Class of '66 Old Fart

Official announcement from Duke AD: "This will end our 2020-21 season until the NCAA announces us as a #1 seed," Duke athletics director Kevin White said in a statement.

XC Takes Stillwater The distance squad returns to the cross country course this coming Monday where they will compete at NCAA Cross Country National Championships. The meet will take place at the OSU Cross Country Course in Stillwater, Okla. The women's 6k race is set for 12:50 p.m. ET while the men's 10k race will go off at approximately 1:40 p.m. ET.

IUTF Takes On NCAA Indoor National Championships in Fayetteville Indiana Track & Field will send five individuals and one relay to the NCAA Indoor Track & Field National Championships this weekend. The meet will be hosted in Fayetteville, Ark by the University of Arkansas and is scheduled to start on Friday, Mar.12 and wrap up on Saturday, Mar. 13. Event Schedule Results The championships will broadcast on ESPN3. Live stats of the event can be found here. Hoosiers at the Championships Maddy Pollard (Shot Put) - Mar 12 ( 12:00 PM) Rikkoi Brathwaite (60m) - Mar 12 (3:45 PM) Nathan Stone (Pole Vault) - Mar 13 (12 PM) Ben Veatch (5000m) - Mar 12 (4:05 PM) Cooper Williams (800m) - Mar 12 (2:40 PM) Men's DMR - Mar 12 (3:30 PM) Williams and Brathwaite will run the semifinal of their respective events on Friday afternoon with the top-8 moving on to Saturday's final. Last Time Out: Big Ten Championships At the first meet of the post season five individual championships were won on the men's side while the women saw 10-point scorers. The men finished in second while the women came in sixth as a team. Rikkoi Brathwaite (60m), Nathan Stone (pole vault), Ben Veatch (3000m & 5000m), and Cooper Williams (600m) all won gold. At the conclusion of the championships, Teddy Browning and Kelly Mindak were honored with the Big Ten Sportsmanship award. Rikkoi and Cooper Have Wheels Rikkoi Brathwaite and Cooper Williams put on a clinic in their respective events at the Big Ten Championships on Saturday. Brathwaite clocked a time of 6.55 to win the 60m and his time was the second fastest in the NCAA behind a sprinter from Oregon and ninth in the world so far this year, Williams' time of 1:17.37 on him gold at the championships and his prelim time of 1:16.58 was the No. 3 time in the world this year. Ranked The Indiana men made their return to the USTFCCCA Top-25 after a strong runner-up finish at conference championships. The checked in at No. 21 ahead of NCAA Championships this week.

And just because players enter the transfer portal doesn't mean they'll actually transfer to another school. Smart on their part to keep their options open. I mean, after ISU announces Brad Stevens as its new coach, they'll all decide to stick around Terre Haute. lol

Indiana State may have to pause basketball for a year. Former Cloverdale star and ISU junior Cooper Neese has entered the transfer portal. He’s sixth Sycamore this week to enter transfer portal

Seeing more and more new posters. Welcome aboard to @btroesch14 and @hippopotamo.

But any more of a killer than having an obvious lame duck coach in charge?

So Coach K can blame COVID for missing the Big Dance and it's not a reflection on the caliber of this year's Duke team?

We've got fishing talk going on in the Coaching Candidate thread and we need some expertise on what types of lures Dolson might be using as Chris007 thinks Dolson has had his fishing pole in the water for a couple of weeks. lol

I have actually thought that is an option but then which assistant? I think Ostrom is too close to Archie and therefore rules him out so IMO it's either Hunter or Roberts if that's a path Dolson would choose to follow.

And yet another incredibly unbelievable bad call. This one against UTEP.

I was too old for WW II, but my days at Gettysburg are something to remember!

In a regional semifinal game Moeller defeated St. Xavier 72-69 but it took an overtime to get the win as the game was tied at 57 at the end of regulation. Duncomb 19 pts.; 14 reb; 2 asst. He was 7-8 FG.

