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Lmao Cig is so damn awesome.

I think a “how is Carr doing so far” thread is overdue.

But I was told he was the closest thing to a slam dunk, sure thing hire IU could have made last year... lmao

They say he's not involved with coaching, but if the Lakers win a game next week 58-54, you'll know why.

If IU would just stop being PC, holier than thou, pure as the driven snow, and all that, we could have hired Chris Beard and fixed the program!

Looking at this year's bubble teams is why I'm so against expanding the tournament field. In fact, I'd like to see it go back to 64. There just aren't that many teams deserving to play in a championship tournament.

Another former player joins the staff. These sort of moves probably solidify the new IUFB culture even further.

You got a link where he said they thought they were going to be a top 10 team other then players saying we feel we are a top 10 team and can compete with anyone in the country which I hear every non top 10 team players say after a win.

If they go beyond 68 teams they might as well just make it like high school state tournaments: every single team makes it and tries to work their way out of districts.

That to me is just a player saying they can compete with anyone in the country. Hear it all the time. That to me is like when a top recruit goes to Vanderbilt and says one of the reason he went there was he felt they could win a national title.

I think the main difference with Marquette is Shaka literally didn't go to the portal at all for this team, whereas for us, the majority of the contributors on next year's team have to come from the portal. If we get 5 guys, and they're the right guys, could be a good team. Hopefully we are aggressive and get some studs. And hopefully Carr can help identify some good value players with multiple years of eligibility.

Top 50 Edge out of Cincinnati, OH 247 On3 He's the older brother of 2028 five star SG Kam Mercer. Jaylen has visited Btown a couple of times already. We were one of the first to offer.

If you watch the Carr press conference, he explains that he and Devries have been talking for months and feel completely aligned on the future of the program. Carr comes across as a complete professional who should provide a huge competitive advantage in roster building and recruiting overall. Hard to imagine a better person to completely rebuild the roster a month from now. Really hope it translates to wins on the court and finally gets us back to national relevance!

https://247sports.com/college/indiana/article/indiana-commit-and-national-top-30-2027-player-chase-branham-set-to-visit-indiana-again-this-weekend-275712669/ Visiting this weekend

Yeah, this wasn’t just any run of the mill GM candidate for overseeing acquisition and scouting. Carr, as he tells us in the presser, comes in pretty darn qualified and super well-connected. There will be a transition to evaluating non-elite college talent but his NBA/agent connections are an actual benefit to kids—unlike Woodys. While his history managing salary cap and scouting talent, assigning value to said talent will benefit DDv and the program.

Been that way for awhile. As far back as 87 power teams were getting in with under .500 records in conference. Ohio st a couple years ago go in with 8-12 conference record. IU that same year lost 12 of 13 games and finished 8-12 in conference as was 2nd team out of the tourney. I would make rather see the Indiana St team that got screwed 2 years ago then a mid power teams

Yep, I feel last year in particular was pretty transparent with sub .500 SEC teams making it (“look at the volume good losses”) and ramming a brand having a clear down year like UNC into the first four.

Ohio st on a 8 min drought and giving up a 18-0 run

If you listen to what Carr says in his interview, he said (without saying) that this roster is not “it”. He does call it unbalanced and correctable but you dance with the one who brung ya. Despite not being world-beaters, I am proud of every member on the roster. We don’t have any head cases. We don’t have headline makers. No one is failing classes or throwing potted plants at walls. They’re all giving effort. That’s important to me. On the other hand, so is winning. So step one may be done but there’s miles to go. Maybe CDD is a fantastic coach but a poor talent evaluator. I’d take that over the inverse any day. Also Carr is a big proponent of building through the draft AKA high school. That’s a key to every successful program—all sports including IUFB.

I am of the opinion that that DeVries isn't the arrogant @$$ that the last guy was. So, there's that.

I don't have an issue with a "moneyball" approach... but we need serviceable talent at all positions, and some depth at a minimum. Paying top dollar for individual pieces that don't mesh or gel into a team is not the answer. We did that for 3 or 4 years with the previous guy. And we definitely need a guy that can coach 'em up. Again, that was lacking previously... and, frankly, I've got some questions about some of the coaching moves this season, as well.

Yeah, the free agency comparison sounds good in theory, but it is a different mindset. We're probably taking Carr's comments on that too literally and seriously. But for the sake of discussion, the portal is a bit different. In the NBA you might have the salay cap space to sign one impact free agent every few seasons. You're really supplementing your roster around the edges most years. I'm college, the portal needs to be game-changers most every season. You now supplement your roster with high school recruits and land the impact players in the portal.

If anyone is bored and goes back to read that thread, for better and for worse it is a banger.

Maybe this isn't a hire for "talent evaluation" as much as it is to help seal the deal on those players DD wants and couldn't land last off season?

If they expand, it should be to include more small conference teams; especially regular season champions that get upset in the conference tournament. We absolutely don't need more 8th place major conference teams. IU has been the epitome of the bubble for years and while we as fans want to be in the tournament, none of those teams have truly DESERVED a bid.

St John's didn't score a field goal for the final 17:28 against UConn lol

Watch his journey episode and you will love him more

I think the point Pagoda was making is that Dolson's hands were tied until his Cignetti capital gave him the authority to dump Woody and start over with a Dolson-approved staff.

Nice finish. Shay was dominant early on, then sorta disappeared, then showed up at the end. Nice contribution from Maya as well. She's not playing like a freshman any longer.

We hold on and even create a little distance there at the end. 79-69. Played like crap, but showed some moxie there at the end.

