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They average 9.5 turnovers and play 62.5 possessions a game. Oklahoma Playa 75 possessions a game and turns it over 12.7 times game. It is possible to take care of the ball at a faster pace.

You can play a 75 possessions a game and play defense. You don't have to play 62 at possessions.

Money isn't a problem when you're good at sports. You can have great sports and academics. You don't have to be Louisville. Look at Stanford, USC, Duke, Cal.. several Pac-12 schools actually.

6 teams under .500 in conference. Not 4 under .500 overall and with two teams that haven't even won 10 games yet.

I don't think you realize just how slow Virginia.

Well 4 tans in the Big Ten are under .500. 1 team is only 2 games above .500.... the B1G just isn't that good this year. A team like Michigan might get in because the bubble is 100 teams.

But seriously... that'd be like the biggest sports news of all time... if someone actually proved that the administration was guilty of "win shaving"... I don't think I could ever support IU again. Talk about the most epic thing to happen in college sports. A whole administration trying to keep sports mediocre so that no one will care about them. That'd be HUGE when you think about. Talk about some people getting fired... lol. What a crazy scenario to think about.

No one plays a similar game as Virginia. Their offense is made for sloths.

Doubtful with the Final Four. Not with the style he plays. Too constricted.

It also sounds like a massive conspiracy theory. Maybe they pushed Miller out of the women's HC spot because they saw they'd be good eventually under him. Maybe they are doing this in hopes that football rises above it. CONSPIRACY.

Personally I'd feel incredibly cheated if they were doing this whole mediocrity thing on purpose.

Minnesota and Rutgers play twice this season. The worst teams in any power conference. Both are 0-13 in conference. Both have only won 6 games on the year. Worst games of the year?

So would I but don't cross your fingers on them actually getting hired. We had a chance to go after Brad Stevens a few years ago. We could have went after Shaka Smart who is looking to build Texas into a contender and has a good team down there. It is hard to say whether IU actually wants a good basketball program. Maybe they've forgot about all the profit that can be made from having great teams.

I meant relative to the coaching search in 2008.

We are now the definition of mediocrity instead of the definition of terrible.

Coach K has multiple titles and can run a team how he feels. Pitino has 2 titles and plays off defensive pressure. His games are fast or slow. Williams has 2 titles and wins off pace and rebounding. They can run toy out of the gym in a heartbeat but they play it smart(unlike what we have now where it is just running with a blindfold on). Boeheim has 1 title. Built off the zone. And by a team ran by Carmelo Anthony. That Cuse team beat Roy Williams last Kansas team actually. The zone slows down the game on one end. And Boeheim plays very strictly to one way. But he's just a great coach and more of an exception. Coaches like Bo and Bennett play a style of "competing" and not a style of "winning." You won't see an exclusively slow it down and keep games under 65 possessions win a Nat'l title. You can pretty much mark Virginia down to the Sweet 16 on your brackets every year and it won't hurt you much. Is that what you want? Is the Sweet 16 a goal now? I'm sure a banner would be hung up if we made it this year.

Already won one? No. One that understands you can't play just one style? Yes. There are a few out there. It is something that only great coaches can do.

Sure it might look better. But you're going to get as close to a Nat'l Title under Bennett as you will with Crean.

They do play Auburn next Saturday in Tuscaloosa. Better call up Musberger.

40 years ago that's win your a Nat'l title maybe.

Bo Ryan actually sped it up a bit and went away from the swing offense. But he was able to do so because he had the talent to beat the other teams. Virginia may play "fast" at times but hardly. They're one of the slowest teams in country. This year they're averaging 71 points a game which is 207th in the nation. They're also averaging 62.9 possessions a game. That is dead last in the NCAA.

Until you realize that at some point you do have to score. And the less attempts you have then the smaller room for error you have. You can't play Crean style but you can't play Bo Ryan style. You have to find a median. Play fast when needed and play slow when needed. And be successful at both. Knight was successful like that. Brad Stevens the same way. Greg Popovich has been successful that way. We can't hire a coach that is 100% only going to play one way no matter what. That is how we've gotten into the mess we're in now.

I'd be ok with Virginia if he'd speed it up. Coaches who only want to play one style will never be consistent title contenders. They may be able to compete for conference but not national titles. We saw that with Wisconsin. Indiana shouldn't strive to be Wisconsin.

So far College Gameday has included these teams. Maryland, Michigan State, North Carolina, Kentucky, Kansas, Oklahoma, Notre Dame and Texas A&M. That'll only be 8 different teams in 5 games. When they have the potential to have 20. Which I personally think they should. They should go to all kinds of different places. Instead they only go to a few spots and stick with them. It is incredibly predictable and an absolute joke. They screwed us in football too.

That is the only thing I can think of. I don't know how you could pass up Indiana vs Purdue in Bloomington. It is a joke.