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They did. They lost to a 16 seed instead of a 15 seed.

Missed all you guys. Not going to lie when Mile left us this place was just different for me. Hope everyone is well especially all of you past Hoosier crazies like myself! Let’s get Boogie now!

IU received another Rivals FutureCast pick for Boogie from a Rutgers writer, Richard Schnyderite.

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IU in the lead, UK still too close to call. Like our chances here though. Woody is killing it with these kids but more importantly with the parents and especially moms!

Sorry, been gone for a few days. Ballo is done 👍 Hickman 👍 And I'm still hearing Conwell.

Also-- if our roster decisions weren't fireable enough offenses to begin with, if getting our asses kicked REGULARLY isn't fireable enough, if the lack of responsibility taken isn't fireable enough to begin with.. How many millions of dollars did our basketball staff waste recruiting the 2024 class to get exactly ZERO of them?

hey y’all, Ricky checkin’ in.. for those of you who don’t know me; do your damn research.. i am the most trustworthy insider in the history of IUMBB. for years, i have predicted some of our most glorious commitments.. Romeo Langford? Ricky called it.. Trayce Jackson-Davis? yep; Rick knew.. now, a smaller number of you may know that i happen to be the team masseuse for this program. i rub the agony of the day’s practice out of each and every one of these young men, and in return they supply me with information.. today, i’m here to speak on Boogie Fland.. as most of you know, Boogie is down to three schools, or so the media believes.. Indiana, Kentucky, and Alabama. Kentucky, one of the sh*ttiest programs in all of Division 1 hoops, is said to have the closest shot alongside the Hoosiers. from what Woody told me this morning at brunch, Boogie’s not interested in making love to any relatives, so Nate Oats and the Tide couldn’t offer him much. on Friday, Boogie Fland will commit to Indiana University, and i will ingest an entire pecan pie in celebratory fashion before my wife gives me some absolute treatment. Hammer Hoosiers. - Barrel Rick, 2023 sponsored by Hormel Chili, Trojan Condoms, St. Marco’s First Baptist Church, and Best Buy of Columbus, Indiana.

I like our chances to be doing some boogeying on Friday

Holy crap! My wife just surprised me this morning with my 50th birthday present... I am flying into Indy Dec 14 to meet my buddy who still lives in Btown to spend the weekend and go to see the Hoosiers play Kansas on the 16th! I have been to a decent amount of games at The Hall, but haven't been to see a big time opponent since I was in college!

Sent my letter to Scott Dolson, Pam Whitten, and the BoT. Very respectful; probably too long but hey it's my one chance, and I'm not sure anyone will actually read it anyway, but I guess it adds to the #'s. Here's my last sentence: "A change in leadership need not minimize the legend of a great player; it can instead emphasize that these current young men deserve the opportunity to be great players themselves." And I mean that sincerely.

MM and his family really liked Mike Woodson, JHS really sold the family on how IU could develop 1 and done players, and IU presented a very strong NIL package

Woodson not being fired the day after he walked out on his team after getting absolutely embarrassed by a group of average basketball players and Fred Hoiberg is absolutely beyond me. Nebraska laughed us off the floor. Dudes throwing up hand signs, literally flexing on us.. If Friday night wasn't embarrassing for our admin, nothing will be.

For those interested in instagram follows, Boogie and a girl who is a reporter from the IU Media School just started following each other. She is followed by Adam Howard, Malik, and Kaleb Banks as well.

Read elsewhere that Cuban and Boogie have followed each other. Pretty good record when that occurs.

