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Rabby is saying he's hearing Nick Norton a lot. Another assistant which has been with CD for some time, so makes sense. https://wvusports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/nick-norton/4310

Didn't the NCAA change the timeout rule awhile back where they wouldn't be granted the TO if they were airborne and wouldn't land inbounds?

He actually said $600,000k which is even funnier. I'm sure he meant $600k but what he said was $600M.DanD is such an idiot.

Hawthorne requested a release from WVU so there's a chance he doesn't end up there. That's got to be a kick in the nuts since he's from WV. https://247sports.com/college/indiana/article/four-star-wing-braydon-hawthorne-requests-release-from-west-virginia-247395352/

Those (unsurprisingly) aren't even consistent. Tucker faked an injury to maintain eligibility when dad took a new job yet DeVries was also throwing games? Do they really think losing would make him more likely for someone to hire him away? Was DeVries coaching for a new job or was he throwing games? Can't have it both ways.

Where's Eeyore been the last few days? Upset IU hired a good coach so he can't complain incessantly?

Yeah. :) I kid and agree that he was better than we give him credit for. We could certainly use someone with his offensive prowess again.

Anyone else notice JBJ guarding him on one of those shots?

I hope he stays and makes Drake the Gonzaga of the midwest. Rejecting Iowa for Drake would make him a GOAT.

I'm happy @Stuhoo didn't get an input into the coaching hire. His evaluation of coaches is questionable. Gates: yes. McCollum: no

I'm happy with DeVries but Drake starts 4 D2 players. 4 D2 players. What McCollum has done this year is very impressive. He's won more games in a single season than DeVries did there and also got further in the tournament.

Yeah, I can't stand a coaching style that results in a team which is much more than the sum of its parts. Winning games in the tournament is also something I don't like.

I added up the salaries I saw for the assistant coaches under Woodson to get that number. Hunter: $432k Rosemond: $410k Walsh: $225k Those add up to less than $1.1M. I think they also get retention bonuses that a are in the 10s of thousands and bonuses so they do make more than that but not a ton. I've looked at few other assistant coaches at other schools and they made more. Luke Murray at UConn is making $750k. Murphy at Alabama is making $450k which is on par with ours but still more. I agree that that total for IU seems low, which is why I'm hoping they increase the budget like they did for football. Give the program a chance to hire a big time assistant and retain him for pretty much anything except for a HC job.

I hope McCollum doesn't end up at Iowa.

Has anyone seen what kind of budget DeVries will have for assistant salaries? It looks like IU was at just over $1M for those 3 spots. Preston Murphy has been mentioned as a possible assistant but he's making $450k at Alabama so we'd have to pay him more than 1/2 of the total for 3 assistants under Woodson. On the football side, IU is committed to paying assistant coaches in addition to the head coach. I hope the same is true for basketball.

I don't think I'd call an 11 seed losing to a 6 seed crashing and burning. Now, a 5 seed losing to a 12 seed, especially when the game wasn't as close as the final score would indicate? Yep.

Next year is the first of 15 roster spots and no walk-ons, right?

This doesn't bode well for Brownell in the future when Clemson has to play an NC State team coached by Wade and will have a lot more talent than McNeese. 11 points scored, down 16 with under 2 minutes left in the half. Pathetic. Edit: Down 31-13 at the half. This board would be imploding if we hadn't announced a hire yet and he was still thought of as a possibility.

4 minutes into this Clemson/McNeese game just reaffirms how glad I am we didn't hire Brownell.

It's interesting that we're now at the point where players release statements saying they're NOT entering the portal.

Woodson only cared about rankings.

Probably just like it does at Creighton except with red uniforms instead of blue. :)

Preston Murphy sounds like he would e a good pickup if we can get him. https://rolltide.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/preston-murphy/1593

But 4 years...oh, right, that's just IU. He definitely was on a downward trend and did nothing to deserve being retained.

Sounds like CD needs to bring in a heavy hitter recruiter.