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Obviously, either would completely change our game.... but I personally do not think many bubble teams are only one elite (college level) player away from a title. Compare to the 2012-2013 team, aside from Yogi (FR) vs. XJ (SR) I am not sure I would take anyone from this team over their comparator from that team: Hulls > Steward, VO > Kopp, Wat maybe wash with Thompson (ironically, I think Thompson would have been a better fit on the '12-'13 team and Wat's 3 point shooting would help this team more) and (as much as I LOVE TJD) Zeller > TJD. Even Sheehy (JR) was better than Galloway (SO) - albeit I think Galloway's trajectory (i.e., improving shot) makes his long-term ceiling MUCH higher) PS: This is not a knock on this team, I LOVE THEM and believe they will find a way into at least the sweet 16.

Same two I would have looked at... Watford could shoot it as well. Response to the second question: NO - unless it is an NBA player in their prime (maybe Lebron or Curry... and even then)

He counts as leaving twice

Honestly, I wish Coach Woodson would force TJD to shoot a few more jumpers as well (maybe not 3 pointers). I think he can hit them as well, you just needs a few to go through the hoop in a game. The fact is we are not going very far if we have two 6-8/9 guys camped out all game two feet from the basket. Too easy to defend. PLUS: RACE HAS EARNED THE RIGHT TO SHOOT A FEW THREES A GAME.

Honestly, TJD would be easy to fit on a championship caliber roster. If he was not the only focal point of an offense, he would be amazing.

I never saw (nor heard on the radio) the '75-'76 team nor the '80-'81 team and only listened to the '86-'87 team on the radio... so certainly recency bias: IT Alford Dipo May (corrected from TJD per rules that I did not read 😆) TJD (I do not know the other centers well and want 'Dipo in the starting five over Zeller) Yogi Zeller (had to cut Watford) Thompson - need guys like him Why no '92-'93?!?!

Mike Woodson once had a bad hair day and yelled at his hair. The hair was so terrified it slid back into his head and hasn't grown since.

When Mike Woodson yells at the refs, the refs give themselves a technical.

Mike Woodson was exposed to the Coronavirus. The virus is now in quarantine for a month.

I guess they could live with a 1 game suspension every year!

OR a #4: he is still in the dog house

PSU nearly shut him out at Wisconsin.

Any hope for us?

Some person on the Assembly Call postgame chat mob said it was related to something they were doing on a video on instagram the night before that has since been removed. I have no idea if it is reliable. The fact is this will set the tone and establish which types of recruit who consider us.

That was rough; let's see if they come back hungry on Saturday.

I am pretty sure everyone agrees that the biggest football rivalry is Rutgers/Maryland 😉

I will miss the nameless jersey's, but I want to win in all legal ways. Besides, imagine if we could have bought a Calbert Cheaney in early '90s. That would be AWESOME... in fact I would not mind having a Chaney, a Watford, and a Yogi jersey. (Jury is still out on a TJD jersey) It would make IU and the players a lot of money - there is no way this is not happening long term.

This 100 times. I think it will take a couple for Coach Woodson to really build the type roster he wants. However, it is nice to not stink during the rebuild. This team was put together with band-aids and rubber bands and even if we are not really in contention for the title, we can still have a major say in who wins or loses and maybe win a couple in the tourney. That is not bad.

FYI: I do not think that IU - PU is a bigger national rivalry than Louisville/UK. IU-PU is definitely a regional rivalry; more regional than UK-Louisville. Unless you live in Indiana or are a fan of one of the teams, nobody cares. In fact when we play UK regularly, I consider it the more important rivalry. But from my experience, Louisville-UK is also a regional rivalry (it does not really move the needle outside the region) and more imbalanced. There may be split fans in the Louisville metropolitan area, but I have almost NEVER seen a Louisville flag anywhere that isn't in the Louisville metropolitan area. I only have impressions, but Kentucky is not a state with a divided fandom. There are split fans near Louisville an then the entire rest of the state bleeds Kentucky blue. Not as bad as UC-Ohio State fandom splits, but still pretty bad. If regionality is not an issue and intensity is the target, I think UC - XU blows away Duke/UNC (having experienced both). Those fans actually hate each other, it is not part of a show or something.

For me the difference is this: I feel confident that we will have a chance to win every game. The past few years after a tough loss like saturday, I would be worried about a snowball effect. We may not win at NW (they are much than their record indicates - they have lost almost every close game), but I am not worried about whether we will come to play.

I understand the animosity, but he was and would still be an excellent college coach. I love having Woodson and believe he may build something even better, but I think Stevens would have been very successful at IU. If he were to choose Louisville, he would probably win big. He would become persona-non-grata for me if he chose Louisville after turning us down (I can accept him staying in Boston/NBA, but Louisville...) but I don't doubt what he would do on the court. At this stage I have nothing against Stevens. I still think his explanation is misunderstood and misrepresented at times. I thought it was nice. Regardless, my coach is on the sidelines.

so close

I swear I thought they were trying to determine who recovered the fumble on that last jump call.

Pretty close, big ten basketball!

I wonder why espn thinks the rutgers will be a more likely win