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[OliviaPope40]

3 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Didn’t he go to  3 straight sweet 16s out of his 5 years at ucla so far?  The other 2 years he had 1 bad year and 1 where the season got cancelled.  This year is TBD on where his team ends up after his ucla team is announced for anther tourney selection.  That sweet 16 game they lost to the Zags was a really good game 

2 times of the Sweet 16. Went once when he was Cincinnati. 

Edited February 16, 2025 by OliviaPope40

[RoadRage]

Just for grins and giggles I compared Cronin’s first 5 seasons at UCLA to Alford’s first 5.

Alford 117-57 - 3 Sweet 16s - made tournament 4 out of 5 years

Cronin 115-53 - 2 Sweet 16s -  1 Final 4 - made tournament 3 of 5 years (no tournament Covid)

So, yes, Cronin had the final 4 run but is just marginally better than Alford in his first 5 seasons, and I know none of you want Alford. I just hope Cronin isn’t the choice, but the way he is being pushed right now, you never know?

[Uspshoosier]

Just now, OliviaPope40 said:

2 times of the Sweet 16. 

He went to a final 4 the year before those 2 so he made 3 straight sweet 16s 

[OliviaPope40]

Just now, Uspshoosier said:

He went to a final 4 the year before those 2 so he made 3 straight sweet 16s 

Ah thank you.

[iu eyedoc]

18 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

A whole 2 and he's been at UCLA lol 

Yeah,  kinda meh, but if he was a little more consistent, like say 2 sweet 16's  and a Final Four in 3 of the 4 years he coached there that the tournament was held, well then...checks notes.

[Uspshoosier]

4 minutes ago, RoadRage said:

Cronin 115-53 - 2 Sweet 16s -  1 Final 4 - made tournament 3 of 5 years (no tournament Covid)

3 sweet 16s and 1 Elite 8.  The year he made the final 4 still counts as a sweet 16 appearance for him 

[Gameface01]

Since speaking of what we want consistently from a new coach. I remember watching Knights mid to late 90s teams and we all knowing it was less than accustomed to. Yet they were still between 10-17 in rankings. Boy what had all been taken for granted with where were at today

[iu eyedoc]

15 minutes ago, OliviaPope40 said:

2 times of the Sweet 16. Went once when he was Cincinnati. 

I believe you have to go to the Sweet 16 to get to the Final Four, I could be mistaken. I think it is on  "the road to" something or other, if I recall.

[Hoosier Guy]

57 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I might have the letters mixed up but a former poster

Some troll, I’m sure.  We’ve had an influx of them.

[RaceToTheTop]

10 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Do you think we'll announce a coach before the end of the year

Announce?  Not necessarily.  Will it be widely known?  Maybe.

[Hornsby]

Now wait just a minute… I was attacked for comments like this. I thought obvious storytelling was encouraged. 

You don't belive he was going to sign tomorrow but then it changed to march 2nd. Soon it will change to after the ncaa. Lol it's not even a good story. They call it a tall tale.

 

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[Juwan Moye]

45 minutes ago, MrBBall said:

Among the top 20 coaches with winning percentage, active, Id take May over Calipari, Pitino, Dixon, Matta, and Kelsey. Easily. 
 

May has a top 25 offense last 3 years. Recruited a McDs AA this year, got transfer haul, and has a protected seed with many new pieces. And he’s only 48. What am I missing?

That he’s only coached at this level for one season. I’m a May fan but, if you’re Dolson, you have to recognize there’s still some risk there.

[TadQueasy]

2 hours ago, Scotty R said:

I will do you all a favor a leave this board 

This board is like a cult and the insiders are Jim Jones and and the others are the followers. If you question the leaders then the followers jump anyone who question the cult 

Have fun in fantasy land

Don't let the door hit ya on the way out! 

[MonteMarcaccini]

24 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Here ya go .. 
 

 

Mick is a funny guy, well liked in the coaching community.  I know a guy who worked for him (you can figure it out) and he and his wife loved Mick.

Yes, a bit of a wacko on the sidelines similar to Hurley but he doesn’t give any rope.  The inmates do not run the asylum and his teams play their ***** off.  
Some of the pressers remind me of a guy that used to coach here.  Calling out the B1G BS travel/scheduling, not accepting his players playing soft.  I personally have no issue with it.  I think IU fans would warm up to him pretty quick as other fans complain about him.

Where I pause is that his teams consistently lack offensive efficiency, though his recently talented team at UCLA was near the top.  

It has been proven that you need a highly efficient offense to win a title.  I believe May could deliver that here.  Goes back to the high floor/lower ceiling argument with Cronin.

[Juwan Moye]

39 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

I have no idea, I have no idea, and I am bummer Cronin is even being talked about. 

30 years with 1-2 championship level teams, 1 team made it past the sw16, what are we doing? 

You don’t seem to realize that you’re the delusional one here. You ignore facts being presented to you and counter with your feelings. 
 

Feel away, you just haven’t presented anything that’s actually worthy of discussion.

[lillurk]

2 minutes ago, Juwan Moye said:

That he’s only coached at this level for one season. I’m a May fan but, if you’re Dolson, you have to recognize there’s still some risk there.

Two years ago at FAU he finished Kenpom 17 (UM is currently 22nd), final 4, 35-4; last year they were KP 47, basically a miracle at FAU.

[TheWatShot]

13 minutes ago, Hoosier Guy said:

Some troll, I’m sure.  We’ve had an influx of them.

NGW was a Woodson bootlicker who'd write term paper-length posts complaining about how the fans made Woodson's job harder. He deleted his account last spring. 

[Juwan Moye]

28 minutes ago, maharkn said:

I don't think he can recruit well enough to stay near the top of the Big ten. As of right now he has no signings for next year. Can he not recruit or is he not recruiting because he plans on being somewhere else next year

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Fair question. His portal haul this year was very good, apparently UCLA committed to NIL a bit more this offseason.

[12345Brad]

50 minutes ago, MrBBall said:

Among the top 20 coaches with winning percentage, active, Id take May over Calipari, Pitino, Dixon, Matta, and Kelsey. Easily. 
 

May has a top 25 offense last 3 years. Recruited a McDs AA this year, got transfer haul, and has a protected seed with many new pieces. And he’s only 48. What am I missing?

I think some people don’t think May has a long enough resume and think his tourney run was more of a fluke. 
 

But given his buyout and the fact that Dolson was ready to hire him last offseason, I have to think he is plan B.  
 

people said he was turned off after the game in Bloomington last weekend with the treatment Woodson got, but who knows. People have also mentioned his family being so close and maybe don’t want him at iu bc if it doesn’t go well, it may not end well (no pun intended). 
 

Pearl was also approached last offseason and said last year or never.  Then all the stuff with his son.  So we’ll see.   

[CSP]

5 minutes ago, Juwan Moye said:

You don’t seem to realize that you’re the delusional one here. You ignore facts being presented to you and counter with your feelings. 
 

Feel away, you just haven’t presented anything that’s actually worthy of discussion.

Sure man lol 

 

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