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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Who's your nation?
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Summer rolling on here? And look, there's a new pope, right,
We have a new pope. Darren Davrees has a new
basketball team. The rosters filled out, We're ready to go.
We can actually talk about a little bit of x's
and o's. We can talk a little bit big big picture.
(00:29):
We can talk about how Indiana's roster stacks up to
the Big Ten and now the rest of college basketball.
Matt and I are gonna dive into Darren Devrees's first
off season, off season zero, as Indiana men's basketball coach.
All the details, what we liked, what we disliked, ask
(00:51):
some pressing questions as we get into the summer. College
basketball is still, you know, five months away, but time's
gonna fly between now that never mind the fact that
IU football is going to be undefeated by the time
that starts. So there's a lot to get into. There's
a lot to get into. Matt and Igana discuss the offseason.
Maybe give Darren DeVries a quick grade to see how
(01:12):
we feel about how things stand. Discuss the roster, the
additions on this team, and so much more. Here an
episode three forty six of the Hoosiers Sound where We're
in the official podcast of Indiana HQ. We're recording this
edition of the Hoosier Sound on Thursday, June nineteenth, twenty
twenty five. Here I am your host, Nathan Christian. Here
with me today is my normal co host, Matt Lucan's Matt.
(01:34):
Indiana's filled out their roster. In fact, just recently, a
couple days ago, we heard that I you dipped into
the euro market, like a lot of other Big ten
and college basketball teams are doing, getting Serbian Alexa Ristige.
The rosters filled out. There are a lot of ways
to dig into this. Darren Derees has a team. That's
(01:54):
my headline. There's a lot to play with here. There's
a lot to mold between in the start of the season.
What's your headline? As you look back at Darren Derez's
first off season, there are twelve guys listed on the roster.
There's still another spot or two that are left to
fill if you want, what's your headline as far as
Darren Debrees's first off season.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Well, I guess my first off my first headline would
be that modern Indiana basketball is here, Like the team
is going to play positionless basketball for the next for
the near future, for at least the next for sure
(02:38):
four years.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Right, that's gonna be his first.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
They're gonna be playing positionless basketball, which is awesome. I'm super, super,
super super excited to see it. There are some serious
concerns I have with this roster, but all that being said,
super excited to kind of see them hit the court.
I think the recent edition of Wristitch is actually super
(03:07):
interesting because I mean, they they've seen a couple of
days of practice and then they're like, you know what,
not that, like they haven't been in the pipeline talking
the ristics or whatever, but like, I'm sure something happened
in practice, like you know what, maybe we do need
one more shooter, Like we need one more higher gun. Yeah,
(03:28):
And they kind of went out and made him an
offer he can't refuse.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
So I like it. You know, you actually mentioned that
One of the things that I wonder if they questioned
as well, is what if we had another multi year
project on this on this roster, or at least a
multi year player that's a project might be too too
much of a general league, Like what if we had
another multi year player. Look, you know, six of our
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guys lose eligibility after the season. It might help to
have an additional player come in and have a couple
of years in this system. I know, I know, in
this day and age college basketball, a two year player
danger dangers up forbid.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
They stay for six months now.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
And uh yeah, that's not healthy. I'm not going to
go there just yet. But look, Ristitch comes in. We're
not going to get too much into the weeds as
far as he's concerned. But I think there could be
something too that this coaching staff, in addition to Darren Debries,
may have said, hey, look, maybe maybe a guy who
(04:35):
can shoot a little bit. Of course, plant the seed
as far as euro recruiting is concerned. Several other schools
have gone that route here in this offseason, which apparently
is legal. So Indiana saying hey, we got to play
by those rules as well. You were talking about concerns
you had with this roster. Man, I'm pretty positive about
this roster that Darren Debries built. You mentioned positionless basketball.
(04:57):
I'm not going to dismiss that. Like, it's very different.
It's very different than what we've seen in Indiana before.
Right right, the number one team in the country with
Tom Crean had Cody Zeller, Christian Watford, you know, good
size down low in addition to big guards and wings
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like Victor Oladipo, Will she the Tom Crean's second Big
Ten Championship team had some big dudes, right. Thomas Bryant's
done really good things as far as building a sustained
NBA career, and now he's in the finals. Ogi Anaobi,
big big wing, you know, going out there doing several
things on the basketball court. I'm sure I'm missing one
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or two guys there as well, but very Yogi Ferrell.
It takes is lost for pretty short but you're right.
Troy Williams, Yeah, that long rangeye wing wing player. And
then the Mike woodsonaria was defined by Trace Jackson Davis.
He was by far the best player in the Woodson era.
Tjd was by far one of the best players in
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Indiana history. Bigs are very productive in Indiana. Kollel where
came over from Oregon where he was in danger of
his NBA career derailing, his basketball career derailing, comes to
Indiana very productive. Darren Devrees is kind of throwing all
of that aside, and I like it. I like it
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Let's go let's build a basketball team of big guards,
of wings, of versatile bigs. Let's go out build a
team that could pass, that could rebound, that can score. Now,
you might say Indiana doesn't have really large, physically imposing
players like Trace Jackson Davis on this team, and that's true.
(06:46):
You're right. The only two guys on this team over
six foot eight are Reed Bailey, who's more of a
stretch four or stretch five, and Sam Alexis, who is
very much like a block shot, rim protector type of player.
But he's just one guy. Indiana's not gonna play through
the post with their big that often anymore. And seeing
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that positionless style, versatile, I definitely think of that as
modern in conjunction with a ten deep arsenal of shooters.
I don't know if this is gonna blow up and
Darren Devree's face year one, but I'm ready to see
(07:28):
how it goes. And I think there's a question of, well,
how are you gonna grab rebounds of the big ten?
How are you gonna deal with the physical grind of
the big ten. I think you do it through depth,
and I think a lot of times there is a
just too broad of a connection between size and height
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with rebounding. There are a lot of tall, large players
that struggle rebounding to basketball. It's not one of their strengths. Meanwhile, Indiana,
I just saw Anthony Leal, for example. I have a
very prosperous last couple of seasons as far as rebounding
the basketball as somebody who's in a sixty three six' four. Frame.
