IU Basketball News and Notes

[TheWatShot]

2 hours ago, Dave from Dayton said:

Dan Dakich will say anything to get attention.  That is his job.  And when he comments on losses...he certainly knows a lot about getting those when he coached.  Ignore him and he will go poof.

Dan Dakich sold his soul to Twitter/X and podcasting. You have to be perpetually angry to survive in that industry. 

[Demo]

 

Never seen that hoodie Wilkerson is wearing. Need to own that one.

[LIHoosier]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

 

Never seen that hoodie Wilkerson is wearing. Need to own that one.

Found it but its out of stock :(

https://shop.iuhoosiers.com/product/iuiums0107-indiana-hoosiers-adidas-school-heritage-black-hoodie

[OliviaPope40]

https://x.com/IndianaMBB/status/1964154320477172106

[Demo]

 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

15 minutes ago, Demo said:

 

Man, I so hope this team overperforms its expectations.  

[southsidehoosier]

 

[jermhoosierfan]

56 minutes ago, southsidehoosier said:

 

Oooh, I have been waiting for this.  Thanks

[WayneFleekHoosier]

3 hours ago, southsidehoosier said:

 

This was great work by Field of 68.  Worth your time.  Not a ton new to us diehards that follow everything but seeing the personalities of Conerway, Bailey, Wilkerson, Connor, and Tucker was worth it by itself.  
 

Also of note, Wilkerson putting up 850/1000 on the counter from 3 and being like 97% from FT is the news I need after the Leal/Galloway shooting experience from SG.  
 

Now only if we had Wilkerson on last years team and only played 2 of Ballo, Reneau, Mgbako at a time with a coach like DeVries we might have had something special. 

[Demo]

3 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Also of note, Wilkerson putting up 850/1000 on the counter from 3 and being like 97% from FT is the news I need after the Leal/Galloway shooting experience from SG.  
 

Now only if we had Wilkerson on last years team and only played 2 of Ballo, Reneau, Mgbako at a time with a coach like DeVries we might have had something special. 

Couldn’t tell exactly but it looked like Wilkerson made 5 wing 3’s in a row as they were asking DDV the 1st question. Does this old heart good. 

[Demo]

7 hours ago, southsidehoosier said:

 

Loving listening to this. How many times has USPS said through the years, “Just hire a professional college basketball coach and the guy WILL succeed here.” Whenever you listen to DDV he’s just a straight up, no frills guy with a vision. Kind of feels like a Rick Barnes sort of you-ain’t-ever-losing-‘cause-of-coaching situation and with the available resources here that has a chance to be consistently really good. Very happy. 

[sirhoosierlot]

 

[str8baller]

On 9/11/2025 at 2:52 PM, southsidehoosier said:

 

I don’t know if it will matter much to his level of success at IU, but I think I like his personality the most out of any of the coaches we’ve had this decade. 

[Hovadipo]

2 hours ago, str8baller said:

I don’t know if it will matter much to his level of success at IU, but I think I like his personality the most out of any of the coaches we’ve had this decade. 

He just seems like a normal dude. Crean was a scatterbrained lunatic, Archie was a serial killer, Woody cans his own farts. DDV seems like a solid hang and about as regular as a bball coach can be. 

[Brass Cannon]

17 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

He just seems like a normal dude. Crean was a scatterbrained lunatic, Archie was a serial killer, Woody cans his own farts. DDV seems like a solid hang and about as regular as a bball coach can be. 

Archie couldn’t sustain success long enough to become a serial killer 

[Pagoda]

There will be an intrasquad scrimmage at AH to supplement the Kirkwood event.   7 p.m. ET on Friday, Oct. 3.

I'm glad this gives folks a chance to get into AH.

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2025/9/15/mens-basketball-mens-basketball-to-host-cream-crimson-scrimmage-presented-by-smithville

[HoosierHoopster]

34 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

There will be an intrasquad scrimmage at AH to supplement the Kirkwood event.   7 p.m. ET on Friday, Oct. 3.

I'm glad this gives folks a chance to get into AH.

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2025/9/15/mens-basketball-mens-basketball-to-host-cream-crimson-scrimmage-presented-by-smithville

Thanks for posting. This covers all bases for me. The scrimmage is on Friday night in the Hall and its open to the public. That's kind of like the old midnight madness event when it was just a scrimmage. Now they've moved to a new college event on campus, but the scrimmage in the Hall is part of it.

Nice -- all good

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Love what he’s trying to do.  Should be a cool event for students Thursday.  Friday for old heads and kids.  And I love all of it

[Hovadipo]

1 hour ago, Pagoda said:

There will be an intrasquad scrimmage at AH to supplement the Kirkwood event.   7 p.m. ET on Friday, Oct. 3.

I'm glad this gives folks a chance to get into AH.

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2025/9/15/mens-basketball-mens-basketball-to-host-cream-crimson-scrimmage-presented-by-smithville

Not sure why this wasn’t announced with the Kirkwood event. Sounds like everyone wins. Good deal. 

[Stuhoo]

3 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Not sure why this wasn’t announced with the Kirkwood event. Sounds like everyone wins. Good deal. 

Possible that this is an after the announcement response to feedback?