Five Prime

This will be the theme for the year - we will struggle when the 3s arent falling. More athletic teams will make us look like ****. I'd guess we finish around 5-7 in the Big 10 still and make the tournament. Not bad, but this roster isn't good enough to compete consistently with top 20 teams.

Great win. Can we give Louisville a game? I think so if we can hit shots and stay out of foul trouble.

Bailey goes out, go on a 10-2 run. His +/- has to be like -25 in this game.

I fear the more athletic back courts will give our team fits as the season progresses.

Bailey 6'10", plays like 6'5" in the paint.

Great start but Reed Bailey sucks

They were in that game until Miller went out.

Cincinnati is a good basketball team. They lost to Louisville tonight by 10, but lost their best player Baba Miller for the last 10 minutes or so due to injury. Louisville guard play is excellent. We are going to struggle mightily with their speed and athleticism.

Lindenwood (which i didnt know existed before just now) apparently lost to Saint Louis by 43 points.

Same old IU?

Rebounding may be an increasingly problematic issue for this team.

I'm a bit concerned with our ability to match up athletically against longer and quicker teams, but man is it nice to see an IU basketball team that can shoot the rock again! Wilkerson is awesome.

Can anybody give a relatively unbiased synopsis of how Devries has done in the transfer portal so far? Is this looking like a team that will struggle in the bottom third of the Big 10?

Kelvin Sampson is going to win a national championship isn't he? What could have been...

I feel like the general indifference about this hire is a good thing. Mike Davis was polarizing. People were generally excited about Crean. Despite what some would say now, there was mostly excitement about Archie. Woodson was polarizing. It seems the general sentiment here is meh, lets see how he does. If he has the grinder work ethic as suggested, then he should be able to have a lot of success at IU.

I come check this thread maybe once per day. It's always the same process, I come here hoping to find something insightful but instead leave frustrated after seeing page after page of pointless banter.

Indiana does not deserve a tournament bid. Give it to a mid major whose players and coaches appear to actually give a ****.

Still no news?

Not even a former student manager for Knights team wants to coach here.

Can we have a Coaching Candidate discussion thread and a separate Coaching Candidate news thread? Like links to credible sources and such only

Let's be honest, we're all Manti Te'os when it comes to IU basketball head coaching searches.

This thread is impossible to keep up with. I have no clue who IU is targeting but I kind of hoped I could come here to find something tangible. Instead, most of the posts are fantasies.

Omg you guys...are you all going to fall for this a second time?

This is seriously trash. It's like watching an early season mid major (IU) playing a team looking for a good warm up (Michigan)

1st game I've watched this year. Poor roster construction. Multiple bigs on the floor clogging up driving lanes. Poor shooting. No quick, elusive dribble drive guards. Just nothing that says this team can win against decent competition.