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Maybe they're talking about the "right, left" chant. Of course, that is typical when a player fouls out so nothing surprising there for an ejection. Of all the things to bring up, that is an odd one. Unless it was IU fans who were doing the chanting but I don't think there's any way to know that at a neutral court.

Yes, there's no rule or law requiring them to release a statement but it would be terrible from a PR standpoint to not do so. To not do it would make the AD look like he's out of touch with the fanbase or simply doesn't care about them. It would also make the unsaid statement that this basketball season was totally acceptable so they don't really care about basketball. Hostile fans would become more hostile from feeling totally ignored. Boosters who want him gone would also feel ignored. Those groups would start to include the AD in calls for being fired. The media would include in the negative articles how the AD doesn't even support the coach, isn't truly behind him. Coaching recruiting against Woodson would use that to make his job even harder. It would basically torpedo the program by refusing to do so. It wouldn't even have to be sincere but it has to be done. IU ADs have released these statements after bad basketball and especially bad football seasons when fans (and sometimes the media) want the HC fired. If you don't know that you must not have been around long or just not have paid attention.

Even with those two, he still only won enough (23-12) to get a 4th seed and then get blown out in the second game of the NCAAT. They (as with every Woodson team so far) had a midseason swoon where they weren't playing well and losing a lot of games, including a 3 game losing streak. Woodson himself had no idea how to fix that, it took a players only meeting. The guy just can't coach.

So when should we expect to officially know if Woodson will be the coach for another year or not? Monday? Tuesday? If they do keep him, I don't think an unnamed source "leaking" that he'll be back is sufficient. The AD will need to at very least release a statement of support and confidence in Woodson. Too much noise around firing him to try to ignore it.

Then don't. Retire. Problem solved. Easy.

Not just loses, they've gotten blown out each time. Nebraska is obviously better than IU this year but they're not that good. Not even ranked. Getting blown out by Purdue is understandable, they're top 5. Nebraska? Not so much.

OSU just can't stop fouling. They're killing themselves.

BTN announcers just said that OSU doesn't have any bad loses except for the home lose to IU. I mean, they're right, but it hurts to hear. It was the last straw that got Holtmann fired. They also said that it was a Quad 3 or 4 lose. Quad 3? Yes. Quad 4? Not even close. IU is not good this year but they're nowhere near Quad 4 bad.

So you're saying that Miller is the baseline for achievement at IU? :p

DeBoer hasn't coached a game yet and he's already getting a new deal?

That pic screams sober.

There is a high likelihood that he'll be back but there is nothing official from the AD confirming that. Until that happens, there will be speculation from fans and the media both. That "leak" won't cut it.

Howard also played at UM much more recently than Woodson at IU, so more people remember him as the player he was than remember Woodson the player.

He was walking unassisted to the locker room.

It seems that since the NET was introduced, IU has more often than not been an outlier and in a bad way. I guess it's not really that surprising considering Miller and Woodson don't really care about analytics so they haven't really looked for ways to game the system or even how to make sure they aren't hurt by it.

Chris has become a rabble rouser!

Absolutely. Early in the season IU would've lost those close games to bad teams without Ware. He's made a big impact all year, with only a few bad games.

Tomorrow we see if Woodson can do better than 1-1 in a tournament,

Not bloody likely.

That would require: 1) effort from Woodson 2) Woodson to actually care about wins/losses instead of just the HC title

NC State hangs on, Duke goes down.

Missed FT and that play. If he hadn't grabbed the rim it would've gone in and avoided the T.

Another missed dunk that would've put NCState up 7 with 30 seconds left.

And 1 minute later Duke has cut it to 5. NC State missing FTs

NC State up 10 on Duke with 5:26 to play.