Just like I initially feared when the rumor about Alford being first in line was kicked around. I remember saying to one of our members in PM that I hope IU does the right thing and stays away from a nostalgic hire like Alford. Then Woodson was announced and like everyone else I was in complete shock. At least I had heard of Alford but Woodson? Wth… I guess we have forgotten what Fred Glass said when he fired Crean? Crean who hit his ceiling and wasn't going to take IU far enough quick enough. One year removed from a B1G championship. But Mike Woodson can take Archies generational talent who was already putting the team on his back and somehow get credit for the kid growing up and getting reps. Trace was a beast in high school and was gonna beast no matter who he played for and you wont convince me otherwise. Thats what generational talent does. It gets shinier with age and experience. Jalen who was brought here thanks to Hunter was so far ahead of any current IU guards it was clear as day. I remember mentioning that back then when a lot of folks was stuck on XJ. Jalen was gonna ball no matter who he played for and if it wasnt for XJs bad luck, would have not got the chance to show IU fans what he could do in year one. Again, super talented kid who was going places no matter what. Love Leal and Galloway don't get me wrong. Kids that grew up wearing candy stripes. Love that! But be real, they aren't championship caliber guards. On one hand, glad to have em back. On the other hand, we need better guards talent wise that would effectively render Leal and Galloway as bench players. If we want to be really good. Thats what its going to take. Really good guards. No offense to our older HSN members but I mean give me a break. Bring in a nearly 70 year old guy because the 70 year old crowd likes him for his jump shot while playing for IU in 1917 knowing he cant make it happen so you hire another semi retired college coach to train and oversee his operations. It was setup for failure from the beginning. I mean really, tell me what Mike Woodson has done for the program for him to be worthy of hanging on to. Tell me something he has done better than Crean who was fired for not being good enough. The longer they drag this along the angrier the fanbase is going to be and further back they set the program. And, the more disdain for Mike Woodson and anyone that supports him. ”Chill” and let Mike swing enough times he might get lucky just don't make sense to me. Train ol’ Mikey on IUs dime and hope the fans are patient. Man I just don't get it. It’s just basketball but the ignorance around the program is killing it. But, Im also near the point of giving up. It’s turning out to be a complete waste of time and energy. Hopefully thats my last rant. Yeah I probably care about the program too much.

Trilly said Dolson met with some notable former players today and the message was simple. They want Woodson GONE!

SIDENOTE: HOW BOUT THOSE HSN SERVERS BABY?!?!

You do not have to defend your posts as much as you have. just block them and move on. i am tired of seeing the squabble. I appreciate the information/opinions you bring to the board, as im sure others do as well.

Sounds like a Dingle visit could be in the works

I know a lot of people don't like the Ballo fit with MR, but Ballo is a beast. He is a double/double machine and gets a lot of his points on putbacks. He had 281 offensive rebounds last season. The entire IU team only had 288. He also doesn't get in foul trouble. He only averages 2.1 fouls/game. No way IU can pass on this guy.

This blame the fans narrative is annoying me more and more. It's like a doctor treating the symptoms but not addressing how you can prevent the disease. If the administration wasn't a complete 🤡 show and totally unserious about the basketball program, then the fans wouldn't be an issue whatsoever.

One thing I will say before even mentioning our performance.. I was very happy to see right after the buzzer, Mgbako the first one on the floor with a big smile high-fiving everybody. Bad game and not much run in the second half and he looked the most excited for the win. Good to see.

Have heard that he might be at Hoosier Hysteria depending on some circumstances and as long as he doesn’t change his mind

Woodson is going to Montverde today

Wasn't sure where to put this. Not so much here anymore, but Tom Crean still gets a lot of crap from IU fans on some boards/social media. I'm not sure I've seen a guy handle a firing with more class than Tom Crean. He's still to this day not only an ambassador for his former IU players, but also for the IU program. He very often posts about IU and also tags the program and talks about how great IU is.

Guy: Will you go to the prom with me? Girl: That sounds awesome! Guy: Great, so it's a date? Girl: It's just wonderful that you asked me. Guy: Uh, okay. Is that a yes? Girl: It sounds like the best time. Guy: Is. That. A. Yes??? Girl: I'm saying yes to the idea of us going to the prom. Guy: What does that even mean? Are we going to the prom together or not? Girl: Wouldn't it be amazing if we did? It makes me happy just thinking about it. Guy: Is your sister at home?

Probably because I put sports in its proper perspective and don't worry too much about the pessimists... I know that Mike Woodson has forgotten more about the game of basketball than this board collectively knows... I know he knows these kids, and will do the right thing by them. I laugh when hear people say Woody ain't the guy. So, I continue to do what I do... It makes me happy... IU basketball in general makes me happy... And I'm never going to let the naysayers drive me off that 🙂

This one hits me very hard. Lots of tears, our whole family wearing our IU gear proudly in honor of our COACH. On top of that I have had a card sitting on my desk for 2 weeks that I was going to mail out to Coach and tell him what he meant to me and unfortunately I did not get around. to mailing it. I have a million great stories that I could share but the most important was that with out Coach Knight I would have never gone to IU, never gotten into teaching and Coaching. He told me I needed to go into teaching because I had something to offer kids. That stuck with me forever. WIth out that I would have gone into business and not into teaching. I would have never made it to Westport Indiana met my wife and be blessed with 3 amazing kids and 1 2 month old grand baby, Coach I love you miss you and RIP you impacted my life and so many more in ways that you never knew and I wish I had sent the card so that you would know but deep down I think writing was more for me because I knew this day was close at hand. Thank you COACH RIP

Crystal balls should start happening tomorrow if I had to guess. As always he could pull a Jeffries but it sounds good right now for our Hoosiers.

