IU Basketball News and Notes

[Alford Bailey]

On 3/17/2026 at 12:54 PM, Golfman25 said:

If that is the case, then it was shear stupidity and they should take his AD award away.  If that was the plan, they should have gone young to develop and build some continuity.  I.e.; Sisley sitting on the bench did nobody and good.   

Too late to get HS players at that point. We were lucky to keep Sisley and even that appears to be a waste of time.

[Crazy about IU]

I was wondering what everyone thinks about the impact winning the national championship in football has on the basketball program. 
It has to help doesn’t it.

[TheWatShot]

5 minutes ago, Crazy about IU said:

I was wondering what everyone thinks about the impact winning the national championship in football has on the basketball program. 
It has to help doesn’t it.

A rising tide is supposed to lift all boats. 

 

Unfortunately our basketball program is an anchor. 

[IUHoosier5]

51 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

A rising tide is supposed to lift all boats. 

 

Unfortunately our basketball program is an anchor. 

I laughed out loud. Damn you! 

[yogisballin]

On 3/17/2026 at 1:21 PM, str8baller said:

Almost all of our high dollar guys were.
 

We got some filler on the back end, but it’s kind of up in the air if those guys can even meaningfully contribute. Maybe we’ll get one starter out of it. We have so much filler nobody even really knows who might or should come back. If we go into next year with 2 of Sisley/Dorn/Miles/Harris starting, I’d bet we’ll be in trouble.  
 

Maybe Dolson meant something else but that’s how interpreted it. 

Yeah, that’d be a safe bet

[Pagoda]

9 hours ago, Crazy about IU said:

I was wondering what everyone thinks about the impact winning the national championship in football has on the basketball program. 
It has to help doesn’t it.

I think it's a net benefit.  But a small one.

+ The athletic dept has leveled up financially.  Football is the only sport that can turn a serious profit, and some of that can be used for IUBB.  Also, NIL donations have exploded, and while most are for football, some are general donations where some small amount can be chipped off for IUBB.

+ Indiana's exposure is WAY WAY up.  We're actually one of the biggest topics in college sports.  While it's not for bball, it helps players hear about Indiana a lot.  There is more awareness about IU, which can't hurt.  Marketing 101.

+ Hard to quantify this one, but IUFB has set a standard.  It's hard to make excuses.  The model of how to do things is across the parking lot.  But, since IUFB has got good, IUBB has not gotten any better.  So this might be nothing in reality.

- The negative for IUBB would be attention.  IUBB butt in seat attendance has been declining for a while due to program performance, but IUFB has probably satisfied some fans demand for IU athletics.  On average we've got something like another 10-12K fans going to home football games now, and for some that's a replacement of going to IUBB.  Eyeballing it, it seems this season AH attendance was down about ~2K people on average (butt in seats, not tickets sold, ticket sold probably only down slightly).

At the end of the day, healthy football means more financial resources and exposure that can only help IUBB.  But I think it only helps a little bit.  At any school, FB and MBB are pretty separate operations with little correlation in terms of results.

[str8baller]

6 hours ago, Pagoda said:

I think it's a net benefit.  But a small one.

+ The athletic dept has leveled up financially.  Football is the only sport that can turn a serious profit, and some of that can be used for IUBB.  Also, NIL donations have exploded, and while most are for football, some are general donations where some small amount can be chipped off for IUBB.

+ Indiana's exposure is WAY WAY up.  We're actually one of the biggest topics in college sports.  While it's not for bball, it helps players hear about Indiana a lot.  There is more awareness about IU, which can't hurt.  Marketing 101.

+ Hard to quantify this one, but IUFB has set a standard.  It's hard to make excuses.  The model of how to do things is across the parking lot.  But, since IUFB has got good, IUBB has not gotten any better.  So this might be nothing in reality.

- The negative for IUBB would be attention.  IUBB butt in seat attendance has been declining for a while due to program performance, but IUFB has probably satisfied some fans demand for IU athletics.  On average we've got something like another 10-12K fans going to home football games now, and for some that's a replacement of going to IUBB.  Eyeballing it, it seems this season AH attendance was down about ~2K people on average (butt in seats, not tickets sold, ticket sold probably only down slightly).

At the end of the day, healthy football means more financial resources and exposure that can only help IUBB.  But I think it only helps a little bit.  At any school, FB and MBB are pretty separate operations with little correlation in terms of results.

Great post. 
 

From an outside perspective, I kind of look at it like this: You see a few football schools get really good at basketball; you rarely see a basketball school win big at football. Football controls. 