(08:13):
Right there a lot of different parts of. Rebounding it's the,
effort it's the. System it's also the, size the physical.
Strength if we find out this upcoming season it rebound
is rebounding is a little bit more about effort and
about the system more so than the. SIZE i Think
indiana'll be just finding that. Department BUT i can't wait
to see. SHOOTING i can't wait to see. VERSATILITY i
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can't wait to see multi dimensional. Basketball AND i want
to see An indiana team force an opponent into changing
their game. PLAN i want to see other teams go
small to Match indiana rather Than indiana having to play
on the. Defensive is that like a over you? Know
(08:58):
is that an overly optimist the view of this and
That i'm looking, for it's gonna be very. DIFFERENT i
don't want to always equal, equate different to, better But i'm.
Ready i'm ready to see how this.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Looks i'm also ready to see it. LOOKS i will say,
THIS i don't think different is. Bad i'm just gonna
say the way the my knit picky, thing not even, nitpicky,
honestly it's It's i'm maybe so jaded and scared and
a lot of PEOPLE. PTSD i HAVE ptsd from this
(09:34):
basketball program that WHENEVER i see a who's your basketball?
Team AND i think about who's your basketball? Team my
mind goes, to how can they hurt me? Right how
is this going to hurt the most? Right and for
this team in, PARTICULAR i look at the roster, CONSTRUCTION i,
(09:56):
go we are one bum ankle away from playing you,
know a, Six Tucker derees at the, five Like I'm
I'm i'm just looking At, Rochester Reed, Bailey god, forbid
(10:18):
knock knock on. WOOD i got a desperate, here trips,
falls something pulls a groin boy and he's out for two.
Weeks and we Have purdue And wisconsin And michigan And Michigan,
state and you know you gotta go Against Yackell. Michigan
you gotta go up against you, know t k R
(10:40):
ats At. Purdue you gotta go up against whoever the
Heck wisconsin's got as their big next. Year you, know
you're just sitting there thinking. Yourself we Have Tucker derees
Guarding yackel in the, posts like is this really what
we want? Here and like it's the big time is the?
(11:00):
League AND i respect the heck out Of derees and
staff for being, like you know, what fricke. It we
don't need a seven foot seven dude to win in
The Big ten Like purdue, Does like we we can
go out and try to play our own branded basketball
win that. WAY i respect, that BUT i think it's
(11:20):
been proven time and time again in The Big ten
that you, know doing your own style and your own
thing doesn't particularly. Work and it's also part of the
reason why The Big, tens you, know asn't won the
national championship in the last twenty years because they've cannibalized.
Themselves so, like you, Know i'm looking At illinois With Brad.
Underwood you, Know Brad underwood played up, tempo super, fast
(11:41):
pressed basketball until he showed up At. Illinois he tried
to play that the first couple of years he got
steam rolled The Big, ten and he's taken that completely.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Back.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
Right they don't even play it even somewhat similar style
to whatever the heck they were running, beforehand especially, Defensively
and so, Like i'm looking at What derez has done
at this roster AND i look at the weakness it,
has and it's it's so. Glaring it reminds me of
The Tom allen football, teams because you knew what they
(12:11):
wanted to, do and you knew exactly what the weakness
was for those teams heading into every single season For
Tom allen's, team and you could probably guess how many
wins they were going to get and how many losses
they would. Get for, example the last season we Have Tom,
ALLEN i guess we were gonna go three and. Nine
guess what we. Did we went three and. NINE i
knew exactly what was going to. Happen AND i feel,
(12:32):
like you, know, again Maybe i'm just, hurt maybe maybe
part of me HAS, ptsd BUT i look at this,
TEAM i know how this is going to. Go LIKE
i know what the worst possible scenario is and what
the most likely scenario. Is AND i don't like that
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the most likely, scenario in the worst possible scenario are
the exact same. Thing So i'm this is my verbal
plea to the, staff please put one more. Body we
were just talking about it for the, podcast like who
was the guy that was on the roster for the
last couple of years that was there academically and he's
(13:12):
also like seven feet? Tall was, like and we were,
like you know Who? James?
Speaker 2 (13:16):
Who who Was Dallas?
Speaker 1 (13:19):
James can we Get can we Get Dallas james to
turn Into Houston james and come back to school or
Like Arlington james and come back to? School, like because
we need One we need one more. BODY i need
somebody in the break glass in case of emergency. Guy
and right now we don't have. That we have that
(13:39):
for the. Guards god, forbid we have too many.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
Guards well that's the, question Right like, That that's where
it goes back to what If indiana forces other teams
to PLAY i use?
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Game because if if he does, that IF i does,
THAT i mean we're winning the national. Title if you're
if you're out there forcing teams to play modern basketball
and you're running it so well that no one can guard.
You you're basically, UNSTOPPABLE i. THINK i, mean obviously That
(14:15):
yukon team two years, AGO i had to. Clinging but
they ran some of the more modern basketball sets THAT
i have seen in the more modernish Sets i've seen
in college basketball for the last five ten. Years white
people talk about the team all the time because they
ran great stuff that was, unguardable and they also happened
some decent, pieces and they actually had a big that
(14:37):
could match up To edie and. Co But god Knew
God god and a, coach But god, Forbid LIKE i
was able to do what they did with a six
foot eight guy playing starting. CENTER i.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
Fair. Enough, LOOK i MEAN i definitely see. That by
no means am my painting a perfect picture of this
of this, offseason this portal cycle For Darren. Devrees but
with that, said you, know when you think about Those yukon,
teams the maybe one of the low key unknown statistics
(15:11):
they're facts of Those yukon back to back titles was
That Donovan klingen only played like twenty one twenty two
minutes per game even the year The huskies won the national. Championship,
yeah and you, know it's like one of those things
WHERE i feel like you probably will just, casually thinking
(15:35):
back to Those huskies, titles would have, Said, Oh Donovan,
klingen you, know a lottery in THE nba draft is a,
center of, course a key cog in The huskies national title.
