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Considering the talent + experience on the team it should be competing for the B1G championship, ranked, with a 4 seed or better, and getting to the S16. Then I look at the coaching staff and my actual expectation become some disappointing blowout loses, middle of the pack in the B1G, unranked at the end of the season, and missing or barely making the NCAAT. If they do make it, it will likely be an early loss. There will likely be a customary 3+ game losing streak or two in conference play. I expect we'll hear many of the same excuses as last year.

There is one but it's in the recruiting section.

If Essegian is waiting to be offered a starting position at a high major school, he'll be waiting a loooong time. He'll need to move down to get that.

A delusional AD is a terrible AD. I'd want him fired even more.

I think that's giving him too much credit. He was here over a year ago and all his predictions then were based on social media follows and likes. Because of that, he missed on a lot of calls. If it was Ya or someone directly connected to Woodson, he would've had better info. Yeah, it's weird.

Yes. Unless the NCAA gets an anti-trust exemption it'll continue to lose power by losing court cases. I think the only way that exemption happens is if it and the schools agree for the the players to become contract employees, unionize, and reach a collective bargaining agreement with the NCAA. Like professional sports.

You misspelled "fire"

So 4 more points per game between Johnson and Rice is worth noting that Rice scores more but 3 more points per game for Ware is about the same as Ballo? I'm confused by that take. The boards are pretty much the same but the points definitely aren't.

Landing Ballo gets us 1 step closer to replicating that incredible 2nd round run a couple of seasons ago. Mike Woodson is #winning.

Need 1 more player before Woodson can go back to that platoon substitution style he loves. Even though he learns every year that it doesn't work, I expect we'll see it again next year.

There are work arounds. Edey still got paid and so will Ballo.

Remember that this was before Woodson had coached a college game. So he was sold the same bill of goods as the fans were, that it would be a 4 out, 1 in offense. Also, Johnson's stats coming to IU were pretty good.

Sparks was probably pushed out. I very much doubt he thought he'd be a starter at IU when he came in last year. With the number of transfers each year, there is no way every player thinks they'll be a starter at their new school, especially if moving up. Some may be ok with that. Different people having different expectations/goals/priorities and all that.

Sparks and Walker just last year.

I'm not sure I understand why that would bother you if he's successful and wins a national championship (you did say no amount of success). I look at it as it makes his chance of success unlikely to achieve that level of success and unlikely to achieve a level of success that is good enough to keep his job. So if he doesn't put in the effort he won't be around much longer. I'd be ok with low effort if it does actually work out with him being successful.

Make sure you take Few's keys first.

/points at thread title If you think I'm seriously posting in For Wisdom thread about being excited about a 2nd round blowout, I have this wonderful bridge I'd like to sell you at a bargain price.

Rice is a good pick up and if we get the other players we're supposed to I feel another round of 32 blowout coming! Exciting.

People often shorten 33 1/3% to 33%. So it works out like this: The shooter has hit 33 out 99 shots for 99 points. The last shot goes in 1 out of 3 times so, on average, they'll get 100 points. Or, if you don't like the idea of making a fraction of a shot, if they shoot 300 shots, they'll make 100 of them for 300 points. So 33.333....% from 3 is the same effective field goal percentage as 50% on 2s. But if they're shooting less than 33.33...%, like 33.32% or less, then that is a not as good as 50% from 2 while 33.34% would be better. If you want to go into that detail to differentiate between shooters between 33% and 34%, the fractional numbers after the decimal point actually matter. 3 * 33.33% = 2 * 50% For practical purposes, just saying that shooting 33% from 3 is as good as shooting 50% from 2 is close enough to true that most people don't bother with the fractional numbers.

So you're saying it's too early for the undefeated t-shirts? Crap, I wonder if I can get my deposit back...And what am I going to do about this tattoo?

That season was the ceiling for Mike Woodson. Yeah, the offense was good. He had an AA center (one of IU's all time best players) and a OAD PG. They had Kopp to make 3s and Galloway had his best shooting year by far. Yet, they still only managed to go 23-12, 12-8 on the season. They only managed to win 1 B1GT game. Got a 4th seed in the NCAAT but managed only 1 win there, too. 8 of those 12 losses were by double digits, including the blowout loss to Miami to end the season. Even with an elite guard he wouldn't have TJD to pair him with. That offense had at least as much to do with TJD as with JHS. He forced double teams and did a great job passing out of the post. So yeah, Mike Woodson.

1) This is the Fire Woodson thread. Bash away. 2) Has he gotten any portal guys so far? Did I miss their commitments or is it just the assumption that we'll land them?

You're setting the bar pretty high, eh?

So not only are we going to land him but now he's going to have such a great year that he'll go pro after 1 year at IU? Man, the off season hype is always something amazing to watch.

That happened last night. This article mentions that but also says he's not taking the job. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39920614/sources-scott-drew-turns-kentucky-remain-baylor-coach