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This is looking likely to end in a 10-15+ point loss

I always want IU to win but I won't be upset when I've watched this team for the last time

How the hell does Conerway blow that layup

Shoot, if that were what this team needed we'd have straightened things out after the game at Minnesota lol I wish that were the case :(

They have more HS top 100 players than we do as USPS has pointed out

Really a pitiful performance

Hard to believe if we took care of business against Northwestern at home in the regular season we'd probably be comfortably in the field right now? Harder to believe we are probably going to lose to them a second time... It seems like the staff never really got the right feel for this group (roster construction aside) and the change in starting lineup tonight sort of confirms that. Hopefully we see a big improvement in year 2.

Omg Bailey ripping a rebound out of someone's arms

Nice. It was literally now or never for the Sam and Reed lineup.

Please win this effin game

If I'm Syracuse I'm making a hard push for Shaheen Holloway. Not sure if he'd bite, but that seems like it could be a great fit IMO

For Dolson to make those comments we best have cash bags by the truck load ready to go. Lol

True but his 3rd season sucked terribly and he wasn't even putting effort into the job so he earned being canned despite the two tournament appearances IMO but no need to relitigate the situation that screwed us out of hiring a possibly generational coach lol

Love Evan Miya's work. Seems notable the four likely 1 seeds all have really good 8th men. This shows the difference between each team's most impactful and 8th impactful player. IU is not in the chart because I'm pretty sure he only includes the projected field at this time of year in his graphics. Safe to say ours would look similar to BYU, Iowa, Ohio State. Also interesting how little drop off there is for Louisville.

For sure. 3 strikes, you're out in supremely fair in sports. If we followed it with Woodson, we'd have hired Dusty when Michigan did. And if we followed it with Archie, but still hired Woodson, we could've hired Dusty coming off his final four run. 3 strikes and out is fair. Don't need to give every coach 4 years.

IMO we need a starting front court and back court + backup PG. Return Sisley, Harris, Andrej and + two starter quality bigs and the front court should be fine. We have plenty of guys who can play the 2/3. Not a ton of guys who can run point. Pay big for the starting PG and C. Pay the starting CG 1-1.5M. Try and find a good value 4 to compete with Sisley and a competent back up PG

Who do you have starting at C next year in this scenario? edit: I think I misread your post

Is this factoring in the rumored 2.5M bump? Just thinking for a more conservative estimate, if the total budget is 10M and 2.5M goes to returning players + freshmen, then it's 7.5M for 6 players. That's considerably trickier IMO

Yes I don't think this can be understated. I think we need to add 5 guys for next year's team, which means 2 have to transfer. Harris and Andrej are by far more interesting to me than Ristic and Drake. I'd like to see us add 2 bigs and 3 guards.

Hopefully we take advantage of them playing on back to back nights..........

1 point game with 1:13 to go in the CAA title game. Monmouth just hit a huge 3

McClain on Monmouth, a little PG, is on fire from 3. 3 straight. Kids taking and making dagger shots. Tough pull ups off the dribble. In transition. Super fun to watch him right now.

Monmouth Hofstra is close early in the second half

I'm going to miss watching Ponds jump the route and score 6 in an IU jersey. Looking forward to seeing him do it in an NFL jersey. Special player

A title is a title is a title. No diminishing that, not even decades passing. I wish we'd be better too, but I wouldn't trade our program for Purdue's just because they regularly make the tournament and proceed to embarrass themselves more recently / often than we do. Maybe someday they'll look like Ivy League football titles. That day is not particularly soon. A lot of people were alive for our last basketball title (and we were all alive for the football title). No need to inflate little bro's sense of self-worth.