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So… does anyone know who we are interested in right now? We have PT available.

Yes. Dusty at UM continues to be very (maybe extremely) annoying.

Yea. Going into Year 3 Woody got a raise a few batted an eye at that. Everyone was excited for the season and thought we had a great shot at McNeely, Boogie, and Queen. The Fire Mike Woodson thread didn't appear here until February 2024.

Not for me. And you're missing the bigger point. Woody had very high approval into Year 3. Sorry that ruins your narrative.

I don't count the play in. And to get into the details, he wasn't competitive in the tournament. Lost to St. Mary's by 29 and Miami by 16. Yet very high approval into Year 3. It took a total implosion in Year 3 (no recruits, ranked around #100) for the fans to go sour on Woody. And the fans were right, he was a terrible coach.

Woody won one tourney game in two years and going into Year 3 his approval was very high.

The constant is hiring bad coaches (Crean was the exception, he was okay/mediocre). Our fanbase is our biggest asset as a program. Almost all of the money for the program comes from the fans, and we need money to compete in CBB. There was a 2,000 page thread on firing Woody because he was one of the worst coaches in college basketball.

Yea. I actually think WVU and the state have some endearing qualities and people rag on them too much. But, Bloomington has a lot more going for it. Especially if you're a basketball player.

Just to lighten the mood, re: Woody, this hit my Youtube recommendations. Teague: "My Worst Coach was Woody..."

Maybe he is just finishing his job out strong like a professional. Just a guess. But, and I get everyone thinks he is coming, watching this process it doesn’t really feel like he is coming to IU.

Yea. Though I can rationalize he was a one year guy and I get why he went to Creighton. I would like to sign some players soon (whoever coach likes). We've got a lot of roster openings, more than most teams, Coach you gotta spend that $11M WAR CHEST. Also, I am getting a little annoyed more of our staff is not announced yet. For eff's sake IU get moving, tell the lawyers to get whatever needs done, done asap.

Nbd if IU lets him keep his access, I bet the "King of Indiana" will rarely be back in town. He's only interested in IU/Bloomington if he's getting $3-4M/yr as the head coach or making real estate investments with his pals.

These would be some great recruiting wins on the staff side. Fingers crossed they get announced this week.

It’s tough with the guys like Dix who have one year to get paid big before what are likely less lucrative pro careers. Get the big payday while you can makes sense. I could see Illinois meeting his ask, they like to spend big in the portal.

With Tucker becoming official, we are now #7 in the 24/7 transfer rankings!

With Enright as our first official portal commit, we are now #24 in the 24/7 transfer rankings. :-)

Stuhoo quoted $3.5M for bball in a post a few days ago. Not sure of his source but he seems to know his stuff. I’d guess maybe $1.5-2M for the non-rev sports and the rest to football?

Pretty reasonable. I always go back to we have top-10 payroll and athletic dept expense budget for basketball... you've got to be making the tourney with that. This is a big reason I got so frustrated with Woody's results. Cig does seem pretty happy with his NIL/rev share and we landed some good players. I know last season's NIL, but for this season I don't know the NIL/rev share to football -- if anyone knows please post it or DM me. That said, giving football even more makes sense given how well Cig uses it and the ROI to the athletic dept. I am anxious and nervous with bball, I can't help it given our history, and any bad news triggers my PTSD. BUT, it's early. Of course I wanted Conwell, but the hopes and dreams of IUBB do not lie on Ryan Conwell. We have to see the roster take form over the next three weeks. Hopefully it's reasonably good and not a red flag out of the gate.

Fwiw Rabby on the Hysterics pod thought they would decide this week.

I wasn't talking about politics, that's the last thing I want to discuss on a message board.

Hmm... I'm not sure I'd call them "good savers" when they ran up the national debt by $30T+. Just my opinion. Agree to disagree though, IUBB should be uniting all the different generations on this board! Let's get this Murphy guy and make some waves in the CBB world.

Key recruit visits going on + April Fools... it's going to be a deluge of chatter, rumors, and joke rumors/claims today...

This moment has to be so tricky. We are explaining to targets what their roles and fit within the team would be, but right now we only have two players (Tucker D. and Sisley). CDD has convince targets what our likely roster will look like and work from that -- not easy. I suspect CDD knows several very likely commits and who our top 5-6 guys will probably be. But still... not an easy spot to be in. Hopefully we can get some commits here, establish the core of the team, and then get some more dominoes to fall. Nerve-racking.

IU still has not removed the old coaching staff from the website. Maybe it’s a summer project for IU’s athletic dept website folks to get our coaching staff up to date.

Yea. For almost all of these guys, this is the last chance they will get to play a serious team sport, and now they can do it for a living with NIL and rev share. Even if they don't play much, it can be an amazing experience. They should go for it. They have the rest of their lives to be in the normal workforce.