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Who wants the pretty IU couch? Day one kind for potential Indiana coaches

Who’s going to be the next head coach at Indiana? Who knows?
With Athletic Director Rick Greenspan leading the search, it may be anyone from Tony Bennett to Dickey Simpkins. It could be Kevin Stallings, and it could be Count Blah. Or Tardy Turtle. We’ve lost all faith in the higher ups.
Regardless, we’re keeping an eye [...]

Let the disaster begin in Bloomington

Enjoy the next few weeks of hoops, Hoosiers fans: What comes after is gonna be U-G-L-Y.
The Indianapolis Star reports IU point guard recruit Terrell Holloway has asked out of his letter of intent. But wait you say: How can a binding agreement be terminated by a player? The Hoosiers gave Holloway and recruit Devin [...]

It’s ok Bruce: We’ll always have Carbondale

So it’s been a crappy season for Illinois coach Bruce Weber: Not only is his team, and tenure in Champaign, imploding right in front of him, but he lost twice to the coach who stole Eric Gordon.But keep in mind, Bruce, you got the last laugh: Kelvin Sampson is gone. And it’s not like you’re [...]

Report: Dakich had no clue he was about to take over team

So surely Indiana talked to Dan Dakich during the Kelvin Sampson investigation just to let him know where it was going, right? Well …
Terry Hutchens of The Indianapolis Star reports today the first time IU talked to Dakich about the situation was 11 AM Friday, hours before the announcement of Kelvin Sampson’s forced resignation. At [...]

And this weekend song request goes to …

Michael M., Rick G., DJ W. and a bunch of plucky kids from Danny D. in Bloomington. Dan says he’s not good at texting, so this is his best effort:
[youtube width="425" height="335"]http://youtube.com/watch?v=SuB8xWeA59I[/youtube]

It’s all over, Kelvin

Katz is reporting on ESPN Sampson is gone, agreeing to a #750,000 buyout. Also in there, according to Katz, is the promise not to sue IU for wrongful termination. Dan Dakich is the new coach. And it’s over.
Unless the team boycotts tomorrow’s game. Then we start again.

The end of it all. Maybe.

Alright, this will probably be my last post on this situation until late tonight, because it sounds like the soap opera is finally over.
Three separate media outlets are now reporting that there’s a press conference from Memorial Stadium at 6 PM tonight.  At this press conference, it is expected that IU will announce that Kelvin [...]

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