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Sorry, noon Central time

Doesn't really matter what we do to me as long as that includes telling the NCAA where they can stick it.

Reading comprehension needed: "reports [of a deal and it falling apart] are wide of the mark"

If you are Dolson and looking at an unavoidable coaching vacancy at IUBB how do handle the fanbases's insanity about Brad Stevens? You _have_ to go after him. You know not doing so is unforgivable and will hang over your shortened tenure. But if you go after him, it's a miracle if you pull it off. How to balance near certain failure against being obligated to chase that failure? Maybe you make damn sure the insane fanbase clearly understands you took a real shot - even if you know it had basically no chance from the outset. Maybe you frame that with a crazy amount of cash in the off, positioning BS as the one making the silly choice. You do this to thread the needle on fanbase (including donors, don't forget) expectations and demands, start your time as AD on the best footing possible - or at least avoid a misstep out of the gate.

Have to be careful with that, heard it can mess with your eyesight!

Is it collusion if you own a NBA team and fund the "buy out" of a competing team's coach? Just hypothetically ...

IU lands Stevens during the NCAA tourney and IU can basically write off next year's marketing spend. They'll be _the_ story on every broadcast for the next month - millions of dollars worth of promotion, for free.

At this point, bringing Archie back is punting on 3rd down from the 40 yard line. It's over and done. Can him tonight, let an assistant finish the season.

With our luck, we'll end up hiring the person that stole Brad's identity. *Introducing you new coach: Brad Stevens!* "hmm, Brad sure looks different these days"

My Feb 25 2021 response to this topic: Hahahahhahahhha

Oh man, we're just dipping our toes into this coaching-search cycle and it's already at the "real estate search for Brad Stevens" stage. Not sure I'll be able to handle the insanity this time around lol!

Return volley, to a high school kid. Dakich is a trash person and shouldn't be given a platform.

If TJD could learn to time his post moves to when the ball handler is ready to pass, he'd be near unstoppable.

I think Archie's deep-down wish is to win every game 10 - 6.

I've never understood rushing back from an ankle - it always feels better than it really is

Holy sh*t Rob almost put it down!

Was that scream out of TJD as he went down?

Really enjoy Hummel on the TV broadcast - hopefully more of that through the season.

So this 6'5" kid has grown into his 6'8" freshman role, playing as a 6'9" center that has drawn interest from IU towards the 6'11" young talent?

I think the post you're responding to was sarcasm.

This has nothing to do with being offended, or at least I've never been offended by him. It's that he's been obviously a trash-human. When public figures benefit from their position insulating the repercussions of their behavior, it's nice to see them finally have to deal with reality (just a bit at least).

Came here to say the same

If I recall (no research, too lazy) - conference rank wound up where we were protected to begin the season. I was confident we would "overachieve" and land somewhere around 6th to 8th. I think many others here felt the same. Question is then, was the preseason predicted rank accurate? Or was it incorrect, as we suspected, but just happened to be true because the B10 as a whole was substantially better than expectation? To put it another way, almost all B10 teams outplayed their predicted finish - which resulted in predicted rankings being accurate (and predicted win/loss not accurate).

If anyone is attending, I highly recommend the new(ish) Taxman Brewing Co. Brewpub. It's a 5 minute walk, just South of Banker's Life (use East exit, onto Delaware). Great food and beer: https://www.taxmanbrewing.com/home-cityway/

Can Drake hang on? This game is just oozing "March"