13th&Jackson

Expected that. They’ll be good next year

Do you think it changes the game if he had 3 fouls called on him in a first half versus being 8 minutes into a second half with zero fouls?

Most of the frustration stems from the disparity in how the game is called with him. On one possession in the TN game, he hipchecked a TN defender at the top of the key, then discarded another to grab an offensive rebound. Two obvious fouls that weren’t called, then he got the rebound and went to the foul line.

You should be worried about Jayden Taylor. Kid from Indpls. Perry Meridian who didn't get an offer from Purdue. Went to Butler for two years then transferred to NC St. That's the kind of kid who'll have a career game.

Good distributor and defender, but not a good shooter. Led team in assists and steals. Was Pac 12 FOY. 27% 3 point shooter. In his last six games of the Pac12 and conference tourney he was 0-22. Just good to see him on the court, though. Missed all of the previous season with Hodgkin's lymphoma.

I think Hatfield's an easy one. After the NC St visit he canceled his IU visit and narrowed his choices to LVille (probably a courtesy), Pitt (was the #1 player in PA in 2021), UConn and NC St, both FF teams. It's amazing how NC ST's fortunes have changed in the past two weeks. Huntley-Hatfield was also scheduled to take an Official Visit to Indiana, but cancelled it after wrapping up his Official Visit in Raleigh.

I think the most important thing is that the court dimensions are accurate, unlike the Portland regional site for the women's tournament. How in the world do you play four games with no one noticing? https://www.sportskeeda.com/college-basketball/news-portland-3-point-line-controversy-update-ncaa-finds-discrepancy-marking-lines-drawn-9-inches-short

Steve Lutz at W KY, hired by OK St. Andy Enfield (USC) takes SMU job. I think he jumped ship while he could.

Bump for CMW discussions since he isn’t being fired

Whatever. I said IU was at a crossroads. At the time of the post, IU had no 2024 recruits and McNeely had opted out of his commitment. They didn't appear to be leading on any of their targeted 2025 recruits. There are some obvious parallels to the situations with Ewing and Woodson, but I clearly said that Woodson has been better through the first 3 years. Never said he would end the same, but there are some warning signs that things could get worse from here. But unfortunately, you have become one of the few posters who brings no pleasure to visiting this board. You don't allow posters to have a reasoned opinion without taking it personally. You don't have to agree, but everyone here is entitled to their opinion as long as they stay within the rules. You paint with a broad brush and group anyone together who doesn't 100% agree with you. Unfortunately, you will become only the third member I've ever had to place on ignore.

You are taking that completely out of context of what I said. This is my post: There are parallels to Ewing at Georgetown. Although Woodson has been better through years 1-3, most people don't realize that the bottom didn't fall out until years 5 and 6. They were 15-17 in year three, which IU came precariously close to matching (were 14-13 and were underdogs in all four remaining games). Year 4, Georgetown was 13-13, but went on a run to win the Big East tournament. People were thinking they turned a corner. Ewing was 3 games over .500. Then they went 13-50 over the final two years of his six years there. The rest of that post was an article that addressed how Ewing left a good job as an NBA assistant to try to resurrect his alma mater. It mentioned that he didn't like recruiting, how their style of play didn't fit the modern game of basketball and how Ewing's answer was they just needed to work harder. My point was there were some parallels and that IU was at a crossroads entering year 4 of CMW. I don't know what 103-63 is. CMW is 63-40.

I don't know who you're talking to. I have maintained all along that CMW would be coach next year. I didn't agree with the hire, but I always want them to win. I always support the team, but that doesn't mean I may not be critical of how they play. My saying that it would be unprecedented (not impossible, just unprecedented) for a 66 year old coach, with 3 years of college experience, to win a national title is a statement of fact based on actual precedence. It has nothing to do with who that coach happens to be. It's funny. People think of Bill Guthridge as being old, but when he took Smith's team to the FF in 1998, he was only 60. He retired when he was 62. Of course, he'd been the assistant there for 30 years. For Painter to take 19 years to make a final four and Gene Keady to never make one shows how difficult it is. IU fans were spoiled by CBK. Some also get spoiled by the one year wonders that get hot at the right time.

He was 72. It was his twelfth year at Miami to get to his first FF. They made his first Elite 8 at Miami in year 11. Does anyone believe Mike Woodson will be coaching when he's 75? I don't think he does. “I don’t know, there are coaches that are coaching into their 70s. I don’t know if that’s something I’ll do, I don’t know. But at this point, I’ll take it a day at a time, a year at a time. I’m not going anywhere anytime soon guys. I’m just not. So I’m going to continue to build this team and try to put this team in the best position possible and see where it leads us.” Marshall coach Dan D’Antoni currently carries the distinction of the oldest Division I men’s college basketball coach in the country at 76 following the recent retirement of Coastal Carolina coach Cliff Ellis, who is 78. There are only four other active D-I coaches over the age of 70: Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton, La Salle’s Fran Dunphy, Miami’s Jim Larrañaga and Rick Pitino of St. John’s. There are 362 D1 coaches. Only 20 are over 65.

Calhoun is the oldest coach to win an NCAA title at age 68, but he'd been at UConn for 25 years and already won two titles. He retired at age 70. Jay Wright retired at 60, Wooden retired at 64, Dean Smith at 66 and Roy Williams at 70. All had been at their schools a long time. Pitino is an outlier going to Iona when he was 67 and St Johns when he was 70, but he would never have left Louisville where he'd been for 16 years. Mike Woodson really doesn't have enough time. It would be an unprecedented event for him, at his age and tenure of CBB coaching, to win a title at IU in the next three seasons.

If they win it all this year (gag), he'll be in good company. Pitino 14 years, Self 15, Coach K 16, Roy Williams 17, Wooden 18, Cal 20, Dean Smith 21, Tark 22, Jay Wright 22, Calhoun 27.

Burns is way more skilled than Dainja. Point forward with excellent vision, BB IQ and a nice face up mid range game.

It was reported during the PU (gag) - Gonzaga game that Painter attended a coaching clinic last summer. In it Baylor's staff (Baylor being one of the best shooting teams in CBB) gave a presentation on a 3 point practice drill they use. Painter reportedly incorporated it into their practices. They went from 291st in 3 pt shooting last year to 1st this season, with largely the same roster (just adding Jones). Granted their freshmen matured, but still. Does Woodson and the other coaches attend these? Asking because I honestly don't know. How intellectually curious are they about adopting things being done at other programs?

Technically not a business (arguable), but still applicable:

Here come the Duke calls. Horrible tech on Keats

Filipowski: Overrated clap clap clap clap clap

Barkley just said “if Purdue didn’t make the FF this year, man it would have been tough for them”

He’s a freshman who played 2mpg this year. He’s done pretty well under the circumstances

Clingan already has 3 fouls

And three seconds

Lappas didn’t get the memo: “Edey got away with a little bit of a push off there”