This isn't relevant to IUWBB but I thought it was interesting nonetheless as it is B1G related. Apparently playing on a 5-19 Wisconsin Badger team isn't that appealing as it's losing its #2 scorer and #1 rebounder. Imani Lewis (6-1 JR forward, Willingboro, NJ) has entered her name into the transfer portal, out of Wisconsin WBB; #2 in scoring (15.0 PPG) for the Badgers this season and tops in rebounding (8.8/game); second-team All–Big Ten by the media

The following programs have reached out to Auburn transfer Justin Powell, a source told @Stockrisers: UCLA, Gonzaga, Baylor, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Louisville, Memphis, Virginia, Dayton, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Nebraska, Georgetown, Uconn, Texas A&M, Arkansas, Wake Forest, N C State and Western Kentucky.

Holy crap. Helen Keller could have made that call. It's not remotely close.

Posted by Aaron in another thread discussing the swap of Sommer for Bierman to open the series. Mercer just announced he is flipping the rotation with Sommer the 1 and Bierman the 2. One of Mercer's biggest strength's and why he has succeeded is adaptability. His first year he played power ball, despite that not really being his thing since that is what team was built for and won Big Ten and nearly led country in HR's. Again, adaptability here. Bierman was bad last weekend, while Sommer and others were terrific so Bierman loses his lead rotation spot. A Friday pitcher has to be nearly perfect and if you want to pitch in the lead spot you need to be outstanding and if you are not you will be replaced. Hopefully, this motivates Bierman to not lose command of his pitches and pitch like he is capable and sends message to team if you don't perform you are replacable. Can you imagine if Archie was adaptable like Mercer? Archie's rigidness to stick to his system is what has team in so much trouble.

Hoosiers open the season with a doubleheader in Minneapolis on Friday. At 4:00, they'll face Rutgers and at 8:00 Minnesota. On Saturday at 9:00 p..m., they'll play Rutgers for a second time and on Sunday at 7:00 p.m., they'll play Minny. All of the games will be played in U.S. Bank Stadium. Live Stats for the Rutgers' games at: https://scarletknights.com/sidearmstats/baseball/summary Live Stats for the Minneosta games a: https://gophersports.com/sidearmstats/baseball/summary All 4-games will be broadcast on BTN+ ($)

Rick Bozich just commented on this game: Marquette has landed 5 4-star recruits the last 2 years. Regime change in Milwaukee?

IMO whatever's going to happen will come to a conclusion by the 21st. Either Dolson makes public comments that make it clear Archie will be back for another season or he announces that Archie has resigned. Can't let this continue to dangle in the wind from a recruiting perspective. With what we would hope are our primary coaching candidates all gathering in one place for March Madness, it will be easy for Dolson to "work the crowd" and get a deal done by the end of the first NCAA tournament weekend if a change is to be made.

Comments from today's presser- Miller says IU is "hopeful" Race Thompson and Armaan Franklin "continue to improve." Thompson is actually more banged up than Franklin, hasn't gotten much work this week. "We're not counting on Armaan being available." Archie Miller says teams won't get to practice on the game floor at Lucas Oil before warmup for their first game. Archie Miller doesn't think sightlines will be a big deal because of how this season has gone. "All of us have played in empty gyms all year." TJD clarifies that his expletive during the MSU game caught on camera was not directed at coaches but instead frustration with officiating. Says he regrets that he lost his cool because he knows young kids are watching. Jon Blau - Archie Miller talking at length about how difficult this season has been amid the pandemic. Freshmen moving in and being isolated. Upperclassmen used to a normal college life and being frustrated. "In and around Christmas time, it felt like late January." Archie Miller was asked specifically about mental health and the difficulties. He wasn't making excuses. He was just talking about a real issue coaches across the country are dealing with.

More background on Justin Powell who announced yesterday he's leaving Auburn. https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-transfer-portal-names-to-know-former-auburn-guard-justin-powell/?fbclid=IwAR2PVJDXmGTh6g30RWrpQUNV5oDwvjIhpQfBIBWBKOWM5BmBJD9bWQHRg04

More than once I've used the phrase consistently inconsistent or inconsistent consistently.