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Yeah it's pretty clear if Stevens did make a move to IU from Boston, it would not be a basketball decision. It would be more about moving his family back to the Midwest in the state he spent most of his life. The decision would pretty much be a lifestyle decision more than a basketball one, it would just be up to him where he sees the best fit. He probably does see himself coaching IU one day though, whether it's at age 40 or 55. Maybe, we can hope, he won't want to pass up the opportunity because he isn't sure when he'll get another one. But I agree, he'd be borderline crazy to leave that situation in Boston. He's coaching one of the best franchises in all of sports, and their arrow is pointed sky high right now. They're a draft pick or free agent away from being a legit championship contender.

Hopefully Swanigan gets in some early foul trouble to throw them off their game plan a bit. They go as he goes. Really wish we had OG for this one.

I've been tough on him as well, but he's played pretty well these past 2 games. He hit some big shots today.

We lose by 30 at Michigan, don't do much better at Northwestern, so how can we possibly keep it competitive at league-leading Wisconsin? I just hope we don't get embarrassed on national TV, but I don't see any other result unfortunately. Hoping otherwise though.

Wow, could you imagine if all of the B1G schools whose coaches are on the hot seat have new coaches next year? Indiana Illinois Ohio State Michigan Michigan is probably the least likely to make a change, but a growing number of their fans think his best days are behind him. Regardless, the B1G could look a lot different next season. Fun times.

Yep, and a lot UK fans are starting to notice that more and more now. I follow their boards occasionally, and a growing number of UK fans are starting to get restless with the kids Calipari is bringing in. They're getting tired of being a stepping stone to the NBA, and if Cal has an early tournament exit this year too, he may start to wear out his welcome.

UK fans really upset with Monk for laughing and joking around on the bench while down 20 to UF. I noticed that too, that would not sit well with me if one of our guys did that.

So basically a bunch of bullsh!t. It seems like ESPN gets too wrapped up in data and tries to quantify everything by establishing some sort of proprietary algorithm to get people to buy into a ranking.

Lots of good games on today, starting with Purdue at Maryland at noon. PU loses today and they can pretty much abandon all hope of winning the B1G, yet I think they pull it off on the road today. I keep waiting for Maryland to stumble and come back to reality.

Is this a result of my post yesterday? If it is, there's no rumor or anything as far as I know. There was just a Missouri fan on TOS national board saying a bunch of their fans have Crean on their wish list. Regardless, I do think it'd be a good fit for him. He'd do really well in the SEC, especially because he does seem to have Kentucky's number.

FWIW a lot of Missouri fans are hoping they can make a run at Crean after this season, as their coach is just pitiful. I think this would honestly be a good fit, and not that far-fetched. Crean is just a better fit for a school that plays with a chip on its shoulder and pulls the underdog "they don't respect us!" line, instead of a program trying to be consistently elite. Given everything that has already happened this year, and everything that is pretty likely to happen from here on out, I think there's a good chance IU and Crean mutually part ways in a few months and he ends up somewhere like Missouri. He'd be the right guy for a rebuild job there.

I'm hoping 8bucks is a pseudonym for Fred Glass.

I'm sorry but if the only reason you support the school is because of the basketball program, that's ******* ********.

Archie Miller is probably just as inclined to go to NC State after this year, assuming Gottfried gets fired. I had no idea Archie Miller played there. NC State is terrible this year.

We seem to always have Beilein's number, I think we pull it out tonight. Michigan isn't too impressive this year, plus their home court is not that loud or raucous.

Thanks again for starting this thread man! Cut the cord this week and it's my first weekend of AT&T with the Vue combo on my PS3. It's been such an upgrade and I'm saving a decent amount of money. The only drawback is that the guide seems to lag a little bit when I'm trying to flip through channels, not sure if that's the Internet speed I'm at (6 mbps) or my controller, but it's not a huge deal. Definitely an upgrade overall.

TCU cheerleaders in HD. Wow. I kind of wish our cheerleaders would adopt attire like that.

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Good win, I'm sick of losing to MSU. I still think we have a razor-thin margin for error to make the tournament. We're already playing from behind essentially due to the early conference losses to Wisconsin, Maryland, and Nebraska. The back half of the schedule could be brutal. Like I've been saying, you can hope a change is made, but I don't want us to turn into a laughingstock of a program. That won't do any good at all.

Man no kidding, I've never seen so many corny hype videos for our home-court advantage from the official IU Basketball Facebook page ever haha.

Agree. We were unranked and 13-6, 7th in the B1G with him. The only way it factors in is if he somehow turns it around and we win 9 of our next 10, finish top 3 in the B1G, and go to an Elite 8 or maybe Sweet 16. I highly doubt that will happen. But for the record, I'll definitely be rooting for it to happen since I want us to win no matter who the coach is.

Yeah Ronald Nored would be a great candidate for assistant coach. I'd like that hire, as I feel like we need some youth and energy out of some of our assistants. He would be able to identify with 17-18 year old kids, not being that far removed from that period in his life. He'd be a great addition to our next staff imo.

Yeah, how terrible of OG to inconvenience you like this.

I didn't forget, I've been dreading this game just based on remembering that fact. It's so annoying how the BTN has to put the microphone so close to the student section to make it seem noisier.

Unfortunately I agree with this. I don't know much about the NBA right now other than what I follow through the headlines, but if someone who knows more than me can tell me what the likelihood of Russell Westbrook leaving OKC is, because I know he can become a free agent after 2017-2018 if he wants. If he bolts, Donovan knows his time there will not be long. And man, I don't know if there is a professional franchise that hasn't won a title in the last 5 years whose arrow is pointed higher up than the Celtics right now. Everyone believes in Brad Stevens, he has the support from management and fans, players respect him, and I think they have another lottery pick this draft too. It would take an awful lot to pry Brad Stevens away from that situation. It's nothing at all like the Harbaugh/49er situation that caused him to bolt for Michigan.