Machine you probably would be, like, oh you must have
played thirty thirty two minutes a. Game, no it's like twenty.
Two so it makes you think as far as that's,
(15:56):
CONCERNED i, mean let's just dive into this, Question. MATT
i Mean indiana as a, team, right there's a team,
now twelve, guys actually thirteen after THE i think it's. Thirteen,
no it's twelve after the addition Of Alexa. Ristitch is
it tournament or bust?
Speaker 1 (16:15):
In year?
Speaker 2 (16:15):
One For? Derees is that where your thought process is right?
Now In? June is the bar even higher as far
as year one is. CONCERNED i think Where i'm standing right,
now given how The woodson tenure. Ended if you're telling
me year one Is indiana makes THE ncaa tournament and
establishes sort of a foundation and a vision and a
(16:40):
mindset of what type of basketball they want to play
Under Darren devrez for the next ten to fifteen. Years,
ideally Then i'm happy actually with how the season plays.
OUT i think that foundational, part the, discipline the, fundamentals the,
basics executing the type of basketball To Darren devrie wants to,
(17:00):
play is the biggest thing that needs to happen this upcoming.
Year the second biggest is That indiana makes THE Ncaa.
TOURNAMENT i think everything after that is sort of icing
on the. CAKE i don't know if OTHER iu fan
see it that. Way that's WHERE i am in the
middle Of. June where are you right now.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Playing a modern style of basketball for? Me and AND
i mean like the way the roster construction is they
will do that for me personally is the? Floor, YEAH
i just want to see good. Basketball, YEAH i think
there's a million different things that can happen in a.
Season the entire team could get The babonic plague for
(17:46):
ALL i, know and and we could be out the
basketball season and if we go into the season and be, like,
well if they don't win the national, title it's a.
Bust it's really. Stupid SO i just want to watch
basketball with my eyes and not have my eyes bleed
Because i'm watching terrible, basketball Right, like, yeah straight up
(18:10):
that's that's. It that's the bar for. ME i want
to be proud of the product they put on the.
Floor they don't have to, win it will be it
will make me sad if they don't, Win, yes we
can get less podcasts from. Us if they don't, win
probably will be out.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
A football ormore women's.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
TEAM i, MEAN i, MEAN i, mean, like Like, nith
let's be. Honest when the basketball team is not doing very,
Well nith AND i both get very very, sad AND
i know the rest of you do as.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
Well, brutal it's. Brutal how do you miss the?
Speaker 1 (18:42):
Tournament so it's it's, YEAH i don't, know it's it's
it is really hard to do a podcast about a
team that you're just not not happy. With it's very
miller and crap football, team those.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
Are some bleak.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
Days at least our football team's good football, team and
hopefully the basketball team will be.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
Good it's funny Because I'M i just to finish my,
YEAH i, KNOW i, know to finish my.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
Thought to finish my, THOUGHT i want to watch a
good brand of, basketball AND i want to be proud
of the product they put on the, floor and to
finish the trifecta IS i want to like the. Players
if the players are likable and they play a fun
style of, basketball and they make good social media content
and stuff outside of, It i'm okay with that as the, floor,
LIKE i, mean the absolute basement of year. One obviously
(19:37):
make the tournament police. Lead, yeah but, like but like basement,
wise play a style of basketball that players and fans
appreciate and want to watch and want to play for.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
It that's it for what it's. Worth indiana is forty
first as far as their TOUR bic ranking going into
this upcoming, season and that is good for twelve in the. League,
yeah forty first is, Twelve nebraska is forty. Third that's. Thirteen,
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yeah so we're talking about thirteen out of the eighteen
teams in this league coming in the top fifty In.
Torvik the bottom five in the league Are, Washington Northwestern,
Minnesota Penn, state And. RUTGERS i think those five teams
will be battling for the bottom, three which of course
gets eliminated From Big ten tournament. Consideration i'm A bears,
(20:41):
fan and the REASON i mentioned that is because The
bears also have a new coach that's coming in and
trying to establish a new identity for the football team
this upcoming, season and everyone's all caught. Up Caleb williams
And Roma doonza and Oh Coleston, loveland the defense said,
wow this and, that and the win TOTAL i think
(21:04):
is at seven and a half this upcoming season for
The bears after a disastrous twenty twenty twenty four. Year
What i'm telling a lot of people is, like with The,
BEARS i just want to See Ben johnson commit and
just establish a, foundation right the, fundamentals, discipline stop being a, meme,
(21:28):
right stop you, know having people make fun of. You Remember,
matt at this point last, year we were talking ABOUT
iu men's basketball team as a preseason top twenty five lock,
yep as A Big, ten as A Big Ten conference championship, contender.
Yep and it all fell apart. Yep and WHEN i
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look back And i'm, like why did it fall? Apart
is because politics got too. Involved the fundamentals went out the,
door the base left the. Building. Yep they left the.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
Building they left the, building they went on.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
Vacation the, act the nuts and, bolts the blocking and tackling.
Speaker 1 (22:18):
Completely.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
Disappeared, then by the, way it came back the last
five six weeks Because Mike woodson left the, left left his,
post and then because of, that the politics, disappeared and
because of, That Anthony Leland Lou goody played a lot
more and all of a sudden you saw the fundamentals
return for a nice little push at the end of the.
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YEAR i want to see. FUNDAMENTALS i want to see.
BASICS i want to see. DISCIPLINE i want to see.
REBOUNDING i want to see shot. MAKING i want to
see ball. Movement and if you, win, Great if you
do those, things you'll be in THE ncaa. Tournament that's
why the teams that Make March madness get to that,
(23:04):
level even if it's you, know an at large type,
environment it's because they are able to go out and
do some of those basic things that that get them.
