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https://x.com/NBA/status/1810073834499784734 Kel’el with a really good game today in a win over Sacramento. 26 and 11 and Sac had no matchup for him so he just punished them in the paint. Very nice.

We have some people in this thread mad about booing last year. We have others mad about comments from Sr night months ago. Classic July for IUBB. November can't get here soon enough.

Lol. Burners have infiltrated with illogic reasoning. I don’t love the Boo’ing personally. But it’s a professional sports thing. And Indiana Basketball is a professional sport. If the Coach, program, and players aren’t putting the energy, effort, and performance out that is necessary, you are probably gonna hear some boos. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners

I have a lot of respect for Ware. He had a bad freshman year and came to IU and did the work. I think is just beginning to grow into how good he can be. He has all tools to be a great NBA player.

This is a terrible analogy lmao. Mike Woodson is not our boss. A much better comparison would be to go boo your customers for complaining about a terrible product that you put out. And then hire a social media campaign to dump all over said customers. I’m sure that would go over well!

You emailed the AD on multiple occasions demanding he fire Woodson and came to multiple boards to tell everyone (brag?) about it. Out of everyone here, you were probably among the worst of the worst. People are upset he did a bad job, blamed the fans for noticing, and then parroted all of those people's complaints about him after his rich friends bailed him out. "You guys don't know basketball. Mike Woodson knows basketball. Mike Woodson thinks we need more guards because guard play is what rules college basketball." Well thanks for noticing you basketball savant. I mean Cal40Cheaney and IUbball4eva have only been screaming that on Twitter for 3 years but man have you earned that check Woody. He better win games. That is all that saves him right now. He has a group that can't stand him and he has people (like you) that will defend him when things aren't flying but will be on the horn to the AD the minute he starts to underperform. And he has pissed off enough media types that they will be more than happy to back the bus over him after the fans have thrown him under it if he doesn't win. And that is all on him.

Liars? Burners? IMO, nah. We just have a huge, passionate fan base. Everyone has their own standards for what is good or acceptable to them and their own temperament in terms of how they respond/form their views over time. To each their own. A generally decent rule of thumb that I think applies here no matter where you fall on Woodson … never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Wow. I get why a fanbase would automatically discount an IU in a recruitment like this, but CU fans being dismissive of freaking Auburn is just myopic as hell.

Committed to Indiana

Jesus Christ on a motorbike, WTH did I just watch?

https://www.essentiallysports.com/nfl-ncaa-news-deion-sanders-top-target-julian-lewis-accused-of-playing-mind-games-with-latest-gesture-for-auburn-and-indiana-hoosiers/

People that I encounter on a daily basis don’t make millions of dollars and are in a very visible leadership role. What he said and did on senior night was totally uncalled for, childish, and very unprofessional

Yes, should have been up by 4

I hope when Freddie calls it a career and comes home someone does a podcast with him because you just know that dude’s got stories.

Little brother transferring high schools per Samad Hines. 2026 Ethan Mgbako (@ethanmgbako) will be attending powerhouse Oak Hill Academy (VA) for the 2024-2025 high school season — the 6-foot-6 guard out of New Jersey has had a stellar AAU season — an elite pick up for Yerrick Stoneman and his staff with this one

Just for comparison. Month of July CTA first year rank: 71, 8 total commits. Rivals 2 star NFL TE Peyton Hendershot being one of them. Coach Cig rank: 49, 19 total commits.

Dem's some serious Eric Musselman vibes.

Zach Edey makes his debut tonight at 9pm on ESPN.

I didnt accuse you of anything. The million dollar thing always makes me laugh. Still talking about SR day months later? Get over it.

Malachi Moreno come on down! I know, wrong thread, but this would be another feather in our cap moving forward.

Pretty nice little ball player.

Uh, no. IU does not need a uniter. IU needs a winner. RMK was not a uniter. Unite the fans...yeah, right. Now there's a priority to put into a head coach's contract. /s

That is a useful rule of thumb for pretty much every aspect of life!

I can tell you for a 100% fact that Shrekbagger and Certified Sunshine Pumper are very much long-time posters here, there, and everywhere.

We might need to check the vetting process for BTB soon. Maybe the burners are filtering into the message boards. I'm just kidding so relax everyone. I spoke to someone on staff today, trying to talk him into having the team at my son's dorm on move-in day to help with everything. :-) I thought it was the least he could do for having us sit through that painful season last year. It's been a good offseason so hopefully that continues

On3 drops him to 4 stars and ranks him 44th nationally. Oh man... this might actually be a very good thing for IUFB.

To no one's great surprise we're out of the running for Jordan Scott. Announced his final 3 of Michigan State, Maryland and Va Tech.

