IU Basketball News and Notes

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Media Day

[AZ Hoosier]

Just saw this... another money grab

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/46538234/ncaa-panel-proposes-rule-change-allow-sponsor-logos-college-uniforms

[Demo]

12 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Just saw this... another money grab

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/46538234/ncaa-panel-proposes-rule-change-allow-sponsor-logos-college-uniforms

2 patches, huh? By ‘28 or so uniforms are gonna look like NASCAR. 

[Pagoda]

Will make the jerseys more ugly, but I guess I’ll take the sponsor $ vs shaking down the fans with higher ticket prices and donation asks (though those probably won’t really stop honestly).

[CSP]

21 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Just saw this... another money grab

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/46538234/ncaa-panel-proposes-rule-change-allow-sponsor-logos-college-uniforms

Gross 

[OGIUAndy]

2 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Will make the jerseys more ugly, but I guess I’ll take the sponsor $ vs shaking down the fans with higher ticket prices and donation asks (though those probably won’t really stop honestly).

Fans never see the benefit of the owners/teams/schools making more money besides upgrades in facilities. Prices will still go up until fans don't show up. There is never a trickle down effect. 

[Brass Cannon]

31 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Just saw this... another money grab

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/46538234/ncaa-panel-proposes-rule-change-allow-sponsor-logos-college-uniforms

Should Trojan condoms work with USC for the recognition. Or for Purdue because forms of birth control should stick together 

[Demo]

https://x.com/IndianaMBB/status/1976292665298670024
 

Whoever dressed Tucker needs to never do it again. That shirt/tie/handkerchief combo is rough. 

[Pagoda]

Lamar is a cool dude.  Elite hair.

[Demo]

10 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Lamar is a cool dude.  Elite hair.

Kid has done everything right since he got to Bloomington. They all have, but he really has.

[Pagoda]

29 minutes ago, OGIUAndy said:

Fans never see the benefit of the owners/teams/schools making more money besides upgrades in facilities. Prices will still go up until fans don't show up. There is never a trickle down effect. 

I don’t know about that.  IU’s athletic dept doesn’t “make money,” they spend it all, and then some.

Sometimes they spend wisely, like Cig and staff, who are very expensive, and the fans benefit.  But, sometimes they don’t spend wisely as we know…

[AZ Hoosier]

59 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Will make the jerseys more ugly, but I guess I’ll take the sponsor $ vs shaking down the fans with higher ticket prices and donation asks (though those probably won’t really stop honestly).

Either/or or yes/and?

I see this as an additional source of revenue, and firmly believe that it will not cause ticket prices to drop or even stabilize. Mo' Money, Mo' Money.

[Pagoda]

14 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Either/or or yes/and?

I see this as an additional source of revenue, and firmly believe that it will not cause ticket prices to drop or even stabilize. Mo' Money, Mo' Money.

Not going to drop, but at best maybe increase a little more slowly.

Regardless, I want IU getting as much sponsor money as possible.  We need it to spend on all sorts of stuff across the athletic dept.

[OGIUAndy]

1 hour ago, Pagoda said:

I don’t know about that.  IU’s athletic dept doesn’t “make money,” they spend it all, and then some.

Sometimes they spend wisely, like Cig and staff, who are very expensive, and the fans benefit.  But, sometimes they don’t spend wisely as we know…

I understand that. My point is the extra money is never used to lower costs for the fans to attend, if anything, it's the opposite.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

https://x.com/IndianaMBB/status/1976292665298670024
 

Whoever dressed Tucker needs to never do it again. That shirt/tie/handkerchief combo is rough. 

Little better when you can see more detail in the shirt and tie.

[OGIUAndy]

3 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Little better when you can see more detail in the shirt and tie.

I like it. 

[Stuhoo]

Coach Devries: "I think we have a chance, defensively, to be really, really good."

For me? Coach is not usually a guy that blows smoke, so that is really, really encouraging to hear.

[str8baller]

6 hours ago, Pagoda said:

Will make the jerseys more ugly, but I guess I’ll take the sponsor $ vs shaking down the fans with higher ticket prices and donation asks (though those probably won’t really stop honestly).

 

6 hours ago, OGIUAndy said:

Fans never see the benefit of the owners/teams/schools making more money besides upgrades in facilities. Prices will still go up until fans don't show up. There is never a trickle down effect. 

They should make the game better by having less stoppages for timeouts and replays. But they won’t. The NBA didn’t. Straight money grab. 

[Scotty R]

 Indiana basketball injury updates, Nick Dorn, Jason Drake, Aleksa Ristic https://share.google/8CE9M500qec6EiZCh

No to encouraging about the injuries 

[Hoosierfanyuh]

6 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

 Indiana basketball injury updates, Nick Dorn, Jason Drake, Aleksa Ristic https://share.google/8CE9M500qec6EiZCh

No to encouraging about the injuries 

Dorn is the only one expected to play extended minutes and he’s close to be 100%. Drake is a depth piece. Aleska is not expected to see major minutes this season.