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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.

Ha.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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/

The mystery man speaks! Seems like a super likable, intelligent, and reasonable kid:

And because it's being played in the U.S., our foreign players are allowed to play.

I’ll never understand not playing with the Wilson NCAA ball all season. Everyone is so shocked by it every March and the fix for that seems very, very simple.

True! Timing is everything. Thank goodness Indiana University hit the timing exactly right on a multiple generationally great coaches: Bob Knight, the single best tactician and motivator in colege basketball history, Curt Cignetti, the leader of the single most improbable and dominant season in college football history, Doc Counsilman,the greatest coach in college swimming history, and Jerry Yeagley the greatest coach in college soccer history All Hall of Famers - all extraordinary. Kudos to @AH1971 for the reminder that Indiana University and its extraordinary fanbase have the greatest record of timing and coaches of ANY university. Your infectious optimism has reminded all of us that we have so much to be grateful for, and that the current era is a big part of that success!!

Markus Burton – two seasons Darren Harris – three seasons Vaughn Karvala – five seasons Bryce Lindsay – two seasons Trevor Manhertz – five seasons Justin Monden – two seasons Prince-Alexander Moody – five seasons Jaeden Mustaf – three seasons Jordan Rayford (walk-on) – one season Aiden Sherrell – three seasons Trent Sisley – four seasons Drew Snively (walk-on) – four seasons Clemens Sokolov – five seasons Ian Stephens (walk-on) – two seasons Ben Winker (walk-on) – four seasons Samet Yigitoglu – two seasons *Yigitoglu's eligibility clock began during the 2023-24 season, while he was still playing overseas. this is with the new 5 for 5 rules

JP Estrella anyone?

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

If you guys thought I melted down when the Pacers drafted Chris Duarte, you haven’t seen anything if they trade into the 2nd round for Braden Smith.

At practice this week. Note his choice of wristband:

Whose fault is it some understand basketball enough to see how bad of a college coach CMW was long before you could?

Would be a lot easier to prove my theory that it was probably shot the day of or before the Eisen interview if he didn’t wear the same GD shirt every day.

30 min Cig interview.

247 ON3 HUDL

I don't think that IU was Dusty May's 'dream job' but I do think that the pull would have been strong and he would have been the IU Coach if the timing had been right.

Occam's Razor - the most obvious, logical explanation is usually the correct one. So in this case? The year Dusty was moving up to a big time job Woodson was still at IU. After getting that big time job IU would have been a lateral move at best. The timing just didn't work. Now an NBA job came up, and with a potentially generational player as that franchise's cornerstone. And the NBA is quite simply just a better job than a major college gig, especially with the current chaotic, illogical college situation and for a guy that already reached the mountaintop as a college coach.

Traded to the Bucks as part of the Giannis deal. Hope you didn't throw out your winter jackets.

Don’t know who this dude is, but this sounds exactly correct.

I sincerely doubt we land any UM decommits, but I'd sure love to be pleasantly surprised.

We dodged a banner as well!

We would’ve loved him for the rental NC and then made the next coach’s life miserable.

So we will have Brad and Dusty as those imaginary figures we will be chasing the next time.

JP Estrella, it’s time to come home sweetie.

Track and field? Okay - he likely shot puts - not a big deal. But lacrosse? That's a speed/quickness/movement sport, and wrestling? That's a balance and quick hands sport. All of this is good.

Yep. He went to one of IU's camps. Then he had a follow-up official visit this weekend. And here we are. The ratings services haven't even evaluated him yet.

And a home football game weekend.