As an IU basketball fan from childhood , who had season tickets for many years , I am saddened.
RIP Coach.
( I wonder if they will bury him face down as he wished?)
LOL you remembered.
I’m actually sad, he was a great coach and ran a squeaky clean program. While his temper got worse liberal IU set him up to fail.
Lots of you may not know he was a conservative.
Finally I know it’s just conjecture but really he should have 4 NCAA championships under his belt. His best guard Scott May played against Joe B Hall and the kentucky wildcats for the championship with a broken arm. They still lost just by a few baskets and were undefeated for that year besides that.
Then a less sure thing was in the 90s when his excellent big man Alan Henderson suffered a blow out knee, they might have won that year. Between the 2 I think he could have had 1 more almost surely.
I sure had some truly great times sitting with family and friends and watching the Hoosiers play another one over some beers. Wether or not IU won you KNEW it was going to be a good game as he just coached competitive teams.
RIP 😭
LOL! I hope he put it in his will.