If not maybe a little worse! Wow that was definitely something!

Announcing his commitment today at 1pm. Supposedly choosing between IU, Purdue, and West Virginia. Did visit Oklahoma recently as well.

Don’t really think his comments registered with very many. Nothing that 25+ wins wouldn’t cure instantly.

When I say a “Uniter” I mean someone that hasn’t already divided and seems to be happy to continue to divide. Winning Consistently for sure is the biggest hurdle. Woody started as a “Uniter” “us against them” guy but this season he turned on a huge portion of the fanbase. Instead of taking accountability and saying he didn’t live up to his own expectations and these are the things we are going to do to fix it. He went on a crusade against fans not happy with him not reaching the expectations he acknowledges. Just completely backwards strategy and could have been much easier if he could have swallowed some pride.

Piss on that. We need a winner. We had a uniter in Crean and yall couldn't get over him adjusting his pants and clapping.

lol. Incredible. As I’ve said before, if only Woodson worked half as hard as you people do at defending him.

Lmao no one gives a **** about your cherry-picked statistic. He barely beats the bottom feeders of the NCAA during the non-conference schedule, amazing! 31-29 in an incredibly mediocre Big Ten.

Management had its part I wont deny that. But the man crossed so many bridges that no one wanted to play for by the end. And if anything this speaks to my larger point that needs to stop being overlooked. We ain’t doing squat as a program if we don’t have a respectable administration. Good administration’s don’t give their besties the highest paid job in the state of Indiana lol. Good lord. You guys are sad defending this garbage.

He didn’t lose a large portion of the fan base, he lost a very loud minority. Most level-headed people aren’t happy with the way last season played out, but understand losing a program great in TJD and an additional 1st rd pick was likely going to lead to some regression, and firing somebody after a single bad season wasn’t going to happen. Places like this represent a fraction of the actual fan base. I read BTownBanners, Rivals, Inside The Hall, and HSN and this place by far is the most insecure when it comes to Woodson. Woodson is absolutely in a prove it year, but way too many people bought into the false hype and rumors perpetuated by some of the bigger name voices who cover Indiana basketball.

https://x.com/bbalevv/status/1809635721151500738?s=46&t=Ws42dw1Dgsw8GgM1xfIgJg

Strange Vendetta my guy. It’s Because they want Indiana to be great above all things else. Look at how the cover IUWBB. They would be Woodys biggest fans if only he was good at coaching college basketball and winning games. Enduring last season in real time was difficult for the most ardent fans. As an aside we all knew this was going to end badly at some point because they are fans yet they were functioning in a much larger capacity with real impact.

Folks were saying the same kind thing last offseason. Where there’s a Woodson, there’s a way.

Soon to be followed by a "it was better in the '80s" post.

Idk. Maybe Woody should have flown to LA to meet them. Enjoy a candle lit dinner. Go shopping on Rodeo Drive. Some pillow talk maybe.

HH are NOT employees of IU or Woodson despite what Woodson and, apparently, you seem to believe. Making him come to Bloomington for this to happen was a power play Woodson used to to stroke his own ego.

None of us will ever be able to confirm if Woodson said that exactly. But it sounds like a statement from someone who talks in Third Person 70% of the time would make. Frankly he’s hinted at this thought this season before.

Eric said the Woodson meeting happened in May, not April. Scott Dolson podcast was released on April 30th as well so it sounds like there was a gap between the podcast and the in person conversation.

I mean, if the bigs can dominate 1v1s and kick accurately and on time when doubles present, it should work. One of the few things I liked last year with our offense was some of the 2 man game, high/low stuff from Reneau/Ware. I hated practically everything else from pace, shot selection, movement, etc ABCs of basketball. Carlyle and Rice are getting a lot of hype. Please for the love of god play some uptempo, transition, fast paced full court hoop. Get 1 big down the court early like Zeller use to excel at. And that’s how you utilize your bigs and create tempo.

He's going to be the stand in the deep corner guy watching the two bigs clog the lane.

Nope. Not his job.

Man some days all you can do is laugh at our institution. Our athletic department as a whole has been an absolute **** show for all of our lives. But I don’t think that as far as the institution goes. But the last 20ish years? It’s one thing after another. Forget basketball. It’s been a joke for 25 years. Will never not support it, and will be the biggest sunshine pumper there is. But it’s a **** show. Anyone suggests otherwise is lying to themselves. I just have always thought, and been consistent for close to 20 years on these boards it goes way higher and it won’t be fixed for a long time. Even then how much damage did it take to get there? There is no exit plan in place after Woody. We all know it. It just keeps getting progressively worse in all areas of the University. I have zero confidence they get anything right. And I know they read these comments.