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Omg. Basically the Laettner play for the win by UK. Moreno @ LSU

This is a big deal... We're really at the Big Boy Table in CFB now. Going to benefit IU in so many ways. One last job for this team to take care of before we look forward to the next one.

One of the best IOL in the Big Ten the past two years. He only allowed eight pressures this year on nearly 300 pass blocking snaps. Zero sacks allowed.

I don't really care who fills spots 9-13 tbh. Retaining them on team friendly deals is fine by me, rather a player in their second year of the system at the end of the bench than flipping the whole roster again. I think Drake is most likely to transfer. I think the Euro kids probably stay. Miles / Harris could also transfer. We haven't seen Harris yet and Miles has shown some potential but fallen out of the rotation. Getting anything out of Harris/Drake/Euros is gravy to me. A lot depends on how good at developing this staff is, ultimately. We have 6 seniors departing and those with remaining eligibility are not likely to get a big pay increase. I'd feel fine about adding a starting backcourt and front court to Sisley, Dorn, Miles. We just need to be able to scout effectively, which is definitely the big question. I think you'll have enough $ to put a competitive roster together. And I think that's more likely this cycle because the staff is all in place from the start now. We shall see.

What would you do differently with this personnel? Got a clue?

We have 2 freshmen committed and neither project to play much their first year IMO. Those with remaining eligibility: Sisley, Dorn, Ristic, Andrej, Miles, Harris, Drake. That's 9 and we may get another 2026 recruit (Manhertz) bringing us to 10 before any transfers. Dorn and Sisley are the only productive players returning from this year's team. Maybe Miles can grow into a 6th man type as a junior. We haven't seen how good or bad this staff is at player development yet. Harris and Drake have been injured most of their time at IU. If either can be serviceable in the back of the rotation, I think that's big for next year's team / this spring portal. I think we're a lot closer to adding 4-6 players total vs. 7-9. And I think that lets you spend more on the key guys you want to add. We'll just have to see.

Cig literally lifted and shifted an established staff and a decent amount of his best players. IMO that is the biggest difference. DDV had some early setbacks in building a staff and some misses in the portal. Gotta see improvement next year. Still hopeful.

Was it Woody's third year that we all wanted to rip our eyeballs out because of the obvious poor roster construction? That was especially bad because he is a terrible coach. Shaheen Holloway won 7 games last year and they're currently in the top 25 coming off a close loss to UConn. The Jimmy's and the Joe's matter like the X's and O's do. And they're not nearly as well resourced as Indiana. Would I have liked a better team in year 1? Sure. Am I going to extrapolate poor roster construction to an existential question on the state of IUBB and DDV? Nope, not til it becomes a trend here. There are things I like and things I don't like so much about his offense / defense / in game decisions. Obvious scouting misses on this team from a staff that wasn't ready from the start. That is on DDV but sometimes **** happens and doesn't go how you expect. Tough spot for year 1 but very different situation heading into year 2. If people don't enjoy the building process, nobody is forcing them to tune in. You can always check back in if / when they start winning. But beating the guy up after 16 games and hammering the same talking points is the type of thing opposing fans do, not people who are genuinely rooting for a team to overcome adversity. If the past 10-25 years of IUBB have been too terrible, release yourselves from that obligation lol.

... for now, it's a "nothing burger." Who is to say that won't change and end up being like many other examples of athletes gambling in a detrimental way? The possibility exists. I won't lose sleep over it but hopefully the staff is on top of what's acceptable or not for guys on the team to do especially as we have a lot of the core culture builders leaving after this year. No, not clamoring for him to be cut loose. Being realistic about what it means for a college athlete to clearly have FanDuel on their phone. Nothing more, nothing less.

Having a sports betting app on your phone isn't relevant evidence to the speculation Marsh may be gambling on sports? I don't think it's something to be hugely concerned about, but "non-story" seems like the opposite side of the same coin.

Mullins gets a huge block on a 3 to tie it. UConn gonna survive

Tucker with no awareness or effort to turn around and grab the loose ball. How bout that dunk from Lamar though?

Reed could've dunked that...

Players on the roster with remaining eligibility: Dorn, Sisley, Ristic, Andrej, Harris, Drake, Miles (7) Freshmen: PAM, Karvala (2) So 9 spots filled, maybe 10 if we add Manhertz. Freshmen seem like developmental guys not likely to get minutes. Possible we see some transfers out. Need a starting backcourt and C at least. If this roster was $10M, most of that is going to our seniors and the returning players very likely won't have leverage to demand a big pay increase for next year. So should have plenty of $$ ready to go. Hopefully it's competitive with this insane market.

Definitely. And we're down 7 on the road to the #12 team at half.