Mike Woodson to be next IUBB coach. Thad Matta to be associate AD

[HoosierTrav]

20 hours ago, ap2345 said:

Might already be happening if the rumors about IU getting interest from Chris Livingston are true.

Zion Cruz as well. 

 

[HoosierTrav]

20 hours ago, DChoosier said:

I know some of you are tired of IU driving 60 in a 60 MPH zone but I think WWW is like driving 90 in a 15 MPH school zone.  When he was involved with Cal nearly every comment involved either dirty or shady and he allegedly (stress the word allegedly) helped Anthony Davis get  200k to go to UK. Not sure I want to see him sitting court side at the Hall. 

Has he ever been caught or directly tied to proven infractions? Or just allegations and rumors? I prefer the "innocent until proven guilty" approach.  

[Dalton26]

1 hour ago, HoosierTrav said:

Zion Cruz as well. 

 

 

21 hours ago, ap2345 said:

Might already be happening if the rumors about IU getting interest from Chris Livingston are true.

Where are these rumors at? That’d be huge

[HoosierTrav]

22 minutes ago, Dalton26 said:

 

Where are these rumors at? That’d be huge

The Zion Cruz rumors are just rumors from the Cuse fans. They’re worried. 

[Chris007]

18 minutes ago, HoosierTrav said:

The Zion Cruz rumors are just rumors from the Cuse fans. They’re worried. 

Don’t know about any of these rumors but I did see where Peegs shot down the Chris Livingston rumors.

[Hovadipo]

On 3/28/2021 at 4:50 PM, Hovadipo said:

All it takes is rounding out his staff with some studs and one or two big time transfers and Woodson will have 95% of the fanbase eating out of the palm of his hand by Hoosier Hysteria. 
 

I’d bet he gets some fans to hop on board with just his introductory press conference too. 

Boy, was I wrong. 
 

He got us eating out of his hand before Easter!

[akumanina]

23 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Don’t know about any of these rumors but I did see where Peegs shot down the Chris Livingston rumors.

Livingston could be an interesting recruit. This kid is from Akron, OH where Lebron James walks on water. I can connect the dots of LBJ-Uncle Wes-CMW. Of course, it's nothing but a wild guess. 

[Southside]

With TJD coming back along with Stewart and the 2 recruits, all the poo poo about his inability to recruit should start to subside.

Great first week for Woodson.

[MikeRoberts]

2 minutes ago, Southside said:

With TJD coming back along with Stewart and the 2 recruits, all the poo poo about his inability to recruit should start to subside.

Great first week for Woodson.

I’m with you so far but it is a little different recruiting uncommitted, high school prospects vs already committed, already on-campus existing players

 

still a great sign and great start

[lillurk]

7 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

I’m with you so far but it is a little different recruiting uncommitted, high school prospects vs already committed, already on-campus existing players

 

still a great sign and great start

I’m also encouraged about the snowball effect this could have. I don’t want to overstate things but IU could be quite good next year in a way that seems unlikely very recently.

That sort of success gets recruits interested, and begets more success.

It got a lot easier to imagine what a successful Woodson regime looks like, and it also seems we’ll see it much sooner than we might’ve.

[Southside]

12 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

I’m with you so far but it is a little different recruiting uncommitted, high school prospects vs already committed, already on-campus existing player

still a great sign and great start

Purely my opinion, but getting TJD back was probably as tough, and certainly as big, as an uncommitted player. And really, any guy in the portal is uncommitted. 

Sounds like TJD wasn't a big fan of CAM to begin with, so perhaps Woodson's sales pitch was easier than thought. It'll be interesting to see if other players outwardly give off the same vibe on CAM.

[Chris007]

1 hour ago, lillurk said:

I’m also encouraged about the snowball effect this could have. I don’t want to overstate things but IU could be quite good next year in a way that seems unlikely very recently.

That sort of success gets recruits interested, and begets more success.

It got a lot easier to imagine what a successful Woodson regime looks like, and it also seems we’ll see it much sooner than we might’ve.

Players in the portal are looking at IU more closely with TJD coming back.  We suddenly became a little more attractive. Especially with a former NBA coach who is going to get up and down the floor.

[coonhounds]

When Woodson was first mentioned as a candidate i thought the idea of a coach with no college experience was preposterous. Now with thad on board I think that fixes that. I was a iu guy fan but didn't know why I exactly wanted one. Coach Woodson has taken getting a iu guy and put a exclamation point on it I am not sure others could have. Dude is a proud hoosier and I am all in. I am the most excited I have been for basketball since I don't know when and our roster isn't even finalized!

 

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[DWB]

1 hour ago, MikeRoberts said:

I’m with you so far but it is a little different recruiting uncommitted, high school prospects vs already committed, already on-campus existing players

Could be, but it should be much easier to recruit transfers who have already had a taste of CBB. Especially those that have NBA aspirations.

[DWB]

1 hour ago, Southside said:

Purely my opinion, but getting TJD back was probably as tough, and certainly as big, as an uncommitted player. And really, any guy in the portal is uncommitted. 

Sounds like TJD wasn't a big fan of CAM to begin with, so perhaps Woodson's sales pitch truth was easier than thought. It'll be interesting to see if other players outwardly give off the same vibe on CAM.

Fixed it for you...(no offense)

[reconmkd]

Well like most at first I was really hesitant about this hire, however, this week has really turned my feelings around! The comments from TJD really helped that, especially the comments about not saying what he did well but what he didn’t! I’m not saying we are going to blow the doors off of everyone next year, but I have a feeling that the other B1G schools that have circled our games on the calendar in the past few years are in for a big surprise! Uptempo offense, defensive minded, and well coached sounds like a real good theme for the future! A combination that has been missing for many, many years!

[go iu bb]

23 minutes ago, Hooserfan1901 said:

 

I love that they're not only making these changes to lead the way in terms of NIL but also that they're marketing it. I know I'm probably in the minority on this but I also hope they put the players names on the uniforms.

I hope Woodson and his staff really embrace the NIL and use it in recruiting.

When NIL gets implemented I'll make a twitter account just to give IU's athletes another follower. I hope other IU fans currently not on twitter do the same.

[8bucks]

I like the momentum but right now we need to land several of these planes before we can get too excited. TJD was huge and now it would be good to hit on some of the big fish in the portal like AF. 
 

Just being a finalist is no different than where we have been in prior years. 

[Southside]

25 minutes ago, DWB said:

Fixed it for you...(no offense)

LOL. At this point, it's all sales pitch until we actually see the product. I'm optimistic though.