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That's true but I doubt most of the development is in games. Most of it happens in the offseason. Playing experience helps but I don't think it's the driving force for development. Knight was good at developing players. Crean was also good although he thought he was better than he actually was so he'd bring in lots of longshots to try to develop which hurt the team. Miller was not just terrible at it but under him players seemed more likely to regress than to improve. I can't remember if Davis was good at it and Sampson wasn't here very long but he's good at it. So IU hasn't had good coaching along with good development since the Knight years. In the 2 seasons under Woodson, we have seen incremental improvement of some players. Some having really developed at all and there hasn't been a huge leap in improvement by any 1 player yet.

Van Gundy's reaction is great.

I think you and others are confusing what all NIL entails. It comes in many forms. It's not just a collective fund set up by boosters or whoever that people donate into which is then used to pay the players. There certainly are those. There are also the Hoosier Hysterics event which people pay to attend and the money is distributed to the players. Those above are zero sum so the more given to any individual player means less for the others. The money all gets paid out so it will go to the players no matter what. I think we can all agree on that. However, individual companies can choose to sponsor the players in return for endorsements. There are a lot more factors in this but what it comes down to is that just that money is not guaranteed to go to players no matter what. Let's say Player A gets an endorsement deal for Company X. Player A then graduates, transfers, quits basketball, or whatever but isn't part of the team anymore. Company X decides to not renew the deal with Player A but that doesn't mean they'll turn around and give the money to Player B. They might but they might also decide it doesn't make sense. An example of this is that Leal works in real estate. He probably gets paid for advertising for them as well. It just makes sense. If he leaves the team, would it make sense to pay another player with no other connections to real estate to endorse them? Maybe, maybe not. It certainly isn't guaranteed that they would. Players could also set up their own basketball camps, write a book about about basketball, makes social media pages that get sponsorships dependent on the number of followers they have, sell their own merchandise, etc, etc. These are things that if they aren't doing then the money certainly wouldn't just shift to another player on the team. So just because Leal is making NIL money it doesn't mean he's taking money other players would've gotten if he wasn't at IU.

Archie Miller doing Archie Miller things. https://www.golocalprov.com/sports/Mass-Exodus-URI-Basketball-Players-Are-Fleeing-Archie-Millers-Program

Yep, the bench was awful the last half of the season. Little to no production off the bench was the norm.

Which aspects of the play did they say were the biggest problems?

It's not unusual for players to show flashes of promise but are then never able to consistently play that well. An example is Justin Smith. It seems like he'd improve at the end of each season but would be right back to square one when the next season began.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/march-madness-winners-and-losers-indiana-adds-to-big-tens-misery-xavier-finds-its-groove-at-right-time/ Pretty much says the B1G is a bunch of losers. Hard to argue with that. On a positive note, still considers IU to be a blueblood.

*gasp* Blasphemer!

Those teams' offenses but better defense.

We're in a agreement on this. I just responded to a post of yours in another thread with something similar. Look around at the teams that the B1G is losing to. It's totally possible to build a team that could not only complete within the B1G but also be a legit power nationally (unlike PU this year). Changing style of play would also (hopefully) help with future recruiting.

I'm excited to see how he builds next year's team. TJD will be missed a lot but him moving on will release Woodson from having to build an offense around him. Now is the chance to start building the type of team he said he wanted when he was hired. That type of team would've been better able to compete with teams like Miami, Iowa, and PSU, I think.

Yep, 1 win between the 2 teams. Purdue and Marquette will bring that average down a bit.

Yep, he's a really good coach. Just a s****ty person who's a rape enabler. But he sure can coach.

Izzo and MSU can eat s**t. I want IU to win even more now just so MSU isn't the only B1G team to make the S16.

Marquette looks scared.

Not a big loss for them. I'm guessing he'll move down to a mid-major.

Kopp is such clown. He cracks me up. https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxz7GEJdaSXGZJA1OtFVx0B4dnmK-pEXMU

I just saw that the women are playing Miami next as well. Let's get the sweep.

Everyone knows that big name coaches are just licking their chops for a shot at landing the Purdue job. The campus just sells itself and all the available NIL money not to mention all the talent Painter has stockpiled on that roster. Who wouldn't want the job?

The annual B1G crash and burn in the tournament. They satisficed just getting 8-9 teams in.

Houston pulling away with Sasser and Shead both banged up and in foul trouble. Guess that's why they're a 1 seed.

Women finish 7th. They had a strong final day with 4 individuals and a relay finish in the top 8. https://swimswam.com/2023-ncaa-division-i-womens-championships-day-4-finals-live-recap/

Shead with his 4th at ~8:20 left. Auburn already in the double bonus.

Sasser picks up his 4th foul with just under 11 minutes remaining and Houston down 2.