Kiaku just went coast-to-coast for a layup and got fouled. Pretty much blew past all 9 other players. Made the FT for an old-fashioned three-point play. Feel like we should've gotten more out of her this year. There can't be many B1G players with more speed than her.

Don't make Danny Hurley angry, you wouldn't like him when he's angry

Great post. Your post highlights why in part, so many of us are screaming to see more of Sisley. He's a mistake-prone freshman, but he's our only glimpse of the future on a team that isn't going anywhere.

No it's not. The basketball program is depressing. But being an IU sports fan and IU alum is the best it has ever been, and that includes compared to when RMK was in his prime.

So I will ring in here, I think it was fed up after Woodson and at a certain point, you could tell this team just isn't built to do the "it" we want it to. They are about at their ceiling right now which is to squeak into the tournament and probably be one and done. They are still in a position to do that but honestly you kind of look around at the programs in our area and after just seeing a national title run in football and sitting around watching 19-12, 8 minute scoring drought, can't defend very well basketball just isn't that exciting. We have been "rebuilding" for 10 years and frankly the program is just stale. The crowd was stale. The play was stale. There is just no juice, like it doesn't even really excite or bother me too much while watching the games anymore. I was all in on the football team during the CFP run and when I contrast it to this it is the difference between being invested and watching out of habit and nothing better to do. And when the bulk of the team is going to be gone next year, you aren't even watching for the future. The argument we have heard the past 10 years is that the fan base has held the program back with our negativity and we all just need to shut up and go away for awhile until they get things cooking again. They are getting their wish. Twitter was about as docile after a disaster like last night as I have ever seen out of the fanbase and that wasn't because of understanding, it is apathy.

Here we are with IUs first must win game if they are not wanting to use Phase 3(Conference tourney) to build their resume to get selected. Inability to win home games against bottom of the bracket seeded team(Iowa ) and no tourney team(Northwestern) has made this game against (Sparty) a top of the bracket seeded team as a must have game. Also will need Minny and @Ohio St but need this first. Winning this would give them 4 wins against the projected field with 2 of those wins coming against protected seeds. Not sure how many bubble teams will be able to say that. Roll the dice and see how Sunday goes

Smart just flat refused to use the portal at all. His mindset was build from within and only use high school kids. Sounds like they are changing their stance on the portal (shocker). During one of the games I was watching the sideline reporter was reporting that a total shift in how they recruited moving forward was going to change

Full disclosure: I hate when player comps are made based on looks. That having been said? Damn he looks like a three inch taller version of Wagler on Illinois.

Nice clip. But the highlight is actually the Dukie replies. About 10 variations of “No, we didn’t offer that scrub.” Don’t know if they did or not, but they hosted an official so they had some kind of interest.

On the bright side, the lack of winning is probably making it easier for Chris to avoid beer. One of my all time favorite CBB tweets

Or, he was hired too late to have an impact on '26/'27 roster. LOL

Big dogs are now getting in the mix. He's picked up offers from O$U and Miami this month. Also, just a heads up, UNC is the school his current HC is from. I'm not sure that really matters to him but if he's got any interest in being coached by an eight (six as a HC) time super bowl champion he can just ask his current coach about the campus life and research triangle area.

Wasn't there rumors of doing the GM thing in Woodson's last year? I would think that they wanted to get the staff in place and look for the right guy which is why it took 10 months to get one.

Why is this narrative about Devries not being a good in game coach all over, does anyone actually watch the games? There are pretty regular adjustments to the actions depending on how they are getting defended. They pretty regularly have good action on out of bounds plays. They get wide open shots a lot. Not sure how he's supposed to scheme around guys missing shots, and being so athletic they get blocked at the rim every shot when they make the right reads and go to the hole. I have issues with some of their late game execution against the press a few times this year. But other than that, the guy can coach if you actually know what you are looking at. It's pretty refreshing watching a modern skilled offense.

Good road win for this version of IU Ladies. E.N. excellent board game.

10 years? More like 25 years. There’s legit been only 3 seasons (02-03, 07-08, ‘12-13) in this timeframe where we had a legit team that could make a run to the Final Four (of course ‘02 being the only one). Our program had 2 hall of fame coaches this century and fired both….one of which who is still coaching and has his team in the top 10 every year. It’s a wonder why we’ve sucked for so long.

Could be pr spin, but according to this article and Carr's comments, it sounds like this was a DeVries, not necessarily a Dolson move. Sounds like DeVries and Carr have been talking and texting somewhat regularly since DeVries got the job. https://www.insidethehall.com/2026/02/25/new-iu-executive-director-of-basketball-ryan-carr-excited-for-opportunity-ahead-in-bloomington/

At the risk of getting tangentially off-topic, even with a 'meh' basketball team I will be just fine and a very happy Hoosier fan. It's because due to the combination of decades of less than successful basketball and a now historically incredible football team, my focus has changed. Much like basketball used to be the headliner for my IU sports focus and football was something I watched and hoped for a good moment or a good giggle? Now my IU sports focus has been reversed, only with a dramatic difference: Before the past two years, I was focused on a moderately/not successful and extremely frustrating basketball team, and I tolerated an unimaginably bad football team. Now? I am focused on an extraordinarily, unimaginably successful football team, and I tolerate a meh basketball team. That's a fantastic upgrade for my Indiana University fandom.

The coach that whines and cries the whole game - 81 The coach with no career technicals - 70 Bonus picks below: Egregious missed calls by the officials - 7 Indiana scoring drought - 6:42 F-bombs emminating from my couch - 142 NCAA chances after game - .00001% Free french fries won - 0