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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.

If he won a title here, I'd be fine with him leaving even after 2 seasons. I'm just glad I can now like the guy without him being a conference opponent and that Michigan should be much less formidable, at least this year, with someone else running things.

Hall-e-freakin-lujah.

Awesome. I'm a fan of his already. This kid must be on cloud 9. To be unranked, going to camps, and actually come away with your first offer and it's from the defending national champs... really cool for him.

I thought it was interesting that it seems like they're having a hard time selling them out, but not super surprising. Hopefully football season tix sold like hotcakes. In an ideal world I'd consider getting them and making the trip a couple times a season if I could sell the rest of the tix, but I don't think I'd be able to get rid of them even for cheap. At least not this year. Off topic for the thread, but I will always be mind blown how Cig instantly made IUFB a legitimate program. IU athletics would be in a world of pain if we didn't have him. And I'm very glad we are supporting his program like a real "football school" should.

Just sharing for general interest I got an email that I am finally off the IUBB waitlist. Of course I am sadly not local anymore so it doesn't make much sense for me. There was limited availability, for the full season, in the upper balcony, cost is $784. Seat selection sent out in late July or early August.

The parade in NYC today looks nuts already and hasn't even started yet. Brunson posted on LinkedIn about winning the championship. Fernando Mendoza is such a trendsetter. Lol

I think it's more than fair to say there's a lot of question marks with the roster and program heading into Y2. Even so, we should have more P5 talent and size on this roster, so I'm content to wait and see how they do. Plenty of good reasons to be skeptical which have been covered at length already. For me, as long as Cig is here, it will be more enjoyable to focus on and enjoy IUFB in the offseasons.

I totally get the gripes with the roster but this is just not the case. By all reports our basketball spend is close to $20M this year and our national champion football team also has a player payroll that's among the highest in the nation. There's plenty of money available, the coaches just need to use it effectively. Dolson and the AD seem to have done a good job of monetizing the football success and investing in the fledgling flagship program that is IUBB. We play in Peru in about a month. And IUFB will be here before we know it. Super excited for that.

Last year we went with a true money ball approach and none of us were happy with the result. This time around they've kind of done a 180 and decided to spend heavy at the top. Seems like a staff still figuring things out. I appreciate the willingness to pivot when it's needed. We will see how the execution plays out this time around. Hopefully the net result of this year is we have a good core of returners next year and can use the portal to add a couple big time difference makers.

Basically? We really need Harris and Sisley to be solid for 20-25+ mpg when needed. And to avoid injuries / chronic foul trouble, especially with Yig and Sherrell.

Curious how defense will be with a lineup of Burton, Lindsay, Mustaf, Sherrell and Yig... how switchable will Sherrell be? And when Harris subs in for Lindsay or Mustaf... how does that look. Pleased with the high portal class ranking. Wouldn't call it a terribly constructed roster... it's not perfect but few teams have that heading into the season. Would be nice for Sokolov to surprise this year, see little reason to believe that will happen though.