Like I said somewhere else. Bad coaches. Sampson turned it around with the snap of a finger.
What exactly did Sampson turn around? My recollection is that the results were the same as MD’s final year here. 2nd round exit in the tourney…
No, they came within inches of beating a good UCLA team and going to the Elite 8, if I recall.
22-4 (11-2) when he left. People forgot just how good we were that year.
Yeah, no. Try again. If I ever needed another reminder that you people don’t live in reality this is it…
His first year here Sampson had DJ White, better than TJD, and he had some good shooters like Bassett, Wilmont, Stemler and a good PG Earl Calloway. Much better guards and a man in the middle who was twice the college player than TJD.
Eric Gordon had something to do with that. KS has a helkuva group to work with. Woody has 3 players.
That game against UCLA was in the second round. We had just beaten Gonzaga in rd one to avenge a loss the year before, MD’s last year, to Gonzaga in …(wait for it) the second round.
Sigh. Remember when that pissed us all off?!
I can’t believe people think this roster compares with Sampson first. Those guards were way better.
I remember watching that Gonzaga game in Davis’ last year. It was my bachelor party. And I was disgusted with where our program was. Ha ha ha ha.
We fired crean to hire two guys that have led us to five straight ncaa misses. You better make sure you make a damn good hire after crean and they did not.The administration simply will not put its big boy pants on like other schools to make the big time hire. Thats why we are trash and will likely continue to be. This program is as dead as it was two years ago. There is zero momenteum and fans are already dejected again in year one.
That makes alot of us but woodson was his big genius idea. I am guessing dolson will refuse to admit defeat until after year 3 minimum. These guys have massive egos. I just cannot believe fife left izzo for this garbage.
There should also be a short list of replacements for Dolson in Pam Whitten’s Rolodex.
So true. I can’t believe how bad we shot tonight. So many wide open looks. Rutgers start 4 guards/wings who all have better play making than any of our perimeter players. Hopefully Bates makes a jump next year and Schifino and Gunn come in ready to play!
Wrong, he is right, would have been an EE had we beaten UCLA, who did go on to the title game. I watched it, remember it, and I was actually surprised we didn't win
1st half: IU 662, Opp. 569 (+93)
Sampson took over a team that won 19 games and proceeded to add 2 wins to that total the following year… Now I have always thought Sampson was a very good coach, but please, don’t let facts get in the way. You guys are ridiculous.
Sounds like Buckner forced the Woody hire on Dolson from what I've heard and he's the President of the BOT now. Woody is going nowhere.
Once again, you are wrong. We were a 7 seed, UCLA was a 2 seed. We lost in the 2nd round.
Blows my mind how these “fans” have been living their lives for years believing that Sampson got us to a sweet sixteen. Of course now those same people want him back. SMHOnce again, you are wrong. We were a 7 seed, UCLA was a 2 seed. We lost in the 2nd round.
I remember watching it at my grandfather's place in Florida. UCLA's defense was stifling. Rod Wilmont was the only guy who could get anything going.
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Completely agree. This team has very little talent and those that are talented are incredibly flawed players. Sadly Bates and Geronimo are the closest things we have to complete players and they are 1st and 2nd year raw players who need to grow. X is trying to prove us all wrong by hitting shots though and I commend his effort. I hope he comes back.
Correct, TJD with his monster dunks to put people on a poster is just that....No good IU team in the past would even let Parker or Kopp sniff the starting lineup.
Back…no. But it proves hiring a basketball coach who’s really good and proven at coaching college basketball at a power 5 sure makes a difference!!
This year Woodson was what 16-5. Maybe we should have fired him then so fans could make wild proclamations about what he would have done for the next 15 years.
Good lord as I expected the old guard finally got their way with the you gotta hire an IU guy and lets relive the 1970's. What is this old guard going to say if nothing improves. I suppose they will simply blame the players. We can get boosters to pay 10 million to get rid of Archie yet the old guard gets to decide who our new coach is. Unreal.
Look at Arizona's new coach is his first year they are a top five team.
Ask yourself one simple question: Would KS be 22-4 with this team? Sampson is a good coach, but he's not a miracle worker. He had a lot more complete array of talent than what we have this year.
You don't think that having really good talent has something to do with that? Really?
