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Somewhere in the deep, dark basement of a Btown Banners coaching search thread, when Crean was fired I was on a bender promoting that Ronald Nored should have been a very high potential candidate for the IU job. I was largely mocked for this take. Full disclosure; I liked also the Archie hire, but always thought Nored is a dude. So... Let's go! Time to see if Nored is a great idea or just another guy.

UK freshman guard Jasper Johnson's uncle:

Yes

He was not on the floor.

Great stuff!! Based on the chart from the article, with UF approximately 70% pre-game likely to win, Iowa a strong FT shooting team, and double bonus in effect, they were squarely in the “Don’t Foul” territory:

Prepare to have your mind blown.

Could be a very interesting Shertzch.

Too expensive for a talented player that doesn’t always play hard. Budget buster: PASS

Not sure it has been discussed thoroughly just how bad Todd Golden's defensive decisions were for the possession of Iowa's winning score last weekend. Iowa inbounds down two with 8.9 seconds remaining. Golden has three.. yes THREE defenders in the backcourt. One on them is guarding the in-bounder! Guarding the in-bounder is a 6'4" backup guard, when Florida has Reuben Chinyelu, a 6'10" national defensive player of the year candidate parked on the bench. Florida Guard Xavian Lee is tightly guarding Iowa 6'7" freshman forward Sage, who Florida should very much want to catch the ball. Fland is guarding Stirtz; Iowa clearly wants to get the ball to Stirtz, not Sage. 2. Stirtz, as expected, curls toward Sage to pick up a screen. Fland goes under the screen, thereby not putting himself between Stirtz and the basket. As Fland gets beaten, Lee does not switch; he lets Stirtz fly by: Which allows Stirtz to catch on the dead run just past the backcourt three point line. AND? it's on. A three on two fast break for Iowa: Haugh and Condon on Florida are guarding three players. Haugh steps up to Stirtz; with the ball and the best shooter of the three. Stirtz makes the easiest pass ever to the near corner. For the widest of wide open threes imaginable. Game over. This is insanely horrifically bad scheme and strategy every step of the way. Golden's explanation? UF was trying to foul in the backcourt to force Iowa to tie the game from the line. NO YOU WEREN'T - Todd Golden is lying, because fouling up two when the other team is in the double bonus would be (if possible) even worse strategy. Aye. Caramba.

She has underachieved mightily, but there's potential. A true big and has some real skill. Went for 15/7 in only 19 minutes against IU in March of 2025. Originally from New Hampshire so she may want to move closer to home.

What an excellent college basketball player. Long, long list for him and no reason to think we have a chance, but would be great.

Wow McAfee cooked him to a crisp. When McAfee ends with "Dan we love you man we appreciate you" Orlovsky makes this face:

He just had a big breakfast - up to 192 lbs.

Reed Baily kept his 2pt FG% inordinately high by turning it over before he could miss a shot near the rim.

Over five blocks per 40 minutes. Conference defensive player of the year in only 19.8 minutes per game. That's crazy. Tons of turnovers and fouls, but clearly a talented kid. Intriguing, especially if Thomas Carr was a primary recruiter for him.

Player Original College AAU Branch Portal Status Jamie Kaiser Jr. Butler Team Loaded VA Officially Entered Tyler Lundblade Belmont Adidas 3SSB Intends to Enter Samson Aletan Mississippi State Adidas 3SSB Officially Entered Lundblade can really really shoot it; over 40% from three on volume and 93.4% from the line. And he's been coached up at Belmont. Hope we get involved and get him.

Bonus: He looks like Boban!

I'll try to add a little silver lining to the IU offensive potential under Devries: It was extremely frustrating all friggin year long to watch Conor Enright make a decisive move off of good offense, get in the lane, and thereafter have pretty much zero ability to do anything. Felt like there were tons of good shots that ended with Enright driving back out of the lane or passing out to shooters whose man never needed to leave them. I am a fan of Enright; he played his tail off and would have been an excellent third/fourth guard on a tournament team, but having him as the 30 mpg point guard on offense was a severe limitation on the team. I am hopeful that we get a guard or two that has the confidence and ability to take advantage of what the offense creates.

*unless he's young and hyper-athletic.

There are going to be a ****-ton of Tennessee players in the portal if they keep that coach... or if they fire that coach.

Ewww. If Altman couldn't get him to play hard I question who will be able to do so. Maybe he needs to walk in the footsteps of his twin Xavier Booker and get coached up by Angry Mick Cronin; He's done more with Booker than I thought possible. Considering it'll be a multi-million dollar contract, I'm hoping IU isn't the school that gives it a shot.

Would you reconsider if I told you it's "almost heaven?"