TheWatShot

Cannot fathom being from New Palestine and wanting to play football at Kansas instead of Indiana right now. Pretty sure the only time Kansas has ever been any good was when they had that coach who looked like somebody on My 600 Pound Life.

If we can't go at least 12-8 with this schedule then we should just leave the conference.

So a team that finishes with the second-worst record has the best chance of picking...fifth? Makes sense, I guess.

It's not about benefitting those teams. It's about punishing a team perceived to be cheating its way into a top 4 pick. In a given year, the bottom 4 NBA teams are epically bad. It takes years of bad drafting, misevaluations, unfortunate breaks and a ton of losing for any team to find itself there. In other words, not teams that are one year removed from a runner-up finish. The Pacers were a pretty extreme case. If the rest of their roster stayed healthy, they're probably just outside the playoffs. The league was so convinced they were tanking, they actually told them to medicate Aaron Nesmith and encourage him to play. To outsiders, I'm sure it looked suspect. The NBA doesn't want teams giving up if their best player goes down. NBA games are already a tough watch during the regular season.

I'm not well-versed in how odds are calculated, but when I saw the Pacers' chances of keeping the pick were only 52%, I knew it was gone. That's basically a coin flip.

This, and minor league baseball.

Totally predictable. Knew it was going to be #5 once they reached the top 10.

I'm fully expecting the Pacers' pick to land outside the top 4 and go to the Clippers. That's how this stuff usually works for this organization. Plus, the league is pissed that they're even in this position a year after playing in the finals. All the new rules about tanking starting next year were made with the Pacers in mind.

I think it was last season, we were up like 13-3 or something against USC and they came all the way back to beat us. Like, what are we even doing with our relief pitchers? You almost have to try to be this bad.

4-0 lead today only to give up 5 runs in the bottom of the 9th. It's like our bullpen is trying to get Mercer fired.

Lost at Purdue tonight after being up 9-2 in the 7th inning. Mercer can't be gone soon enough.

In recent years, I've been in "John, I want a divorce" mode with IU basketball. If Wade uses one of his nine lives and somehow has a better team than us, I think I'll finally pull the trigger.

Mercer is in the last year of his contract. I'm guessing we'll have a new coach next season.

So, does he go back to college for a 7th season now?

Any coaches in particular you think we should look at? I don't expect us to be a powerhouse or anything, but this program badly needs a reset.