Shooter

Agree with your overall point. I don't know a ton about McCollum's personality, positive or negative. But that's a huge factor in making the right hire. We can sit here and look at resumes, but there was nothing obvious in the resume to tell you that Archie Miller would fail and Pat Kelsey would succeed. Have to trust Dolson et all to do the interviews, vetting and make the right choice.

Archie Miller had very little charisma, never won a thing here and still was able to sign stud recruits like Romeo and TJD. And that was before NIL. I'm not that worried about recruiting.

Agree with last part... MSU was subbing out seniors one by one, each guy slowly walks around and hugs his teammates, walks to center court to kiss logo, walks to bench and hugs coaches etc. Repeat for each senior. Whole thing took multiple minutes. It's poor sportsmanship to do that during the game and expect the opponent to just stand there and watch. They are just as much to blame as Michigan is.

With (at least) three games left to play, how are people feeling about our chances? Win 3 or more games - definitely in, and not in the First Four. Win 2 more games in any combination - we are in. Probably safe from the First Four in Dayton, unless both of those wins are in the BTT. Win 1 game - if that win is at Oregon or vs Ohio State, probably in. First Four is a possibility. If the only win is in BTT (would be quad 2 in this scenario), we're right on the edge of the bubble. Zero more wins - probably out.

I hope he does make a deep tourney run, I'll be cheering like hell. But going on a Cinderella run as a 10 seed wouldn't change how I feel about him moving forward.

Wasting your time with that poster I think. Reality is Woodson came in talking about Big Ten and National championships, and now his camp wants to pretend that bubble teams are good enough

Brad Brownell inherited a Clemson program coming off of three consecutive NCAA tourney appearances. He proceeded to make a grand total of three tourney appearances in his first THIRTEEN seasons there. I am happy for his success the last two years. But I would rather take a chance on an up and comer than hire known mediocrity.

Leal is truly tremendous on defense. Both individually and in the way he communicates with his teammates. I still think he needs to look at the basket occasionally on offense. But I'm not going to complain with these results.

It will be forever baffling to me that he saw the results of the Ware-Reneau-Mgbako frontcourt last season, and decided "let's do that again, except with a more traditional center that doesn't offer any of Ware's outside game". It's water under the bridge now though. I have liked his changes recently and I hope he goes out with a bang.

That's one of the more impressive performances we've had in years. Washington is not good, but it was still an important road game and we dominated start to finish.

I don't think our pitch to Dusty May is primarily about money. It's about returning home. He will have lots of money and resources at either school. If he still dreams about coaching his alma mater, only IU can offer that. If he doesn't, then why leave a place where he's already having success?

Thank you. I find the insider reports here entertaining, even though I take them with a grain of salt. But "Dolson met with AAU coaches and told them he was hiring Stevens" might be the most outlandish report I've ever heard, and that's saying something.

No. His conduct on that night makes him unfit to be the coach of IU. The fiancee ultimately deciding not to cooperate with the investigation doesn't change that. My point is, he's not some down on his luck guy who just needs a second chance. In fact, he suffered very little consequences given the gravity of his charges, and he was already given that second chance almost immediately.

Chris Beard was hired to coach Ole Miss for $3.25M / year, less than 3 months after being fired for cause from Texas due to his arrest for felony domestic violence. He's doing just fine without us on the "getting second chances" front.

I hope we always have at least one marquee opponent on the home non-con slate. As a season ticket holder, this year was super disappointing. I'd also rather watch us in a feast week style tourney on TV, than have a bunch of home games vs Northeastern Wyoming State lumped into my season ticket package.

Plenty of guys on IU's roster could be winning players in a different environment. Myles Rice already showed it last season. For example, Mackenzie Mgbako is not my favorite player on this roster. I find him incredibly frustrating. But it's easy to imagine him contributing to a winner under a different coach who makes him guard 4s, and doesn't tolerate poor effort or jacking contested 17 footers.

That's a pretty cool stat. Two of the three are from Indiana. One of them is an IU grad, and the other is the son of a former IU football player. Who is the third?

Rice stunk tonight, but has had his moments this season. I wouldn't lump him in with Carlyle.

Who is blaming the refs or whining? It's a tough call, one of many in a close game. Sucks but that's how it goes.

Rice elevated and was shooting above Harris. Harris went fairly straight up, yes, but directly into the arms of a guy taking a jump shot. It's a foul. It was just kind of an awkward one, and the road team is not going to get the benefit of the doubt in that situation.

That was probably the most fun half of the season. Love it, please keep it up fellas.

We might have fired him after the two straight missed tourneys. Maybe not though - he was still really young, he was an alum, and he had multiple very successful seasons before that downturn. We absolutely would not have fired him at any point in years 9-12, when he went 12-6 / 12-6 / 14-4 / 15-3 in the Big Ten, even though he was underperforming in the tourney.

Yep. After I typed that about Painter, I realized it is equally true for Curt Cignetti.

What is your point? Mike Woodson needs support and a few more years to change his approach? Maybe he'll have it figured out by the time he's 70.

I am a season ticket holder, and I think about this almost every time I drive down for a game. So glad I spent a few thousand bucks and who knows how many hours to support this team. It would feel so different if we had made a move in the offseason.