There Right, like they played to a, vision they played
to a style of, play and that's how they and
that's how they end up Making March madness in the first.
(23:26):
Place is Why clemson got To March, Madness it's why you,
Know Ole miss got there In, missoo Right, like it's
because of that type of. Stuff so that's really What
i'm paying attention To we got a lot more to
talk about, here but first it's time for who won
the week this past? Week AND i use sports and
we have to tip our cap to THIS iu football recruiting. Cycle.
(23:49):
MATT i, mean we're not going to get into every single,
player But Kurt signetti is taking THAT cfp run from
this past season and a season that Had College Game
day FROM espn come To bloomington And Big Noon kickoff
From fox come To, bloomington And indiana pantsing Every Big
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ten opponent except For Ohio.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
STATE, Yep.
Speaker 2 (24:18):
Signetti's taking that, season the season of dreams and carrying
over all the momentum into not just the portal recruiting
from this past season to lead up to twenty twenty,
five but also twenty twenty six high school. Recruiting so
much positivity flowing right. Now indiana has a top twenty
(24:41):
five high school recruiting class in the country for twenty
twenty six according to twenty four to Seven. Sports that
is uncharted territory for this football. Program even looking back
to that twenty twenty year Where indiana had a very good,
season they were unable to really translate that into too
much recruiting. Success kurtz signetess made that happen right. Here
you see him Retain Bryant. Haynes of, Course Mike shanahan
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is still on the. STAFF i See Justice ellison stud
running back On indiana last. Season he's, transitioning transitioning to
his coaching role real. NICELY a lot of recruits have
Tagged ellison in their commitment posts or in their official visit.
Posts so it's great to See justice finding a role
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On indiana's coaching. Staff any thoughts from me just on
the football program right, Now matt the, recruiting it is
awesome to see a lot of players committing To indiana
over sec, powerhouses big ten. Powerhouses signetti is doing an unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
JOB i, mean the football pargament program has gone From
Tom allen's cult of personality to now The Kurt signetti
cult of. Personality and you know the, latter The Kurt
snetti cult of personality is really working itself. Out and,
uh what a home run higher that. IS i, MEAN
(26:05):
i trust The Darren devrees higher entirely because in almost,
entirely BECAUSE i TRUST i trust the hire Of Kurt
signetti so. Much but to be fair to. Us both
you AND i last year around this are maybe earlier than,
(26:27):
this but, yes you, know by this time last year
we talked about who was the most ideal person for
you to hire as a football, coach and both you
AND i both answered Hurt, signetty this is the most.
Obvious it was the most obvious, higher and both both
of us were, like this is the home run. Higher
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and then it, happened and both of us were, like but, what,
like like we're in absolute. SHOCK i remember us texting
each other being so excited about it actually, happening so
LIKE i mean to see it pan out like this
is of course super super, enthralling but like but like
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there's so much more to, Come Like I'm i'm addicted,
Now Like i'm straight up Like I'm I'm i'm like
a Pert signetty football harrowin, Addict LIKE I i all of.
IT i crave the next. HIT i, DO i genuinely.
Speaker 2 (27:24):
Do the other Day big Ten network was Showing Nebraska.
Indiana that was that was the Movie.
Speaker 1 (27:33):
Michigan the game on repeat. Permanently i'm pretty sure The
Nebraska indiana.
Speaker 2 (27:37):
Game yeah me, too me. TOO a Carpet Sean, asberry De'angelo.
Ponds that was in The.
Speaker 1 (27:49):
Washington showing at that. Game, yeah, oh, yes that was
The Washington Curtis Curtis. Man then that the team last.
Year there's so many iconic moments that was blood together for,
ME i needed to do or rewatch all of. Them,
LITERALLY i forgot that that was The washington. GAME i
JUST i just my brain was, like that was The nebraska.
Game but that was Was nebraska the game before?
Speaker 2 (28:12):
That, yes, YES i think, yeah Because northwestern got us to,
six and THEN i think it Was nebraska and Then.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
Washington, yep The northwestern game that was like sneaky uncomfortable
for a. While, yeah it.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
WAS i Remember Michigan state had a lead In East.
LANSING i think it was. Ten, oh of course The michigan.
Game you were always uncomfortable because Of.
Speaker 1 (28:38):
Michigan we were also just holding on at the end
because we could not play. Offense but.
Speaker 2 (28:46):
A shout out to create signetty carrying over all this
positivity into the twenty twenty six recruiting, cycle and, uh you,
know we've talked about this with men's basketball before women's.
Basketball even if you don't land a bunch of high
school recruits right, now like having these conversations right now
might help you a couple of years down the road
during a portal cycle when a lot of high schoolers
(29:06):
who are graduating now remember That kurtzignetti And Ryan hayes
visited them in the high school recruiting, process and all
of a, sudden if there's a guy right now who
committed To illinois or To, purdue or To Iile state
or To Notre dame or To, michigan and maybe their
time at those schools don't pan, out they might reach
(29:27):
out TO kurtzigneti and, say, hey you know, what there
could be a fit. Here so a lot of good
vibes right now FOR iu football or, Reminders, folks if
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(29:47):
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relates To Indiana university. Sports as you look at this team, now,
MAN i mean you've talked about a lot of, questions
a lot of a lot of a lot of areas for,
improvement a lot of areas for focus and emphasis going
(30:09):
going into this off, season there Are there's no question
that one of the real surprising aspects of this to, me,
like if you had told me three months, Ago, hey
what's the NEW iu men's basketball coach gonna do this choral?
SEASON i would not have guessed just two guys over six,
Today and it also would not have guessed that a
(30:33):
couple of things took. Place first of, all almost exclusive
mid major, flavor right. Almost you had one season Of
Sam alexis At. Florida you had one year Of Connor
enwright at DePaul is that power conference. School you had
one season Of Tucker devrees At West. Virginia every other
(30:55):
season is a mid major. Season i'm pretty sure everybody, Else,
Yes i'm pretty, Sure Nick, Dorn Jason, Drake, Tayton, connorway
all of. It of, Course Transistley High, School alexorist To.
