Jasonb

We probably don’t have enough minutes to offer compared to other teams, but I’d be interested in Ugonna Onyenso. Rim protector potential with NBA aspirations. Woody has a demonstrable track record with bigs. Let him practice every day against Ballo and hopefully develop the rest of his game.

I’ve resigned myself to the fact our ceiling is mediocre next year. If we can’t be good, I hope next season looks like 08-09 instead of 23-24. The absolute best case scenario would be if Woody has an epiphany on the course today and retires. Second best would be Dolson leaves a box of Montecristos, a nice bottle of red, and a pink slip at the clubhouse. There’s a whole spectrum of results next year with a ceiling of “meh”(second round NCAAT blowout) to “Louisville bad.” Unfortunately some of those scenarios probably end up with Woody year 5. Worst case is Woody pulls an Andrew Luck retirement, one of the assistants get us to Dayton, and our hands are tied to hire long term.

With our draw we could make it to Sunday. If that happens we pick up a Q2 win over PSU, and Q1 wins over Nebraska and Illinois. That puts us at 5-9 Q1, 6-4 Q2, 10-1 Q3/Q4. I think that puts us in Dayton. We would also be this year’s hotly debated example of why the committee should/shouldn’t consider conference tournament performance.

If we hang a banner for it, maybe he’ll retire.

Sundays game is gonna feel like a funeral. Wear black?

Dolson in the back of the room at every interview:

Pearl’s last extension came when the Louisville job was open. I think Pearl would be the best option, but I’m worried he might just be leveraging IU for another extension at Auburn.

Fully agree. Assembly Hall will be a ghost town next year, probably as bad as the past couple years in the Yum center. There’s no amount of ticket packages, t-shirt giveaways, or dollar hot dog nights that will pack assembly hall to watch a hopelessly bad team.

all more productive uses of time than watching this sorry product.

Everything looks 10x worse in slow motion. When they showed it at speed and not in slow motion, I see why Gunn reacted. It was still a dumb response, but I understand it.

UCLA and USC will be an interesting case study. It will be interesting to see if they alter their style to win in conference, or if they take their lumps during the season and outperform the other B1G teams in the tourney. I’d like to think that adding 2 new teams could help shift the overall style of play. However, one of the newest teams is a major contributor to the helmet and pads style that pervades the league.

Looking forward to the Tuesday 11PM tip-offs for UCLA/USC road games in a few years.

“Trayce Jackson Davis is the best player in the country right now.”

I put $20 on UT money line in the 4th quarter at +620. I’m pissed we lost, but I’ve been an IU fan long enough to see a collapse coming. At least I can replenish the bourbon I’m about to consume trying to blot this night from my memory.

I like the classic, or at least enjoy the rotating games with ND and Butler. It shouldn’t expand to more teams, but I would like to see IU play 4+ in State schools every year. Set up multi year deals on a rotating basis with Ball State, Evansville, Indiana State, IUPUI, etc. Each school gets one home game and 2-3 at IU. Instant upgrade to our early season schedule both in terms of fan interest and SOS but still leaves room for tune up games and marquee match ups.

Disappointed in how this season went but I’m cautiously optimistic about next year. This is a team that was about 5 key plays away from the NCAA tourney despite injuries, locker room problems/suspensions and a general lack of shooters. We went 8-7 in games where the margin was less than 7 points. Things I’ll be looking for next year: Archie- Slow starts must end and the bench must have viable contributors. Both were deciding factors in our losses. How does our incoming class fill out? Al- Needs a consistent jumper. I’d also like to see him gain a few pounds to be a stronger finisher at the rim. Devonte - made strides in his maturity and decision making. Keep at it. Rob- Excited to see his freshman jump. Deron - Let’s see what he does with a rehab free off season. Justin - Probably gone. Looked completely checked out in his post game. If he comes back the game must slow down for him. Romeo - Can’t quantify, but just think he’s more valuable to IU as a former player.

Expecting this first round game to be like a Christmas break guarantee game. Not sure if this has been cited- St. Francis PA is #261 in the kenpom rankings - lower than Montana St., Jacksonville, and UC Davis. Hopefully the atmosphere in the Hall is good and this game is broken open by early 2nd half. Would be nice to get our younger guys a lot of run in a postseason game. I appreciate the sacrifices from our bench seniors like McRoberts and Fitzner, but they should only see curtain call minutes in this game.