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Can always count on Rabby to bring the hard hitting insight lol

If this isn’t the ultimate IU basketball fan Freudian slip.

Another award and another great stat.

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"Why are people always sitting in a circle and telling me that?" -- Chris Beard

Christmas mourning at the USPS household. Happy Selection Sunday for those who celebrate With how busy i am with my kids sports and activities i do not get to put the time needed into bracketology as i have had in past. I still love doing it though 1. Duke, Michigan, Arizona, Florida Duke is the clear number 1 overall (zona could pass michigan if they lose today) 2. Houston, Uconn, Iowa St, Purdue 3. Sparty Illinios, Zags, Virginia 4. Nebraska, Vandy, Bama, Kansas 5. St Johns, Arkansas, Wisky, Tenn 6. Texas Tech, North Carolina, Louisville, BYU 7. UCLA, Maimi, Kentucky, Clemson 8. Georgia, St Marys, TCU, Nova 9. Ohio St, Utah St, UCF, St Louis 10. A&M, Santa Clara, NC State, Iowa 11. VCU,(last 4 in Missouri, Miami(OH), SMU, Texas) South Florida 12 Akron, N Iowa, high point , McNeese 13. , Hofstra, Hawaii, Troy, Penn 14. Cal Baptist, North Dakota st, Furman, Wright St 15. Tenn St, Queens, Siena, Kennasaw St 16. Long Island, UMBC, (Howard, Idaho, Lehigh, prairie view) first 4 out-San Diego st, oklahoma, auburn, new mexico subject to change if i have time to review

Basically agree with a couple exceptions: 1) Based on what I saw looking into him last year I’d like to keep Harris. He’s so young, will still have 3 years, and has the frame to get strong enough to play in the B1G and has bounce and some skill. Could be an Alexis sort of player eventually which I think is a useful piece on a good team. 2) Would be fine keeping Drake. He worked so hard to get there and he’s played so much ball that as a combo 5th guard I’m confident you’d get his best and in that role I’m ok with that. 3) You probably have to retain him, but I’d be absolutely fine if Dorn left. Single skill dudes who can’t defend you or me are too tough to win with. He’s the 7th guy on a good team and I imagine his expectations here are gonna be Wilkerson-level shots which he doesn’t rate. Gonna have to just trust the staff on the kind of kid he is. 4) What I care about more than anything else, by far, is finding a leader. This team, despite all those old kids, didn’t have that guy and I think it cost it cost them a tournament bid. Way too many games where they splintered and just couldn’t get it pulled together. They have that kid comin’ down the road. Moody’s one of those kids, 100% sure of it, but not next year. Man, they need to find a heartbeat on the floor and it had to drive DDV nuts.

I generally agree with your walk before you run position, but for me it’s going a little too far to suggest ducking UK at Lucas Oil of all places. If we want to do that, what’s the point of even having a team. We’ve got to have some ambition and guts and pride when we spend $10-12.5M on players and spend a ton on coaches.

Tyrique is 100% an all time Hoosier legend. We get a third year of the happiest sack dances in the nation? Yessir.

hey ya’ll.. Ricky checkin’ in - for one last time.. as most of you know, i am known amongst IUMBB fans as the most reliable insider in the history of the program. today, i post here for the final time. as some of you may know, i am a very close friend of Coach Woodson’s - i’ve told the tales.. his firing has not been easy for me to accept, and as a matter of fact, i’ll set the tone now.. Darian DeVries, you ruined my life.. your son shoots the ball like Jordan Geronimo, and i want you to leave my university at once.. until then, Rick will be but an urban legend.. thank you all for the years of support. - Barrel Rick, 2026 not sponsored

Honestly I view this differently from ND football declining a bowl game. Staff needs as much time as possible to build a better team for next year. They blew this one. Nothing to be gained trotting them out there at this point IMO. If we had more returners I'd be inclined to agree with you.

Sure, here is the problem you have though: Michigan, Michigan St., Purdue, Illinois, Louisville, Kentucky, and to a lesser extent Ohio State are all out in front of us right now and our program has gone out of its way to NOT recruit that type of player for at least several years. Like seriously, this is preaching to the choir but I cannot think of another school that has ruined its brand as bad as our administration fumbled the ball on our basketball team. A literal masterclass in incompetence.

It would have been fun though to watch IU beat NC State and see USPS get arrested for a one-man court storm.

Purdue is a lousy watch. They'll probably win today but I am resting assured they won't be a threat to win it all in the big dance.

Would be completely down with getting in here. Tough, smart, mature game, good shooter. Plus, has kind of a chippiness about him where you just know he’s one of those kids opposing fanbases will always hate and he’ll eat it up.

Absolutely true, and he just does that stuff naturally. He’s got that wiring. Program hasn’t had that guy in a long time. Maybe since Yogi.

Louisville was cancelled before he got here. I guess you could cite cancelling the UVA home/home, but part of that is money related (home games are worth $4-5M) and CFB is just different from CBB — losses are far more damaging, more wear and tear in P4 games, etc. IU does gain something by playing UK. A program has to have some pride and try and beat their rival, who by the way isn’t exactly amazing right now. We were beating them by 7 at half at their place this season. They’re beatable under Pope.

Keep the hate flowing. Having a villain to root against is part of what makes college sports so enjoyable.

First try I got 67 right (I had Oklahoma instead of Mizzou), 37 exact and 24 within a seed for 336 pts. Not as good as the experts I trust but probably better than Bowl Cut which is my only goal for my debut.

And the NCAA President wants to expand the Tournament. That guy is an idiot!

