richard levy
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Indiana’s Disastrous Late-Season Collapse Pushes Hoosiers Out of a March Madness Bid
A $10 million roster put the Hoosiers in a strong NCAA tournament position last month before six losses in seven games turned into a painful offseason rebuild.
"This was a woefully constructed roster, with whiffs at point guard and in the frontcourt on key portal spots. Davidson transfer forward Reed Bailey was an All–Atlantic 10 guy whose game didn’t translate. Tayton Conerway was brought in to solve the point guard position after winning Sun Belt Player of the Year at Troy and flopped. DeVries’s son Tucker DeVries and star scorer Lamar Wilkerson kept the Hoosiers in the picture for much of the season, but the flaws were simply too big to overcome. New executive director of basketball Ryan Carr comes with near-universal good reviews from his time with the Indiana Pacers, and his roster-building prowess is needed as soon as possible especially with Wilkerson and DeVries graduating. This figures to be close to a full reset in the spring. Freshman Trent Sisley seems likely to be a keeper, and the Hoosiers could also bring back shooting wing Nick Dorn, but it’s hard to imagine much continuity otherwise."