That Smith kid for Purdue…
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Remind the class who was president when Purdue last won a championship?
I was watching some SEC basketball games yesterday and it was apparent that they are playing a superior game than the B1G. Good news for IU is that they are now in a conference where it won’t be hard to go to the top with the right coach. That is if they can lure some top level players into the B1G.
I'd take Nash over Stockton..In all phases of basketball..
Both top shelf though..
Part of the superior game is due to the awful, "that's Big Ten basketball," officiating we see year in and year out.
Maybe - or like many others with his talent has been told his whole life how special he is and he doesn’t have to earn PT
Woody’s tenure at IU is only slightly better than Gene’s final seasons at Purdue. That was absolutely bottom of the barrel for the university . I remember when IU presented him a plaque during his last game at Assembly Hall and it was a pitiful sight. Woody’s done. It won’t get to that point.
Absolutely true but there was something special about Knight vs Keady - I miss that
Not to be Clint Eastwood get off my lawn guy but that’s when the rivalry was so damn good
Gene is a Hall of Fame coach, sure his last years were not pretty, but they where a hell of a lot better than Creans first 3 years, so yeah IU got to that point! In fact IU has only made 6 NCAA tournaments in the last 16 years, and currently are a BIG MAYBE bubble team this year! IT is already at that point at IU, no matter how you try to polish your little pickle of mental gymnastics!
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Speaking of coaching tenures, some interesting stats. If you spend any time listening to Matt Painter he sounds a lot like Bob Knight, technically (without all the BS). Painter's career is halfway through Knight's total coaching career. Paint is on track for more total career wins and almost exactly the same number of conference championships and sweet 16s. You have to discount the conference tourney because it largely wasn't around over Knight's career, but he has 2 of those. He's behind Knight in Elite 8s, Final Fours and National Championships. Knight was a 4 time NCOY vs Painter's 1 (he was runner up last year which would have tied those numbers up). Paint has really dropped the ball with NCAAT opportunities, that he'll never get back. In this era, I don't know if a coach can last 40 years, tbh. It's getting pretty messed up. But even with 21 years to go, he's gonna have a tough time matching Knight's NCAAT record. But, he's running an enviable program up there with some eerily similar numbers.
I fully agree and for two great coaches, it was kind of sobering to see how they ended their tenures at these two rival schools. Knight fired and Gene suffering 3 seasons that resembled nothing like the teams he assembled the previous 22 years. The plaque presentation to Keady at Assembly Hall was a touching acknowledgment of appreciation for what a great rivalry there was for 2 decades between these two coaches. As much as they seemed to dislike each other, it was so interesting to see the photos of the two visiting with each other as Knight began to decline.
Our coach sucks right now. No doubt about that. Coaching matters. If IU is able to hire a solid coach, they are right back in the thick of things. Despite your notion that IU is dead and buried. Basketball programs can easily turn around overnight with just a few key players and a good coach.
I never thought that much of Keady maybe because RMK was the standard of reference. In tournament games he looked like he would pee his pants from stress and it affected his teams.
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