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IF Woodson gets a GM for the basketball program maybe this could actually work. I'm sure high level college athletics are messy to navigate with NIL and transfer portal, which is a full time job itself. If he can get the players he needs to run the system he wants then maybe...? I'm trying to find the positive here.

Nailed it. I think many of us have been around and can confirm.

What a nightmare, this won't end well. So long IU basketball.

Your tone sucks, you give off the "smartest guy in the room" vibes. Perhaps try some self reflection before doling out all this free advice.

Listening to Sirius XM 84 on way home from work. They were making fun of IU for having $4 tickets for sale to tonight's game.

I forgot we have a game today. Too wrapped up in the hope of a new head coach.

Why does this feel exactly like 3 years ago? Remember when we were going to get Brad Stevens and ended up with Woodson? Now we think we're getting Pearl and end up with...Dane Fife?

If Woodson comes back next year, the expectations would surely be low. My fear would be he exceeds what little expectations there would be and we continue wallowing in mediocrity. Honestly, this is the worst case scenario. Will be difficult to root for Woodson coached team next year.

It's been over 2 decades of wandering in the college basketball wilderness for IU. At this point, you just keep shooting your shot until you hit the jack pot.

The program is already damaged. I mean, I don't want to keep Woodson but I'm also not going to act like it could get a whole lot worse.

Remember when fans were too self righteous for Pearl though? I guess times have changed. He would be a home run but I'm not even sure he would want anything to do with IUs dysfunctional board of trustees.

Remember a couple weeks ago when there was talk about out NET rating keeping us out of the tournament? Lol

The algorithm to hire a basketball coach should never start with, "what is your affiliation with the school?". Rather, it should be something more along the lines of, "Can you coach college basketball?". This is more in response to Dakichs stupid f-ing tweet about firing Woodson and hiring Cheaney and Hulls. A ridiculous idea that would only further compound the problems surrounding the program.

The Big 10 has fallen far from college basketball prominence. The evidence is glaring; Purdue is now the class of the conference, no final 4 teams in 4 years, just 4 final 4 teams in the last decade, and no champion in over 2 decades. And somehow still, IU has found a way to cast themselves down to the bottom of the heap. Our grandparents would be aghast with the mismanagement of this program over the last couple decades. Indiana basketball is as close to irrelevance as its ever been.

Indiana has found a way to be one of the worst teams in an historically bad Big 10. Congratulations. I don't see how the fan base can keep supporting this trash.

Death Taxes Disappointing IU losses

+1.5 at home vs Nebraska who is 0-7 on the road in the Big 10. Almost hard to believe the program has fallen this far.

We aren't the worst team in the Big 10

Woodson's "over the hump" refrain is shades of Davis' "just gotta get Bracey the ball."

Could this team lose the rest of its games? And if so, no way you can keep Woodson at that point, right?

I didn't watch but the program is in such disarray that a home loss to Northwestern is not only unsurprising but expected.

IU administration should demand playing without a 3 point line moving forward.

Peach baskets

I'm not even sure this is basketball we are watching

Ware on bench with 0.3 seconds left when we need a lob to the basket...