HoosierFan1994

You can't. Kawhi will go off. I think it's up to the others (Lowry, Green, Siakam, VanVleet). Getting OG back would be huge for Toronto.

Warriors in 6. Think this will be a really good series. I've thought for a few years that Kawhi was a top 3 player in the league. I just think the Golden State is too good. I don't know the impact Durant will have but Curry, Green, and Thompson will step up. Think Iggy has a good series.

I'm with you on the bad luck. Sports does take luck at certain times. (Virginia had some luck in the tournament.) Hope that changes soon.

Spent time looking at the "early top 25's". They have a little more substance now with the draft deadline. Some kids will still come back after going undrafted and some transfers remain. Some takeaways: 1) The Big Ten is going to be the best conference by far. Michigan State is the consensus #1 team. Maryland and Ohio State will be final four contenders. Purdue and Michigan will be solid. Think Iowa and Minnesota are tournament teams. That seems to be bad news for IU but... 2) I think the rest of college basketball is going to be really really weak. Teams don't seem to be as talented as last year. (Example-Duke is the #2 preseason team in lots of polls..no way they are more talented than last years team. Same with UK-top 4 team) Lot of teams starting from scratch. That is good news for IU. They will play in the #1 conference. I have them as #8 in the Big Ten. That probably gets you an 8-10 seed in the tournament. No, banner six isn't coming in 2020 but making the tournament is a good step. 3) As I said Michigan State is the clear cut #1. Doesn't mean anything but I don't see who else can take the top spot. Duke, Memphis, and UK will be talented. But I am adamant the one and done stuff doesn't work. Louisville is an intriguing team. Experience, grad transfers, top 10 class. I think this is a massive year for Archie Miller. They are relying on player development this year. I can see a scenario where if football really does bad that puts Fred Glass in a bad spot. If IU misses the tournament in this scenario I think the board fires Glass. Not sure what a new AD would do with Archie. I see IU as a 18-13 .500 Big Ten Team. We will see. Also unrelated but my Indiana college bold prediction is that the Evansville Aces will make the NCAA tournament this season. The Valley isn't what it used to be and McCarty has a ton of talent here. I think they have two top 150 kids. Think they had four total kids sitting out last year and all four could have started.

Yup. 5 years ago you knew who was on your team for next year by the end of the spring semester. Now you don't 100% know until the fall. I don't like it. I hope all parties can work together for something that benefits everyone.

Spot on on all three. I hope Al makes the same jump he made from freshman to sophomore year. Justin Smith really could have NBA potential if he gave that effort 100% of the time. My bold 19-20 pick is Devonte makes the All-Big Ten team. That stretch at the end of the season I think will help his confidence. Al I think will prove he is a starter at a good program this year. Justin is 50/50. If Jerome Hunter surprises us or if TJD can play the 4 consistently I think Justin transfers by Christmas.

Interesting. Already playing at a 2A school he moves down to 1A. Barr-Reeve is a good 1A program but I can't recall any D1 prospects coming out of there.

Someone said it best, IU had to hit a home run with the 2006 hire. X and O's wise they did but it didn't work out.

I'd vote Crean. Davis had one good year. Crean had three.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/26786665/indiana-ever-really-move-bob-knight Article on ESPN this morning.

He hated UK with a passion too. I just think it's gotten worse! Out of hand.

I was listening to Fox Sports radio this morning...they were saying how boring the playoffs have been this year. In my opinion- I love it! New teams outside of Golden State. No Lebron. Honestly makes me more interested in the NBA going forward.

It started many decades ago. It just got out of hand with the events you mention. The first big one I remember was Calipari and Rose. UNC was pretty bad. Then yes it got out of control.

I think I'm with you. I'm okay withing hanging out in the grey area (whatever that means) but in no way should a university be paying players. That is so stupid. You never know how they will turn out. Look how stupid Arizona looks for paying for DeAndre Ayton. They had a first round exit in the tournament that year. He's a good not great NBA player...same with Louisville and the Bowen kid. He's not even that good. Kansas and the DeSousa kid as well. He's not even a starter. I want kids who want to play for Indiana and Archie Miller. yes, there are kids like that out there. Look at Texas Tech with Chris Beard and Virginia with Tony Bennett. No way is a program like Memphis clean. They have been terrible for ten years and all of a sudden they get a high profile head coach and they're landing all these top kids??

