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Just bumping this thread as a reminder that Purdue sucks and has no championships. Man, they are garbage. Lol

You should rename this "Time for Moren to move on?" What if it turns out she has cancer or some illness? She has been a great coach for a long time; it's just that the consensus seems to be that she is burned out, and cannot bounce back--for the benefit of IU, the fans, or herself. Mack Holmes said that CTM was the most competitive person she ever knew, so these recent failures must really bother CTM. If CTM could bounce back, we would all be thrilled, but at this point, it just seems extremely, extremely unlikely, and the whole thing has become a painful ordeal for all involved. Just a thought.

We can debate expectations all we want, but I think everyone would agree that a P5 coach in her 12th season should never be 0-10 in the conference under any circumstances.

"Time For Moren to move on?" is absolutely the appropriate name for this thread and it matches what has happened to Joe McKeown recently at NW recently who was the best coach in history of program similar to Moren and is retiring after season. As I have said, the future appears bright with the new recruiting coach and recruiting class but that only applies if Moren's heart is still in the job which I do question. It is indeed odd that she seems checked out on bench and uses no timeouts when other team is on a big run. Her and Dolson need to sit down after the season and decide if she is indeed wanting to do this still. If this is all just a bad recruiting year and cleaning up from Linda Sayavongchanh lack of recruiting, then Moren absolutely deserves to stay and give it a shot with these new elite players coming in. If she is burnt out and her heart is not into the modern game and NIL, similar to McKeown than an identical retirement is best path forward. Which one it is needs to be looked into carefully by Dolson and proceed accordingly. As for new coaches, my vote as I will continue to say is to get Shauna Green if we can some how pull her from Illinois as most realistic high end candidate who would thrive here and fans would fall in love with even more so than Moren. If not, a Glen Box reunion is the realistic choice. Again though, it all depends on if Moren wants to continue to do this and she owes it to fans and herself to be honest and decide if her heart is still in it.

This will never get old.

IMG_1122.mov Enright is the 1 guy in a pickup game that actually plays D the whole time. lol. What a great defensive sequence for him

FWIW per the betting markets right now IU is -290 to make it and +215 to miss. I’m not going to try to adjust for the juice, but this implies we have about a 75% chance to make it right now. A long way to go, but those aren’t the worst odds at the moment.

News like this is always welcome! We have 5 nattys in basketball, albeit ancient history, but we have them. We have a shiny new natty in football. Purdue sucks. So do Michigan and Ohio State. This morning's coffee is awesome.

Bruins have lost starter Skyy Clark. They have a glue guy Trent Perry that is stepping up somewhat. This game is going to be a tossup. One poster on Bruingold posted yesterday an observation about IU: "They're much better than their record. Only one bad loss (@ Minnesota), and they like us just beat Purdue at home. They're a good team, very efficient shooting, score a lot of points, good defensive rebounding (not great offensive rebounding), and get to the FT line reasonably often. Don't score inside much at all, don't block many shots. In a lot of ways, they're a very similar team to us, with the exception that they shoot more efficiently, get a higher percentage of defensive rebounds, and we force more turnovers. Heck, they even play two PFs at center most of the game like we do for some reason! We have played roughly similar schedules, with the difficulty edge going to Indiana. There is another factor at play, though: Indiana has a brand new coach, and his team is getting used to his system and playing more cohesively now, hence their best win of the season against Purdue this week (Purdue, meanwhile, has now lost three straight...). They'll be coming into Pauley with a lot of momentum, and we will have our work cut out for us, especially after two pretty lackluster efforts against NU and Oregon." Background on Trent Perry, now a starter...and their team: The Trent Perry Dilemma that is brewing for the Bruins

DDV has quietly put together a top 15 recruiting class. Definitely some misses many of us were bummed about in September/October, but 3 program foundational recruits + returning contributing players like Dorn and Sisley and maybe Miles, Drake, and Harris. Obviously still need an inside out big man and it would be great to pickup a high level primary ball handler, but it should be easier to drop the bag rather than needing to manage the budget for an entirely brand new roster top down.

A quick Google search also shows that she is a Cubs fan, so you can count me in on her. Taking a coach from the Illini is also a plus.

She has turned an Illinois program around that was worse than IU into a solid team. She plays with a system that includes slashing/driving athletic guards that fit the modern game really well. Her press conferences are some of the most intelligent and technically sound out there. She has a lot of Moren's values, but is a much softer version of her (in a good way) and someone who would instantly become beloved as the face of the program. Green also seems like a super nice person. Moren is an excellent coach and a great face of the program, but has a gruff side to her that is entirely absent from Green's personality. Basically she is everything Moren is without the two small flaws of being a bit outwardly gruff and much better adapted to NIL and modern game.

Season can’t end soon enough for the IU Ladies

Players usually follow the lead of their coach. When the coach has mentally checked out, the players will too.

My unscientific read on the fanbase is most would have a more negative view on our tourney odds than the actual current odds. I was a little surprised on the optimism in the betting markets, though it was nice to see. Tbd…

One of my favorite Purdue stats. We played them 12 times in soccer. They scored 3 goals. The fewest goals we scored was 3 in a game. They needed 12 games to get a tie against our worst performance.

