WayneFleekHoosier

My son played against Thomas for years. Glad to see him having success at Indiana. Could really be special if things come together. Tons of potential.

Maybe we should have hired Kevin Willard. lol. TIC. I can’t stand the guy, love to see him lose but he’s having far more success than I anticipated.

I suppose. The 3 freshman help. The rest cost what they are worth. And they aren’t worth much. Sisley and Dorn might be bargains. Idk. But in general the roster needs such massive upgrades, we need space for them. #ballingonabudget

Jordan Smith is gonna be a handful. Calipari made a smart move on that one.

Yes. Exactly. It was 10-11 million by most reports. Lamar was near 2.5. Bailey was near 1.5. Maybe Tuck was near 2, I’m not sure on him. 750 for Conerway. On and on. About 10-11 total. Which puts us around 10-25 most in the country. Which should be a relative scale to where expectations can fairly lie. I think we got outspent by a lot of teams that we didn’t expect to pony up. I think we thought 10 million would put us around 10th but in reality we ended up closer to 20th. We should have built a top 25 roster. That’s the goal when you spend that level of money. Otherwise it’s a relative failure. Then getting results is the next step. Get more out of less or less out of more is the big coaching evaluation. Jury is out on DeVries both on roster building and team improvement.

Agreed. But he built a roster to win now by taking so many Seniors. He was a Baller on a Budget. And he made some pretty rough choices. 5 scholarship guys that are worthless. I mean, what are we doing? Will they be a build for future? (Are they good enough for that?) Im not sure any of these guys return or we even want them to return. Sisley. I think we could do better at about every spot. Im not sure how much it helps, for next year with the path he chose to take this year. But Portal SZN is always my favorite SZN because it’s filled with hope. But we are behind so many programs in desirability. Money isn’t heavily on our side. And I’m not convinced DeVries is a good recruiter. So, uphill challenge incoming.

15 rebounds total. 1 offensive rebound. Zero steals. One of the worst efforts. For the history books. Nothing we can do about it but try to win 3 of 4. Making the tournament will be cool. But we all know this team has no real chance to do anything. But the excitement of seeing your team in the dance is worth it. Hope our admin finds an extra 5 million or so to put towards the build. Or our talent eval magically improves. Will need at least five meaningful players.

Judgement should be NIl budget related. My unofficial estimate based on Norlander and others that try to follow this stuff is we were between 10-25 in NIL spending. I did a breakdown earlier this year. I think we were 15-20 probably. Plus his son should have come with a discount. We are the 40th best team. Maybe the 30th if we go on a little run. So, DeVries isn’t doing too great.

Wilkerson 78 Martinelli 69

Terrible metrics loss. But it was always gonna be a loss. Same scenario applies. Gotta win 3 of the next 4. That was always gonna be the case. Now will we? Idk, seems 50/50 to me. Just piss poor planning to not build a better team from jump. Wilkerson has said internally they think they are a top 10 team. That probably comes from top down. Did DeVries really believe that as he built this? Or is confidence building coach speak? Idk. But this team was never gonna be top 10 good and that’s just crazy. We were 2 A level Players away. Get the right 2. Might cost ya 3 or 4 million.

Gonna need that at 4 or 5 positions tbh. And paying what we will need to pay, we can’t miss much. Not a single projected returner/freshman that projects to a starter on a top 20 team. I could see Dorn/Sisley with a lot of improvement or maybe Prince as the 4th/5th option. (Maybe). Lots of teams are gonna return dudes. Because the pay is too good to ignore.

There was a poster that saw this season coming as it was being built but was told he’s too much of a pessimist and just loves being negative. Never understood the vision. We are exactly what I thought we’d be. I thought DeVries would be better. Besides that, this is what I saw coming as it was being built. Not sure who is knocking down the doors to play at IU next year after what we’ve put together. Really gonna be a challenge for the staff this offseason.

But Jasai can maybe shoot it. Dorn can shoot it. Sisley can’t. But I think his hustle and IQ would give us some spark we don’t get from Miles or Dorn. Dorn has been broken. Jasai is mostly just a defender. Streaky at best shooter.

Lol. Laugh as a defense mechanism. So freaking undermanned.

Won’t surprise me at this point if he’s wearing black and gold next year. He’s a 7th or 8th man at this point His inability to shoot free throws all of the sudden aligned with his PT decline. He’s smart and has a great motor though. Would like to see what he could give us.

I doubt we do. But yes, we will need a miracle to build an excitement worthy team for next year.

IUBB has no juice.

Very predictably pathetic. Was clear we didn’t have a chance in this one. we don’t deserve to dance. Maybe we will, maybe we won’t, but we should not get the chance. I truly hope DeVries and company learned something this year. For the love of all things, put together a better roster next season. A top 25 roster.

I’m torn. I want to see US/Canada. But I think I would have enjoyed seeing the upset. Canada earned that one. Outplayed them for 2 plus periods. It’s been a Good Friday to have off work so far.

Love music of ALL types. Huge 90’s, 00’s rap fan. My son made sure I knew Baby Keem “dropped” today. lol. I love “oldies”, classic rock, singer/songwriter types. If it sounds good, it’s sounds good.

This is family, Stu? Your daughter? How impressive!

Baby Keem album released today! lol, does it match the hype/wait?

Gotta hit shots at an unreal rate. Refs won’t allow us to muck it up. Purdue will live at the line tonight.

Unreal! Never, ever would I have believed Indiana would have had a top 3 paid coach in the land. Our stadium seats 60% what the big boys do. Need to generate the revenue in other ways. Incredible! Also, a few years back the idea of paying Brad Stevens 8-10 was equally unimaginable. Hopefully DeVries has the fire and the resources to build something special for basketball here soon.

Awesome sauce. As a athlete, hockey has always been my #1. Love Olympic hockey. The ladies showed out. The tying goal was remarkable, especially with the goalie pulled. OT winner was slick!