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Nope, we're running with 3 players next year.

I would say IU hasn't done much since Knight to actually get a good coach. Davis - no searching hire, just retained the interim Sampson - actually ended up with a good coach but no real coaching search Crean - on sanctions and facing a total rebuild after Sampson Miller - not much of a coaching search, settled for a mid-major who Glass seemed to have already targeted Woodson - again, no coaching search. Forced on IU by Buckner For this hire, there was actually a coaching search but things had changed quite a bit since Knight was let go. Even other big name schools recently had problems hiring big name coaches. Back in the aughts, a big name coach could've been had if they actually tried. Pitino, for one, openly wanted the job. Only Sampson from the list above has had any success after IU and he was probably the worst hire regardless of his coaching acumen. They've made bad hires and not because of the fans.

Do you deny that Woodson was not at all on the hot seat after season 2 and, in fact, had a high fan approval? His first 2 seasons: 11 seed play-in game. Lost in Round of 64 4 seed. Lost in Round of 32 You say that fans wouldn't be happy right now with Knight's last 5 years? Let's look at those: 6 seed. Lost in Round of 64 9 seed. Lost in Round of 64 7 seed. Lost in Round of 32 6 seed. Lost in Round of 32 6 seed. Lost in Round of 64 Or regular season. Let's look at those. Woodson: 21-14, 9-11 (9th) 23-12, 12-8 (T-2) Knight: 19-12, 12-6 (T-2) 22-11, 9-9 (T-6) 20-12, 9-7 (T-5) 23-11, 9-7 (T-3) 20-9, 10-6 (T-5) IU was easily in the field each of Knight's last 5 years, compared to only 1 year for Woodson since they snuck in his first year. Since those results were good enough for Woodson's first 2 years, I stand by that right now fans would be happy just making the tournament every year. Sure, if it got to year 4 or 5 without getting to the second weekend fans would start to get antsy but the point is that isn't the expectation right now. It seems to me that right now the expectation is to get back to making the tournament regularly then build from there.

I remember you emailing Dolson when Miller was coach and posting about it on HSN. Looks like you didn't learn your lesson then. Fans venting a bit of frustration on a message about missing on recruits they wanted and not even having a complete staff isn't toxic. I don't see anyone calling for him to be fired. I don't see anything particularly nasty being said at all. Toxic would be if people were shouting obscenities at him, the staff, and the few players we actually have - I believe none of which are even on campus yet. Nothing like that is happening. Schools like UK win and continue to get great players. Go look at their message boards some time after a loss or anything disappointing happens and compare it to here. Let me know which is more toxic because they get ugly.

There are 5 assistant positions who can both coach and recruit, according to Rabby. Still limited to the number of coaches that can be recruiting off campus at one time.

We get cars with horns on them in AZ, too.

Dude, you keep repeating this which simply isn't true. IU fan expectations aren't even the same as they were 25 years ago, much less almost 40 years ago. By the time Knight was fired, expectations had already started to drop but they were still high. Today, people would be very happy with a string of years similar to the ones Knight had to end his time at IU: ranked every year, safely in the tournament, winning conference record, and finishing near the top of the conference. The early exits in the NCAAT were disappointing but at least they got there every year, usually without worry. If it remained in that status, then people would get restless but the expectation out the gate isn't to be competing for national championships in year 1 like you make it seem. What people really want to see are teams that consistently compete hard. Enough with long losing streaks every year and multiple blow out loses.

I guess Queen isn't a fan of the move.

Purdue parents. Family originally from Louisville and I think it was said there is some family still there - some said it's like a second home to him. Prior relationship with Kelsey from last year.

I didn't know Joseph Gordon-Levitt had a son who played basketball.

At this point, I want the other 2 assistant coaches to be hired already. That should help recruiting players from the portal since they'll already have connections with some and plus players will know who they'll be working with next year. Is anyone hearing new names or still the TT and Alabama guys?

Jakai Newton ends up at Georgia State. Good luck to him, I hope he comes back from all the injuries.

Obviously Dallas James.

My guess is that the assistant coaching search is taking longer than whomever decided they wanted to announce them all at once thought it would take. Maybe we're negotiating with the other 2. Maybe we're striking out. Whatever it is, it's taking a while and probably longer than it was thought it would take. Fans start to get antsy from lack of announcements so they make a change to how they're going to do it. That's my guess.

That means it'll be .... Purdue.

The HR thing doesn't make any sense. It's been what? A week or so since he was hired? It doesn't take that long for HR to do their thing. Especially when it was like a day or two for the head coach from the time of agreement to announcement. Face it, the announce everyone at once idea was dumb to begin with. I think they finally realized that.

Either that or they finally realized that waiting to announce all at the same time is kind of a dumb idea.

IU wins 8 of 10 awards. Only ones they didn't win were the freshmen of the year. Men's and women's awards for the coaches. Before this year this would've been a sweep. https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2025/4/3/mens-swimming-and-diving-big-ten-postseason-awards-reflect-indianas-national-excellence

Sean Bock, Iowa's 247 insider, said a little over an hour ago that he's been hearing a lot of Dix to IU talk but no one's been told anything final. Says Iowa is trying to keep him but he feels like Dix is gone. He also mentioned Rapp and thinks Oregon is the one to watch. Evan Flood, Wisconsin 247 insider, thinks Rapp is between UW and Oregon but says IU and Villanova are trying to get involved. Edit: And Rabby has now deleted his Rapp post. lol That guy.

Austin Rapp, 6-10 PF from Portland. Freshman so 3 years of eligibility. From Australia. 35.2% 3-point shooter on 7.6 3PA. 81.5% FT shooter on 3.0 FTA, 13.8 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 2.5 APG, 1.5 BPG https://247sports.com/Player/Austin-Rapp-46157240/ https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/austin-rapp-1.html Rabby says IU is looking at him.

I pulled those guys from a tracking list on peegs.com. There is also the list on Tony Adragna's tracker, which mostly agrees but there are a few differences like Sebastian Mack from UCLA. https://iuoffseason.com/#portal-tracker/

Reed Bialey from Davidson Flory Bidunga from Kansas Pharel Payne from Texas A&M (and formerly Minnesota) Rodney Rice from Maryland Tyrone Riley from San Fransisco