tdhoosier

He needs both hands. One for the cigar. One for the wine. Can’t blame him.

There’s a new rule in the NCAA, If a coach has a player foul out, then they get their hand chopped off.

I like the line up now. Just getting it on record. 😎

This is when people get pissed at Woody for not trying something different. Take Sparks out. Move MM to the 4 and go small. Why not?

Only 1 turnover in that stretch. Let’s be optimistic and call that progress.

Let’s see if we are capable of not tripping over ourselves in the last 2 minutes of the first half. 🤞

PSU is hacking like crazy

Shots fired!

Unfortunately, that's the reality in CBB. How you win or lose directly dictates whether you make the tournament/the seed you get in the tournament. I don't make the rules. My general expectations of where I want the program to be: good season = make it past the first weekend/Win B1G average season = soundly make it into the tournament/top 5 in B1G down year = Bubble team (barely making it in or narrowly missing) very bad year = not considered for the tournament; play in the NIT blow shit up year = not even considered for the NIT

We fired CAM for a lot more reasons than that. The season he got fired was remarkably similar to this one. His record will probably be worse, because the B1G was a lot better, but the NET and Kenpom rankings were a good 40-50 spots higher than this year's team. His offense sucked and was stagnant. His patented defense also sucked and gave up a high volume of 3's. His players gave up on him. He showed no ability to adapt systematically. His players showed no fire and were sloppy with the ball. He was unable to recruit or develop shooters. You keep on using the 'we made the tournament' card. Yes, we did, but that means nothing if Dolson doesn't see a path forward. CAM also was pretty much a shoe in for the 2019-20 tournament that got cancelled. CAM also dealt with injuries. In the end that meant nothing because the AD didn't see a path forward with him as our coach. I'm not quite sure what to think Woody's future with IU, but if Dolson chooses to fire him, I think it will be warranted.....especially if we are using CAM as the barometer.

I know, but it's an example of why I take it all with a grain of salt. If Trilly was around back then he probably would've reported on the same narrative. At this stage of the game, any leaks come packed with an agenda. Maybe it's to get Woody fired. Maybe it's for Pearl to get an extension. And because of this I question validity of said leaks. If there was mutual and general interest from both parties, I have a hard time believing this info would see the light of day, simply because less than a hand full of people would even know about it. Of those people, I don't think they'd let it slip to Trilly, first hand, second or third hand. Too much would be at stake. I do believe that Trilly is being shared something. I just don't think that info is correct. I'd bet it's 'wish-casting' being passed down by a game of telephone. Again, this is not a dig on you at all. Keep brining the info....not trying to dissuade you one bit. I appreciate you sharing.

Again, everything is speculation, but I've heard from a few places that this is exactly what Holtmann's agent did to us last coaching search. The agent reached out to IU and asked if they wanted to talk to Holtmann. IU said 'sure'. The agent leaked the info that Holtman was being interviewed, but didn't want the job and then our fanbase wanted to hang ourselves because we weren't even good enough for Holtmann. And then Holtmann's agent parlayed this into a contract extension. Great move, considering how the last 3 years unfolded.

All due respect, but it’s coaching search rumors like this that I take with a thousand grains of salt. Even if it’s coming from Trilly. if this really is the case, then Pearl isn’t interested and his camp leaked the info. At this stage in the season, this info would be too sensitive for any source to leak if the interest was mutual. if a source is saying this then it’s probably pure speculation. That said, I do appreciate you sharing the rumor.

Provide the transcripts!

*Doogie Howser music playing in the background* Dear Diary, What does IU Basketball collectively do as a team that would be considered good? The only thing I can think of is getting to the free throw line, but we are the worst in the conference at making free throws. Some of my fellow fans like to point out that many teams and coaches have down years and they are 100% right. But in those cases a down year is not performing up to the program's expectations. Those teams still have an identity and foundation to fall back on. They still may perform well in some aspects of the game, giving the coach only a few things to clean up on in the off-season, which ultimately gets the program back on track. This is more than a down year. This is close to rock bottom. We don't need to clean up a few things. We need to clean up ALL the things. And as we dig ourselves deeper into a hole I'm asking myself, as a proponent of keeping Woody another year, how realistic will it be for this staff to fix so many things in a single off-season? As a fan my bare minimum expectations is: just make the tournament. Today, I find myself coming to the realization that a huge success for this staff will be to make it back to the tournament next year. In other words, my 'bare minimum expectation' just morphed into to what I'd considered a huge success. That's just F'd up.

There’s bad. And then there’s BAD. We’re way past a ‘down year’.

I’m still waiting for Ware to dive for a loose ball.

We are getting run off of our own court by a bubble team who has yet to win a road game. Let that sink in.

Yeah. Tominaga has been great.

Serious question: Does Mgbako know what a defensive stance is?

This team has absolutely no grit. The opponent hits a 3 to shift the momentum and they go crawl in a hole.

Damn. That was a good play out of the time out.

Oh man, that would be something. Haha.

I wonder what are possessions used percentages look like.

I was looking for that article a few weeks ago. I wouldn't be surprised if we don't see Newton ever wearing an IU uniform.