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What was Tom Crean's record from 2018-2022?

You won't find a bigger Miami fan than me today

I agree we're not going to be preseason ranked barring a shocking portal success (not happening IMO) It's going to be another interesting portal season. We didn't build momentum in Y1, but I think it's reasonable to expect a better haul since we're now fully staffed and they've had an entire season to be ironing out a plan. Not only that, but... the money we spent on Tucker, Bailey, and Conerway should go a lot further. Let's assume Rabby is right and we return Sisley, Dorn, Andrej + 3 freshmen. That's 7 spots to fill. Flipping the roster to that degree seems like the right idea.

He will have an excellent pro career in the Albanian Super League or Spain's Fourth Division lol

Dante Allen on Miami seems like a pretty good freshman. I remember a lot of us wishing he'd come here to play with Trent when he decommitted from Nova last year. Jai Lucas seems like a very promising young coach IMO

This latest round of deflection has centered the conversation on Tom Crean, who is ancient history at this point. We have 9 years of data since then from 3 different coaches and the problem has persisted. It's not fans. It's coaching. A program that spends like IU - to say nothing of the Indiana basketball brand - has not been getting what they've paid for over the last two decades. In a given decade, at a minimum, a program that spends like us should make the tournament more often than not. A couple times you should go to the second weekend. That's the bare minimum and none of the last four coaches were able to do that. It's been 18 freaking years of worse than mediocre results. The fanbase didn't do that. It seems kind of crazy to make that case?

Good coach. This is devastating news for Syracuse fans. Their world view is basically shattered after being clearly rebuffed for Providence of all places.

Gosh the IU fanbase is so rabid and demanding in 2026, if you just act like Tom Crean's stretch from 2008-2011 never happened, the problem will be clear as day.

Meh disagree. If that was their NIL budget this year, they can still be a final four threat as long as Few is their coach. They're definitely more of a final four threat than Indiana, even in this era with our financial advantages, as long as Few is there IMO.

Run out of town after... 9 years and 4 tournament appearances and one winning conference record in the last 4 years? Haha

Cam Heide hits a huge 3 to seal it for Texas toward the end. Nice for him. Always thought he was a pretty good player at Purdue

Archie's big bro is such a better coach than him haha

Randy Bennett is apparently considering the ASU job

Tom Holland is only 5'8" so at 5'7" Cronin might have a shot with her IF she likes bald angry men too... you never know...

Pulling hard for SLU today

I'd love to see him do his own version of the commercials Knight used to do. Those were hilarious

I just saw a clip of Mark Pope's reaction to the final sequence of regulation against Santa Clara. Sucks he coaches Kentucky because he seems like an otherwise pretty likable dude.

More wishful thinking IMO. We will find out one way or another!

Fist 30/25 game in the tournament since Elvin Hayes in 1968

Tarris Reed's 27 rebounds save the day for UConn. They just had a 1:35 long possession because of his offensive boards. With 74 seconds left he has an outside shot at a 30/30 game lol

UConn in trouble

Very true!

Likely. And the kid he plucked out of nowhere in D2 is probably playing in the NBA next year. He's got 2 more wins and 2 less losses in the NCAA tournament than DDV and he only became a D1 coach last year lol. They don't have a ton of NIL, but it doesn't matter because McCollum clearly knows how to identify underrated talent and develop it. Very wishful thinking IMO that he's going to suddenly flounder because of one player leaving given his track record. If someone wanted a Cig like basketball hire, that's your guy.

It is a question mark, but I am happy to go on the record now and say "probably a lot better than people are thinking"

Purely stylistically, I enjoyed watching Iowa play more than Indiana this year. Call me a McCollum fanboy if you want lol