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Can we fire back up the Dusty May talk? - His buyout is lower than fellow Hoosier Brownell -He’s playing on Saturday in the B1G tournament. Can’t remember the last time IU did that. -Apparently the B1G didn’t figure him out or he got lazy after his new contract or he added magnesium to his diet or…. I dunno…I never quite got that theory. -He’s 2-1 vs Purdue in his first year in the B1G. Let’s do some Dusty May posting today, fellas!!!!

Bot, pres, AD and influential donors/alumni. Historically speaking anyways.

One of the worst charge calls all season. It’s a travesty it wasn’t a blocking foul. 3pt swing against UM there

May has the 3 big lineup working. IU fans would faint if woddy tried that. Lol

Why not? We will be signing more players this offseason than the Celtics.

IU was out as soon as Flagg went down

Michigan moving the ball well but Purdue hanging in there

We’re picking up the Toadies to play the free concert when we hire Brownell?

Yes. Creans coaching failures were beyond obvious by then. It was not fun to watch for me. Seeing him bump his head up against his ceiling one last time was not something I cared to watch. And I largely didn’t. I would have much rather been onto another coach by then in search of our 6th banner. I understand some around here hold a certain affinity for Crean and/or that team. I do not.

He has similar ties to a guy like Goode. Obviously Goode loves IU and wanted to play here. Not saying Stevens does, but I wouldn’t say no ties.

Greg Gard is a Wisconsin guy through and through.

The last 4 Crean years and Archie years buried most of my interest. The comical Woody hire plus watching TJD renewed some interest. Honestly coach search season has gotten me through the last two. If Brownell comes in and hits the ground running then great. If he is going to do a slow build like at Clemson I’ll be mostly out. This program is probably already mostly dormant unless Dolson has an ace up his sleeve.

75 and sunny today. Definitely back deck and cigar season. Unfortunately I had to work today. What’s the latest? When is Stevens announcing and what channel?

I know yours was. Maybe Moyes was too. I had you in there to respond to you but forgot, I guess. This thread moves too fast for me!

She was adamant IU had never fired a basketball coach midseason before, that it wasn’t happening to Woody, and that they wouldn’t even begin the process of deciding whether to retain Woody until the end of the season. If that’s right, I wanna know what the hell you have to do to be wrong around here? Some of you need to be less easy to troll.

He had his share. Dekker at the end was huge in keeping home. But yea, lots of 3 stars with some 4 stars mixed in. What he really excelled at was developing those big men who could score, shoot and pass. Seemed like whenever an all conference one graduated, he had a red shirt frosh or soph ready to step in and start. But…with that said, the lack of top end talent—which isn’t easy to get up there—probably accounts for part of the reason he never won it all at D1. Those guys would get bounced from the tourney not because they played slow like people whine about, but because they would run into teams with more raw talent. When his front line was Nigel Hayes, Sam Dekker and Kaminsky he had no problem getting to the Final Four, even with average guard play.

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If we go mid major and lose out on McC to Iowa I will enjoy the meltdown. Hell, who am I kidding…I will participate too

Defcon 5 for the Franimal!!! buh-bye

If he thinks that’s absolutely the best play, I say go for it. Shoot your shot. I just pray he has an astute basketball mind and balls of steel. I’d much rather go all-in on the unknown uber talent than hire a decent but not great coach just so we don’t fail.

McDermott at -500 is crazy. It actually makes me think someone knows something. Also, McCasland is 2nd and would be awesome. Pat Knight at 50:1…lol

The idea that the bumbling IU admin could pick out assistants better than McCollum himself is so comically ridiculous that it could only come from a guy like Goodman.

I think when Knight passed I asked about this article that I could no longer find. Someone here—I forget who—found it and graciously posted it. It was from when Knight retired. If you’ve never read SotB it accurately reflects their relationship and is obviously a much shorter read. https://carnageandculture.blogspot.com/2008/02/john-feinstein-knights-best-was-as-good.html?m=1

Too bad. Seems young. Talented sports author with a complicated relationship with Knight. Love that book. Read it a couple times.

Xavier is putting it on Marquette currently