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Not really. The administration did not give an effort worthy of our potential in the Davis and Sampson hires. When you hire poorly you get the results we have had.

We lose some key prices that will make winning the BT difficult but we have enough talent back to repeat in the sweet sixteen and possibly get hot late and make a run. We need to build from what we did this year to have a nice 4-5 year run. We have enough key pieces on the roster now an if we add well and don't lose any key pieces we should be looking good for a few years.

Exactly. Keep it going Coach and I am sure you will break through the sweet sixteen again. Consistency is such the key though. I really believe that if we get in the tournament 9 out of 10 years Crean can build teams to make runs IF he continues to get his teams to the tourney wiling to play D and without being dead legs.

My daughter was the only one in the family to pick Kentucky. When she lost that game her punishment was we changed her name to Karl the rest of the weekend. Made her cry at one point. Kids have to learn.

Last year I think it was at least plausible. There were a few articles that talked about how people were treating his family poorly and it was clear they got the info from him. No reason to redebate those articles except to point out he had some concerns staying. Then suddenly we sign Bryant and everyone comes back (yogi mainly) and there are a lot of reasons to stay. Unless that experience soured him and he wants out still (not likely in my mind) then I think that ship has sailed whether it was really an option last year - no idea

Last summer many speculated that Crean would not be back this year and that he may proactively leave if a job opened up that he liked. Some though maybe that was Alabama but some folks that have been pretty neutral and somewhat connected suggested the Pitt job would have appeal to him. Dixon was a candidate for some job last year too and the rumor said that if Pitt were open, Crean and Glass would reach an agreement where he left for that job.

Ruh Roh - will last Summer's rumors revisit

On the radio post game Crean mentioned that OG is such a coachable kid that one of the first things he said to Crean after the game was "I know coach, I have to run tomorrow". He had apparently done something "bad" in the game and it showed his humility that he did not come in celebrating but understanding that he could do better. Would love to know what it was that he felt warranted the need to run - Crean laughed and said he told him he could wait till Monday or just skip it this time (can't remember which).

Miller has definitely underperformed but has still achieved quite a lot. He has had teams in the top 20 for nearly a decade and has had 4 elite 8's only missing the tourney once. Crean's one FF was great but he has not done enough since then to rival Miller. Consistency will be the key. Keep competing for the BT title every year and I think the postseason success will follow

Had to watch the taped IU game so I may have missed it but did Crean and Chattanooga's coach have some issues? Their coach gave Crean the blow by during handshakes and even Crean seemed ready to stop and talk

I have coached soccer (had no idea what I was doing when I started) but ended up coaching over 10 years. Coached about 10 years of basketball too. This summer I helped start a running club for elementary kids. Some of the kids you get a chance to meet make it all worth it. Beyond spending time with your kids you also get to meet some great kids. One of my favorites was doing some basketball drills and I wanted them to work with their off hand. This kid has some birth defects that left his arms and hands undeveloped. He came to me after trying his off hand and asked if he could just stay with his right hand. He had tried for about 5 minutes with the left but when he came and showed me the arm and told me he did not have many bones in his hand I was blown away. That kid never complained and even played some goalie for me in soccer and was good. If you are thinking about getting involved I would encourage you to jump in somewhere.

Wright State has parted ways with head coach Billy Donlon, sources confirmed to ESPN.

A lot of us said we would know more about TC and his abilities after this year. This tournament is set up well for him to help overcome some doubts. No more excuses. Let's go win some games

Looks like all but A&M have a better big win than us.

If we lose our first game, we may need two of these threads.

Some will still not like him when that happens. Many like me jumped from the support ship a couple years back and would love to be won back. I don't think Crean is a great coach but if can find a way to get into the tourney every year then I think he may be able to have a few deep runs. Make the deep run this year and find some way to be a regular contender for the BT title and many of us will be good.

Yeah but our schedule was very easy. We had a chance to prove we were legit and fell short. Now we have another chance

I agree Purdue went from a 4th seed and evened up with us overall as far as seedlings go by advancing further in the BT tourney.

This is a perfect bracket. No way we are not ready to play UK.

I can't figure my glass out. Sometimes I look at it and it seems half full and I am excited then somehow just when I am full of optimism I get another look and I swear it is half empty. Stupid glass

All these things and Crean is due. This team has all the advantages you list and a chip on their shoulder now.

Could be that It is not as definite and Crean is giving them time to evaluate. Maybe the Blackmans feel it is more definite or even know it is but if so there is no reason to force them to announce it now. They could change their mind

I don't know. I think this team needs to get pissed like they did after the preseason.

Who said it did? Who said the season ended at the end of the regular season? We are on to the next phase of the season now. One that we have done poorly at under Crean and like Charlie Brown and the football. We may be skeptical that Lucy will pull it away again but we still have hope. Don't misunderstand the skepticism for hate.

Did we ever hear what his injury was? I always thought it might be possible if his rehab carries into the BT regular season. But then thought he would have done that mid year to get the benefit of a shorter sit out period