tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783919656736552601.post6692334098167297996..comments2023-10-26T05:08:38.930+03:30Comments on The Hoosier Report: The Mike Davis of Deadspin.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783919656736552601.post-40381664523353170652009-02-24T02:11:00.000+03:302009-02-24T02:11:00.000+03:30Why Indiana will continue to be relevant for years...Why Indiana will continue to be relevant for years to come:<BR/><BR/>1. Hoops Revenue (recently valued as the #6 most valuable college hoops program by SI.) IU also has one of the largest alumni and fan bases in the country.<BR/><BR/>2. This one goes along with the first: Media exposure.The ridiculous amounts of media coverage IU hoops got during the Sampson scandal proves just how relevant IU basketball STILL is.<BR/><BR/>3. At the beginning of THIS season, IU's Midnight Madness was aired NATIONALLY on TWO different networks. Yes, a team with a bunch of freshmen that no one has heard of. Yes, a team that no one expected to win more than a couple of conference games.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783919656736552601.post-49852069072158093002009-02-23T01:38:00.000+03:302009-02-23T01:38:00.000+03:30Excellent job- For all those people out there who ...Excellent job- For all those people out there who complain that the blogosphere is an unregulated arena where anyone can say whatever they like should read this. THIS is what blogs should do- In their best form, nonsensical missives like those that Chandler birthed on Deadspin should be met with the facts as they are. When someone is exposed as a fraud, as Chandler has clearly been, the system works- I can promise you that Hoosier fans will remember to remind him how foolish he really is. I just hope that they know what fast food fry machine to find him slaving over...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783919656736552601.post-20693661316740741542009-02-19T17:32:00.000+03:302009-02-19T17:32:00.000+03:30Quality work, John. This is same guy would probabl...Quality work, John. This is same guy would probably go on and on about how Purdue is building a championship program with backwater Indiana players. This state still has the great high school basketball tradition int he country even though they destroyed the tournament 11 years ago.<BR/><BR/>I know you guys will be back. You're Indiana. you're a national "name" program that can recruit talent without trying. We'll be waiting. I cannot wait for Indiana and Purdue to have two duels to the death for Big Ten titles each year again. When both schools are on, few can top our rivalry.<BR/><BR/>We'll be waiting.T-Millhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06658800030850579943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783919656736552601.post-52833188102295061882009-02-19T17:02:00.000+03:302009-02-19T17:02:00.000+03:30According to IU's media guide, Bouchie played all ...According to IU's media guide, Bouchie played all four years at IU, from 1979-80 through 1982-83. I've never seen a complete list of Jucos, but I would bet that the majority of Knight's jucos came in his last five years: Chris Rowles, Lou Moore, Haris Mujezinovic, Rob Turner, Will Gladness, Lynn Washington. Pre 1995, I recall Smart, Garrett, and Harris. Was Mark Robinson a juco? I recall nothing about him, but he was on the roster for two years. Mike D'Alosio?John Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00904933804078748933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783919656736552601.post-77304193989883309082009-02-19T11:03:00.000+03:302009-02-19T11:03:00.000+03:30Great rebuttal!Further arcane JUCO comment, didn't...Great rebuttal!<BR/><BR/>Further arcane JUCO comment, didn't Steve Bouchie come to IU from Vincennes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783919656736552601.post-32133106721650280372009-02-19T07:59:00.000+03:302009-02-19T07:59:00.000+03:30No blue chip recruits would come to Indiana now th...No blue chip recruits would come to Indiana now that Knight is gone, come on its a backwater.<BR/><BR/>Oh wait, you mean that a few months ago they held an nba draft and not one but two players taken in the first round were IU players? <BR/><BR/>IU didn't slowly erode from the national landscape. We hired a bad coach for six years. His replacement was good enough to get us back to recruiting the best players in the country (commits from Gordon, Ebanks, Holloway and serious interest from others like Zeller, Strickland, Stephenson, Dennis before he got in trouble) and we were at the top of the recruiting world within a year of Sampson getting hired. We had to let him go because he got in technical trouble with the ncaa (no payola, but phone calls). Both of the coaches after Knight brought elite McDonalds American prospects to IU even in their short times here. IU is 6th in the list of most McD AA's since the event began. If Knight wasn't bringing them in, and we can't get them when he's gone, I wonder where all that comes from...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783919656736552601.post-42187923689102767782009-02-18T19:30:00.000+03:302009-02-18T19:30:00.000+03:30Fantastic job on this ass. Nice work, John!Fantastic job on this ass. Nice work, John!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com