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Yeah, Burton is being paid like one of our two best players, so he should be able to get what he wants against guys like Lindsay and Harris in practice. IUBB writers are like astrology columnists in your local paper for me at this point. Nothing but vibes. Which I guess is what they're there for anyways. Just not putting any stock in reports of the team looking good in July or not. I'll wait and see how they look at the start of the season and in January.

Boston fans understandably very upset by his latest moves. Jeez Louise is that an awful trade.

Well, that was my first reaction, so you know me well. Lol

Has the applicant pool really gotten worse? DDV was at WVU, IU took another P5 school's coach. Archie had a lot of national hype at the time he was hired. The cycle where Woodson was hired seems like the anomaly where we hired a candidate nobody else would've. And people can make their own interpretations as to why before and after Woodson, IU was able to hire coaches that were considered rising stars or already at P5 like DeVries, Crean, Sampson

I think they have a 15 day window to enter the portal now that the coach has been named. Could be mistaken. Also could be mistaken, but pretty sure the players are all on campus already so I'd be a little surprised if any of them end up leaving. Seems worth a shot though.

What would the offseason be around here without recurring rants that the fanbase is IUBB's problem? Haha jeez. Nice weather today. Good day to step away from the keyboard and have a stroll in the sun.

I took it as him being really amped that Yax and Mara went back to back just a few picks behind Morez and all his guys were off the board as lotto picks. Definitely see how it reads like frustration though.

So Michigan had 3 of the top 12 picks in the draft on their team. Dusty looks pumped at the Barclays Center sitting next to Ben McCollum lol. Soooo glad he is out of CBB.

Does any NFL team ever even touch him with a 10 foot pole? I sort of doubt it, but maybe. Hopefully not.

Why don't we have a packed out stadium for every volleyball or field hockey game? The students are not obligated to support any of the sports teams. Football was terrible for decades and had no home crowds. They started winning and now the football culture is much bigger than tailgating then partying and skipping the game. The stadium is full because the program warrants that response. Basketball was great for decades and built an amazing culture. But that culture has eroded over the past 30 or so years and most students have never seen an IUBB program that is for real. So why would they bother going to basketball games if they don't go to volleyball or field hockey? And why should we as alumni find it "inexcusable" for students to not take time out of their weekend to sit in the balcony for a just so-so basketball team? IUBB has to earn back what it has lost. That's on the program, not the students.

Is this you admitting to not having a pulse? ;) For real though... odd take from the fiercest Mike Woodson defender this board has seen. The only one I recall adamantly saying he deserved a 4th year, lol I do agree it's laughable that May, or any coach, would "crawl" to IU or any college job these days, really.

Refrain from making personal attacks if you wish to continue posting on the board. And yes, May was never intimidated by a "high pressure" job or IU specifically. His ambition is to coach in the NBA and the timing didn't work out for him and IU. IU wasn't a big enough draw for him. Oh well, he's not in the conference anymore. No need to relitigate that process... we are where we are. And May no longer being at UM is good news.

I think adding anyone from UM is a long shot. That said, if any of them have mutual interest, I'd think it would be Estrella since we were previously on him.

I sincerely doubt we land any UM decommits, but I'd sure love to be pleasantly surprised.

Hopefully DDV is ready to become the next hot commodity Big Ten coach.