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I think the main thing is missing the tournament provided the weakness of the bubble in this era of humongous conferences where teams are getting 15+ Q1 and Q1A games increases the pressure. Which, to me, is before you get into the “with IU resources” argument. Most years, .500 or a little better in B1G play with maybe one decent non-con win and no terrible losses should be enough to get in. The tournament is so diluted now, it really should be the floor at a place like IU. Anything more like a year comparable to the teams you mentioned would really just be icing. Just my two cents.

It’s also future earning potential. If you’re confident in your ability to play at that level I think there is some draw. KW isn’t making much more than he probably could have gotten from some blue blood, but wouldn’t have likely played himself into a better draft pick and still would need to prove himself somewhat. He is now a year ahead and closer to an absolutely monster deal when he hits free agency after what he has shown. I think you are right that top-20 or so may be the cutoff under this CBA.

I’m wondering if “willingness to play defense” came up in the exit questions

I’m just going to keep telling myself Dusty never wanted the IU job at all to protect his family. Makes watching him kill it at a B1G school not named Indiana more palatable lol

These refs are atrocious

Oof. That’s almost as bad as the UNC AD getting a 110k bonus for “recusing himself” while they got debated. Absolute chicanery lol

Creighton looks like a crazy underseed Edit: if I was an Auburn fan I’d be big mad about that draw

Has Painter lost to a 13 or would this complete the March meltdown for losing to 12-16

I’m a member of the Roc-Pile

If those two are available, that’s a top-25 maybe top-15ish team all season and the DD conversation is completely different right now. The fact he still had them a tournament team was just good coaching. (Snubbed obviously but that team should have been in)

This game is so good.

I thought Archie would be good, but him looking like he’d seen a ghost from the jump should have been a sign. I always questioned Crean due to DWade. Obvious he was a good talent evaluator, but how much can be drawn from a final four with a guy who had a top-20 all time NBA player on his roster. Woody I hated from the jump but tried to see the positives. This feels completely different. He’s a coach, a recruiter, and someone who embraces NIL. I also like that he pointed out we and he respected his current team. Also Iowa and WV people are melting down over it, so that’s a bonus.

Luckily Tennessee football and WV basketball aren’t really comparable. And USC football was in a completely different position at that time than IUBB is now. Also he was quite a bit younger and had already flamed out in the NfL. Pretty awful comparison honestly.

Personally I think I’ll just be going with the double Ds. So enjoy that for hopefully the next 20 odd years lol

GP was like the only national guy hating on us for giving Woody an extra year and not hiring Dusty last season. He thought giving Woody a fourth and losing an alumni who was the hottest mid major guy on the market was insanity. So I appreciated that lol