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One of my final thoughts for the night, there will be no excuse to not make the dance next year. He will have the NIL to compete in the portal, zero excuses to miss.

We all knew Indiana had their guy, we just didn’t expect this guy.

It will be a support staff role likely.

I’m hearing Jordan Hulls will be retained. Expect Cody Zeller to be a named to a position as well.

I have to hand it to Scott Dolson, this dude has some basketballs on him. First, he hires Woodson who had zero NCAA tournament wins, ends up getting fired after four years with only two NCAA appearances. Now, he hires a guy who has only 1 NCAA tournament wins. That takes some basketballs.

Brad ******** Stevens! We’ll get him next time, that is, if Butler doesn’t get to him next year.

It is safe to turn off the Shams and Zach tweet notifications now folks.

WVU D1 Rankings and Numbers from this year. Not great, but I understand first year and a lot of injuries.

This years team at WVU.

Morgantown is not a pleasant place to live. This is the second year in a row a head coach has left after a year. Their WBB coach left to accept a B1G job after one year.

As I mentioned earlier, leave Tom in Morgantown and Frazier. Kory is welcomed back to Bloomington with open arms, I’m sure he’s excited right now to be home again.

Not a sexy hire, 70% of Indiana fans are going to say out loud “Who” when they read the headline this evening. Shocking to an extent, but coaches don’t want to leave their current spots anymore. Pearl, Greg, Few, etc., Will we be here again in four years? Could be, I wouldn’t be surprised. But I hope this hire works out. Woodson never should’ve been hired in the first place, hopefully this is a legit replacement. I hope he builds a solid staff around him. EDIT: Some further thoughts, Will Stevens end up at Butler next year when his daughter is out of high school? Got that would be a kick in the nuts. First letting Dusty May go and potentially seeing Stevens return home a year after our opening.

I’d like to welcome home, Kory Barnett, a legend of Indiana Basketball. However, please leave Tom Ostrom back in Morgantown, he doesn’t need to be an assistant here again.

We know where Indiana basketball stands amongst coaching searches. Louisville and Kentucky didn’t hire the big fish, neither did OSU. Is this the new normal? Yes it’s the new normal. A time where legends are retiring sooner than anticipated, AD’s search for new names to fill the voids.

I want to know how far down the list Dolson had to go to get to Darian. I mean, Chris Beard is right there, right?!

I’m not a fan of Tom Ostrom, he was **** with Archie. Will they leave him behind in Morgantown?

Welcome back to Bloomington Tom Ostrom and former Indiana great Kory Barnett!

Jesus, we fired Woodson for Darian?

We haven’t had a Scott Drew discussion in a week. Should we switch over to him at the top of the hour?

Woodson to Darian would be a choice, could work out, may not. I think this is his agent and media speculation at this point with his name blowing up. Would there be this much smoke if they made the tourney currently? No.

Good morning, busy morning over here! With the Pete news, this checks out as I reported Ben is the #1 target for Iowa. I don't believe Darian is a candidate for Indiana. If we have an announcement this week, it's Stevens, Billy, or Jay still IMO.

Zach confirmed that. This is all smoke from agents and fans and media.

One thing I've considered as well, It was a down year in the Big 12 this year, typically the best conference in America. He did okay for first year there, but I wonder how he would've done if it were a more normal year for the conference?

If that were true, not a great sign who fired the head coach a month ago.

Thats exactly what it is. Let's not forget what Zach said yesterday on his Podcast. This smells very similar to the left field Kelvin Sampson hire according to him.