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I'll just put this here. @a_mat24: Indiana LB Marcus Oliver meeting with Ravens scout Thursday, also been contacted by Eagles per sources. #iufb

@markese_stepp: Thanks to @coachdmc and the coaching staff for offering me a scholarship to attend the University of Southern California! #FightOn

I call that a precision strike! We shouldn't have offer everyone and their brother. Especially if they were called and had NO interest. This is Indiana.

7 year/3.35m.

And Steve who?

Welcome Coach! Only one we offered.

I added Gottlieb "Alford done deal" What did Dakich say?

He said himself that he wasn't in Btown. What more do you need?

@Justin_Albers: Billy Donovan and his wife flew into Monroe County Airport on a Cessna Citation jet today to visit with Indiana brass, per sources. #iubb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ While the internet was circulating frenzied rumors connecting Billy Donovan to Indiana on Friday, the Oklahoma City Thunder coach was indeed conducting meetings inside a practice facility. Just not the one in Bloomington. Speaking with reporters on Saturday, Donovan denied internet chatter claiming he flew to Indiana to meet with university officials about the then-open head coaching position. “Yesterday morning I was here in practice,” Donovan said. “I was not there. I was here in practice. I was actually in a couple meetings, then went to Russell (Westbrook’s) bowling charity last night.” http://www.hoosiersportsreport.com/2017/03/donovan-praises-iu-says-he-didnt-fly-to-bloomington/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Anyone that wants to claim they know stuff and whiff goes in here. I don't follow other boards, so if there are members or other names out there that need to be added let me know. It needs to be legit and not just because you dislike them. I'll keep the OP updated. Dan Dakich - Alford is a done deal Doug Gottlieb - Alford is a done deal Justin Albers - Billy Donovan and his wife flew into Monroe County Airport on a Cessna Citation jet today to visit with Indiana brass, per sources.

Looks like this link will have a stream. http://www.hoosiersportsreport.com/2017/03/watch-live-3-p-m-indiana-university-introduces-new-mens-basketball-head-coach-archie-miller/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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lol. I don't need any coffee. Pretty nice work you did here. Props to OF and Usps to. They have been great help as well. I'll get started in the April eval period and then we can go from there. Let's clear things up a bit since there's a lot of new members and some old ones that tend to forget. Myself and others spend time on building and updating these threads and they WILL stay on topic. Everyone needs to consider this their one and only warning. The ccg 24 hour vacation is now in effect. Capiche?

