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Indiana - 82 Kansas State - 77

Indiana - 84 Lindenwood - 58

Indiana - 105 Incarnate Word - 59

Indiana - 95 Milwaukee - 58

Indiana - 88 Marquette - 83

Indiana - 89 Alabama A&M - 59

Ben McCollum would take his 3 stars and beat your 5 stars.

Play it safe now, regret it later. The upside with McCollum is too good to ignore. I wanted Stevens and I'll concede the idea of May over McCollum, but I can't go beyond that. We're Portland at that point.

Agreed. I think we can also agree that discussion and debate is the purpose of a message board. If we all thought the exact same way, it would be kind of boring.

So, we're at the point where we accept a slightly better version of mediocrity? I get it that Stevens said no. I get it that May might say no. But, look for the potential home runs from the other names on the list. Cronin has already proven over the course of 21 years to NOT be a home run.

Well, if Cronin gives birth in the tournament, that would definitely be newsworthy.

Not counting this season, Mick Cronin has made it past the Sweet 16 exactly ONCE in 21 years of coaching. Factor that piece of information into whether you're okay with him as a candidate for the job

15 people would have to turn down the job before either one of those guys is given a second look. They aren't real candidates beyond a message board. Stevens said no, but May, McDermott, Cronin, Williams, McCollum, McMillan, Few, Oates, Pearl, Jay Wright, Shaka Smart, etc. The list of coaches you approach before on of those goes through candidates that would not say no. Heck, it wouldn't surprise me if Alford is higher on the list than either of those guys. Brownell and Beard are candidates only within message board speculation. It's not real.

And, if we hire Mick Cronin, Buzz Williams, Chris Beard (Yes, I said Beard), etc. then Iowa is going to be kicking our backside for years to come.

Schertz was losing in those DII tournaments that McCollum was winning. On the same stage, McCollum proved to have more Championship mettle. I fully understand that McCollum is not going to be IU's coach for the very reasons you have mentioned. But, if this coaching search falls past Stevens and May, there is a good chance that we are back here in 4-5 years, and even a better chance we (IU) regret not more strongly consider McCollum. He's not going to be available next time around.