Miller'sTheMan

They lost to Kentucky in the round of 32, that is hardly an indictment against them.

His Wichita State teams are better than most B1G players anyway.

This is the bright side to Marshall.... If we get him, there is virtually no opponent we will play where we will be at a coaching disadvantage. The only issue is whether he can recruit at a high level.

Marshall or Miller would be my hire... Both coaching mid major colleges who have taken their teams further than Crean has ever taken IU.

Archie Miller please!

Yes I'm aware, not claiming it's accurate or anything but just thought I'd share it.

Not to be another guy posting a random rumor without confirmation, but I just thought I'd throw this out there... I have a friend who knows some guys in the athletic department who apparently told him Donovan to IU is a "lock". Again, i'm not an insider, will never claim to be or anything, just thought i'd share it. Don't know anything about who he talked to, how high up they are etc.

If it comes down to one or the other, I'd rather have Moore than Durham.

In the off chance it is Alford, I do think he's a slightly better coach than Crean... But still Donovan all day everyday.

I'm hoping if Green can return, he can beat out Newkirk to be the starting point guard next season.

Get Johnson to stay and we can still be a good team with some proper coaching. Newkirk/Johnson/Smith/Morgan/Davis is a team with a lot of talent. This line-up is assuming JBJ, Bryant, and OG are all gone. I hesitantly put Smith at the starting 3 spot, because I really don't know who would play there unless we use a 3 guard line-up.

This Donovan stuff seems to be escalating quickly.

Either Donovan or Bennett that he wants us to hire, or that he's hearing we're hiring one of those two?

There is way too much smoke behind this Donovan stuff for us not to have at the very least a legit shot at him.

I like Marshall a lot as a coach, in-fact I'd be thrilled to have him, but he isn't worth 8 million a year... Donovan on the other hand, pay him whatever the hell he wants.

Not going to freak out if we don't get Donovan, I'd be okay with Marshall or Archie Miller for example, both are good coaches who I think can do a great job here. Donovan is far and away the best option though.

And outside of Donovan, who else would be the "top names"?

Trying to keep the hopes down on Donovan in case the insiders are wrong, but I definitely believe we have a legit shot.

I'll wait to see who the new coach is ;)

I could see it being announced early, but I could also see Donovan not wanting it to be announced until after the Thunder are done to avoid distractions.

The one bad thing about hiring Donovan is if we do it the wait is going to suck until after the NBA season to announce it. It'd be well worth it to watch our rivals freak out though :)

I would respond, but I think the mods are more than capable of handling this one.

Funny how you keep talking about how much you know, yet add nothing to back-up what you claim. Typical troll, move along now.

Great point, really using your basketball knowledge to disprove my point.

Yeah, why would we want someone who's won 2 national titles already?