IU Hoosier41

Never before have I watched a RIDICULOUSLY Pessimistic thread flip so quickly in a matter of minutes... Billy D!

The owner of my liquor store will be able to afford a nice vacation again next year?

We all know how popular the Fire Tom Crean Thread is... Figured it might be interesting to see some of the reasons why Crean should stay as Indiana's Coach. Mods might hate me for this thread... Try and keep it civil in here.

Figured with all the new people who have recently signed up this might be a good idea to get everyone acquainted. I know we've done these in the past, but wanted to start up a new one so everyone knows a little more about everyone. I'll begin... Meaning Behind Username: 41 was number for all sports growing up. IU Hoosier part is kinda self explanatory right? Approximate Age and Location: 30 - Richmond, VA Are you a born and raised IU fan? Celebrated the 1987 championship team as a 6 month old. When you first knew you were an IU fan? Probably back in the Greg Graham/ Calbert Cheaney days. What sports did you play in High School and College? Football/Basketball in High School. Besides IU, favorite sports teams?V - Colts, Cubs, Pacers, VCU since moving to Richmond Did you attend IU? Graduated from IU Bloomington in 2009 What is your favorite IU Basketball Memory? Favorite memory in person was Indiana vs Duke in 2005 with Marco Killingsworth's dunk. I know we lost the game, but it's still the loudest fan experience of my entire life. Being in Bloomington when we knocked off Kentucky on the WatShot was incredible as well. Greatest memory has to be the 2002 Road to the championship. AJ Moye block on Boozer still gives me the chills. Who is your favorite basketball player of all time? AJ Guyton, AJ Moye, Calbert Cheaney, Victor Oladipo, I know I'm missing some. What is your favorite IU Football memory? Insight Bowl in 2007 was an awesome experience. But my favorite memory was Indiana vs Purdue in Bloomington one year when I was younger and it was a complete DOWNPOUR the entire game. Pretty sure Indiana and Purdue got in 1000 fights that game. Water was racing down the steps like a waterfall, incredibly fun as a 8-12yr old. Who is your favorite IU Football player? Antwaan Randel El, Tracy Porter, James Hardy (for awhile), Tevin Coleman Best sporting event ever attended? Colts vs Patriots AFC Championship game in 2006. Best IU sporting event ever attended? Indiana vs Kentucky games at the RCA Dome or Indiana vs Duke in 2005. What brings you to this board? - I started BtownBanners back in 2008 as a way to share Tom Crean's Plus/Minus metrics after each game. Started on Blogger, went to Wordpress, then into this crazy platform. Over time, BtownBanners.com has evolved into a much more diverse offering via this forum, website, social media, apparel & More. Proud to say I've received 7 Cease and Desist letters from Indiana University in my 9 years operating this site. Can't wait for my next one :) (Long live the #Watshot Shirt) How long have you visited/followed BtownBanners? - About 10 seconds after I created the first blogger site :) Let's hear what you all have! Copy & Paste the below for yours: Meaning Behind Username: - Approximate Age and Location: - Are you a born and raised IU fan? - When you first knew you were an IU fan? - What sports did you play in High School and College? - Besides IU, favorite sports teams? - Did you attend IU? - What is your favorite IU Basketball Memory? - Who is your favorite basketball player of all time? - What is your favorite IU Football memory? - Who is your favorite IU Football player? - Best sporting event ever attended? - Best IU sporting event ever attended? - What brings you to this board? - How long have you visited/followed BtownBanners? -

It's hard to predict how this will go. I'm not sold we will be going down the coach search avenue yet, but I am certainly hoping we head that direction. We need new life in IUBB. Crean has been good, even great at times, but we all know we'll never get over the hump. I hope our next coach is a guy that we will stay behind and not have 1000 different reasons to hate on him and in game strategy. Will be extremely interesting to see how this all plays out.

proof that IU WAS doing something right.

Oh I want to move on trust me. On paper it doesn't look nearly as bad as we witness game after game. We'll never win a ship w/ Crean. Give me Archie Miller or Chris Collins and let's get the excitement back. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

This makes it tough to attract top coaches. 3 sweet 16s. 2 conference championships. I get it we want him gone, but... Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

This is getting interesting. Looks like that coaching search board we started 3 years ago can finally be published to the world soon Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

It's bad when we honestly need IU to lose out... never thought I'd say it, but I can't take this anymore. Need more losses or a ridiculously empty assembly hall for Glass to make that move Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

This thread has to be one of the longest in IUBB message board history. It grows by 20 pages a game Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Although better to show up a day early than IU's typical day late. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Totally thought the IU game started at 9pm tonight.... hence the game thread and was shocked nobody had started it already lol Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Lol. They'll definitely win that one. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Indiana wins by 5. Book it. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

At least we are members only now. No more guest can read without signing up. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

I'm actually only 2 hours away from DC. Was really excited about going to the Big Ten Tournament...not sure if it's worth the drive up there now...

Can't imagine there will be a good turnout for out NIT Games

Actually a great point here. Haven't thought of it that way before. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners