but could have been much worse. The University/City needs to think about ways to make it safer. Especially around that Kirkwood area where crowds congregate .

Did some more digging and see he has offers from BYU and UCLA. BYU offered in March so he is not an unknown quantity. Hopefully Carr and Co. are aware of him and can get on him quickly. Do we have any connections to Prolific Prep?

One of my first thoughts when I saw the reports of gunfire. So disappointing on any given day but even more so when it’s this big of a recruitment weekend.