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Boy, it doesn’t get much better than this.

Did we just dodge the biggest heartbreak of all time or is this just a setup for when Brad - I mean Dusty - returns years later to bring us to the top?

The greatest Hoosier alum booster ever. Keep opening that path to the top for your alma mater brother Cuban.

And he commits to Indiana. Of course, hopefully he signs. We beat out Miami and Georgia... just like with Fernando. I liked this quote: "Miami, Georgia, great programs, they develop players as well, but nobody does it like Indiana."

Ha.

Man, time flies. Another year, another summer practice montage hype video set to a random trap beat. They're making shots, they're dunkin' the ball, and they're closing out on shooters. All in! Upcoming videos: weight room, sand pit, and battle ropes.

OH YEAH? Well @Class of '66 Old Fart has been following IU Basketball since Branch McCracken was in diapers and HE thinks that Mike Woodson was always a poopy-@$$ coach and the IU fanbase is jus' ducky, so THERE! (OF - you are welcome for me making you look... wise).

Only one man for the job. Has a FF, multiple B1G titles, and knows the state of Michigan like the back of his hand. No brainer. Don't overthink this UM.

First thought it was a joke but all the major outlets are running with the story. Means only one thing — Brad Stevens to Michigan.

If Dusty had come to IU and left after a couple years to go to the NBA I am not sure this board could have survived. I think it would have exploded.

Happy 5-month anniversary, everyone! Jan. 19, 2026 -- a date which will live in infamy.

What’s crazy is that we are in a place in which IU fans feel disrespected because we are being picked 3rd in the Big Ten ahead of Michigan, PSU, USC etc .. THANK YOU COACH CIG !!

Can't get enough Cig (and Bryant) stories...

If he won a title here, I'd be fine with him leaving even after 2 seasons. I'm just glad I can now like the guy without him being a conference opponent and that Michigan should be much less formidable, at least this year, with someone else running things.

Perfect quote. No notes.

Wish we had Lamar on this roster. Lamar and Sam Alexis we are a top 8-10 team. (Or a like pairing) Anyway, Lamar is a great dude. I always enjoy his attitude and takes on basketball and life. Hope he eventually gets a real chance to play NBA ball.

Hey, they remembered Assembly Hall exists!

Rhode Island fans are toxic too?

Shay made her WNBA debut against the Fever here in Indiana for the Mercury last night and hit a 3 late in the game after playing in a blowout in the final two minutes.

We start building Cig's statue earlier than planned. He delivered the most improbable story in college sports history -- 98%+ of IU fans will forever be grateful for the 16-0 title in the biggest college sport. Just my $0.02.

lol

CTC is everywhere

I’ve spent the last week hiking in and around the Canadian Rockies with my family and IU hat proudly displayed. Middle of nowhere, in the mountains, and I get a Go Hoosiers without fail at least once a day!

This too:

Wilt would score 600 points in the first half versus last years IU team in any rule set. He’s probably the best athlete to ever play the game. He could take four random members of this board and best last years IU squad. Lol

Ok, just posting this because it rocks. Kid started at Triton Junior College outside Chicago and now has an Ivy League degree and is going to Grad School at Northwestern while getting to play a year in the B1G. Nicely done, young man.

Unable to do a thorough job with an initial post for an offer. Following my weekend in Vegas with Sorsby and Diego, @Hovadipo felt I had besmirched the integrity of the mods (as if that’s possible) and put me on super secret probation limiting my posting capabilities. No idea how long that will last, but I’ve got to tell you that watching Sorsby placing bets on what article of clothing the stripper would shed next and Diego trying to tuck a buck and only being able to reach their shoes makes it all worthwhile. Meanwhile we offered Mohler on his UV. https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/early-in-state-name-to-know-for-class-of-2029-micah-mohler-visiting-iu-basketball/

I actually trust CDD, Kenny, etc. to do this exactly right. FWIW, among these pictures is one that is really ridiculously depressing. Looks like a teenager pushing grandpa’s wheelchair at the convalescent home:

IU has lost their minds on exhibition game pricing. For those prices you can go to regular season game(s) at Assembly against as good or even better opponents. Or you could go to a football game. For an exhibition game decent (not amazing) seat… $40 max imo. Cmon IU… price these games lower to get people in the door. Get more fans engaged with IUBB again.

One of these things is not like the other. Crean rebuilt IU from the ashes of Sampsongate, won B1G titles, took us to multiple SW16’s, gave us Yogi, Cody, Vic, Wat, OG, etc. He wasn’t a great basketball mind but he doesn’t belong in the discontent over the abomination of coaching that was CMW or the failure of CAM

Has the applicant pool really gotten worse? DDV was at WVU, IU took another P5 school's coach. Archie had a lot of national hype at the time he was hired. The cycle where Woodson was hired seems like the anomaly where we hired a candidate nobody else would've. And people can make their own interpretations as to why before and after Woodson, IU was able to hire coaches that were considered rising stars or already at P5 like DeVries, Crean, Sampson

In regards to it being slow. At least now we are waiting for football season to start instead of November

Man. Imagine the pressure to get this hire right. I hear Mike Woodson is available

Bostad made his name turning kids like this into absolute maulers on those road grading Wisconsin teams before his NFL stint. He is elite at spotting traits. I imagine he wipes with analytics print-outs.

Ann Arbor seemingly didn’t care they won a title. My family was on that campus the day after the title game and said you couldn’t tell a championship had been won. Combine that with the lack of enthusiasm I saw by Michigan fans at the national title game and it’s not hard to see why Dusty left. Michigan will need to decide if they are serious and care about basketball or program will continue to see extreme swings. Also for IU fans who wanted Dusty, you have to wonder if being treated like a king in Bloomington rather than an afterthought in Ann Arbor would have kept him around longer or lure of NBA would have been to strong after a couple of years?

BYE DUSTYYYYYY

Missouri pushed hard, but in the end the good guys won.

I don’t know, I think Reed with his 21st century dribbling and footwork would put Wilt in a blender! vbg

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Kid had a pretty smoking list. We’ll see if it sticks.

Brady to IU!

Son of a $)&*#… that’s gonna leave a mark!

Another great video from IUFB.

Spent the weekend at UL and immediately committed to IU after seeing how others do it? Hit me with that good, good stuff.

I know someone with a penchant for wine and cigars that's getting a chubby from all these mid range shots.