Indiana did a great job on the visits and breakfast went well this morning. Things are trending the right direction.

Now Indiana needs to make sure that Flory knows that Kansas fans don't even know what he looks like and that they thought he was Mgbako lol

I really think there are some posters on this forum who want to think the worst to protect themselves--rather have an "I told you so" than to be thoroughly disappointed if this goes against IU. Instead of being confident and optimistic that CMW and staff can bring this recruit in, the mindset turns to negativity and a sense of giving up, to help dampen what is perceived as future bad news. Sorry to rant, but the ongoing Debbie Downer attitudes from some posters really is grating.

Dingle bells, Purdue smells, wildcats laid an egg, illinimobile lost its wheel and ledlum got away hey

The bolded isn't because of the fans. The bolded is because IU's athletic department and hierarchical structure is extremely poorly run. Maybe the fans should just go away and then we can see what that does? Literally turn this into Minnesota basketball. Let's have a half-empty Assembly Hall all year. The fans weren't a problem when they packed Assembly Hall in 2008-09 to watch a team of baseball players and walk-ons. Think that happens at Clemson? Think a freshmen averaging 2ppg is going to lead in NIL apparel sales at Ole Miss? IU has some crazy, bad fans. No doubt, and no argument from me on that. But, so does Duke, UNC, Kansas, UK, Michigan, Louisville, Alabama, etc., etc. This is not even remotely unique to IU. The difference is that IU's athletic department has been a joke. Fix the admin, hire a real, accomplished college basketball coach, and the fans aren't a problem. I'd also argue that IU's fans are the biggest reason the fix can actually be really easy and simple.

Woodson had an incredible opportunity to take responsibility and maybe even instill a little faith back in some of us last night in the post game. He chose to, again, act like a disconnected tool. If this shit wasn't bred into me, I'd be done.

Well, last time I was posting here people lost their minds because I was wrong on Boogie (sorry. but in reality, woodson screwed up w/ boogie. he was ours.............) As far as I know Woodson will prob step down after the BTT. It'll be "mutual". I had doubts a few weeks ago that we were "in talks" with Pearl, but it seems like there really is something going on. Pearl would turn this program around fast. Theres just a few "in charge" that have a problem w/ Pearls past. Woody is a dead man walking.

Buckner and Co are f'ing this up so bad that I have to start agreeing with Dakich on some things. Gross.

This isn’t an all time dig…but it’s time to move on completely from Bob Knight. History is all we have to cling to… next hire needs to be all world, proven winner. Winner. That wins. That cures a lot

For me it's not necessarily the losses. I thought this year would be a bit of a step back, though was hopeful we'd still make the tournament. It's the 8 losses by double digits. We're not even competitive in these losses. We're so far away.

Amazing move by Woodson to not only put Mgbako back in when we got the ball back up 1 underneath our basket, but what was even better was the play ran to ensure we inbounded it to him.

Man, we sure do make a lot of assumptions about people and their motives in life. Maybe it's a young man taking time to make a very critical decision that will impact the rest of his life. If his goal is the NBA, then NIL money may play a part....but not as big as some may think. At least not for the very very high ranked kids. NIL is probably a bigger player in transfers, hight 4 star and lower 5 star types. But seriously, we should be careful making assumptions and judgments about people. It just sort of feels wrong.

Kenya said on his Hoosier Hysterics interview that they are going to hold on to that scholarship until a good opportunity arises. (They're going to be stingy with it.) This opportunity will most likely come from players testing out the draft waters. Don't expect any news for a couple of weeks. Plus, the staff is going on vacation. *paraphrased.

I’m right here. Not going to shy away from the board or you. I was given what was believed to be solid intel this morning, and it probably was solid when I was told but that’s how it works. He was all but locked up. Surprise 4 deep visit from Tennessee threw everyone a curveball and he picked them. I was wrong and I’ll take it and eat it. Don’t get cocky. Woody and staff are working and will continue to work hard in the portal and on the road this weekend with the first live evaluation period to build this program. I’ll be back with my next round of intel, whenever that may be, and I’ll continue to share it regardless what some may think of what I have to say. Your choice to believe it or not.