Europe but that's kind of eye opening to. Me and
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then in, Conjunction, matt no one really From West, virginia,
Right Tucker devrees the one season of, Course Drake Drake,
roots but one season At West virginia comes over with his.
Dad the strength and conditioning staff does come over With.
CHRIS i Believe Ryan warren specifically comes over From West.
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VIRGINIA i, know it's music to your. Ears any surprise,
there you, know mid major through and, through no one
really from The West virginia. ERA i know when we
started talking about the soft seat or, say, hey Maybe Sincere,
harris maybe one or two of the assistants come over
From West. Virginia maybe one or two of the high
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school commits To Darren devrees At West virginia come over
to eye. You none of that, Happen any of that
surprising to?
Speaker 1 (32:02):
You, NO i Mean West virginia is a slightly lesser
program Than. Indiana i'm Sure i'll make a bunch of
people In West virginia very.
Speaker 2 (32:14):
Has not slightly mat it's significantly. Lesser there's nothing That
West virginia has done except for one year Of kevin
Pittsnogl uh And Bob huggins that's worth.
Speaker 1 (32:28):
Mentioning THEY i, mean they at least have some.
Speaker 2 (32:31):
History they're in a conference that is not part of
the financial muscle of college. Sports right, now if you're
not AN sec or A big ten. CONFERENCE i don't
even pay attention to you. Anymore that's that's.
Speaker 1 (32:47):
Kind Of it's kind of, sad but that's really kind of.
True AND i do feel bad For West virginia, fans
but they just don't have the financial power That indiana.
Has they just Don't i'm.
Speaker 2 (32:56):
Sorry or the banners or the prestige or THE nba
prospects Or.
Speaker 1 (33:05):
I'm not going, there but they're just at a different
level of. Program they did have a.
Speaker 2 (33:10):
Couple GUY i was kind of interested, in, though and
the Reset let's figure it out.
Speaker 1 (33:14):
Elsewhere and the only person on that team THAT i
would have wanted AT iu was their point guard WHO
i wanted last. YEAR i Wanted javon last. Year he was.
Speaker 2 (33:29):
Eligible and killed it and he's times, up so.
Speaker 1 (33:35):
That's the only PERSON i would have went off the team,
anyways even though they know they played decent, basketball but
just like they had to grind it out After tucker went.
Down SO i don't, KNOW i don't. KNOW i think
THAT i think that team was one absolutely hell of
a coaching, job, right an incredible coaching, job seriously and seriously,
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seriously like an unbelievable job getting that team even remotely
close they, were but they were really good With Tucker.
Defreez at the beginning of the, year they were knocking,
off knocking off teams left right. There they did much
better To bahamas than so. Again but that they got
again the, mark the mark for that the floor is
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the floor is in hell so well it was was
what was the POINT i was. Making i'm a little
rusty in this.
Speaker 2 (34:28):
Part it's just look mid. Majors it's no one From
West virginia like this.
Speaker 1 (34:33):
Is it doesn't worry me at. All approach Doesn't it
doesn't Worry that doesn't worry me at. All we've seen
mid major players come to the big ten do, fine
and do more than, fine do. Fantastic we've also seen
it's the big bodied mid major players that are you,
know they were lacking in skills at the time that
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they got down to the mid major, level and they
worked on those skills and they got, better and then
they move. Up those guys do very. Well most of
our team are those. Guys so, Like i'm okay with,
that especially in the. Backboard most of our teams are
the guys that were six' six under recruited out of.
High school, you know we're lacking skills, and overall, you
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KNOW basketball iq and knowledge. Or whatever go down to
a smaller level game that show the ability to do
That against power, five opponents which a lot of our
guys have done shown out, Against players, AND yeah i
think this team will be fine at. THAT point i,
Just Again i've i've voiced my opinion earlier on. This
podcast you can go and rewind it if you. Want
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to you guys Know what. I'm saying there's just the
one part about this roster that. Scares me only, one
thing and it's like two people's niece and that's. THAT'S it.
Speaker 2 (35:51):
I really really love the Approach that Darren de reese
took and filling out. His STAFF when i think about
the three assistants that he, brought on it is actually it's.
Four assistants it is so satisfying to see a head
coach demand excellence out of the guys who are assistants on.
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His bench and one of my most frustrating parts Of
the woodson tenure was the assistants were unserious AND like,
i know you, can, say hey now you know the
Assistance Like kenya hunter and You see Rosemond Even brian
walsh took jobs At Other power, conference schools but that's
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because they have the experience that they Gained. At indiana
like what's supposed to Happen is indiana goes out and
gets assistants that Coached At, ohio state Or at texas OR,
at lsu And then indiana brings those guys. On board
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woodson did. It backwards he went out and he brought
on two assistants that were. COMPLETELY unproven, i, mean honestly
it's all. Of them the one guy who was worth
Anything Was, dane fife and that blew up after. One
year never mind the strength, and conditioning which you've pointed
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out from the beginning was a. Red flag indiana now
has a group, of assistants a strength STAFF that, i
Think maybe i'll look stupid in. A year i think
this group is a hundred times more legitimate than the.
Previous ONE when i think about Bringing Over drew Adams
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from cincinnati And From darren dere's knowledge of Him, AT
bradley i absolutely love Seeing coach adams on. The Staff
rod Clark from tennessee is going to be a head coach.
One day he's going to be a head coach in
college basketball sooner. Than later this might be a one
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and done type Thing For. Rodd clark he Was at
tennessee as an Assistant Under, rick barnes. Was excellent it
was a highly coveted highly coveted, and again This is
indiana approaching their coaching staff the. Right, way hey there's
a Guy at tennessee that maybe wants to take that
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leap in. His career let's bring him on board for
a year or to establish a foundation for what we
want from our players for the next decade or two.
