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The administration should note that...   The Boston Celtics dropped out of the playoff projections into ninth place tonight. 

      Not quite, my Crean-supportive friend!  Three weeks ago he said:   "I'm bullish on Tom...He's done a really good job with these guys. It's ridiculous to say that someone is coaching for his job for one game and that it would be up or down in one game...He's a great coach...He has my full support. I have a great deal of confidence in Tom's body of work. This team overachieved early and then hit a tough patch." "There is a sense that Tom is only keeping his job because of the buyout...And while that's a big number and a significant amount of money, that's not what is keeping him in the job. I think he needs to be the coach. ... I want him to be the coach here."   What he DID NOT say three weeks ago is that..."He's staying"

  The AD DID NOT say "he's staying".   The AD said "I continue to support Tom Crean as our coach."   Those are VERY different statements. Very, very different.

  This.

  20-14?    That sucks.

  Not sure why so many bust on Bo Ryan.   He runs a CLEAN program that wins. He makes the B1G look good - no sarcasm...for real.

Those of you that think that this release by Glass was an endorsement are, in my opinion, being extremely naive. "Tom Crean will be the coach next season" would have been an endorsement. Anything else? I'm with 41.

  That's how the law's proponents would describe it. That's not how the law's opponents would describe it.   In any event...this could end up turning into a wholly political thread ( :( ) and should probably get back on point. I shall attempt to do so:   Caleb Swanigan: the second coming of Jared Sullinger. Will only play for a Nike school. Has a pro player agent as his benefactor. May play his college ball at either Kensucky or Chicago State.   Discuss.

He signed what amounts to a tenant at will lease.   Not an issue.

Happy Birthday Coach Crean.   Love, Stan!   https://instagram.com/p/0qkcHGvMDy/

    Conditional offers are a reality of the recruiting process.   It's my speculation, but I'm pretty sure that if Hyron Edwards has an offer, it's a conditional offer.

    Willie Cauley-Stein         Christian Watford

    Now I get your point, and I agree: Calipari has recruited more quality bigs than CTC. No question.   However, the ahem..."motivation" for some of those recruits, and the academic "pass the giggle test" for some of them allowed Calipari to bring in more than a couple (Davis, Cousins, Jones, Noel, Randle) that I would rather not have IU deal with.   I think you're missing the primary area where Calipari does appear to be superior to CTC: defensive execution.

  Soooo....IU's CTC 5 star bigs that you mentioned: How did they leave IU? Looks like we went two for two as lottery picks. Two for two as first rounders.   Calipari's 5 star bigs at UK: How did they leave UK? (Noel, Davis, Jones, Cousins, Wiltjer, Dakari Johnson, Lee, Lyles, Cauley-Stein, Towns, Randle, (not counting Poythress as he's damaged goods): five for eleven in lotto, (assuming Lyles and Lee go pro - currently not lotto projected, and Towns goes pro and will be in lotto), eight for eleven in first round (not likely Dakari, Lee, Wiltjer).   Another barometer? IU's 5 star bigs: One for two are Academic All-Americans with college degree. UK's 5 star bigs: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

    See!    Now That's more like it:   Direct. Informative. To the point.

  Take off those blue-tinted glasses, brother!!  ;)

Condescending posts suck.

  And Doc Libby agrees! ;)   Geez, some of y'all could take a baby's giggle and turn it into some "read between the lines" ultra conspiracy, or use it as an excuse to remind all what's wrong with whatever is bugging you.   And some of you never do that!  (FWIW, all of you should never do that.)

I firmly believe that this is a prime example of a very, very good Hoosier player who gets a lot of support on campus expressing thanks for that support.   It's as simple as that, and any reading of this beyond this simple fact is, in my opinion, waaaay overreaching.

Gregg Marshall may be a bit of an odd duck, but he's a really, really good basketball coach.

Since message boards are the place to report rumors, apparently someone on Peegs has a brother's cousin's uncle who is supposed to be a realtor who has listed the Crean house in Bloomington.

Tom Izzo has now gone to seven Sweet 16s in the last eight years.   We have not done as well.

    Uk-oh.     Wichita State just scored and y'all won't believe what Marshall did with his hands!   He clapped them. Shamelessly.

RT @GoodmanESPN: Ben Howland has emerged as the frontrunner and is in discussions to take the Mississippi State job, sources told ESPN.

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