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str8baller replied to JaybobHoosier's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
I’ve liked Underwood since those SFA days. I was helping out my close friends team and we used to always ask each other if we saw them the night before if they happened to pop up on ESPN3 or whatever. McCasland I picked up on from you guys. 350 teams and it’s about impossible to keep track of them all for the average fan. But that is exactly what I would expect our AD to be doing. Each and every year. But that pretty much gets at what’s wrong with IU basketball: our administration and surrounding support doesn’t know jack **** about basketball. That’s tough considering how much our fans love basketball. We’ll see what Dolson is made of, I guess. -
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str8baller replied to JaybobHoosier's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
That’s not proof of anything. Kansas, UK, and UNC all have histories in the modern era of hiring P5 coaches away. So does IU. Duke and UNCs last hires were coach in waiting situations due to a legendary coach retiring. They never went to the open market so it tells us nothing. If UNC or Texas is open in the next couple years they will go big game hunting and one or both will have a good chance at landing someone from a major conference. And if they don’t they’ll go the midmajor route like everyone else who strikes out on their top 1 or 2 candidates. IU’s successes and failures (mostly failures) are its own doing. There’s no mysterious force keeping good coaches away. -
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str8baller replied to JaybobHoosier's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
I’m not sure why it wouldn’t hold true now. The haves and have nots have only increased in disparity. I guess it is possible it doesn’t. But what’s the point of getting all these big donor commitments for guaranteed NIL pools if it doesn’t help you land the coach you want? Even the guys down the list are P5 guys…McD, Brownell, Devries… so if those guys are out because we can’t pull P5 coaches anymore (nvmnd the fact that when anyone asks about McCasland, everyone just assumes he’s Texas bound), then we are truly down to a world where McCollum is the leader in the clubhouse. -
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str8baller replied to JaybobHoosier's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
Timing most likely and misjudging the interest of top candidates. Are you suggesting Kentucky can’t pull away a big time coach? For Christ sakes they’ve hire Pitino out of the Big East, Tubby away from an in conference school and Calipari coming off of a huge run at Memphis. Big time programs hire from other maj conf schools quite a bit, for obvious reasons, but they don’t necessarily do it every time. -
2024-25 Prediction League - Game 32 vs Oregon (BTT) Thu 3/13/25 Noon BTN
str8baller replied to LIHoosier's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
Oregon 77 IU 71 -
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str8baller replied to JaybobHoosier's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
Most people don’t even notice pace unless they look it up…myself included.They’re always surprised to learn Jay Wright or Hurly have teams deep in the 300s in pace. A good one is Sampson he’s had some really slow teams lately. And if you would’ve asked me before I looked it up I would have bet you they were at least upper half. Nope! -
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str8baller replied to JaybobHoosier's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
An alternative take away is that D2 and even D3 basketball is really good too. Top D2 teams have always competed with and beaten the bottom of Div1. Today I think we can safely say the very tippy top of D2 is good enough to handily win a mid major conference. I’m not sure McCollum was handicapped by bringing his old players along. -
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str8baller replied to JaybobHoosier's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
His DEff outstrips his OEff by a fair margin. And both Schwartz’s Indiana State and Devries’ Drake had more efficient offenses last year in the same conference. That’s not to say he doesn’t run an efficient offense but a few data points to consider. My guess is his bread in butter is that defense. Just a guess tho… -
This is my first time watching the venerable Ben McCollum. I’ve resisted so far because I want to believe IU will make a bigger hire. But the game was on when I got home, so… My thoughts after watching exactly one whole game: -D is very good in the Bo Ryan/Bennett school of optimizing position, getting your hands up and forcing the opposing team into low efficiency shots, contesting them and hoping they miss. Very good rotations. -O …honestly I expected a little more wizardry from an X’s and O’s “genius.” Lots of 4 out spread high ball screen action. Some good cutting off the ball but not a ton of other action off the ball most of the time. Definitely not Ryan’s swing or Bennett's mover blocker continuity type offenses that help chew up the shot clock. There’s nothing wrong with it tho. Tons of coaches use a lot of 4 out ball screen offense. McCollum relies on his players to be smart and willing passers, which certainly could be a reflection of his coaching. Hard for me to separate players from coach in that regard when they’ve all been together for 4 years tho. -Pace is like most teams that finish low. They don’t ever get out in transition. At least they didn’t this game. They don’t take dumb shots early in the clock. That’s about all it takes to keep you at the bottom versus something more average-ish. Seems like a talented coach. Would be a risky hire at IU from what very little I’ve seen and read here. If he continues to do well at Drake a post-Fran Iowa seems like the obvious move, no?
