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Feel terrible saying this, but I honestly don't even really care about this season. I'm so detached from this roster and coaching staff, all I care about is whatever gets us to a coaching search in March/April.

1 of the truly under-appreciated legends of IU basketball. High School All-American. Mr Basketball at Manual with his twin brother, Tom as well as Trester Award winner. All American at IU. Multiple time NBA All Star. Exemplary representative for the school for basically 60 years. Hell of a run.

There's no "unless." This is Woody's last year as the IU coach.

I noticed that too. Today I learned at least 7 AP voters don't watch college basketball.

Another season of Woody...I'd rather stuff a Lego in my boots and walk around in them all day while not wearing socks to be honest.

Texas State DL Dominique Ratcliff has committed!

Man..... I'll die on this hill. It's not the What, it's the Why and the How. Of course we all want IU to return to the glory of competing for national championships, but when people say we have unrealistic expectations, I call BS. All I want is a team we can be proud of. I've been prouder to be an IU fan when we've had teams way worse than this. All we want is discipline, connected play, selflessness, hard work and 110% effort from everyone in the program from the Head Ball Coach to lottery picks to the janitor. Talent and NIL be damned.

I remember literally using some of my vacation days at work to schedule around certain IU basketball games I didn’t want to miss. Now I could have absolutely nothing going on and if a game is on I’m fine with watching something else. I just can’t stand it at all. Couldn’t wait til the season started every year, but now I can’t wait til it ends so I can see if a change is made. This is even way worse than when people wanted Archie out of town.

Keep 'em coming baby!

He also said that many of our new players came from schools that play mostly zone defense, which is why we were having trouble on D., which is not true. Also said we played good defense against Nebraska. So Delusional

Best reply on X to Rabjohns' post...

You mean like new coach Pat Kelsey did at Louisville with TWELVE new players? Kicked Woodson's @$$ in the Bahamas... he just needs to STFU and go away.

Lee Beebe Jr. Is back!

Wow the shots from former players and recruits keep landing!

Don’t worry, as soon as I win this mega millions you can rest easy, I will keep the money flowing in. Got a lot of eggs in that basket so things are looking up!

Vermont wins the National Championship, Marshall got a taste of the 2020 Championship by losing on a golden goal

I see alot of doom and gloomers in here. I am not as convinced as some that Woodson was brought back this year all because of Buckner. I believe they may have been as dumb as we think. I feel they didn't want to fire another coach already and look like they don't know what they are doing lol. I believe they felt Woodson could do good enough to get the fans back on board if they bought enough talent. I mean they did go pretty much all in on that. I feel it worked for the off season as I think with the ranking and the hype the fans were on board. Unfortunately the season started and we fell flat so far. I believe it is that simple. If this continues he will be fired because fan support is gone and the administration looks as terrible as ever. I believe they were dumb enough to attempt this and it hasn't worked. That's my belief Sent from my SM-A326U using Tapatalk

Archie’s last 2 years he had the tournament cancelled and then in his last year he didn’t get the home court advantage that Assembly Hall creates. He ended up being bad but that’s some tough stuff to over come. Just a weird couple years. His first year he was no where close to the tourney and in his second year lost 12 of 13 games and still was First 4 out and would of made it if they would of beaten Ohio st in B1G tourney. Woody was in first 4 out until he made a mini run and beat Michigan and Illinois in B1G tourney. Still finished second to last team in

I legit could stomach this season a little bit better if he had even an ounce of humility on this past season's Senior Day. If he said something to the effect of "This season didn't go the way we expected or wanted, but we're gonna keep fighting to get better. This university deserves more. IU fans deserve more. I appreciate all of your support." I would be way more inclined to watch games, and would probably feel a connection to this team at least to the point I don't want the head coach run out of town on the next train. But instead what do we get? An F-U attitude, implying those who question him aren't "true fans", putting forth no effort in recruiting, activating the burner squad on social media, and the business between him and the Hoosier Hysterics coming to light. Hopefully he doesn't get to resign. I want him fired.

