Is Dusty back in flavor now?
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You beat me to the post. Enough of that talk he has to prove himself. Dude took FAU to FF. Now finished second in first season in B1G and playing in final in the BTT. IU has accomplished that once in what, 30 years since the tournament started?
He was never out of favor. Good coach, seems like a good guy.
You'll always be part of the IU family, Dusty.
You'll always be part of the IU family, Dusty.
IU blew their opportunity last year to get May.
No. He’s Crean 2.0. He took a small school to the final four. He rebuilt Michigan in 1 year. He finished 3rd in the BIG. He’s going to the BTT championship game.
No way would we want anything to do with that.
No way would we want anything to do with that.
F*** Quinn. F*** Woody. F*** nepotism.
I hope CBS does that live look-in thing tomorrow ... and IU doesn't get a bid.
I hope CBS does that live look-in thing tomorrow ... and IU doesn't get a bid.
There was a lot of people calling him "Crean 2.0" and "flavor of the month" when he lost a few games down the stretch. Maybe it was sour grapes when he signed an extension at Meatchicken, IDK... I just think he's a really good coach and obviously has/had love for Indiana.
Hopefully Dolson gets the higher right and it won't matter, but that is yet to be seen.
Not saying he would... it was more a comment directed to the posters basically saying he was mediocre.
Anyone who watched UM the last 2 games can see he is better than Crean. Crean gave Yogi or Dipo the ball and called "clearout!"
Crean could recruit. I'll give him that.
I remember him subbing Zeller in and out at weird times vs Wisconsin in 2012 and I was thinking, " what is this idiot doing?"
12-3 is not luck. His team knew exactly what to do with the ball when they gave up the lead with 4 seconds to go. A freaking coast to coast layup. That is not luck either.
They knew what to do and that’s to the coach’s credit but any game that comes down to one shot like that has an element of luck.
Why do they consistently lose big leads though.
Of course, ANY game has an element of luck unless you just have way more talent than the opponent.
Maybe they're not overly talented and the coach has them playing over their heads. Maybe it's just the ebb and flow of games in a league with a lot of parity. Maybe it was growing pains for the players with the first year being with the coach. Maybe they don't loses as many "big leads" as what perception is. One thing I do know... they finished Top 2 in regular season, and now are in the top 2 for tournament. That's not because they got lucky 12 out of 15 times.
Just remember- Woodson believes we can beat any team in that country. Can May say that 😂
He plays 2 bigs at a time. Can't win like that. Nevermind they don't clog the paint together
Yeah, right after I posted I realized I had missed your point, but figured my comment still worked, lol.
That wasn’t a blowout. IU was down double digits at halftime in that game.
Outscored them 48-21 in the second half. In other words, blew their asses out.
13-3 and B1G champions… I guess the lucky streak continues.
Exactly. Anyone saying it’s just luck and comparing him to Crean is in denial.
Nothing takes away from the fact he won the championship. And Wiscy beat MSU. So, all he could do is beat the team that beat them. He is 13-5 in games decided by 6 or less. Including today. That’s coaching.
He won a tournament championship. Not a conference championship.
He got second in regular season. Won the Tourney. More in one season than IU has done in 9 years for the regular season and the entire history of the program in the other. Time will tell how good he actually is, but cannot question his success this season and what he accomplished at FAU.
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