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No one knows whether he would succeed. You’re just patently pacist. Which is unsurprising for a fast food item, I suppose. Moser is a gamble with a mixed track record, but his recent success is very impressive. He’s not a sure thing by any means, but I would rather gamble on someone with significant head coaching experience who has had the opportunity to learn from his failures and demonstrate growth and success, than someone who has never experienced either.

Much of the criticism of Bennett's tournament performance has been unfair and overlooks adverse circumstances. It may be true that his style does not lend itself to tournament success, but IMO there are not enough good data points yet to prove it. Most of his tournament losses can be explained by a combination of bad luck and/or key injury/illness. He has only had two seasons at Virginia where he did not have a key injury or illness in the tournament, and in those two seasons he went to an Elite Eight and won a Championship. He also won both of his first round games and went to a Sweet Sixteen in his two tournament appearances at Washington State. Everyone can be prone to looking bad in the tournament in a small sample size. Even Coach K lost to a 14-seed and a 15-seed in the span of 3 years. I bet that in 20 years Bennett's tournament success will make the early exits look more like aberrations than the rule.

IU - 31 BSU - 24

UVA 21 IU 20

Link Could be an interesting target. Dayton and IU both involved the first time around. Seems like he might be a good fit for Archie's system and would have a year out to get integrated with 2 left to play.

That is where the disappointment lies today. After the games this weekend and the miss on Garland, it is clear that extended patience will be required, as we are now looking at a methodical rebuild where we may not be anything more than a bubble team (if that) for the first 3-4 years (see Tony Bennett's trajectory at UVa, for example). We have plenty of talent coming in next year, but a pair of top 10 players would have allowed us to bypass the foundation building and see some quick results. Perhaps this will be better in the long run, but the process will likely be more painful than we had hoped.

It makes it easier for teams to run on you. I am not sure about Dayton, but Virginia is always among the nation's leaders in fewest transition points allowed, because they prioritize getting back to prevent transition opportunities over offensive rebounding. That is a big reason why teams like Louisville and UNC have struggled to score against them. It will be interesting to see if we are far enough along with Archie's defense by December to give Louisville similar trouble, or at least the makings of it.

It's all about building a college-ready physique. Getting a head start on learning the system and an extra year of free education are icing on the cake.

Sounds like he's playing well at the Top 100 Camp And managing to fly under the radar at the same time.

I had the same thought, but he would have to drop at least 20-30 lbs. to be able to play effectively in Archie's system.

Greg Hansen of the Arizona Daily Star: Tweet

Looks like Archie had a roundtable meeting with a bunch of columnists this morning, so there should be some interesting material coming out in the next few hours. Rick Bozich has shared a few interesting tidbits on his twitter: Details

This. This is the model Carolina has used, perhaps more by necessity than by design, but it has worked out awfully well for them the last couple of years.

I would hope so, but I haven't seen anything more than speculation about him.

Second? Rabjohns says Flint is the second of three expected assistant hires. Did I miss something? Who is the first?

Archie is from outside Pittsburgh. Calipari is probably the connection.

I would not suggest passing on anyone that Tony Bennett is after.

Kuwik and Ostrom.

Time to get Ostrom on board and out on the recruiting trail!

No, No, No. And if a recruit cares about them, they are not a good fit for our program.

Archie is going to be on the Jim Rome Show at 1:05 ET. Listen Here

Great read: Archie Miller Buys Into the Mythology of Indiana Basketball

Different insider. This one posts less often and was previously skeptical of the Donovan chatter.

Not sure it was clear this time, but he told JMV the same story earlier in the week.

That was an email he got last weekend about a PC supposedly to take place this past Monday.