To be honest, he is in a tough position. What other coach has to win conference road games, teach new players their defensive strategy and be burdened with not recruiting HS players? On top of that he has to spend the most NIL money in college basketball on players that he spends no time teaching and yet still find time for wine and stogies. It's a lot to ask of a mere mortal, good thing...

Matt Weaver, the Peegs IU Football beat reporter, said that he expects many of our most notable portal signings, including a quarterback will be announced by the middle of next week. I love that Mendoza visited on the sly. Of his supposed final four options: If he'd chosen UCLA the announcement would have/could have come already It's not Wisconsin - they just got their starter It's apparently not Miami - that's home for him but they're not reported to be a finalist That leaves us or Georgia and I love our chances. If he's coming from a messed up culture at Cal and visiting us with complete inside knowledge on our culture? That's really good.

Mendoza visited last week.

Living in Scottsdale, I had the pleasure to sit and talk with Dick several times at his Art Studio. He had a table right outside his shop doors that he would sit at and work on his art. He was a lovely man, that was always friendly and greeted you with a smile on his face. He was also always eager to discuss IU Basketball every time I stopped in. Really sad to hear that he passed. He always commented about how much his stroke had impacted him. Living legend both in IU basketball and Phoenix Lore. RIP Dick.

So he can ride off into the sunset with his just for men hair coloring? Sent from my SM-A146U using Tapatalk

The when-it-rains-it-pours tweet ... Crazy thought -- but any chance that just refers to the death of Richard Van Arsdale? That, just when you thought it couldn't get any worse -- an IU legend passes?

If it is an injury then we won't hear about it till Saturday most likely. It's finals week and everything is super quiet around here with a lot of people going home and off work.

He picked these guys. So adapt and play zone. :)

Generally? It's not as bad as you think. And it's not as good as you think. With that guidance, this feels like an 8 to 11 B1G win team.

Woodson missed the memo. The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win.Everyone wants to win but not everyone wants to prepare to win. preparing to win is where the determination that you will win, is made. Once the game or test or project is underway, it is too late to prepare to win. The actual game, test or projetc is just the end of a long process of getting ready, in which the outcome was really determined. So if you want to win, you must want to prepare to win. Once you prepare to win, winning is almost anti climatic." - Bobby Knight Bobby Knight Sent from my SM-A146U using Tapatalk

One of my earliest memories of watching Indiana basketball with my dad was the '63-64 team with the Van Arsdales, Jon McGlocklin, Vern Pfaff and Steve Redenbaugh on WTTV Channel 4 on a little 14" black and white television... I was 10 years old, and didn't understand (at the time) why my dad was constantly yelling at the tv... :D

In my opinion the issue with Mack is one that happens sometimes at the college level. He doesn’t have NBA level athleticism. A 6-8 high school player with his shooting touch can really be miscalculated until playing against college level athletes. It happens. Being forced to guard high major 3s and 2s does him no favors on that front. My feeling is he would have been used much, much differently at a place like Kansas or UConn. He wouldn’t start, and his only job would be to wait for open looks from three on the wing. He certainly wouldn’t have been asked to play giant ball at the three— and like I mentioned before, I’m guessing it had a huge impact on him choosing IU. Huge minutes at the position he and his family envisioned him— but again, he lacks the athleticism to be a 3 and is at best a small ball minutes 4.

