End of IU/KU

[jesmu84]

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7886942/indiana-hoosiers-kentucky-wildcats-series-ending-venue-disagreement

Crean/IU refused to play games at Lucas Oil in Indianapolis. why? Still a home court advantage, could still guarantee student tickets and probably make more profit than in Bloomington.

[Dawson Rental]

Wow, Kentucky was willing to play both games in Indianapolis, and IU said no.  IU evidently didn't think that their students would travel the what - one hour trip to Indy - and turned UK down.  I guess IU thought their students couldn't pony up the price of tickets, interesting.

[Golden Avalanche]

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7886942/indiana-hoosiers-kentucky-wildcats-series-ending-venue-disagreement

Crean/IU refused to play games at Lucas Oil in Indianapolis. why? Still a home court advantage, could still guarantee student tickets and probably make more profit than in Bloomington.

Considering what took place in Assembly this past season, no shock that IU wanted the game to remain on campus.

Calipari looks like he's running for cover now that he has his title. First, he ends his series with UNC. Now, he ends his series with a revived Indiana. Strange that such a brash individual, and program, would shrink in these matters.

[jpvegas]

Have to give Crean credit, he's put up a display commemorating their victory Over Kentucky last year.

http://kentuckysportsradio.com/?p=111053

[NersEllenson]

Considering what took place in Assembly this past season, no shock that IU wanted the game to remain on campus.

Calipari looks like he's running for cover now that he has his title. First, he ends his series with UNC. Now, he ends his series with a revived Indiana. Strange that such a brash individual, and program, would shrink in these matters.

Seems it was Crean and IU who ran for cover here, and not Calipari?  How is Crean not agreeing to play both games at Lucas stadium in Indy, indicative of Calipari running for cover?  Seems games held in Indiana would be more of a home court advantage for IU than Kentucky?

[🏀]

Wow, Crean's actin' a fool right now. Not shocked and sweet display case (not shocked, again).

[mu_hilltopper]

Have to give Crean credit, he's put up a display commemorating their victory Over Kentucky last year.

http://kentuckysportsradio.com/?p=111053

Wow .. so IU had a "mediocre" season.  What a bunch of entitled a-holes.

[🏀]

Wow .. so IU had a "mediocre" season.  What a bunch of entitled a-holes.

If Marquette won the national championship last year, people here would be saying the same stuff about Crean's trophy case.

Did they take that trophy case dimensions out of Hickory High? You'd think they'd construct something nicer.

[jesmu84]

I've got no problems with that display. It's commemorating a season which is the lone bright spot in a number of years. Not much different than some of the stuff you'd find at the AL.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Is that a digital scroll of all of i4's tweets from that week?

[Dawson Rental]

Wow, Crean's actin' a fool right now. Not shocked and sweet display case (not shocked, again).

I hear that there are two display cases covering all aspects of Crean's hiring.

[79Warrior]

Seems it was Crean and IU who ran for cover here, and not Calipari?  How is Crean not agreeing to play both games at Lucas stadium in Indy, indicative of Calipari running for cover?  Seems games held in Indiana would be more of a home court advantage for IU than Kentucky?

Tickets were to be divided in half per Calipari.

[🏀]

I've got no problems with that display. It's commemorating a season which is the lone bright spot in a number of years. Not much different than some of the stuff you'd find at the AL.

Marquette isn't Indiana, bro.

[🏀]

Is that a digital scroll of all of i4's tweets from that week?

Digital scroll of CoachTomCrean would be better.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Digital scroll of CoachTomCrean would be better.

alas....

[4everwarriors]

Is that a digital scroll of all of i4's tweets from that week?

He too had some bad Mexican. Seems like Chernobyl is a likely landin' spot.

[Hoopaloop]

To sum this thread up.  The guys that hate Crean think he is to blame here.  The guys that hate Caliprari believe Crean is to blame here (how quickly the Cal haters become Cal lovers).

Does that about capture it all?

Both schools are to blame.  Easy to spin it either way.  IU beats UK (not KU as the subject line says) at Assembly Hall in one of the best regular season games in maybe 20 years and UK doesn't want to play at Assembly Hall anymore. That looks like UK is ducking.  On the other hand, UK offers a game in Indianapolis where far more fans can go and it will still be in the state of Indiana.

If I were Crean, I would want it at Assembly Hall where they have become almost unbeatable and where every fan will be a IU fan.  At the dome, you'll have 40K for the game at least 10K will be UK fans.

If I were Cal, of course I would want the game at domes.  IU is relevant again, only makes sense for them to want a game in a football stadium where he can get many of his fans at the game.

Historically, the game was played on campus.  Then it went to neutral sites and back to campus the last few years. 

As a college basketball fan, I always prefer games on campus and not at silly football stadiums where they are stale and too big.  If IU-PU was in Indy, it would suck.  Is Coach Cal going to move the UK-UL series to neutral sites in Kentucky?  If ND said MU needs to play ND in Chicago at a neutral site, would we be thrilled?

[connie]

If ND said MU needs to play ND in Chicago at a neutral site, would we be thrilled?

Thrilled, no, but the dollars would probably determine where the game was.  With the proposed switch to Lucas both would have been in for a bigger payday, which is what makes this most surprising to me.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Dudes, we all know that I4 has a banner waiting to be dropped from the rafters, hence why he is insisting on the game being played at AH.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

That display is an embarrassment. A Sweet 16 t-shirt? Really? At Indiana? It's starting down there.

Ending this rivalry is Crean's version of pulling a George Constanza and leaving the room after uttering a memorable line. Looks like he's feeling his oats a little. He better back it up after Indiana turned down those paydays.

[cheebs09]

When the news was breaking on Twitter (Twitta Tracker?), it sounded like Crean wanted a home-and-home and Calipari wanted the neutral site games. The national guys were much harder on Calipari than Crean.

[Canadian Dimes]

Sorry guys but Iu/uk has bern a tradition forever.  Usually has always been played at a neutral court.  Considering what crean did with the MU schedule ... That is we played Nooooooooo one precon.  Is it really surprising that he is doing this at Iu??

Also Uk beating Iu helps them get indiana kids,  tommy naismiths image would be tarnished losing recruits n games to uk every year.

The fans n the players are the losers in this, but since when do they matter in the tom crean glory ride

[GGGG]

When the news was breaking on Twitter (Twitta Tracker?), it sounded like Crean wanted a home-and-home and Calipari wanted the neutral site games. The national guys were much harder on Calipari than Crean.

Yeah, this surprised me, but Calipari was getting the heat for ducking out of the home-and-home arrangement, which has been in place for about a decade.  These games should be played on-campus.

[GGGG]

Let me also add that if it were Crean lobbying for the neutral site game and not Calipari, you irrational-Crean-bashers would be accusing him of being scared of going to Lexington next December.

[brewcity77]

Sorry, but pinning this on Crean is just sour grapes. IU/UK have played a home-and-home series for what seems like forever. He wanted to continue that. Calipari apparently places more value on the marketing gimmick of Indy (and a less partisan crowd) than the risk of facing a truly hostile crowd every 2 years.

Anyone who thinks this is Marquette/Milwaukee is simply being delusional. That series should continue and should be a home-and-home...hard to get down on Crean for realizing that 

Then again, some will get down on Crean regardless...