AKHoosier

Right. Now that anyone can pay players, it's clear some schools are going to have increased legal advantages over others. IU beats Gonzaga in every conceivable metric from a job attractiveness standpoint. Still see it as unlikely but I definitely wouldn't rule it out.

Sounds like a person who knows he has peaked there, and might be ready for a new challenge while he still has the passion and fire to coach.

Well we've got the time, and we're trying to get this to 2000+ pages so let's hear one.

Didn't realize he's only 54. He seems older, probably because he's been at Baylor forever. I would be good with Drew, plenty of good years left in him. Only thing I worry about is if he's still got that fire and energy to win a championship now that he's won one. Does he feel like he has something to prove still? Maybe he feels like he needs a change of scenery now? He did seriously consider UK last year so he's clearly not against leaving.

I don't think I could bring myself to root for us if we hired Will Wade.

Oregon went on a 16-2 run to force overtime in Madison. Wisconsin also helped them by appearing to be trying to throw the game away.

There's no way Dolson pushed this hard to get rid of Woodson just to pry Brownell away from Clemson. Think of the risk he would be taking. Of course I said essentially the same thing about Woodson when Archie was fired.

Tony Bennett should be on the list if some of those other guys are.

Yeah that's what I've always felt with Beard. We just can't hire a guy who is essentially already on strike 2. You'd have to fire him if he does something like come to a rolling stop, gets pulled over at 3 AM, and blows a .12. If his incident at UT had occurred 10+ years ago and he had stayed completely clean since then, yeah you can make the call if you're IU because he's demonstrated he can stay out of trouble. But we're just not at that point yet. More time needs to pass to determine if you can trust him.

What Dusty May has done at FAU and now Michigan is more impressive than what Stevens did at Butler. Don't get me wrong, I'll be ecstatic if we end up with Brad. My voice will become hoarse from all the enthusiastic yelling I'll do. It's just that Dusty took a total nothing FAU program, and used what resources he had to build a team that made the Final Four and another NCAAT appearance. FAU had nothing. No fan support. High school sized gym. No history. No tradition of winning. Butler had always been a solid program long before Stevens got there. The year before Stevens got to Butler, they went to the Sweet 16. In the prior 11 seasons before Stevens, Butler made the NCAAT 6 times, including 2 Sweet 16 appearances. Now compare that to what Dusty had to work with. In the prior 10 seasons before he arrived, the only postseason FAU had was an NIT berth in 2010-2011. FAU averaged 11.5 wins per season. Then under Dusty they average 21 wins per season. And oh by the way, he's taken over an 8-win UM team and now has them on track to win the B1G.

For the life of me, I can't figure out how someone wouldn't be ecstatic over Dusty May. Built a totally nonexistent program into 2 NCAAT appearances including a Final 4 run. Then takes over a team that won 8 games last year and is now on track to win the B1G conference. Primed for a deep tournament run. The fact he's an Indiana native and was a student manager under Knight is just the cherry on top.

No way IU is willing to spend $11M/yr on a basketball coach. It just doesn't sound like IU to me. Thanks for the update though. I will choose to believe it's Brad until someone else is announced.

Brad Brownell is who our rivals hope we hire.

Precisely. Let's move on from talking about Oats unless you want to help him get a raise at Bama.

What is the Yardon Garzon story with Mgbako? I must have missed something.