Honestly, the gap between the Archie Years and Woodson Years is not that far off. Sure Indiana has had some nice lands in the portal and H.S. recruiting, including a couple NCAA appearances. However, the program doesn't feel all that much alive compared to the Archie days.

https://x.com/doogiehauser01/status/1869026052317893069?s=46 SIAP

I am in the same boat. I posted earlier about getting some free tickets. At first, I was like no thanks and then I found out they were in the 76-club section. I had not gotten to see a game there and wanted to see what it was like so I said sure I will go. I was impressed with the section and told my son that they would be wise to do the other side the same way. I thought it was a great way to bring in revenue with businesses using them for games. Back on topic, during the game there was more complaining about the coaching and team than I expected to hear around me..... Fans are just over it at this point.

https://x.com/justiceellison1/status/1869081119796437170?s=46&t=0mbJ_TT4MQ8KZKv29ZqhSg

Well, that’s not that impressive. I mean, Mgbako only has 17 losses with Woody….wait, in how many years? Nvm

If the king wasn't so damn arrogant he could of left after year two and said he got the program back. Instead his arrogance will lead to him being a laughing stock with colored facial hair Sent from my SM-A146U using Tapatalk

It certainly will be for me... I'm currently as "out" as I can be without completely abandoning my university...

Dolson should arrange a sponsorship for Woodson to hawk Just For Men products and finally leave basketball behind. Might be his true calling... How many recruiting visits did he pass on so he could color his goatee? Lol Yelling at his wife for buying the wrong shade at the drug store... can have a lot of fun with this one

I said it a while ago but people were really underselling how important getting a quality win and competent performance in the Bahamas was. The B1G is not well regarded this season. 10-10 with zero good non-con wins isn’t getting us in IMO. Then look at the data you’ve provided… Woody has not over performed at any time in this tenure. TJD was a killer, and JHS periodically went unconscious. So expecting 11 or 12+ B1G wins is living in fantasyland. You had to have noticed that stretch starting with @ PU on 1/31. That is a brutal stretch of games in February. Squint and tell me how many wins you see there with how this team has looked… PSU at home? UW on the road? OSU at home? That stretch looks like 2-8 to me, maybe 3-7. I think you’re right this could get a lot uglier.

Amen brother. Amen.

I was doing some thinking about the rest of the year last night. The more I thought about it, the more I felt like this season really might go completely off the rails. Thought my bias may be clouding my ideas, so I looked at the NET Rankings and Woody's winning percentage vs. each Quad. My back of the napkin math: as it stands today - we have 13 Q1 games, 3 Q2 games, 4 Q3 games left. As it stands today there are 6 games that could be Q1/Q2 (Michigan, Purdue, PSU, OSU) or Q2/Q3 (Rutgers, at Washington). Woody has a 31% winning pct vs Q1, 64% vs Q2, and 89% vs Q3. That would be good for 10 more wins. That'd put us at 18-13 overall. I have a hard time seeing us finishing better than 21-10 absolute best case. 18-13 or worse more likely IMO.

I just hope they don’t stop. Only chance in todays landscape. Just gotta have the right guy making the roster. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

Free flow offense is what our opponents enjoy when they play us.

Good mid major game tonight on a limited slate. Grand Canyon /Louisiana Tech tied late first half on espn+. Or you can watch the Bears continue to do stupid ish if that’s your thing;)

I remember **** and Tom, along with Jon McGlocklin, Steve Redenbaugh, Ron Peyser, Al Harden being part of the last good Branch McCracken team. RIP sir.

So, I had the pleasure of going to a home game this year and was seated in the 76-club area. Very nice by the way. While there I talked with a former player on many topics. One being the current coach. Not good.... He confirmed that he is protected by the Board (Buckner and one or two others) and that if you go against him (Woodson), you are out. Fife and Matta were in place before Woodson was hired, and he did not like that at all and you see where they ended up. Looking back, I don' t remember who was in place before whom but I thought Woodson was announced before Fife or Matta so assumed he hired them. He also confirmed that Dolson had a different path, and it was shot down. He did not say who that was but said it was a homerun. He mentioned that Dusty May is not off the table once Buckner is out. Said the buyout is low on purpose. Other former players are no longer welcome around the team (see Brian Evans comments). I was really in shock with all he shared with me. How can the IU program allow this to happen? How can the boosters allow this. The program has to be bigger than one or two people. So sad. Take it for what it's worth. Which may not be much lol.

Saw this on reddit and couldn't resist sharing Sent from my SM-S908U using Tapatalk