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Dude was tough as nails...heart of a lion. He hated losing. ...but he loved him some barley pop. Oops...sorry...he is NOT in the portal.

Someone said earlier that Anderson was likely looking for more minutes than IU had to offer. Good problem for IU to have in April.

If IU has all three of those guys, then yeah...no doubt some or all of them log significant minutes as a second wing defending a 4. I could see Mgbako or Goode pulling that off. My suspicion is that Tucker would need more time in the weight room before covering most college 4's. Goode fits because he has enough experience to cover a 4 at least for a few minutes each game, particularly if you have a 7-foot rim protector backing him up.

Sure, in spots. As you said, the defense is a concern so I wouldn't want to run that lineup more than maybe 10-15 minutes unless it is really working well, perhaps against a smaller lineup on the other side.

I could see it in spots, especially when you need to draw defenders out of the land, but I sure wouldn't want to start a Kopp/Goode at the 4 in the Big Ten. I could see on occasion, running two wings and two guards and keeping someone like Ballo back under the rim. That would certainly provide a nice change of pace and make some space for shooters.

Back at the subject, Goode would slot nicely into the current roster. Would be tough for me seeing him play the 4 unless you're temporarily going small. Looks like a natural 3 to me. I don't remember Miller Kopp being a real effective 4 in IU's system. I hate the idea of waiting a whole week to resolve this one, but I guess there are enough open spots to give him a week. Just seems silly when he likely already knows.

Yeah, in hindsight, it was a year late. The only disagreement you and I have is whether or not Woody should have known that after their freshman year. Tough call. I hate shoving kids aside prematurely though.

I think most people came to the conclusion that both banks and Gunn had issues by the end of the last season. I was much less sure after watching their freshman seasons. Props to you for owning that one...I couldn't help but laugh as I will when it's my turn to eat a comment.

Yeah, the sample size was considerably larger after year two to make the call...and obviously, the call was made.

I think you're off on this one. Not near enough of a sample size after that year to say either way. As others have said, you'd cut a lot of very productive players if your leash was that short.

How do you know that staff wasn't? It's not like they didn't TRY to get more quality guards...?

This is pretty much what I just said...by the time it became apparent there were holes that wouldn't be filled, there weren't any difference makers to be had. IU had enough to practice with already. If you want to criticize Woody for anything, it would be for chasing talented guards that didn't come and then not having enough time to execute a backup plan.

I think that was mostly a product of swinging for the fences and missing. No question, IU tried to get more guards last year, but the candidates they offered went elsewhere and by the time that all played out, there wasn't much left to get. I'm guessing less than Leal and Cupps level players at that point. Banks and Gunn, I think the staff had much greater expectations that never panned out. I kept hearing how great those two looked in practice and yet, it never translated on the floor. Had those two made a nice soph jump, we likely wouldn't be having this conversation and probably make the dance. On using the 13th scholarship, I wouldn't unless it's an upgrade. If Anthony Leal is IU's floor, that's a danged good roster. He's more than capable of shooting from distance and playing fundamental basketball. Keep that last one for the MgBako that falls in your lap late.

Yes, BUT...I'm 100% fine with holding it for the guys going through the draft process. No rush to fill the last one now.

Times have changed a bit since March...

Yeah, that supposedly can't happen (conditioned on a particular school) except that it does and the NCAA is powerless to prevent it. NIL loopholes are so large and abundant, the NCAA might as well not try to enforce anything.

Sounds like you're describing the faculty who voted no confidence. Slow your roll...we're all entitled to our opinions without the juvenile name-calling.

Yeah...defense needs some work...

Since you're a fairly recent grad, I find your perspective interesting, although I'm going to try to turn down the political heat some and take the position that no political bias of any stripe belongs in the classroom. What you say has a ring of truth to my experience with my daughter's time in dental school. Her experience wasn't as bad as you're indicating yours was, but I'd expect dental school professors are, in general, more professional than some of the undergrad faculty you're describing. That being said, yeah...I get political bias creeping into poly sci classes (even though it shouldn't there either), but when politics even creep into dental school classrooms and administration, you've got a problem that I referred to as 'institutional rot" in a topic I started in Crester's Corner. There's too much interest in indoctrination vs. actual education and it's far from just IU. Even the Ivy's are struggling with this and in my mind, it's ruining and devaluating college education in America. To be fair, it's not all the faculty there. I have a high school friend that teaches at IU. Knowing him as I do, I don't believe he lets politics into his classroom, at least not to the point of trying to teach students what to think, but I know it happened to my daughter both during her undergrad at USI and dental school at IU and I didn't like it and didn't appreciate having to pay for it. I suspect the heat Whitten is taking here is at least partially from an effort to reduce the level of political bias at IU. I think she's right to avoid taking strong positions in controversial topics such as the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and abortion. I feel that way regardless of whether or not I'd personally agree with the side a school took. I simply don't feel like politics belong on most classrooms. Even poly sci professors should strive to teach the ideas while avoiding the bias, although I recognize it's tougher in that discipline. Imagine how unwelcome someone like Yarden Garzone feels if one of her teachers leads an anti-Israeli demonstration and calls her people murderers? I get that you can't (and shouldn't) suppress the student's free speech. I also get that you can't instruct faculty what to personally believe. At the same time, I think it's fair to insist that faculty keep their personal biases out of the classroom and teach instead of attempting to indoctrinate. It sounds like that's at the root of the conflict between Whitten and some of the faculty and assuming I'm correct, I'm on her side. Ditch the politics and focus on your mission...education.

Players like that are why I'm in no hurry to fill all the scholarships.

I figured that out like at least two weeks ago during all the final four talk. I figured I was the last to know. 🤣

Ditto.