Maybe he should have considered not ramming a Final Four caliber team into the ground during the only 7 games he coached.

I know KS is really to blame for it all, lack of focus, upset at changes, blah blah. Those kids should have been able to advance past the first round with a cardboard cut-out on the sidelines despite that.

If he had stepped in and helped them overcome that distraction, he would have gotten the benefit of the bargain. Instead the team looked terrible in every single game he coached. It doesn’t matter the root cause, it matters what everyone associates with him.

As disappointing a season as it is we can always look at Texas Pan American U who at 7-20 is not even ranked in the top 300! The “Broncos” are being ridden by everyone cept Chicago State. They will be in an even bigger hole when they play Grand Canyon University next week. Actually aside from entertaining myself with little quips, this doesn’t make me feel better at all. I didn’t even know Pan Am had a basketball team. I’ll feel a tad bit better if we beat Iowa and we are due to get lucky. Coem to think of it, if i figured out what conference UT -Pan AM is in , it might provide solace to know if we played there we might get an automatic bid.

Well said !! Not to mention, it would void that last part in the article too.

Ha ha lol

Iowa, like IU, has trouble closing out games. They have top 10 talent but not top 10 toughness.

They could get to the Final 4, but more likely will end up being bounced in the first weekend.

I totally picked that up, too. While I like Dak–I played, or I should say, was on the team that played against his Andrean squad in HS–it’s impossible for him to not slam IU in some way on each broadcast. Definitely sour grapes. And don’t forget that his son is a walk on at Michigan, so “the right way” for Dak is the UM way, now I guess. Let’s also not forget that his job is to be the quasi-neo-Duke Vitale self-deprecating outspoken color guy. It’s his job to say stupid things sometimes. I feel he’s been unnaturally harsh on IU, but then again, you can’t really blame him, right?

Certainly doesn’t help now that his kid plays for them too.

The result of this game is largely inconsequential. I’ll be hoping the Hoosiers win but we all know the wins and losses mattering for this season ceased two weeks ago. I’d like to see continued effort (we fought at Wisconsin, not so much at Purdue) and for our turnover numbers to continue to improve. I’d also like to continue to see the increased involvement of Noah (although maybe we should keep his numbers down to keep him here haha!). Can Stan or Troy build some more positive momentum moving into the end of the season/offseason? Win or lose, I hope the Assembly Hall crowd are supportive of the team/program tonight. We don’t have to love the results on the court but I think we should always be proud to cheer for our Hoosiers….through good times and not so good times.

I thought Anthony Grant would succeed there but he’s been worse than Gottfried ever was at ‘Bama. You are correct though, they probably haven’t noticed!

Totally agree…tonight is probably a matchup between the two most “disappointing” teams in the conference. Iowa was considered a Final Four darkhorse by many because they could score and had a ton of veterans back. They also had a very favorable Big Ten schedule. Things just haven’t clicked for them recently and we have to hope that continues on Thursday. Of course, if we lose tonight I suppose it doesn’t matter all that much, sigh.

Yea I heard Dan..just trying to prove he’s not a “homer”..and being a pain in the a–.

Agree AB.. they have under-performed vs. their talent level. That said..when their offense is clicking they are a mean machine. Marble and White really present some match-up problems.

Did you guys catch when he said “the ball rolled the wrong way” in the michigan game last year, (which gave IU big 10 title). Then the other announcer quickly said that for IU fans the ball rolled the right way. At that point it is pretty obvious Dakich has a problem with IU. I think he also said “we” referring to IU’s opposition like I say we meanining “IU”.

NC State is a good comparison to IU. Both are loaded with young talent. Both had great teams last year that underachieved in the Dance. Both have good recruiters but very mediocre coaches. Mark Gottfried is the CTC of the ACC. He has a good season followed by a season of not making the Tourney. Got family who are Alabama fans and they were more than happy when he left (not that they really care about bb).

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