"I took all my NBA money and I brought it back to Bloomington. Indiana shot 43%. I put some film together based on his play here at Indiana University. If you don't come ready to play, you can be beaten by anybody in the Big Ten, let alone just in college in general.". Woodson is an American basketball coach and former professional basketball player who served three seasons as an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks from 1996 to 1999. Again, a lot of it had to do with timing, but this was the perfect timing. Get the latest news and rumors, customized to your favorite sports and teams. We've just lost our winning ways. There's no way in hell they should not be a part of this program and in a grand way, too. I'm concerned about what you can't do and how you can get better to help us win basketball games and better yourself for the future. He is a graduate of Indiana University and an AP Top 25 football voter. WOODSON:"Well, you talk about it but, again, you like to think when they put people in place, they're the right person to get the job done and you root for that person. (AP) Kris Murray scored 26 points, Tony Perkins flirted with the first triple-double in Iowa history and the Hawkeyes beat No. He, Gayle (Cook's wife) and Carl, his son, all these years, about 40 years, I've had a relationship with that family. Unfortunately, the pandemic kept people at home this past season. 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"If I was going to stay, that would be the first thing I'd fix,'' Woodson said. (Brad Penner / USA Today file) He has a story to tell, and while he's 63. "So for me, to say that I'm going to bridge the old to the new, I'm bringing (the former players) back. He was a little different at that point in time than he is now, said House on Monday evening to IU radio voice Don Fischer on Woodsons show. He was living in New York City - the most famous city in the world - and decided to move to. I was a part of it. With his ninth rebound in Indiana men's basketball's game against Iowa on Tuesday night, senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis broke the program record, passing Alan Henderson. Whereas some NBA coaches may perceive college basketball as a step down, Woodson hasn't, especially not in the brutally-honest Big Ten where a team can be humbled on any given night just as easily as it can be praised. I walked away from that meeting really dejected. "I'm really back now, and that means a great deal to me," Woodson said. We left our game in West Lafayette, Woodson said. Anitra House, I know if youre listening, boy, you were very instrumental in me getting through school. In New York, "anything I wanted was a phone call away. He had already endeared himself with the fanbase during his four-year IU playing career in the 1980's, and his return back to where it all started only strengthened that implicit trust and loyalty. Michael Dean Woodson is a head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers men's team. Woodson, the boy who was hooked on IU basketball after receiving a T-shirt from Knight in grade school and who once couldnt fathom a coaching career, was at the epicenter of the Hoosier basketball world, winning his first career game. Joining Woodson for the post-game press conference was senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis. "I would try to find ways to brag about us, because it's a great institution from an academic standpoint and the program, like you said, it was sitting at the top. But then plans changed when Woodson got a call from the late Cotton Fitzsimmons. How long has being the IU basketball coach been your dream? Mike Woodson is one of the best players to ever put on an Indiana uniform, and now he's coming home to Bloomington to coach the Hoosiers. It's all good.". Indiana forward Miller Kopp, right, attempts to block a shot by Iowa guard Tony Perkins in the second half Tuesday in Bloomington. A lot of the fans who have rooted all these years for these great players, hey, they all they know. See also: Three keys, highlights, final stats. "I've never been a hater when it come to coaching. Knight gave him a shirt reading Indiana University. Later, Knight said, when Woodson was a senior in high school, hed follow up. It hasn't been perfect. You guys are not even giving me a chance.'. Woodson accepted. I just told him. He was inducted into the IU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010. Anitra House first started tutoring IU mens basketball players when Woodson was a freshman in Bloomington. Mike Woodson's Indiana Hoosiers did it. 2005-2023 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. That's going to be my job to get it back. Woodson wanted to attend Bob Knights basketball camp, but given he grew up in a family with 12 siblings in inner-city Indianapolis he didnt have enough money to pay for it. "You don't want to lose any player. "I think what has helped me is I've had relationships with people in my NBA world all these years. "Unfortunately we've had our ups and downs over the years but I'm still there rooting. I thought we had a 2-hour great meeting. Woodson discussed why, at age 63, he wanted the challenge of the IU job, how he intends to reshape the program's culture, growing up with 11 sisters and brothers and his early success recruiting. Storms arrive late. Wayne Radford (another former IU player from Indianapolis), I talk about Wayne, but he was one of the first guys that I met at the age of 14. "Mentally, I'm pushed to coach basketball. Mike Woodsons voice? "But I blossomed as a player. January 27, 2023. 4 Purdue for the first time in four years. My. The Hoosiers are now 20-10 overall and 11-8 in Big Ten play, with the regular season . I've had my battles physically over the years, from the back surgery I had many years ago. Mike Woodson and those dulcet tones aren't going anywhere, baby. He was working himself to death, with no time for eloquence. I'm not going to do that. (AF) (Yea, youngsters, a music record is oh, never mind. Trayce Jackson-Davis scored 26 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and had five assists for the Hoosiers (20-10, 11-8 Big Ten), but Kris Murray scored 26 points for Iowa (19-11, 11-8) and the visitors shot 56% from the field. Sandfort knocked in his fifth 3-pointer with 1:26 left to extend Iowas margin to 25 and punctuated the play with a demonstrative kiss aimed at the Indiana student section. I feel good about my staff that I've assembled. 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Indiana and Woodson learned the harsh reality of that numerous times last season: blowing a 22-point lead against Wisconsin, losing to a Penn State team which hadn't played in over three weeks due to health and safety protocols, falling to Rutgers at home on a buzzer-beater three-pointer from Ron Harper Jr., the list goes on. She has completed coursework for a Doctorate and has finished all but her dissertation in language education. Today she watches him lead a high major college basketball program and deal with the media, but she remembers a much different side of him in 1976. What do you want people to say about the culture that you're going to establish? The release from Indiana follows: They knew people that I knew in Atlanta. They wanted me to stay on board. "I was able to do that along with my staff to get these three to commit to us. When I watch him do his (radio) show or press conference, Im very proud to think about how far hes come in articulating what he wants to say, House said. Now I get to make people happy, by writing them a nice letter from coach, and showing them the side of him that I know, House said. "They should never be closed out because this program was built around a lot of great players who have played here. I'm an IU grad.'. "Scott was on the plane the next day. Now we've got to go after the rest of the guys.' In the following days, Woodson read his name in news stories about IUs opening. The development of Trey Galloway You've got to be dedicated to what you're doing. I've been able to do that over the years in the NBA. BOZICH: One of the biggest recruiting wins you had was getting Trayce Jackson-Davis back for his junior year. On the surface, he never let his emotions get too high, too low. 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