I don't think anything will change. Only think that will make them change is if they start to lose viewership. I'm getting older and I'll have less time to watch sports. I'd rather watch a sport that has at least some integrity to their game. The start of all this was when NOTHING happened to UNC after their academic scandal. Louisville, Kansas, Duke, UNC, LSU, and others should be banned from postseason play.

Best of luck to the kid..I get wanting to make your own path. I just don't like the school he chose. They should be in deep sh!t but instead got a 5 star recruit.

You are so right. As much as I love college basketball I am almost done. Right now the sport is 2nd to the NFL (which by no means is perfect either). I love March Madness but it's about to fall into the tier with the MLB and NBA. I love IU basketball and everything it stands for. But I am over the cheating. The NCAA is corrupt. This program had to rebuild over stupid texts. Look at what all of these other programs are doing. Some are actually committing crimes. I thought a year and a half ago this was the best thing for college basketball. Turns out, it was the worst thing. There is no reason Will Wade should still have a job at LSU. Same with Sean Miller, Roy Williams, Bill Self, and Coach K. I get hanging out in the grey area but they are well past that.

Based on the info I have read, Cross, Leal, and Davis seem to be who the staff is going after. Love, Galloway, and Garcia are probably next. Sounding like Cross and Leal could commit this summer.

Based on where he might fall, some good spots for Romeo: #10 Hawks- Trae Young, Collins, #8 pick #11 Timberwolves- KTA, Wiggy, D-Rose #14 Celtics-Tatum, Horford, maybe Kyrie, Brad Stevens #18 Pacers-Vic, home state where he would be loved #19 Spurs-Pop, DeRozan, Aldridge Each of those teams have other scoring options. Would give Romeo time to develop. He would probably start on at least 2 maybe 3 of those teams as a rookie.

Yeah 3/5 guys I listed won't take that job. It's tough to find a good coach this time of the year. I'd want an NBA guy. Juwan Howard has been rumored. I'd rather have him than a Porter Moser.

8 final fours, 1 natty, 6 time runner up. That's pretty good man. They are a good program. Especially after Beilein took over. Thad would be awesome there. I think Jordan is a reach.

My top 5 for Michigan: Billy Donovan- Think he could really take the job. I don't think the NBA is for him. He is still really young in the coaching world. Chris Beard-No chance but worth the call. Tony Bennett-Again, no chance but worth the call. Thad Matta-Could be an interesting hire. His last few years at OSU weren't great. But he had a good 8 year run similar to Beilein. Nate Oats-Doubt he leaves 'Bama but crazier things have happened. If none of these guys take the job I hire within on an interim basis. See who is out there next year. They are too good of a program to take a step backwards. I see Porter Moser's name attached. 1 NCAA tournament appearance in 15 years..no thank you.

Kid is pretty good. Honestly thought he was one of the more underrated prospects in this class. 247 and ESPN differ on his ranking quite a bit. Losing him to UK still hurts mainly because I felt IU had him in the bag (and UK fans don't want him). I think the staff did too. My only issue with his UK choice is Cal brings in obvious one and done talent every year. That isn't Keion. He needs development. These kids will see more minutes than him. That makes it harder for Keion to showcase his talent. Keion would have started day 1 at IU. I was thinking maybe 12pts 5rb as part of his stat line. That is good but not great. I felt he and TJD would both be good in year one and be elite college players in year two-three. Also-to those who say "well, he saw plenty of time in their tough practices" ask James Young, Harrison Twins, etc how that worked out for them? Nothing beats game experience.

He is announcing next Monday, May 20th at his high school.

I think the top 4 is very accurate. IU, Sparty, OSU, and Michigan are four of the ten biggest brands in college basketball. (Duke, UNC, Louisville, Kansas, UCLA, Kentucky round out the others in no order) IU can and will be relevant again. Have to find the right guy to lead the program. Hope Archie is the answer.