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I was in high school during that time. Tipton played in the Carmel sectional and I remember him and a guard named Macintosh, I think. Both really good players. Curnutt was an excellent shooter. They were ranked in top five in the state in 1964/5 but were upset by Noblesville in the sectional. For small schools the real goal was to win your sectional because that's where the heated rivalries were. Great memories.

Without getting to far ahead of things, all of the portal additions seem to have improved our team top to bottom. Not many glaring weaknesses. Could be a very good year.

Yes he was. As I remember, it was a close game. Maybe 14 to 3 off the top of my head. A pretty good defensive effort against a really talented offense by IU.

This is IU football we're talking about, right?

We could make a pretty good living snagging their cast offs. When CCC gets things rolling here, and I think he will, maybe we get some of those guys outright.

I have the utmost faith in our coach and staff. Can't say I have felt like that, maybe ever.

Let me start by saying that I don't like the portal as a way to build a team. As much as I hate them, I like the way Purdue goes about it. I think continuity matters. That's why Painter's teams are so good in November and December. Guys playing together multiple years is a good thing. We will be well into the season before these new guys are fully integrated into what we want to do. They will be learning a system instead of getting better at executing it. So I expect, at least early on, that we will be less than the some of our parts. Hopefully, it comes together soon enough for us to have a great year. If not, there will be even more angry people around here.

I think it gets real tricky at this point. We are either signing someone who will likely have a limited role or pushing someone we have already signed into a limited role if we are talking a wing or guard. Now if we are adding a center, then there are clearly minutes and a definite role available.

Hate to hear that. I'm hoping you have a great outcome. Cancer is getting more treatable everyday.

With new guys in the backcourt and a different type of guy in the paint, I expect a disjointed early part of the season. After that, it all depends on how well roles are established and how much the players buy-in. The talent and depth should be there for a great season but talent isn't everything. All in all, I expect a better season. By how much, I have no idea.

I didn't say that the book was apolitical. I said it describes the path that led us to this point in the educational debate. There is a lot that is over the top in it and a lot that I don't necessarily agree with, but I learned a great deal that helps me understand the reason parent groups are upset with the content in their children's classrooms. I was a teacher a very long time ago so I have some interest in the debate. As others have said, this is complicated and, in today's world, people seem to prefer confrontation to communication and compromise.

There is a growing discussion taking place concerning the purpose of education. One side wants it to be an activist agent for social change. The other wants it to be an apolitical entity that gives students the tools to succeed in life. The book "The Queering of the American Child" by Logan Lansing and James Lindsey does a pretty good job of showing how we got, although it primarily addresses what is happening in elementary and secondary schools. The balance between academic freedom and censorship is a tricky one. As a lifelong resident of Indiana, it's not difficult for me to predict where the legislature is going fall on any given issue.

I see very little to complain about in the backcourt for next season.

I don't know where this is all going, but it looks to me like we will have significantly better tools to work with next season. Now what that actually means, we'll have to wait until the dust settles and the games begin to know for sure. If next season goes the same as last, even I will be on the dark side.

I usually call myself cautiously pessimistic.

As much as I hate the whole process, portal season progresses at a much faster pace than high school recruiting.

This all seems eerily similar to last portal season. We think we have someone and then we don't. Speculation on lineups runs rampant and then disappointment and despair. Wake me when it's over.

Hard to hear. He was an integral part of those late 60's teams that were a highlight in our miserable football history. RIP, Jade.

I really like McCulley, but he needs to embrace the change. He has too much talent to waste it by not putting in the work. Just from hearing coach's comments, it's shocking how far the program had sunk. Wouldn't be surprised to see a few more "old" Indiana guys hit the portal.

CCC is the guy. I love the talk about the old Indiana being unacceptable. If he can't make this program a winner then we might as well shut it down.

He didn't throw the coaching staff under the bus, he placed the blame on the players. But reading between the lines, you get the difference in coaching. I am not sure how that translates into wins and losses, but I am sure that it improves our chances.

CTM built this program. No way she doesn't keep building. I think we are on the cusp of being a perennially relevant women's basketball team. I love the way they play the game and for each other. Really looking forward to next year.

We were just that close. CTM assembled an awesome team. And after watching some of these other teams, undoubtedly the most classy group of young women. So proud of our program!

Great memories for sure. I was at ISU as an undergraduate but was an IU fan from birth. ISU had astroturf on its football field and the IU team came to Terre Haute to practice on it. I wasn't on campus until graduate school in the spring of '76. All in all, a pretty good time to be there. I remember John I. had a tendency to take off running out of the punt formation. Thus the chant, " punt John punt". Great times.

I'm not sure there has ever been a more exciting IU football team than the '67 Rose Bowl team. I was helping my dad harvest corn and listening to the IU / Purdue game on the radio. That goal line stand was incredible. I'm hoping that CCC can restore some of that magic.