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All over the national writers/talking heads is this notion that Indiana fans are these unreasonable rubes who just don't appreciate Tom Crean. Crean did a fine job and one that we appreciate.  Bu

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Let's all give Fred a "like" for steppin' up way more than we gave him credit for!  Thata boy Freddie!

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3 minutes ago, schoosier said:

Very true and this needs to change especially with the $ involved in college athletics. They have to be creative with other scholarships also.

Its more due to Title IX and giving women an equal # of scholarships. Since football has 85, most mens teams don't have a scholarship for every athlete.

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2 minutes ago, sierracoach said:

If Donovan were to wake up tomorrow morning and decide he wanted to return to college coaching, he SHOULD want to come to IU because it's the best (potentially) open job out there during this cycle. But I don't think he wants to leave the NBA at least until he sees what OKC's front office does in the free agent market this off-season and how Westbrook responds to that. To date, I think Billy's W/L % with the Thunder may actually be lower than Brooks' was.

But whatever slim chance there is that Donovan might be interested likely wouldn't be for another year or so. And it would probably require a very aggressive, pro-active A.D. to convince Billy to make the move. IMO Glass doesn't fit that profile. 

Westbrook is gonna go to the Lakers imo. He's from there, went to college there and he would truly be the man there. The Thunder are about to fall off the NBA map. Ergo, Donovan returns to college

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4 minutes ago, pumpfake said:

Interesting.

I recall him getting a lot of chatter among IU fans as a top up and coming coach before Crean.  It's the reason that selecting an unproven guy scares me - IMO, it's the riskiest strategy.

He has a perfect storm to fight. He needs top level recruits to compete in the ACC which he hasn't gotten. He plays in easily the best league. And he has lost some close ones. I tell my many Clemson fans to be more patient with him. He should also parlay the football success to help his program more. He'll I would let Dabo help me recruit.

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9 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

Its more due to Title IX and giving women an equal # of scholarships. Since football has 85, most mens teams don't have a scholarship for every athlete.

Very true so the likes of Volleyball and women s tennis get full rides. Baseball should get full rides 

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8 minutes ago, Hoosier Guy said:

Westbrook is gonna go to the Lakers imo. He's from there, went to college there and he would truly be the man there. The Thunder are about to fall off the NBA map. Ergo, Donovan returns to college

Supposedly Westbrook and the Unibrow (A. Davis) are ALREADY talking about joining up in L.A. to help the Lakers beat Golden State and LeBron.http://www.nba.com/article/2016/11/04/new-orleans-pelicans-struggling-anthony-davis-frustration and the NBA has occasionally been "accommodating" in allowing the Lakers to make some pretty one-sided moves and trades to re-stock their roster.

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As a Laker fan, I would love Westbrook to come to LA. That being said, I don't see it happening especially after signing that new extension this past summer. In fact I don't think Russ will ever leave OKC just too prove a point he's not a quitter. Just my two cents though.

Oladipo hasn't panned out so well for OKC and their roster is quite unimpressive. Unless they make a big splash this summer, it could be some time before they contend for a title.


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7 minutes ago, Treesh said:

As a Laker fan, I would love Westbrook to come to LA. That being said, I don't see it happening especially after signing that new extension this past summer. In fact I don't think Russ will ever leave OKC just too prove a point he's not a quitter. Just my two cents though.

Oladipo hasn't panned out so well for OKC and their roster is quite unimpressive. Unless they make a big splash this summer, it could be some time before they contend for a title.


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you do realize that new extension still allows Westbrook to opt out in 2018, right? which I fully expect him to do if Presti can't bring more talent in sooner rather than later: http://thunderousintentions.com/2016/12/29/okc-thunder-next-move/ 

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17 minutes ago, sierracoach said:

Supposedly Westbrook and the Unibrow (A. Davis) are ALREADY talking about joining up in L.A. to help the Lakers beat Golden State and LeBron.http://www.nba.com/article/2016/11/04/new-orleans-pelicans-struggling-anthony-davis-frustration and the NBA has occasionally been "accommodating" in allowing the Lakers to make some pretty one-sided moves and trades to re-stock their roster.

Yeah I've seen that as well. Count me on the bandwagon that doesn't believe Westbrook and Davis would be a good combo

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Just now, Hoosier Guy said:

Yeah I've seen that as well. Count me on the bandwagon that doesn't believe Westbrook and Davis would be a good combo

from a pure basketball standpoint they might not--but the NBA is nothing if not a "players' league" and if they seriously think they want to play together, I suspect their agents and the Lakers (or Clippers, with Ballmer's $$$) could work something out, even well before Davis' contract w/ the Pelicans runs out.

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5 minutes ago, sierracoach said:

from a pure basketball standpoint they might not--but the NBA is nothing if not a "players' league" and if they seriously think they want to play together, I suspect their agents and the Lakers (or Clippers, with Ballmer's $$$) could work something out, even well before Davis' contract w/ the Pelicans runs out.

Anthony Davis is for sure gonna leave New Orleans. And I also believe that Russell Westbrook leaves Oklahoma City. Those two organizations are going nowhere

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Fully aware. But with KD leaving OKC. I don't see Russ doing the same thing.


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I think Presti will need to "do something" to keep Westbrook there, like signing Griffin. And I'm not sure even that would be enough. More importantly, would it keep Billy there?

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I think Presti will need to "do something" to keep Westbrook there, like signing Griffin. And I'm not sure even that would be enough. More importantly, would it keep Billy there?



It will be interesting to see how it turns out. I don't anticipate Billy leaving after only one year. Wish Billy was still at Florida..


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