To Come, kenny johnson, of Course former. Indiana assistant we're
familiar With coach kenny and his type of recruiting style
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and his type of presence on. The Bench, nick norton
a former Player For, darren devrees is on the staff as.
An assistant we Talked About, Chris Virtue, ryan horne the
strength and. Conditioning Guys mike bargain has sort of a
a an office role after coming Over. FROM bradley i
cannot wait to see how this coaching staff adds value
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to this. Basketball, TEAM yeah i don't have to worry
about detracting removing value from this. BASKETBALL team i don't
have to worry about cheerleading and ourah rah on. THE
bench i just want guys on the staff to get,
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to work to take winning seriously and put the best
product on the court that is possible by establishing, a
system by establishing, a vision by. ESTABLISHING fundamentals i think
that's what. We're getting this staff meant to me is
the biggest Win Of darren devree's. First Offseason tucker devrees,
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is big but he's the. Coach's Son lamar, wilkerson was
but we'll see the coaching staff to me is the.
Biggest way is that too outlandish of? A take or
do you see something there.
Speaker 1 (40:11):
That's too level headed of? A TAKE and i don't
appreciate you doing that because that's a really good take
and it makes me looking. An, idiot Thanks, Thanks nit then,
thanks man Appreciate. Level no now, you're, absolutely absolutely, Absolutely
Correct no.
Speaker 2 (40:26):
Indiana flavor does that concern you.
Speaker 1 (40:32):
To the people That want? Indiana flavor? Who who my
answer is who? You Want? Steve, alford okay Letk What
steve alford. Has, done okay you want anybody from the
coach look at look at how?
Speaker 2 (40:47):
That?
Speaker 1 (40:47):
Too RIGHT but i mean they wanted them as a,
head coach so you. Want, him okay, go ahead, knock
yourself knock your. Socks Off h do you want any?
OTHER form, i Mean, obviously kenny of Course coach kenny has,
experience here but he at least has experienced here when things.
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Were good who the heck else do you? Want back,
i'm sorry you guys, want change you want, something different
and then you're going to Ask For indiana. Guys back
indiana hasn't been freaking consistently relevant since. The nineties so
who The he who the hell is still coaching from?
The nineties? No one and and you want players back to. The,
(41:31):
nineties okay maybe You Had calver cheney on the. Last
roster how the heck did that? Work out the? Last,
Staff yeah, Jordan holes jordan. HOLES whatever i don't Know
the Tom the. Crean era, but like you can.
Speaker 2 (41:47):
Bring, back Creed but. Crean's not crean's going to be
a head, coach.
Speaker 1 (41:51):
LATER yeah. I hope so he just that guy.
Speaker 2 (41:55):
Deserves it he's going to.
Speaker 1 (41:55):
Be it. Just yeah but, BUT no, i, mean like
there's no one else you really? Want, back, really seriously, there's,
not guys, there's not. There's not, there's not, there's not
there's no there's no one that comes from a consistent
level of WINNING at iu where they bring anything of
any sort of un un, unobtainable, Knowledge Right.
Speaker 2 (42:20):
Lawrence frank but he's more like an executive. Type role
so you're not going to. Do That isaiah thomas not
going to, Do that calbert you, Talked.
Speaker 1 (42:29):
About so you Don't Want isaiah thomas Doing coaching, AND
yeah I love i. Love it don't get, ME wrong I,
love zeke but, like, god yeah.
Speaker 2 (42:41):
Fair, enough yeah it's just one of those Things where
i'm looking at This and, i'm saying you know what,
this staff to me is going. To be, you Know
if indiana turns, it around MAKES the ncaa, tournament consistently
you're gonna remember. This Group, Drew Adams, Rod Clark, Kenny Johnson,
Nick Norton ryan horn's strength, And Conditioning mike bargain as,
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an administer, you know sort of, office role. Executive role
get this thing back, on TRACK and i can't wait
to see them over the next, several months mold and
develop and, you know bring this. Team together because that
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was the main sentence From The darren dere's inaugural, press,
conference right. It was we're building, a team not a collection,
of Players and i'm looking forward to seeing this staff
make that come. To reality so a lot of stuff to.
Dive into as far as men's. Basketball team we'll wrap
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it up here in just, a moment but first a
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Speaker 1 (44:41):
But what Are we INDIANA Dot hq and just because
we haven't done this in a couple, of months DOESN'T
mean i don't forget that we need an.
Speaker 2 (44:49):
Off season there's no off season in. College sports and
after the, portal settled the dust settled in what maybe Mid,
late april we needed to we needed to settle down
(45:09):
because remember the football team. Was good we did not
budget in a eleven and one. FOOTBALL season i needed
to reset my emotional. Battery recharge there's a lot.
Speaker 1 (45:24):
Looking back we should do a year in review of
the entire athletic program podcast because like there's a lot
that went on and it's like a lot of. Good stuff,
of course.
Speaker 2 (45:36):
WE got cfp and the men's coach losing, His job
like that's never gonna, happen again the same.
Speaker 1 (45:45):
You have even talked, About this but then you have
like The Doctor james bomba stuff that's happened. Off, off
yeah like you, Had that you've had that hanging over the.
Athletic program you've had all the changes to, you know
THE n c doble a crazy in the. Last year
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you've had, you know the women's team and what they did,
this year which they, were, fantastic tournament made, the tournament
they were very, very good.
Speaker 2 (46:18):
Won a game in the.
Speaker 1 (46:18):
Tournament, too yeah they got unlucky with. The droll but
like by, the.
Speaker 2 (46:23):
Way they also held a halftime Lead At, south carolina
right a third, quarter lead a halftime lead.
Speaker 1 (46:30):
They were there went at sound at some point moderately through,
that GAME if i, REMEMBER correctly i don't remember exactly
when they. Lost it that's, you know my bead. ENDS
up i don't remember, that slick. But FINE but i
mean it's like the year in review for THE whole
i don't mean swim. AND dives i think who won a.
