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Juwan Howard coached for the best coach in the sport for 5 years before going to UM. That’s why I like Fife among the IU guys.

What I can say that I don’t want is a coach chosen to overperformance of a mid-major in this tournament. I think the smaller schools are benefiting from two huge factors: Small number of fans levels the playing field a lot. Big schools get an almost home court advantage in early round games is usual years Bad NBA draft class. We know this because UK and Duke sucked. When the draft class is bad, veteran well-coached teams can overcome the talent advantage.

Why would Oats leave Alabama. He seems to have no problems recruiting talent to play there and he gets to build his own thing. At IU, he would have to rebuild a program and coach in the shadow of a HOF coach who still lives in town.

I would have to think that the leaks are coming from the other side of each contact. Holtmann has everything to gain from this becoming public. He enhances his own reputation and hurts a conference rival.