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I just remember complaining the last few years of the knight era that we always got beat in the first or second round of the NCAA tourney...realized how unappreciative I was that at least we were in the big dance.

Yes, I was mistaken! My brain took the fact that they like Vandy for its academics and that they both work in the medical field (Vandy is big on that) and got that crazy idea in my head.

Parents not Vandy graduates...they like Vandy due to strong academics (Romeo is really smart). Sorry bout that, not sure how I got that in my head.

I agree, Rebel. For what it's worth, my niece is a new Albany cheerleader and close friend of Romeo's and he seems like our kind of kid. I don't think he's hunting for bribes. His parents are successful people and Vandy grads which is why they are in the mix. I think he'd fit the role of the traditional iu player. My niece can't even get him to hint at what his decision will be. She did have a funny experience last fall before all of this fib stuff broke. She was going into the gym for cheer practice and the double doors were both pulled open for her...one by Calipari and one by Pitino. I told her that even though I can't stand either of them, that still was pretty cool.

According to the Star, Knight was emotionally overcome last night in Bloomington while reading an essay defining an Indiana Baketball Player, and again was wiping tears away while speaking on stage to former IU president Ryan's widow...especially after she said, "we all miss you." The Star said he praised IU fans as the very best, and also spoke highly of CAM. Every time I write Knight off as a total jerk, there's something like this or some behind the scenes charity he has done that comes to light, and then, every time I think he's an alright guy he goes dressing in gold and speaking to PU fans and wishes IU administrators were dead. A strange guy, lots of contradictions. FWIW, he was in a red sweater last night.

Having been on the other end of having to let someone go, I figure Glass was relieved Crean didn't show up for the meeting. It would've been awkward for both parties. Glass owed Crean a face to face (he couldn't have fired him by text), but I don't think Crean owed Glass a face to face to be fired. BTW, when Knight was summoned in for the meeting to be fired, he didn't show up either, but went fishing, and was fired in absentia.

When do you think is a realistic time frame on these players making their decisions?

CTC showed a lot of class attending the WNIT game in AH. His post-exit interview had him wishing we win the Championship, him saying he loves living in Indiana and he still loves IU. I was for his firing because he wasn't getting the winning done, but he was always a great ambassador for the university. He probably wants to keep coaching, but if not it would be cool if we could find him a place like we did for Bill Mallory after we let him go as coach. It would be awesome to have a video like at the FB games with former players and CTC saying "I'm a Hoosier!" At any rate, I'd much rather hear him doing TV commentary during our games than Dakich! Or maybe a sidekick for Don Fischer if the current one gets arrested like Leary, LOL.

Alright I'm done and going to bed. Hope we know tomorrow. I'm a lot less optimistic than I was 24 hours ago.

I suspect the delay is due to Glass waiting till this thread gets to 1000 pages.

Wow. That's a great post.