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Without getting too political, it's absolutely insane than an acting governor can take over replacing seats as they please. Replacing elected trustees doesn't sit right with me. I'm not a fan of Quinn sticking around, he's already set this basketball program back another half a decade getting his buddy hired. As someone mentioned as well, I really hope he stays away from the basketball program, we don't need his guidance, nor does Scott.

Is that really the best picture they could get of him? "Hey Drew, I know you just came off a 36 hr bender and you slept for 8hrs in the sun, but, here, put on this ill-fitting shirt and this pre-tied tie my 13yo was practicing on and we're gonna take a picture of you and put it out in public. Nah, don't worry about shaving, Dude, you look good. The double chin is no problem"

A man before his time.

She was fired from ESPN because of her politics. Aka she isn't a lefty. She's allowed to have opinions. Not sure that makes her a shill but sure go off since those opinions don't align with yours. I love Sage Steele. She's all about IU. We need more people like her.

Good thing we got Woodson out when we did.

Removing the ability to elect trustees and instilling them with political yes men and women.

WE'RE GOING TO THE FINALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Glad to see it. Sage Steele loves Indiana University and loves America. She will be a fantastic person for the job. The stuff/propaganda and otherwise she endured at ESPN and then to be tough enough to do what she feels is right is just a lovely character trait. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners

Here is most of the staff talking in front of the crowd at Huber’s. Moderated by Don.

So our powers as alumni are being taken away by a politician so he can appoint his own stooges. This is what is wrong with America.

This was the most composed / in his element I've seen DDV, that's my main takeaway. So refreshing / reinvigorating to have a HC that gushes when he talks about basketball. Says he has the same expectations as the fans and will do everything to live up to them. Lol at the reporter who couldn't get a question in edgewise. Must be a rookie Other notes for people who can't watch: Likes depth and ability to shoot, said "for the most part" good positional size, acknowledges short at C. DDV said nicest part of taking the trip is 10 extra practices, might do 1 a week to do film study / install stuff. Still actively recruiting, can go in a lot of different directions with those two extra spots. See how it plays out. Says the advantage to building a roster from scratch is everyone is bought in all the way from day 1. Said that matters in terms of connectivity and playing your role, the trip will help build chemistry. Everyone is figuring each other out, fun process to see play out from where we start in June to finish in March Q: What was the biggest challenge putting the roster together, 10 commitments in 27 days, things moved quickly. A: Wanted to be sure everyone we brought in fit who we want to be, not just this year but long term. Same thing with the staff. Trying to do it right from Day 1, if it takes a little longer it takes a little longer, but trying to do it as quickly as we could and be smart and calculated about it. HS recruiting will continue to be a big emphasis. Considered regional connections, experience, youthfulness, lots of things when it came to building the staff. Important to have complimentary skill sets. Potential for one more staff member. Thinks we have guys who are about winning, and that tends to shine through quickly Doesn't anticipate we'll have a lot of rim protection but it's not always blocking shots and there's other ways to protect the rim. Says he feels really good about the 5, like our guys and how they fit offensively. Have the ability to have the ball in their hand and be playmakers, have good depth there, will be nights we're undersized but lots of ways to offset that. On paper likes the balance of shooters and bigs, but have to take it from paper to the floor. That process starts next week.

Tucker Devries is official... https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-tucker-devries-granted-extra-year-of-eligibility/ In your face, WVa fans...

Team practice starts today! Little trickles of information should be starting.

So happy that Nancy Leonard and Herb Simon are still around to see this. Nancy and Slick straight saved the franchise and Herb convincing Mel Simon to buy the team and keep it local restored stability that had long passed. There is literally no Indiana Pacers without those 2.

Flip is complete - real nice pick-up! https://247sports.com/college/indiana/article/indiana-hoosiers-football-the-iu-program-picks-up-a-commitment-from-florida-prospect-kevontay-hugan-250850496/

Hate the ability to ‘complete the step and then shoot’. Will lead to players stealing free throws.

https://x.com/IndianaMBB/status/1930988050378543592 When was the last one of these you saw where a coach is busting a kid for getting lazy in a drill? Love it.

I propose that a 15 point comeback capped with a game winning shot officially be called a Haliburton

Quinn Buckner enters the chat. :)

So you're cool with elected officials being removed for a political agenda?

I care about the taking over of the IU elected board way more than his renewal of Buckner.

Wait a minute here. I think some facts are being missed. And bear with me, some of these numbers are best estimates from what I hear from media and AD folks. 1) First off, Pat is misinterpreting that comment. That's mostly a joke. If you listen to Cig's other interviews, he thanks the donors and Scott and Pam and says "our pot of money is nice." I'm sure he wants more money, but I don't think it's an issue right now. 2) Here's the trend in IUFB NIL/rev share for players and money for staff, which is important to keep in mind. End of Allen Tenure - $2M NIL. Grim! Our staff budget wasn't great either. Cig Year 1 - We promised Cig $3M NIL and he got ~$4.5M. He was very happy. We were only 20-30% of the big programs last year who had $16-20M NIL. Cig Year 2 - With the rev share, we are about $22-23M (something like ~$16M rev share and $6-7M NIL). He's getting the bulk of the rev share like most P4 schools and our NIL is up again quite a bit in Year 2. The big programs are $35-40M total. We are now 55-60% of the big programs, which is a big improvement from last year. I'd guess we are around #25 in the nation for player payroll -- just an estimate. Maybe as good as #20. Also, we gave Cig a significant increase in staff budget, $11M is now top-5 in the country which is amazing. And Cig himself more or less doubled his comp and is now a borderline top-10 paid coach making about $9M+ after incentives/bonuses. IU's commitment to football is good. The progress in 1.5 years is immense. 3) Basketball NIL went from ~$6M last year to what looks like ~$7M NIL + ~$3M rev share this year. We increased NIL for bball, but not a lot. Cig can't be surprised at NIL levels for bball at IU. So, overall, I don't think Cig can complain too much right now, and I don't think he is. I'm not seeing false promises or a bait and switch. HOWEVER, we have to keep improving each year, or else it could become an issue. On the money point, unfortunately I think we need more for football, and basketball, but let's focus on football. Ideally we would have $10M more per year for football payroll, which would get us to 75-80% of the big programs. That's about as good as we could do, we will never match OSU, Texas, UGA, etc., they're just way bigger. I think Scott has to keep engaging new donors and sponsors and next year find a way to increase our player payroll $3M+ so we can keep the improvement going and keep chipping away at the bigger football programs. And Cig has to continue to deliver with the resources we are giving him. Tough job, but that's what it takes to be good in the hyper competitive world of CFB. So, what I'm saying is from what I can tell today, things are really pretty good. I'm not seeing or hearing about an issue with IUFB funding -- we'll see if anything else comes up.

You called her a shill and cited her pushing Trump's agenda as the reason for being appointed to the BoT. Universities are supposed to be apolitical but let's be real, they have pushed one side's political agenda for decades. Sage is professional and very passionate about Indiana University. I'm glad she has chosen to take on this role.

So people only care because he renewed Buckner? What about "He falsely suggested that IU was unique in having alumni determine a public university’s board members, even though other state schools including Purdue University still have appointees that are elected by the Purdue Alumni Association."

Thomas Bryant playing real mins in a conf finals closer is nuts. Carlisle is crazy. Also, when they said it’s been exactly 25 years, I started to feel really old. I remember going to those Finals with my dad.