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These technical foul rules and reviews are so stupid. Call it or don’t and move on.
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General Coach Candidate News
str8baller replied to JaybobHoosier's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
Better chance that poster is Goodman than he knows anything. The constant nonsense memes are annoying. -
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str8baller replied to JaybobHoosier's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
In general, yes. But if you want a real championship level coach capable of multiple titles they have to be able to win different ways to navigate your best teams to a title. A guy that teaches to his system well but is inflexible can hand wave away bad matchups in the regular season as only a couple of losses. But those same matchup difficulties are fatal in a single elimination tournament. That is different though from Tom Crean being carried to a FF by one of the greatest individual efforts ever with Dwayne Wade. People shouldn’t get enamored by those runs. -
Closer to Mike Davis than Bob Knight. Couldn’t sum up his career more perfectly.
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IUBB vs Ohio State - Saturday, 03.08.25 @ 3:45 on CBS
str8baller replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
I think there’s been discussions of the NCAA redoing how they do eligibility altogether. Maybe even adding a 5th year. I wouldn’t fully rule his return out. -
Sounds like you’re ready for 4 more years of Woody! I mean…if Beard can change, then surely Woody can change into an elite offensive and defensive coach, right? Hell maybe even Archie can too!
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str8baller replied to JaybobHoosier's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
I’ve been accused of worse! Cmon Santa Stevens…Lol -
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str8baller replied to JaybobHoosier's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
Ok. Sub in Davis, Sampson, or Crean. If you think we’re automatically getting a coach better than Woodson because “we’re IU” let me know what you’re smoking. I don’t normally partake, but I will if the stuff is that mind numbingly special. -
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str8baller replied to JaybobHoosier's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
Pretty confident for a fan of the university that hired Archie miller -
IUBB vs Ohio State - Saturday, 03.08.25 @ 3:45 on CBS
str8baller replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
Thanks. I always forget who was his biggest fans way back when. He’s a good defender at this level. Fwiw. If you like watching Leal on D you would love Tony Bennett at IU. Basically five guys playing perfectly positioned defense, not fouling and forcing the opponent into low efficiency shots. Leal is really smart that way. -
IUBB vs Ohio State - Saturday, 03.08.25 @ 3:45 on CBS
str8baller replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
Leal in particular earned his redemption this season. -
IUBB vs Ohio State - Saturday, 03.08.25 @ 3:45 on CBS
str8baller replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
There gonna run with Woody restored the program to getting to thw tournament. And honestly, I’m fine with it. Go out on a high note. Archie sucked. Build from here. -
IUBB vs Ohio State - Saturday, 03.08.25 @ 3:45 on CBS
str8baller replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
Waste of 25 years…but yea. Would rather win than lose. Especially on senior night -
IUBB vs Ohio State - Saturday, 03.08.25 @ 3:45 on CBS
str8baller replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
Unbelievable sequence of events there -
IUBB vs Ohio State - Saturday, 03.08.25 @ 3:45 on CBS
str8baller replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
Dumb foul by Leal -
IUBB vs Ohio State - Saturday, 03.08.25 @ 3:45 on CBS
str8baller replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
Gallo!!