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

Any rumors if any IU players are entering the portal? Figured we would hear something by now if someone was

[Home Jersey]

6 minutes ago, IvanRenkosillegitimatechild said:

Any rumors if any IU players are entering the portal? Figured we would hear something by now if someone was

The current rumor (if you can call it that) from Rabby - he says it's his opinion and just that... only his opinion - that Sisley returns + maybe Dorn and Andrej. The rest transfer. I think we may hear something later this week on that front. No info, just speculating 

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

3 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

The current rumor (if you can call it that) from Rabby - he says it's his opinion and just that... only his opinion - that Sisley returns + maybe Dorn and Andrej. The rest transfer. I think we may hear something later this week on that front. No info, just speculating 

I’d be totally fine with that. Hopefully Dork fixed his **** this offseason because I do think he has potential 

[HoosierHoopster]

35 minutes ago, IvanRenkosillegitimatechild said:

I’d be totally fine with that. Hopefully Dork fixed his **** this offseason because I do think he has potential 

At least so long as he doesn’t go by “Dork” 

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[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Roughly a year ago, a number of former players filed a lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct by former men's basketball physician Dr. Bomba.

Reported moments ago by the Bloomington Herald-TImes.  Federal judge dismisses lawsuit former Indiana basketball players filed against the school related to alleged conduct of then-team physician Dr. Brad Bomba Sr., the Title IX and civil rights complaints were dismissed with prejudice.

From my earlier life I believe dismissal with prejudice forbids a party to refile the case.   

[Stuhoo]

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

Roughly a year ago, a number of former players filed a lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct by former men's basketball physician Dr. Bomba.

Reported moments ago by the Bloomington Herald-TImes.  Federal judge dismisses lawsuit former Indiana basketball players filed against the school related to alleged conduct of then-team physician Dr. Brad Bomba Sr., the Title IX and civil rights complaints were dismissed with prejudice.

From my earlier life I believe dismissal with prejudice forbids a party to refile the case.   

Not just dismissed against IU; also dismissed against all individuals including Bomba.

The judge cited the tardiness of the filing under the statute of limitations - that the players were aware of and discussed the misconduct decades ago yet filed decades later. 

The plaintiffs could appeal the judge's interpretation of the statute of limitations, but with every step it gets harder to convince a contingency civil attorney that the potential juice is worth the squeeze.

[HoosierHoopster]

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

Roughly a year ago, a number of former players filed a lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct by former men's basketball physician Dr. Bomba.

Reported moments ago by the Bloomington Herald-TImes.  Federal judge dismisses lawsuit former Indiana basketball players filed against the school related to alleged conduct of then-team physician Dr. Brad Bomba Sr., the Title IX and civil rights complaints were dismissed with prejudice.

From my earlier life I believe dismissal with prejudice forbids a party to refile the case.   

Dismissal with prejudice dismisses all claims permanently 

[Dave from Dayton]

9 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

Dismissal with prejudice dismisses all claims permanently 

I am not sure about the opinion that all claims are dismissed permanently.  All current claims in this litigation under these specific charges unless the higher court overturns the decision, yes. 

It may be the case that, if any or all of the claimants file different claims under different charges, then it could be heard in a court.  I am not an attorney.

It also does not resolve the factual issue of whether it happened and whether people were hurt and whether there is a violation of some sort.  Also, it does not take into consideration the changes in case law since long ago when this happened.  Much law gets fully fleshed out as more and more cases are decided through time.  On the other hand, we, as a nation, have become much more litigious.  

[HoosierHoopster]

10 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Not just dismissed against IU; also dismissed against all individuals including Bomba.

The judge cited the tardiness of the filing under the statute of limitations - that the players were aware of and discussed the misconduct decades ago yet filed decades later. 

The plaintiffs could appeal the judge's interpretation of the statute of limitations, but with every step it gets harder to convince a contingency civil attorney that the potential juice is worth the squeeze.

Haven’t read the opinion but dismissal under a SOL is unlikely to be overturned generally. Sounds like an unsuccessful attempted discovery rule exception.

[HoosierHoopster]

34 minutes ago, Dave from Dayton said:

I am not sure about the opinion that all claims are dismissed permanently.  All current claims in this litigation under these specific charges unless the higher court overturns the decision, yes. 

It may be the case that, if any or all of the claimants file different claims under different charges, then it could be heard in a court.  I am not an attorney.

It also does not resolve the factual issue of whether it happened and whether people were hurt and whether there is a violation of some sort.  Also, it does not take into consideration the changes in case law since long ago when this happened.  Much law gets fully fleshed out as more and more cases are decided through time.  On the other hand, we, as a nation, have become much more litigious.  

Dave I’m a 35- plus year business and commercial litigator. Dismissal with prejudice is a final dismissal of all affected claims. There’s a right of appeal but generally SOL dismissals are upheld - I also haven’ read the opinion so can’t speak directly to it, but with evidence of knowledge of the alleged injury many years prior, sounds highly unlikely that reversal would be likely. SOL’s are there to place a firm time limit on claims 

[Pagoda]

Check out Will Sheehey lol.

 

[RaceToTheTop]

Time for someone to form an intervention for Sheehey.  Has to be on something if he thinks the stache was a good choice.

[RaceToTheTop]