National championship there was a program that won a, national championship.
Speaker 2 (46:50):
WASN'T not i have to go back and swim and
swimming and diving was unbelievable this, past year and they're
Gonna be they're gonna, be prepping uh for the, of
course the Twenty. Eight olympics, you KNOW The nba finals.
Going on We Got thomas bryant, balling out especially in.
Clinching games it was hilarious TO see tv do big
(47:12):
things Against the cavs and Against the knicks in the
close out games of both of. Those series, OF course
og was unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (47:20):
FOR the nis AND their dp playoffs.
Speaker 2 (47:22):
For long ANY any nba finals, thoughts man is there
anything about these games you're seeing To the Pacers and
thunder that could maybe draw parallel To with? Indiana BASKETBALL with?
IU basketball i should say the series has. Been awesome
it looks Like Maybe tyre's halliburton's injury is gonna be
tough For the pacers. To overcome but it's been AN unbelievable.
(47:45):
Nba playoffs is there anything that you've that's opened your
eyes ABOUT postseason nba basketball and just any finals thoughts,
in general any CONNECTIONS. To iu just floor.
Speaker 1 (47:56):
Is open, oh man you're let.
Speaker 2 (47:59):
Me.
Speaker 1 (48:00):
Hawk yeah so as far AS The nba finals, GOES
one i Think the pacers. Are Cooked so i'm sorry
to owe My my pacer fans, out THERE but i
just don't see you getting over The tires. HELIBURTON injury
I just. I can't i can't see you getting. Past
that and he's gonna try to play. THROUGH it i think,
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grid GRIT but i you only have one or two,
games left so you might as. Well try but.
Speaker 2 (48:27):
They've banged two. Wins, Though man like this is the
goofy part about, This SERIES like i feel like it's
three to one when it's actually three two And the
pacers have a home game Tonight. In, america, yeah, Yeah, exactly,
like hey you just and the only six six and
a half, Point underdogs like this is not, You Know
appalachian State, at michigan which by, the way wasn't that big.
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Of spread it's not Acron At. Ohio, state uh this
is This is that's one of my. Favorite things, it's
like It's like apple Lash and state wasn't that big
of an Underdog at michigan had pulled off The UPSET
akron i think it was in the twenty twenty four.
Football season this past one was like a fifty six
point Underdog At ohio state. Or something AND then i
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remember the Previous season indiana needed like multiple overtimes to.
Be accurate that's a. Different story it's it's three. To
two indiana just needs one game and then you and
then All that i'm SAYING.
Speaker 1 (49:23):
Is I that and, you, KNOW well i Bet You
thomas bryant does something good in. That game, BUT no
I underd i, Understand. That nitthan but at the, same
Time this pacers team is not the same. Basketball Team
When tyre's halliburton is even eighty five percent as good
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as what he is like this team revolves. Around him
and the, people that by, the way don't Think That
tyre's haliburton is a superstar are brain, dead idiots like
straight up rain that he is one of the best
passers of THE basketball i have, ever seen like at.
Speaker 2 (50:00):
ANY position I think i have this tweet out there
on my. PERSONAL account I think i said somewhere recently
that the three best passers in basketball right Now Are
lebron Halliburton And. CAITLYN clark I think i said. That
somewhere that's THAT'S that's I think i think it's three.
Speaker 1 (50:19):
Their own that's just that's just the. Correct opinion and
and passing the basketball is what makes basketball a good
basketball player a.
Speaker 2 (50:27):
Basketball player so just to, Pause there indiana's bringing a
lot of. That over Darren de reez is bringing a
lot of that over that should be signed, for OPTIMISM RIGHT.
Speaker 1 (50:40):
I, I agree i agree that should be signs. For
optimism but you need you need depth at the front
line for the big for the. Big ten That's all.
I'm saying, if like, for example we said that seven
Foot three italian kid, on, campus, Right yeah god, HELP
me i don't remember his name It All luigi so
we go That, guy luigi not the one that Shot
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The UNITED, healthcare ceo The, other luigi The.
Speaker 2 (51:08):
REAL luigi i mean that guy is Third On luigi.
Power rankings, all right.
Speaker 3 (51:14):
First, there's mario there's the. Seven three luigi just, showed
up and then Then.
Speaker 1 (51:25):
It's, luigi mak then it's him and it's. The. Murderer yeah,
but anyways bizarre, side tangent bizarre side. Tent, aside no
like if you added like a seven foot three body on.
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THIS roster I think i'm okay, with that with whatever.
Else HAPPENS and i think THE team i looked at the,
scholarship charts they have. Fifteen scholarships they are twelve. Right
now plus you have the two guys waiting. FOR waivers
i think you add one and then maybe get the
two guys back, from waivers maybe one, guy back and
then you call it. A DAY so I don't i
don't think the roster, is. FINISHED genuinely i think they
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will find one one guy that's got a, little bit,
you know he wears, big shoes he barely fits in,
the bed and he's got some meat on. His bones
and that guy will play. The five.
Speaker 2 (52:25):
I'm sure there's always another plot twister too. IN this.
Speaker 1 (52:31):
I WENT. To iu it's a. Big school i'm sure
they could find some undergrad that's Six ten and in
a meat poll there's some dude from Like. Green castle
sure like that is.
Speaker 2 (52:47):
Is but ten half, Trans, right.
Speaker 1 (52:58):
Trent you got a cousin.
Speaker 2 (53:03):
Bring.
Speaker 1 (53:03):
Back guys he saying my Name is my Name, Is
PABLO and i was.
Speaker 2 (53:07):
Gonna, SAY well i was, gonna say like a. Seller cousin,
You Know, tony zeller.
Speaker 1 (53:13):
You know anybody willing to Do the i'm twelve and
put a twenty dollar bill In A Dave?
Speaker 2 (53:20):
Dave zeller is he out There? Somewhere? Washington? Now great
great points about. THE finals i Think the thunder And
the pacers are both obvious examples of two teams that
two organizations that had a mindset, of vision a process
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that they were, confident in and then they're seeing the
fruits of their labor two or three years later they stuck.
