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Let's say Thomas goes. That makes us pretty shallow at the 5. We have a ton of guards, but no pure PG after Newkirk graduates. Some definite holes. Al Durham is still pretty heavily involved in all things IU on Instagram. I really think that after Justin Smith, he's going to take the next opening. That makes the Wright/Smith/Bamba odds look pretty long.

Gave me goosebumps. Weird to have this much hope two weeks after this terrible season ended.

This is giant. We've got some players. We're going to have a team! When can CAM start actually working with them?

Grant Gelon just put an IU pic of himself shooting. Could be interpreted as an announcement that he's still committed to the program. Also the dudes seem to be enjoying their time in the gym together. DD posted with JBJ, McSwain and Green. Neat to see them all hanging out.

His first name isnt Archie, it's Ryan. I didn't see anything.

How do we know it didn't go Spuds>Irish>Notre Dame>Paris>Hilton>Sex Tape>Kim Kardashian>Reggie Bush>USC>Different USC>Final Four>Phoenix>Dumbledore>Magic>Oladipo>Came back for his junior season?

Pancakes > Syrup > Maple Syrup > Maple > "May pull"> I may pull on my candy stripe pants again for next year. Best news of the day!!

We're getting trolled! Honestly when Collin Hartman had the "eyes" on his Instragram earlier today, I got the feeling we were being trolled. He was there at the gym with his buddies and they were just playing a game, fueling all this speculation.

Just saw on MySpace that he's offered a coaching position to Tom Coverdale.

Yeah JBJ's work right now is to prepare for pro ball. Nothing wrong with that; the dude has a dream to achieve.

What an awesome kid. So glad he is a Hoosier.

Yeah I hope JBJ stays. For heaven's sake he's one of the best players in the league. Why do people assume Gelon is leaving? Archie isn't pushing anyone out, and honestly we should follow his lead. Also, Gelon could be a Zeisloft type player.

It's going to be a total culture change. He's not going to oversign. He's going to invest in the guys on the team. It is very meaningful that this extends out to the recruits for '17. Even they were already his, and he's going to take care of them first. Very easy to like him. Very easy to take pride in the kind of coach he wants to be, and the kind of program he wants to run. Like everyone else, I really appreciated not feeling like I was watching a commercial the whole time. No swarminess.

Indiana Mens Basketball facebook page says they'll have it live at 3pm today.

This is great. Archie has been a hot name for open jobs for awhile. I'm ready to see IU play like a coached team. Guys Archie was the biggest name of coaches that would actually leave their current positions. I'm thrilled.

I choose to believe! Honestly I love there being media attention on the Donovan to IU thing. It brings legitimacy to the idea, and shows Donovan that the perception of a good fit is there. No one has mentioned that he would be bailing on OKC in any way. If he is waffling, then seeing the general newsiness of it also legitimizes (for him) how big the IU job is. I will say, I really enjoy that the IU job opening is such a big story.

This may be true, or maybe not. I still wish Dakich would show more restraint. IU needs some good headlines, not this crap.

Totally normal for him to be bitter. It would be odd not to be bitter. I think you have to stretch to read this article and see him as a bad dude. He just got fired--very publicly--and now his family is going through the transition. If you can't be a little sympathetic to that then I have to wonder if you've had much life experience. Of course, on the flip side, he did fail. He's been paid, what, around $25 million to coach the Hoosiers? This season was a total train wreck. To keep him after this year would have been an acceptance by Hoosier Nation that we are ok with lower expectations. Good on Glass for making this move.

Fife?? Get real. Glass made clear we're looking for a big time hire. Nothing against Fife, but that isn't he. We are looking for a great COACH. Teach a bunch of high school ballers to play at a high college level. You have to get a guy who has already proven that he knows the formula to do this. If we don't get BD, then I think we have to be expecting Marshall or Archie. Who else, realistically, would come? Bennett has a good situation. Sean Miller has a good situation. No one else really fills the requirements. I don't see Alford being the guy. He's been a coach for ages, and just hasn't shown the success that Glass laid out as a prerequisite.

They're completely obsessed with us. Their mantra is "Indiana isn't our rival," and yet they spend most of their time talking about us.

I hate all your guts.

Did anyone ask him where Billy is leaning?

Good work! This is exactly the kind of unverifiable hogwash on which this thread survives. Keep it up!

On Reddit we're getting murdered by fans from all the other teams based on this NIT debacle. Basically a dogpile, everyone jumping on talking about how pretentious we are and how we're no longer a Blue Blood because we haven't done anything in 30 years. Seriously, this sucks. What a total disaster. We're now a headline for being a total washed-up has-been program that can't help but do more dumb $#!+.

I'm done with rumors.