Indiana is now even-steven on the transfer front. Guard Al Durham left for Providence and guard Xavier Johnson has pledged to join the Hoosiers after three years at Pitt. As is the case with most sane basketball fans outside Pittsburgh’s city limits, I spend very little time watching the Panthers serve as a punching bag […]
Armaan Franklin is ruminating this afternoon. The decision before him is this – where should I play college basketball for the next two years to put myself in the best position to make millions of dollars in the NBA? Sure, there are other considerations like friendships, comfort in surroundings, geographic proximity to family, and loyalty, but lotto-esque […]
So many things that make sense are happening in Bloomington, I’m dizzy. For years, Indiana Basketball authored head-scratching moment after head-scratching moment that just felt wrong. From Mike Davis threatening to put names on the backs of uniforms, to losing Mike Conley and Greg Oden to Ohio State, to Tom Crean, to Hanner Mosqeura-Perea’s DUI, […]
Dane Fife is coming back to his alma mater. Indiana is hiring Fife as a member of Mike Woodson’s staff, and it is a very positive sign for the Hoosiers. Fife has worked at Michigan State for the last eight seasons, and is best remembered by Hoosiers fans as a leader on its last run to […]
Mike Woodson stood at the podium, told the truth, and Indiana became Indiana again. That wouldn’t be enough at most universities as they introduce a new basketball coach, and it wasn’t enough at Indiana the last two times it’s gone through a regime change. IU needed the fight song, allusions to previous and future banners, and […]
The event announcing the hire of Mike Woodson as the 30th basketball coach in Indiana University history was not designed to win over fans and media like the previous two. There were no bands, fireworks, or bold predictions. Red carpets, frenzied applause, or inspirational videos were also absent. Maybe the lack of dynamism was due to it […]
Mike Woodson as Indiana’s new coach is an atypical choice, and for that reason I love it! The last three times Indiana went about the task of finding the new best hope to bring Indiana back to consistent success, a coach was chosen from outside a fairly robust group of former Hoosiers. Not this time. In […]
Indiana’s Armaan Franklin entering the NCAA’s Transfer Portal is not good news, but it isn’t necessarily bad news either. Franklin’s name in the portal allows schools to contact him – or Franklin to contact schools he may be interested in transferring to. The player can also choose to have his name removed from the portal and Indiana […]
The insanity of a search for a new basketball coach at Indiana University is a lot like an Owen County cockfight. The chickens all look the same, and the only winners are the beer salesmen in the black shirts. That includes the chickens, because at some point in the afternoon they all wind up tossed into a pile […]
Brad Stevens said no to Indiana several times. The first rebuff was ignored. We listened to the second. At least most of us did. Some are still holding out hope that some miracle occurs, and the rejections are revealed to be an effort by Stevens to disguise his rabid interest in returning home until the end […]