Speaker 1 (53:47):
With, it yeah it's.
Speaker 2 (53:48):
The rosterbuilding, of course in, college sports you can't. Have,
TRADES literally i feel like we've, seen something well, not
yet we've seen. There's that AND also i feel like
we've seen some like, you know one guy goes from
teammate TO team b in, the portal and then another
guy goes FROM team B TO team a in, the
portal and then, you're, like oh it kind of kind of.
(54:11):
A Trade the pacers and the thunder both really smashed home,
run trades no question, about it over the last. Several years, you,
know okay See got sga From. The Clippers the Pacers
got halibert From. The kings, never mind you know a
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couple of others. In there but when it comes they
Got How a burton In the.
Speaker 1 (54:37):
Sabonis, Trade, right, yeah exactly that trade. Looks better time,
goes on, big time.
Speaker 2 (54:44):
Big time, of Course the, thunder right they Go Get,
mark dagnall who is playing a very versatile style. Of
basketball feels like everyone on the court can do four
or five six, different things Even the. Biggs right holmgren
can hit threes and protect. The rim hartenstein can pass
out of the short role, and dunk throw it down
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off of lobs and. Grab Rebounds the pacers are, very.
Similar right them are, amazing defensively in addition to facilitating,
On offense needsman The, great shooter as well as really
picking up his. Rebound game here in. The, Finals especially caliburton,
IS everything sga, is everything and so, you know the
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days of the one dimensional basketball player are. Long Gone
miles turner and straight, you know by the way we
talked about how rebounding and size doesn't. ALWAYS connect I
Think miles turner is a good example that he adds
a ton of value To. The pacers he's not a,
rebounding stud right there are games where he gets two,
three rebounds but he's still effective as a basketball player
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by stretching, the floor protecting, the rim setting good screens
to help the, offense function even if the re bound number.
Isn't there, You know so, the system, the process the
vision matters. So much Dagnaut and carlisle have built and
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developed their teams over a couple. Of years the difference
is IN the nba. Of contracts in, college basketball you
don't and guys can leave after. A season so the,
question is, you Know Can darren, DeVries now after adding
several players in his first, off season bring back the
six guys that have an extra year. Of eligibility that
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would be really Nice for darren de reeson. Year two
they're Talking About nick Dorn And jason Drake And josiah
Miles And, josh harris Of course Cicily. And ristiche can
those guys Return to indiana for a second year to
help build on what they learned in? YEAR one i
think that's a question for us down. The ROAD but
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i do see some parallels and What the pacers are
doing and What the thunder are doing Into what indian
and a basketball could be in a couple of years
with a, responsible approach with great, coaching staffs with players
that can do several things on the court at the.
Same TIME the nba game is so much different, from
COLLEGE but i DO see i do see some. Potential
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THERE the.
Speaker 1 (57:18):
Nba game is so much different, From, college nathan but
the building of a program IN the nba and the
building of a program in college are. Very similar it's
now more than that. First, team yeah the first team
that you build IN the nba is not the team
that wins. You championship it's the system you play that
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wins you. That championship then you add the pieces. To fit,
in college at least you can go out and find guys,
That fit but to perfect that roster and perfect that style,
of play it takes a similar amount. Of time.
Speaker 2 (57:54):
Totally agree any final, Thoughts here matt as we wind
down On this thursday from, your end whether it's, basketball related,
football related, finals related anything on.
Speaker 1 (58:04):
Your mind i'm just happy to talk to you. Guys
again it's been, a while and well we'll pick. IT
up i was back IN, the US and i, don't
know do.
Speaker 2 (58:14):
We do a PODCAST when i went back IN.
Speaker 1 (58:17):
THE us i don't think. We did it's been. A
while i went back TO. The us now Back. In china,
all good regular.
Speaker 2 (58:26):
ANY any a lot of a lot of a lot
of bombings. Going on everything good. Over there everything's, fine
here everything so checking.
Speaker 1 (58:35):
Is great i've been. Traveling around i've been Traveling. Around
asia i've Been. TO korea i made a trip To
the philippines. Last Weekend like i've been to a bunch
of different countries Here and i'm knocking off some of
the place boards on the, world map And hopefully i'll
continue to do that without getting, uh here, same.
Speaker 2 (58:58):
Here man we, got protests we, got this we got
all sorts. Of stuff We got israel All your man's.
Speaker 1 (59:07):
A, crazy place but the world is a. Crazy place
but at least we HAVE all u sports.
Speaker 2 (59:10):
In It so portal portal life AND the tv contracts
and fun more. Fun stuff, FOR sure.
Speaker 1 (59:21):
I don't.
Speaker 2 (59:22):
I don't i DON'T think i have. ANYTHING else. I
guess i guess, For me like you can pretty much
have whatever opinion you Want about Darren de free's roster
building approach in your one and. Defend it you can
sit here, and, SAY man I think indiana is gonna
be a terrible team this upcoming year and derees, first
SEASON and i can sort of. Defend, that uh you
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could Say that indiana's gonna surprise you and look better
than expected and, you know and play and play good
enough basketball the lock FOR The ncaa tournament and then
possibly even. Bigger upside then you could probably defend that,
To again davrees had a pretty chaotic year last year
and should Have made march Badness At. West virgaia, so
(01:00:06):
like if you take that, and, say hey you reduced,
the noise you get a little bit more production out of,
your guys and the coaching staff knows what. They're doing
all of, a sudden you take an eighteen nineteen win team,
and say well that could be, twenty three. Twenty, four
well there. You go that's a very very, successful season
you can defend any opinion you want as far as
men's basketball. Is concerned so this summer is going to
(01:00:27):
be really important as FAR as i you implementing the
stuff they want from an ex's and o's fundamental standpoint
with their program and then taking off. From there, but
folks that about wraps it up for our three hundred
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