Asha’man

I think maybe that the plan? Put him as PG with a team of 4 others that can score on the court with him.

I’m ok with a guy on staff that can be an elite recruiter.

I think IU needs a more dynamic SG than Sencire Harris. Happy he isn’t coming to IU. I’d be happy with Pack at PG, but he needs to have a top end SG to pair with him.

I don’t know anything about the guy. But how could an assistant for Barnes and a top 10 team have zero knowledge of ball?

Why wouldn’t we want Clark?

If you win then it doesn’t matter as the voices of the sport will support it. K, Roy Williams, Self, Calhoun, Izzo, etc.

I could see that. I think they will play both.

Oh I agree. Outside of Bruce Pearl, there wasn’t a team or coach I would be excited to see win it all.

So if we get Bailey and Pack we would have this: PG: Pack, Enright SG: SF: DeVries/Sisley PF: Goode (see no way he doesn’t get another year. When a game is played doesn’t matter in football so it won’t hold up in basketball) C: Bailey Need to focus in on some athletic multi level threats at SG. Then get some depth. Get a couple more freshmen as well.

This aged well. Haha. I went to bed when Houston was down 10 with like 7 minutes left. Hahaha. Should have stayed up.

Except he didn’t burn the program to the ground. IU self imposed penalties on themselves. IU could have chosen to back Sampson and they chose to go the other way over phone calls. Meanwhile Duke boosters are buying players families houses, giving 6 figures in jewelry away etc. Coach K just smiles and is viewed as a saint. College basketball has been dirty since before UCLA won its titles. Roy Williams would give large “graduation gifts” to players at Kansas. Pitino, Calhoun, the list keeps going. To win in college basketball you’ve always had to skirt the rules. Even Knight broke rules but just in a different way, player abuse. When you hire a guy like Sampson then you need to be prepared to play by his rules. It was like a year later the NCAA changed the rule he broke anyway. Heck Florida’s current coach sends dick pics to coeds and then charges get dropped, sounds like a payoff to me. Go Houston.

That was my thought for most of the year. But they are generally very well coached and run good stuff. That’s translating well in the tournament. I’m looking forward to the title game vs Florida. Probably pull for Duke. Scheyer doesn’t come across as being slimy like the Florida coach.

The top 2 teams will be playing each other on Monday. Since early Feb I’ve felt Duke and Florida were 1-2 in any order.

So we aren’t getting Cooper Flagg?

So are you saying that IU is going to look to Money Ball this rebuild?

I haven’t looked at other Big Ten rosters. Who are the elite point guards who will expose Enright?

Are the coaches in San Antonio for the Final Four? If so, I’d expect the staff to be rounded out by the beginning of the week.

Tom Crean is that you?

Some of the top portal guys last year were not ranked in the top 25. It’s all about the talent fitting the system.

Then go root for Michigan. Sounds simple if you want to root for him that much.

Plenty. Probably one of the richest alumni bases on the planet. They just got Bryce Underwood the number 1 football recruit in the country bc the CEO of Cisco (Illinois grad) is married to a Michigan alumn.

Wrong thread?

How long is the dead period? Assume the staff is settled after the final four.

Not every year. But making just the tournament next year is a fair expectation. And making it every year after barring injury at a minimum is fair as well. And for Crean it was 9 years. Yes the first 3 years count. I had 3 birthdays and it was a waste of 3 years of fandom.

You’re right. Let’s bring back Mike Davis and sign him to a life long contract. No more expectations. Let’s meet the team where they are. So we have 3 players and the expectations are 0-33. Woot woot. That will surely set us up for success, lowering expectations and meeting them where they are. Yup. That’s the ticket.