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That's how I look at it, too. Overall, a weaker non-conference schedule than many years since the top teams aren't as strong but more balanced since the weakest teams aren't as weak. I think it's a good schedule for a team that hasn't been to the NCAA in years since it's a chance to get wins while also allowing for the adjustment process that will be needed considering the roster turnover and a new coaching staff including a head coach who has not coached a college game before. By the end of the season the SOS will be fine from conference play.

The publicly given reason was that due to COVID he was unable to visit the school before deciding. Since he's been there, he's found that it's not a good fit.

I'm the same age as you and Graham was my favorite player. Those early '90s teams are my favorite IU teams, although the 92-93 team is probably my favorite of them. They were so good before Henderson's injury. I vaguely recall the run in '87. I don't remember any specifics, more just that I watched the tournament games and remember the excitement around the run.

Johnson's numbers have been All-B1G caliber and borderline 1st team. And that was in the ACC so it's not as though he did it against weak competition. He definitely should've been in the top 25.

COVID

I predict that each team will play 20 conference games instead of 18 this season. :) IU will finish above 0.500 in conference

So more than my google search for the that position's salary turned up but still not a ton of money. It doesn't seem odd to me that someone who makes $77k/year would sell a bunch of school branded clothes he thinks he won't need anymore. And I also wouldn't say that someone making that salary is definitely not hurting for cash as the original poster I responded to said. Especially if a move to another city/state seemed imminent.

He was Director of Basketball Operations. Unless IU was paying way more than other schools, it looks like he was making $40k-60k per year. Even at those levels it's not so much that a few extra bucks wouldn't hurt. He certainly wasn't getting rich on that salary. Just because the head coach makes millions and the assistant coaches make hundreds of thousands doesn't mean everyone that works in the program gets that kind of money.

Wow, that's awesome.

That was one guy I was really confused that IU didn't seem to be recruiting hard, if at all. I really wanted him at IU. Oh well, done is done and Guy earned a national championship with his choice.

I read he's being more assertive/aggressive and just playing with more confidence.

Unless they changed the rule, they're allowed to play in 30% of the season and must happen in the first 1/2 of the season. So with a 30 game schedule, they can play 9 of the first 15 games before getting a season ending injury. But that may have changed.

I believe it only counts as 1 game towards the schedule limit but there are multiple games played.

Another silver for the divers. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/olympics/capobianco-hixon-add-u-s-divers-synchro-success-take-olympic-n1275248

At the time it was announced there were some posts saying that the team they are playing has a stream that can be watched but nothing from IU's side.

Jessica Parratto wins a silver medal. It's the US's first medal in that event.

Apple and Pieroni win gold in the 4x100m free relay. Apple had a great anchor leg.

Kaleb Banks has committed to IU.

Maybe but Hill was hired (June 9) almost 3 weeks before that post (June 29). I don't recall the hiring as being secret.

IU Divers: https://247sports.com/college/indiana/Article/Hoosier-Olympian-Preview-Andrew-Capobianco-Michael-Hixon-Diving-167930393/ https://247sports.com/college/indiana/Article/Indiana-diving-Hoosier-Olympian-Preview-Jessica-Parratto-167387777/

Director of Basketball Administration https://iuhoosiers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/armond-hill/3199

I'm not very upset about not landing Washington. His ranking seems totally based on potential. He's been highly ranked for quite a while but in that time hasn't actually played all that much. 2 season ending injuries, 1 of which I think kept him out an entire season. Then COVID. Despite not playing much, he's maintained his high ranking even though when he does play he's not all-world. It must be based mostly on his potential.

Most of the players' pages I actually looked at only had a few thousand followers. That's not going to earn them much money from companies which are actually interested in ROI. Those numbers will also be taken into account if the NCAA ever implements an approval process for deals as they wanted to I kind of doubt that happens but if it does it would be a huge red flag if a company is willing to pay big bucks to an athlete for social media advertising if that athlete didn't have many followers. So you're right, that would certainly help the athletes make money if someone did that.

That's what I do. I made a Twitter account just for that purpose.

This is funniest thing I've seen all day. Well done