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Devries filled a team full of mid major players and forgot that size and athleticism were important parts of the game. It might not be quite so bad if Tucker was the player we thought he’d be, but he’s got a well-established dad bod and HPER court 10 athleticism. Spamming threes and hoping they go in is the only way we can be competitive against decent teams.

Me turning on the game late and it already being 19-4.

What’s Clif Marshall up to these days?

I don’t know how much he made at IU, but I saw on Twitter that Tennessee is paying him $1.2 million.

Coach Cig the MF GOAT of college football.

Miami is almost disgustingly dirty. But if that’s how they want to do things, let’s give the 7th year sloth a taste of their medicine.

Who here says they expect a national championship in year 1? This team doesn’t even look like an NCAA contender in year 1, and that’s a problem. In no way is it unrealistic to expect a coach to be able to come to IU and make the tournament in year one. Mike Woodson did it and he probably couldn’t name half the players on his team Devries had to replace an entire 13-man roster in part because none of his players or recruits (other than his son) wanted to follow him to IU, which was a red flag. He did a horrible job identifying players to fill the roster. What coach would see Enright and Bailey and think they’re big ten caliber starters? Frankly, I can’t even really tell if Devries is a good enough coach or not because he constructed such a terrible roster. And he’s going to have to rebuild the roster again this offseason because we’re losing most of our players (which isn’t really a bad thing). His high school recruiting has been underwhelming, too, which doesn’t inspire confidence for the portal. People can complain about the fanbase as much as they want, but the fanbase has been the only thing the program has going for it for the better part of the 21st century.

Devries watched Enright every day for two years and thought he was a big ten caliber starting point guard.. that speaks volumes about his eye for talent.

McCollum struggling this year and then his mediocre Iowa team coming into Assembly Hall and belting IU doesn’t really alleviate concerns.. Fan appetite for a rebuild is at zero. IUBB has stunk for a decade. Cignetti took over the worst P4 football team in the country, made the playoff his first year, and then he made the national title game his second year. But iubb fans have been told we need to be patient for 3-4 years so the coach can get things rolling (which never happens).

Devries stinks and should probably be fired but what’s the point? The last few searches show that no big time coach wants to come here. But man Devries has absolutely no juice to him. He do a horrible job building this year’s roster and he has to basically do the same thing again this offseason. His high school recruiting has been incredibly pedestrian. Dude just doesn’t bring anything more than the last few guys did. Oh well. 8 months till the football season kicks off again. Will be here before we know it.

Frankly, I don’t see a point in giving Devries even $10 million. Why spend $10 million to get a fringe tournament team when that’s another $10 million (or $5 million if you want to give Devries a little bit) you could give to the best college football coach in the country? IU basketball just seems like a lost cause. The program is dead and buried. Football makes so much more money and matters so much more than basketball in the current college sports landscape. But my (probably unpopular) opinion is that every single penny of Nil/revenue share should go to football. It’s the only sport that really matters anymore.

Sadly this statement applies to basically every team we’ve had for the past decade.

Probably, but when the program has been grinding since the Obama administration and isn’t in any better of a spot, the fan reaction is going to become “see ya until you figure it out.” The biggest crowd in Assembly Hall this season is going to be to watch a football game…

I was one of the biggest Woodson haters, but I can’t find it in myself to become a Devries hater. What’s the point? The Devries hire showed that no one was coming to save iubb. If we fire him after a few years, recent history shows the next coach won’t be much better. I watch a game like tonight’s second half and just come away thinking yup, that’s IU basketball. The iubb fanbase gets a lot of flack, but apathy is 100x worse than misdirected passion. Apathy is right where the fanbase is going.

This team just isn’t very good. Devries built this roster like he was heading back to the MVC, and that’s not going to work in the Big 10. For better or worse he’ll have the chance to build a better one in the portal a few months from now.