Ted Kitchel has never been one to mince words when it comes to hiring new Indiana basketball coaches. Kitchel, who starred on the 1981 Indiana national championship team, was the guy who became famous for his thoughts on the day of Kelvin Sampson’s hiring in 2006. “It’s an absolute disgrace,’’ Kitchel said at the time. “I wouldn’t hire that guy to coach my fifth-grade girls team. That guy is absolutely what we don’t want at IU.’’ Eleven years later, Kitchel is unhappy again. This time, he’s not anti-Archie Miller as much as he is disappointed in the way the coaching search played out, specifically in terms of whether former IU players were given serious consideration in the process. Kitchel doesn’t believe anyone was. He said several former players were given “obligatory interviews” to discuss the future and the direction of the program, but no one was actually interviewed for the position. “I haven’t heard from a single ex-player who is happy about the way this was handled,’’ Kitchel said. “The athletic director told us that an Indiana guy would have a shot and that he would interview anyone who was interested. And that was a lie. He talked to Randy Wittman for 15 minutes, and the same was true with Mike Woodson. He didn’t talk with Steve Alford. I don’t think Dane Fife was given more than an obligatory interview either.’’ Kitchel was quick to point out that his feelings had nothing to do with Miller, who Indiana announced Saturday it had hired as the coach to replace Tom Crean, who was fired by the university March 16. Miller will be introduced as the Indiana coach at a press conference at the university on Monday at 3 p.m. “I’m sure that Archie Miller is a fine guy,’’ Kitchel said. “He’s had good success, and he’s coached under guys that I like a lot like Thad Matta. He has coached at good places. This has nothing to do with Miller or anything like that. It’s just that the AD said that an IU guy would have an opportunity, and I don’t believe that happened. “I know that Steve Alford would have jumped at the chance. If Steve Alford goes into the house of the kid in New Albany (Romeo Langford) and talked to him, I think he would have packed a little more powerful punch than Archie Miller is going to have. I think recruiting the state of Indiana is really important, and I think Steve or Dane Fife would have been great. Dane Fife has had great success recruiting the state of Indiana at Michigan State. But Fred seems to know a heck of a lot more about it than any of us. That’s what he gets paid for to be the A.D. and so I guess we’ll let him do his job.’’ Kitchel said he has heard that a big reason Alford wasn’t seriously considered was because of the incident with one of his former players at Iowa. Pierre Pierce was the Iowa player accused of sexually assaulting a student at the university in 2002. He and the victim ultimately agreed to a deal that allowed Pierce to plead to a lesser charge and give a public apology. Alford had stood behind his player, but many believed he had gone too far in his support. And matters got uglier three years later when Pierce was charged with assault on a woman he had previously been dating. Kitchel said if that was the reason Alford wasn’t given consideration at Indiana then he wonders if Glass is the right person to lead the IU athletic department. “That happened what 15 years ago? And Alford has been hired two times since then?,’’ Kitchel said. “So other schools have looked at that and there has never been a problem. Is there any more of a liberal school in the country than UCLA? Do you think they didn’t look at that? I mean if Fred Glass is afraid of women coming out to protest because Steve Alford is your head coach … I mean are you kidding me? If that’s the case, I don’t think I want that guy leading my athletic program if he’s afraid of things like that. Maybe it’s time we look for a new athletic director.’’ Attempts to reach Glass for a response to Kitchel’s comments were unsuccessful. Steve Risley was a teammate of Kitchel's on IU's 1981 national championship team and now resides in Los Angeles. He said Sunday he was one of the former players Glass reached out to seeking input on the direction of the program. When told many former players weren't happy with the process, Risley said he wasn't sure why that would be. "Fred Glass was very forthright with me with what he was trying to accomplish and what he was trying to find," Risley said. "I don't know if the players that are complaining didn't get called by Glass or not." Risley thought Miller was a good choice. "From what I've heard and what I've read about so far, I think he's what people are looking for," Risley said. "He's a defensive-minded coach who plays very tough, physical basketball. Dayton plays that way, and they play like we used to play when I played at IU. "I think if people get beyond that we needed to have Alford or Fife or Woodson or Wittman, and they start looking at (Miller) as our coach, I think they're going to see a lot of things that they like. I did. I mean I was pulling for a lot of our IU guys, too. But I thought they all pretty much disqualified themselves in one way or another. And not in a negative way but rather Archie just gave (IU) a more qualified candidate for what they were looking for. I think it's a good fit." http://www.heraldbulletin.com/sports/former-iu-star-kitchel-believes-ad-glass-did-not-live/article_a0673f50-1286-11e7-a7c7-4f68d5d2b06e.html

http://hoosierhuddle.com/hoosier-blog/three-star-db-elijah-Rodgers Rodgers, the second-highest ranked cornerback in South Carolina by 247Sports, holds five offers at the moment. His offers consist of Indiana, BYU, Purdue, Bryant and East Carolina. Rodgers told Hoosier Huddle that the three schools that stick out are Indiana, BYU and Purdue. “I don't have any leaders as of now, but Indiana definitely is a school that sticks out to me. They are known for their beautiful campus, academics are good and it's a great place to play football. Right now, they will be an official visit. I have a great relationship with Coach (Brandon) Shelby and (Scott) Gaspar. Coach Shelby offered me and we talk a good amount. Thing about us is that we keep things straight. That's huge for me and honestly that's I could ask for.”

Committed 4/1/17. @ElijahRodgers: I'll be in Indiana next Saturday, April 1st. @CoachAllenIU @BShelbyIU @SGasperIU Blacksburg, SC (Blacksburg) 6'1"/160 247 Scout Videos

That's on IU not Crean.

Why wouldn't it be a year like every other transfer?

@JeraldKDavis: #CHE - Julie Pospisilova(Downers Grove North) visited DePaul on Friday, heads to Wisconsin on Monday and Indiana on Tuesday.

This one was over 5 minutes in... VU 69-57

Down 4 with 7:30 left..

VU 47-40 end of 3.

VU 41-30 @ half.

Crean @ the game.

Gassion cracks the top 10 in rebounds. VU 32-23 under 7.