Do Indiana fans want to steal Mayy May from Michigan Basketball ?: “Not my n ° 1”

Bloomington, ind. – The vibrations were quite low pre-match at the historic assembly room of Simon Skjodt.

When the Hoosiers, losers four in a row and six in their last seven N ° 22 Michigan Basketball (17-5, 9-2 Big Ten) With less than 30 minutes before the Tipoff, the reception was best in a malet.

This is because Indiana fans, like Guy Soule d’Aurora, Indiana, are discouraged. There is less than 24 hours, one of the legendary program players, Mike Woodson, who would have returned to restore his Alma Mater in his glory, made it official that his fourth year at Indiana would be his last and that he ‘To resign at the end of the season.

“For me, I think he lost his players, they don’t play hard for him,” said Soule to the free press of what was wrong. “When you lose your players and fans fundamentally sing their heads, it’s time to go.”

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Soule, 65, was a big fan of Hosier that since 1975 – devil, even his e -mail has the word “Hoosier”. His two daughters did their undergraduate studies in Bloomington and he had had subscriptions since 2008.

When asked if it was him and that he could choose anyone on earth to direct his beloved program, he gave the same answer as the five gentlemen that the free press asked in the hall from Fairfield Inn & Suites: the former coach of the Celtics of Boston and Current President of Basketball Brad Stevens basketball operations; Originally from Zionsville, in Indiana, although he admitted that it could be a pipe dream.

Then, but still on this level – Chris Beard.

The former Texas technology coach who studied under the legend of the Indiana Bobby Knight has now projected Ole Miss as a 5 -heading in the NCAA tournament and Bloomington people are targeting their goal.

“Chris is a coach with a hard nose, has obtained a little luggage, but he started from that,” said Soule. “He is a disciple of Bobby Knight, trained with him at Texas Tech, I think he is a good adjustment and I would say that if they asked him today, he would take the post, he looks yes in a minute . “

Of course, Soule is not the only one who wants these two. Senior Daniel Trauberman, 22, was seated on the edge of the courtyard behind the basket in his pants with thin stripes and on a scale of 1-10 ranked “10” from the scale of basketball fans IU.

For Falls church, Virginia, originally, all started when he registered four years ago, but reached a fever launched when Trayce Jackson-Davis and Jalen Hood-Schifino defeated the North Carolina 1st December 2022 to improve its second student year at 7-0. Since then, apart from a tournament victory to finish this season, everything is at the bottom of the hill.

Trauberman, however, unlike Soule who said that I had to see the writing on the wall last season and got rid of Woodson before the year, did not think they should treat one of their legends in this way.

“Woody, I’m going to encourage for him,” said Trauberman. “It is a legend of Indiana. Although his trainer was not spectacular here, I will not huer him. You are not eating your trainer.”

But what about Dusty May? The coach on the opposite key line, who was a student director under Knight (1996-2000) as well as a graduate assistant in Bloomington and led a remarkable reversal to Ann Arbor in just one year.

“I think he is doing a great job in Michigan,” said Soule. “I would put Dusty up there near the summit (options).”

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Trauberman said May appeared on many “radars” of the IU fans at that time last year when the Hoosiers were wading and May was a hot name after leading Fau to a Final Four in the previous season. Although it may be true, it does not mean that he gets a warm greeting.

“I think a lot of people will look at this cycle to come, but personally, I have my goal elsewhere,” said Trauberman. “Dusty is energetic, he has links from Indiana, that’s what people like, I like that too; but it’s not my n ° 1.”

“He is the coach of the opponents, so I do not encourage him,” said Trauberman. “Now, if he decides to check Zillow for Bloomington Houses and come here, of course, I will do it.”

In the end, when May was announced after UM’s starting program, fans applauded. When Woodson took the ground, he encountered about the same level, but a handful of mixed hooks.

Indiana fans look at May, but don’t seem to go crazy. Time will say what IU brass thinks of it.

Tony Garcia Does Michigan Wolverines Beat Writer from the Free Press Strait. Send him an email to apgarcia@freepress.com and follow him on x @Realtonygarcia.

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