JSHoosier

Staff has shown that's how they want to play, so if Queen didn't start it'd be a portal big.

Maryland sucks too.

We need talent but it'd be another year of starting 2 post players in Reneau/Queen. I'd rather we didn't do that.

Crean went to Georgia, where he was awful.

I don't know, the same article where it said IU was his dream job at one time also had quotes from him that made it sound like he's moved on.

With Beard's issues? The odds of IU looking at him are about the same as me winning the lottery twice.

It's year 3 and he could very well have more than Miller did in 4. That's suboptimal. EDIT: Doesn't help when the tougher teams we schedule like Zona or UCONN or Auburn take us behind the woodshed regularly.

At one time he said IU was his dream job.

Fan support is one of the few things this program has consistently had.

Fans for UK, Duke, Kansas, etc would be just as vocal as we have been. Those programs never would've looked at Woodsin but that's beside the point. Fan is short for fanatic, they will react and with the dumpster we've seen the last 20+ years the reaction won't be pleasant. Especially not since IU essentially gave itself the death penalty for something no serious program would report (and isn't illegal now) after the best hire they've made since RMK.

I was wondering how long it'd take for the blame the fans fallback to show up. Staff isn't getting it done? Crappy fans. Staff didn't assemble a good roster? Fans didn't know who to get.

I still contend Crean should've been fired when he managed to miss the NIT with 2 burger boys on the roster.

I'm sure either our shooters or perimeter defense look great in practice.

Yep, people say he was a backup to Stevens but if he didn't play at IU no one would've wanted him; NBA teams didn't want him anymore. If the backup option was a guy in his 60s that hadn't been a HC in a decade then Dolson may have been drunk. If he gave a 60 year old that hadn't been a HC in a decade that kind of buyout then Dolson had to be drunk, or got completely schooled by another agent.

No one should be.

It's year 3 and Woodson built this roster. If he doesn't have the players for his defense then it's time to move on.

On the surface it's one game. We still can't guard the perimeter and at this point that's a systemic issue, we've had problems keeping team off the offensive glass which again is systemic at this point. Still stink at FTs, which is just inexcusable. Our defense has gotten worse each year as well. Nebraska itself is one game, but we continue to show serious underlying problems that in year 3 still haven't been addressed.

After this I'd be calling a meeting with Woodson. Changes have to be made, make them. If not, I'll think about what changes I have to make. It's your roster, no excuses. Figure it out, fix it. Period. End of meeting.

Unfortunately I'll believe they're serious about getting basketball right when they show it, if it's not too late to fix this mess. They hired a 60 year old that hadn't been a HC in almost 10 years, because he played at IU over 40 years ago. Maybe the next coach will be a 50 year old that hasn't coached in 5 years. I'd forget May, he'll probably get hired somewhere else because we've shown we won't move on when we should. And with Beard's issues IU wouldn't even consider him.

At this point we need to view Johnson as needed depth but no sort of answer. He was great in the BTT a couple years ago but hasn't been that player since even when healthy. He has physical traits but doesn't have it between the ears. I'd say when he starts crapping himself we need to get him off the floor before he plays us out of the game but our other guards aren't good either.

Not the first time this team got punched and quit, same with Auburn.

Making the tournament should be a bare minimum expectation, it's not much of an accomplishment with 68 teams. You made a 68 team field, want a cookie? Good thing we have guard reinforcements coming....oh wait, we have 1 commit and the guard plan was Fland or pray for the portal.

I'm sure our players look great against our perimeter defense in practice though.or the perimeter defense looks great against our "shooters". One or the other, it'd explain the complete lack of urgency or changes.

No serious program would've done what we did. We do things no serious program would do and wonder why we're in this spot.

To be fair, with our perimeter defense it's just shooting practice.