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Indiana’s Coach Mike Woodson’s hiring: from underwhelming to exciting

BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, UNITED STATES - 2020/02/08: Former IU basketball player Mike Woodson (42) walks on the court of Assembly Hall as NCAA basketball coach. Bob Knight, who took the Indiana Hoosiers to three NCAA national titles, returns to Assembly Hall, Saturday, February 8, 2020 in Bloomington. Mike Woodson was named as the new IU basketball coach this Monday Mar 29th. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

I am not going to lie to you, my knee-jerk reaction when I heard the news of Indiana’s hiring of Mike Woodson to be its head basketball coach could best be described as underwhelmed.