UCONN a 2 and St john's a 5 seed, just seems wrong.

Yep. I can’t wait for this crop of PU seniors to go. They will of course replenish them over time with new annoying players, they are an annoying player factory, but getting rid of these guys will still be nice.

Geez. TKR = Travel Kaufman Renn

Has has a magical disappearing neck. Somehow he precariously balances his head on his shoulders. That's kind of a skill.

Cupps' running mate was Johnathan Powell went to Xavier.

No Power was a kid we recruited that ended up going to Duke first. He then transferred to Virginia before ultimately transferring to Penn

This comment was posted in response to Scott Van Pelt calling this season at Maryland unacceptable. Feels like the exact same type of lament we have. At least we're not the only ones... - We all have stuff going on. But we also all need a distraction. I would LOVE for this to be a distraction. But, it isn't. This isnt' fun. We've had degrees of fun on and off for the last 20 years or so (thank you Greivis) , but following this team has been work. I grew up in an ACC household (not a Maryland one, unfortunately). But, I went to Maryland and instantly cut all other ties to any others. Unfortunately, that was the first year they missed the tournament (04-05). I got redemption though, seeing Will Bowers dominate a young Seph Curry in the 2007 tourney. Whatever. I graduated and tried to stay connected. I volunteered for the Terrapin Club. I remember putting red celophane in the stairwell windows of Elliott Hall for College Gameday cameras to catch. Or organizing gamewatches in rural Maryland. And, I ended up parlaying it into a job working for UMD doing fundraising for several years. I'm in a different career now, but I owe a lot to UMD, and I've tried to stay connected as much as I can. In my 20s, the games would affect my mood. Make my week. I remember my first job post college, working a night shift in the basement of a hotel in DC, catching glimpses of the UMD/UNC game where Boom Osby and James Gist just gave it to them. And "go back to the ghetto" was audible from the UNC student section after the loss. Oh, man. In my 30s, MD Basketball was a hobby. I was more established in my career. My college friend group dispersed. I watched every game. Sometimes, it was taped beacause of kids. But, it was one of the things that was still a part of me. I just turned 40 this year. I watched like 14 minutes of a game, and that's just because it was on while I was in a bar with some friends. I could have prioritized games. I didn't. Because I have no connection to this team. I know it's football, but this tracks. I was texting someone during the Super Bowl, and I was able to say that I was ~15 feet away from Diggs when he committed to Maryland at the Turtle in CP. I followed these guys from recruitment through their career. Even if they ended up elsewhere - I knew their story (the litany of recruiting misses...). So, maybe this is as much about the current enviornment as it is about Buzz. But - I don't care. I don't know these kids. These coaches. Anything. And they don't know us. And - it's not like everyone has to be a die-hard. But: play the game. Let me pretend that you care about this as much as I do. Because, if nobody on the team cares about Maryland, then why should I?

One chance left for Fran... 'OK guys, get the damn ball to Bohannon!' 'Who's Bohannon, Coach?' F************k!!!!!!!! Um...are we sure Power isn't Bohannon?

Um...its not January

A UK team that had to play on Wednesday of the SEC tournament for the first time in history. How about beat the crappy teams on the road in our conference? UK isn’t the problem.

While I am extremely disappointed that a $4M + coach didn’t know the rigors of the Big10, I am happy he admitted it and hopefully a correction will be made. Step one is admitting you have a problem.

Just went and looked at that and had to show some friends. Always interesting to keep up with recruits we really really wanted and lost on.

I have IU as the overall #1 seed

Another empty Indiana Selection Sunday. Definitely lessens the joy of the tournament Another tournament of rooting against teams instead of for teams. Always root for the underdogs but I think this year will be especially tough for them.

Definitely agree with you on Moody. In some respects, Qayden Samuels' injury was a good thing for Moody personally because it made him assume the leadership role on the McNamara team.

Should have done it this year. Giving them 2 home games to IUs 1 home game just to get it back on the schedule tells you all you need to know as to where both teams are at. IU gains nothing with these games until they are actually in a better spot. Did Cig duck Cincy or did Cig do what was best for his program at the current time? IU schedules better in the non con this year and they are probably in the tourney.

In Byington first year at Vandy they were 20-12(8-10) 3-7 on the road. 5-9 in Q1 4-3 in Q2 sos- 27 non con-330 scheduled non con games against non tourney teams that produced them Q2 wins Margin of error for teams that just make it compared to the ones that just miss is small. Byington had done a fantastic job at Vandy and it looks like in year 2 he built on what he did in year 1 and has it rolling now.

Are they allowed to do that?

I'd watch a 1 a Montana high school game with you during a pandemic. Can we be friends.

Hawaii up 3 with under 8 to go. Low major conference drama. If you don’t like small conference tourneys we can’t be friends

Could be recency bias or a “me” thing, but I feel like we finally got out of a weird post-COVID rut of crappy ball and we’re seeing high quality basketball all over the place again. What an excellent champ week.

Michigan player interview: Honestly, this has been the best time of my life. I have learned so much and I am glad I came to Michigan to play for coach DUSTY. I guess winning does that….It seems coach Dusty doesn’t waste words but is enthusiastic, positive, direct and to the point when addressing the team. Short and simple….from post game video that I have watched.

Unless you’re a UConn fan why wouldn’t you? As good a coach as he is, other than Sampson and maybe Muss who else is in Hurley’s league for unlikeability? Cronin, I guess. But those 4 are definitely the Mt Rushmore of current unlikeable coaches. ?

Portal season

Damn, even hormel chili pulled the sponsorship because woody sucked so bad!