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IIRC had 13 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists against Auburn in the NCAAT

Welp, I guess if Woody hires K Payne maybe 1-2 UL portal guys could follow him to Bloomington Not sure whether that would be a good thing or a bad one

Given that the staff said they would be looking for a rim protector in the portal, and Woodson recently doubled down on his belief that college BB is still played “from the inside out” I’m not expecting substantial or dramatic changes in the offense for the 2024-25 season.

Woody’s buyout as of 4/1/2025 would be an additional $8.5 million approximately (unless they could negotiate it down, a la Tom Allen)

IIRC Otz current contract runs through 2029 and his buyout next spring will be around $15 million

fwiw I believe QB turns 70 this year and his term as BOT Chair expires on June 30 of 2025. If nothing else, in the event next season goes off the rails then perhaps he could recuse himself from the next coaching search (if there would actually be one).

I think May possibly has an “IU clause” in his FAU contract, but I’d be surprised if UL or OSU would give him one. And if May took either of those jobs and succeeded, I seriously doubt he would subsequently leave for IU then. At that point imo it would be too late, similarly to the situation with Brad. It’s true that there’s no guarantee of success with hiring May, but that might be true of any candidate IU could hire next time around (likely 2025 at the earliest). It’s not clear to me that IU’s next search will have any “proven” or “sure-fire” candidates available to include in it.

Was it UT-Martin where Parker Stewart was when he transferred to IU?

And it apparently caught the coaching staff completely off guard, which is revealing in itself .