Still a local boy! And he plays basketball, of course. 31 points in the 2025 Brawl for the Ball Tournament Championship game. Not bad for someone balancing their body type between basketball player and O-lineman. Offers from Grand Valley State, Hillsdale, Bulter, Western and Eastern Illinois, U of Indy. Here is his hudl senior season highlight reel: https://www.hudl.com/video/3/18043629/6944ad1e8f48406fd6ad8811 (He's 69 (nice))

OL preferred walk-on from Marian. SB Tribune Article on Prescott

I’m sure this was always a stepping stone. He came from the NFL. He’s likely got aspirations to be an OC. He was an asst qb coach prior to coming to IU. He took the year got experience as the main QB coach and co offensive coordinator. If he isn’t gone this cycle and develops Hoover into a superstar then he will be gone next season. I saw him and Cig disagree a few times during the season. I doubt it was much more than Cig being Cig in the heat of the game. Whitmer will be a big loss when he leaves. I do think he likely brought some things in that Cig will continue with even after hiring the next QB coach. I’d be shocked if Tino isn’t waiting in the wings to come back.

I have no idea what goes on behind the scenes, but this program definitely seems broken. We were a Final Four-caliber program. Went to an Elite Eight. Went to a Sweet 16. Were ranked No. 2 in the country. Got a No. 1 seed. Gave the eventual unbeaten NCAA champions their toughest game in the NCAAs. You don't do all that, then go 0-10 in your conference just a couple years later. Or at least you shouldn't. The mass exodus last season was very concerning to me. On the surface, only Garzon seemed like a real loss -- but to have all those players leave when there was PT to be had this year? Makes me wonder what exactly is going on. Maybe CTM is burned out -- I don't know. But this program just isn't right, and no way should we be in the freefall we are now after where we were just a few years back. Wouldn't be surprised at all if she and Scott sit down at the end of the season and decide it's time for both parties to move on.

So true. Innovation or experimentation does not seem to be CTM's strong suite. If you're losing big time, why not try something different? What do we have to lose at this point? We'll never know the details, but this locker room must be witnessing one of the greatest morale crashes of all time.

I know nothing but for some reason I believe Moren will resign at the end of the year. In my opinion she is burned out and doesn't seem happy. I hope I am wrong.

Damn. Michigan is beating the snot out of us -- and getting a very favorable whistle. Granted, the refs aren't costing us a chance at a win, but cool it with the phantom fouls, willya!

Because I’m a bonafide sunshine pumper, I’ll say nothing

She does give more than Odessa. But Odessa is a “4” moren refuses to let her try to play the 4. She plays makalusky at the 4 who’s only attribute is to stand on the corner and hope to get an open kick out, play 2 of the bigger girls, Odessa is capable of mid range jumpers and deeper, try something new you’re 0-9

Game to watch tonight is Central Connecticut State @ Wagner. The line has moved 3 points in the last 2 hours. I mean besides me, and maybe a parent with a gambling problem, who the hell is betting on this game. I’m gonna be watching this one like a Rottweiler guarding a pork chop. One bad TO, one missed box out, straight to the feds I go lol

Shout out to Tucker. I have referred to him as looking like a rec league guy but kudos to his performance against PU. He played with great intensity, there were buckets that he seemingly was as fired up as if we just won the natty, had 10 boards, etc etc. Great effort (aside from the late one and one misses) and game!!

Bold move.

It would be really interesting to know what resources CTM has compared with other Big schools for comparison?

RIP, she was really good in Season 2 of The Last of Us.

Tomorrow against UCLA is the make or break game of the season. We’ll either be pointing up or down based on that game.

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FWIW from Delphi Bracketology Indiana is in our last 4 in but need some more work to stay in the bracket. IN Indiana New Mexico Virginia Tech Miami Fla First 4 Out Texas Missouri Stanford Seton Hall

What a good player for Caffey to play under because Caffey regardless of what T. Moren tries to say just ain’t ready to be the # 1 point guard yet.

Speaking of Bargesser I seen her in video clips in NY, I think working with a trainer on her game last summer. This year 15 ppg, 79.1% fts, 45.6% fgs, 2 pfs, 37.3% 3 ball, 5.7 rbs, 2.1 tos while playing 31 minutes a game. I get the competition level….but Caffey could have worked under Bargesser because she worked hard and is much improved.

Happy to report that everything appeared above board. Wagner did have a few bad turnovers but they’re not very good so I give them the benefit of doubt

Lemondola always looked scared to death, deer in headlights, a few small moments. Bargesser could not have a defender within 20 foot and stand and look to pass. They both are having positive seasons and having fun.you’re forgetting about sharneece jelks she is lighting it up. She’s projected to get drafted in 2027 to the wnba. I agree with you. Could have been much better. People made a fire devries thread and I felt that that’s premature. But a fire moren thread is much over due

Is Lisa loeb coaching Michigan

Rabby has a recap interview, I haven’t read it but seems like he saw a lively crowd

You can’t lose to a basketball school who is now better at football. :)

Why does no one on this site know how to spell his name? It's McGollum. What's really weird is that he's always talking about his "precious." Kinda creepy, really.

USC says hold my beer last night USC goes up 1 with 10 sec. Iowa dribbles over half court and Stirtz is about to call a timeout over by McCollum and USC fouls him before he calls timeout with 4 sec to go. He hit both FTs and wins the game. lol.

5 incoming portal transfers https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2026/1/29/mens-soccer-indiana-adds-five-from-transfer-portal

Agree with all of this. Purdue would be crazy to move on from Painter. His style is pretty ideal for a program that's not going to be an NIL powerhouse.

Agree some matchups will be better suited for Conerway. He does things that nobody else on the roster can. But if we are playing a team who's star player is their PG, Enright is a must-play. (see Kansas St and Purdue) At this point though, I think you just start one of them, and Dorn plays as many minutes as fatigue/fouls allow.

Yeah their AD was committee chair. lol

If we win another title they'll have to invent a new word for my brand of annoying. It will be unfathomable levels of annoying.

Agree. Kamara deserves his flowers. Asked to change positions to fit scheme and kept his head down grinding even when I'm sure it was tough. Could not be happier for him having a huge play on the biggest stage!