steubenhoosier

Yes, the announcers last night made reference that neither team was very good defensively. ISU was 108th in defensive metrics this year. As much fun as their offensive style is, Schertz is going to have to learn to coach better defense if he wants to move up the coaching ladder.

Would have been interesting to see Avila play v Burns from NC State

They are interviewing Bobby Plump though. That’s pretty awesome

Interesting conversation on ESPNU radio this morning. Rick Neuheisel was suggesting that Cal is on his way out, and that the logical replacement would be Dan Hurley. That the power, as we well know, will be centered on the SEC and B1G, and that Hurley needs to get to one of those conferences. He also stated that the AD at UConn is a finalist for the Arizona St. open AD position, that the guy was born and raised in Tempe, and that he is trying his best to get to a school with a real football program. Neuheisel went on to state that if the AD left UConn, any allegiances Hurley would have there would be gone as well. The Cal is gone thought was just Neuheisel's opinion, but if the thought that Hurley could be had next year is accurate, and if in fact this is Woodson's last hurrah, do y'all have any faith that IU would make a push to hire Hurley?

Would you rather take a guy just to soothe the fan angst, or would you rather properly vet guys and get a quality player? I don’t know whether Woodson is going to be successful with his portal strategy but I sure as heck want to make sure he does his due diligence and gets guys who can make a difference. His track record has not been good, I understand that. Time to put up.

The guy played for a train wreck of a team under board favorite Kenny Payne. Is this an indictment or a blessing in disguise?

The guy that covers IU for the FW Jounal-Gazette mentioned that we recently hosted a 6’8” wing from France, Diamant Brazil. The article said that he is a “ high level athlete and late riser in the class.” Anyone know anything about him or the visit?

Milos Uzan 6'4" 4-star Pg from Oklahoma in the portal. Good length and good shooter.

Omaha Biliew 5 star PF and 13th ranked recruit in 2023 has entered the portal. Don't know what's going on with Iowa State, but they have 4 guys that have entered the portal since being eliminated. These guys getting recruited over, or is there an issue with the coach?

Didn't someone post a few pages back that only about 30 guys have committed who entered the portal? Maybe it was in the transfer portal thread. Not yet time to be concerned. After the games this weekend, there may be more guys entering. Iowa State for one just had some guys enter.

Agree. And his shooting percentage was a function of his having to handle the ball so much as well as having to guard the opposing team’s best player. Take some of that load off his shoulders and I bet his shooting numbers get closer to what 2 years ago was

Fair enough

You mean v Chuck Barkley?

The goalposts never moved to thugs and drug dealers. They were always there. Sampson recruited guys with sketchy backgrounds and did nothing to monitor, police, or otherwise correct the problems. These didn't just crop up once he was let go.

And that was my point completely. We had pot dealers, pot smokers, and pot throwers… so pretty much covered the spectrum there. We had guys who had no interest going to class. For people who defend Sampson and use the excuse that everyone else was doing it, or his discretions aren’t illegal anymore… He was the head of the Rules Committee while at Oklahoma. He got busted for breaking the rules there. He knew the rules. There were no ambiguities, or at least shouldn’t have been. Yep, pot is much more accepted now. Yep, the phone rules were changed. However that’s in hindsight. He didn’t function properly under the rules as they were at the time.

So, those guys represented the candy stripes well in your opinion?

Whenever I watch a Sampson team play I am reminded of the thugs that Eric Gordon and DJ White were surrounded by

They didn’t even go to Steratore for comment on the Edey mauling of Nembhard. I think the powers that be really want Painter to get to the FF.

Go Zags!

Nothing to be ashamed of. Played their hearts out. I will be surprised if S Carolina has another game as close as this one

Is the guy from Evansville anything like the Alabama big that transferred from S Dakota State? If close, he would be a great addition

got it

Per 24/7 Storr has committed to Illinois already. Pharrell Payne from Minnesota is in the portal.

Realize that this is a woman’s topic but posted here for better visibility… Big 3 offering Caitlin Clark $5 million. I don’t follow the WNBA but wonder how that compares to the highest contracts in the league