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Our starting five currently consists of one dude with NIL money from Pennzoil and another dude who is trying out for the Pennzoil racing team.

I don't know what you are trying to say here, but whatever it is doesn't look very good.

Quit trying to destroy my happiness with facts...

During Purdue football game week I participated in a thread discussing Smellermaker cheerleaders/coeds. I promptly started getting stuff from Bordens promoting Elsie the cow.

Absolutely. Give Scott 100% credit for that call. Woody should make him transfer portal coordinator. lol Just keep him away from recruits. ”basketball is low quality these days. Ball Was way better in the 1980S” parents and the players: “WTF”

+1 ... Coach Hubert Davis (CHD) really wanted the job CHD is qualified to be the head coach at an elite program Has the support of the outgoing hall of fame coach The previous coach will not tell recruits to boycott the school The administration at UNC is not actively sabotaging the basketball program This was planned exchange... Superficially, there is the similarity of assistant replacing hall of fame coach. BUT all the peripherals favor Hubert's situation. CMD was only promoted so that we could field a team... I hate Duke, so I hope Scheyer is terrible as a coach.

I don’t think this applies to just the X situation, but I hope we can stop the holier than thou theatrics as a fan base. Let’s start winning games.

We have hit peak off season material

It's good to meet everyone here that loves college hoops like I do and I've been following Indiana a lot more lately since we have family there and I would love nothing more than some sort of way to move them to that area. Primarily because it's a cradle of basketball and so close to so many teams. But also because of how I've gradually become a bigger and bigger fan of IU basketball over the last couple years. This post will be kinda long but I felt compelled to share my story here because I've been incredibly depressed lately esp with the season winding down and feeling like it's hopeless to be able to properly move forward in life and get my family to Indiana. When I was 2 years old, I fell from a 2nd-story window and hit my head and developed epileptic and subsequent spectrum disorder symptoms, causing me to convulse while fully conscious and a feeling of needing to constantly be moving and pacing in order to not move my arms so much. I was made fun of in school for doing my best to control my convulsions and the teachers could tell that something was odd, though my first grade teacher did not understand well and frequently would embarrass me in front of the class while I was trying to control my movements and not distract the fellow students. I have suffered from problematic epilepsy since 2008 when I began to develop memory issues and a loss of the ability to use language and math for minutes on end and then developed severe epilepsy in 2012 with serious loss of consciousness and major seizures with full convulsions and the condition continues to become more and more troublesome. Constant seizures are a way of life and as such I am not properly able to provide for my family and overcoming these episodes has proven incredibly difficult, but I am very fortunate in that I have had some amazing support through these last several years. As I became increasingly saddened by my struggles, I decided to reach out to those who help me get through my day and relax, focusing my thoughts on something constant that can ground me and make my episodes less frequent. The sports world, particularly college basketball has been that constant that keeps me calm when other things can’t. To my amazement, after I began writing to the schools and created a twitter handle, I started to get jerseys in the mail…it was a magical, overwhelming show of compassion that brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it. Even though I still don't have an IU jersey yet, I want to thank you dearly from the bottom of my heart, I am eternally grateful to your program and fanbase, and I would love to keep this rolling and gain an even greater ability to connect with people who face the struggles of epilepsy. After I started to receive jerseys, it gave me an idea. The outpouring of kindness from these schools is nothing short of a miracle for me. To date, I have received 269 of the 357 D1 jerseys, now 75% of the way there. I am attempting to unite all of college basketball to raise awareness for epilepsy and what these schools do for so many who are fighting through it, especially in terms of research and students who move on to help individuals with epilepsy try to live a better life, or in some cases they constantly save people’s lives on a daily basis. It has been wonderful to see this idea come to fruition and completing this collection is going to help so many others to learn that their struggles can be overcome with the help of the efforts of these schools. Ultimately, as I receive the remaining jerseys and gain enough financial ability, my goal is to be able to move my family to Indiana and go to games in the area since there are so many close by. Sharing stories, meeting other people impacted by epilepsy, helping them stay positive, and being courtside at games all over the place (you never know where I might pop up ;-). Especially at IU & Assembly Hall, one of the most important cradles of college basketball I want to help people not be afraid, and to educate other people that aren’t impacted by epilepsy about how to support those who are. This would be a dream come true and I hope that there is a way to make this happen one day! My twitter is: @358jerseys4hope I'd love to have you follow me and interact as much as possible!! From my 2 brain surgeries a few years ago: Still recovering in 2022 but trying to help people stay positive: Y'all are awesome and I continue to become more and more of an IU fan. I think the team is gonna be quite good next season! Hopefully I can watch a game in person over there one day! The Big Ten atmospheres look so much more vibrant than our Pac12 ones here and there is just so much more college basketball close by! I'll make sure to be active here as it seems like a really fun group!

If Purdue was listed ahead of IU, you would be talking about how spot-on they were.

Did you mean to post that on the Soccer Board?

With XJ at the wheel anything can happen!

Welcome. I'll work on getting you a jersey. Any certain number you'd like?

Only in my dreams. Sometimes I get dreams and reality confused when it comes to IU. Sorry to cause any unnecessary euphoria.

As I said in the Reneau thread…lock down Montverde.

Seems silly to do these rankings so early when so many teams have guys who haven’t decided what they’re going to do yet lol.

Classwork would be minimal.

Imagine the adds @5foulsgets.

I see we're still talking about the speed limits of streets in Bloomington. Must be the offseason. Fellas, take a walk.

Yesterday some of us spent a lot of time talking about Home Depot. Is it a coincidence that I got an email that I did not sign up for and ads started appearing on my laptop and phone from Home Depot

Hi.

We probably will play pedal to the metal fast break basketball

I don't give a rats behind about the XJ incident. That's baby stuff compared to other programs. Were there guns? Drugs? DUI? No? Then the ones who want him gone can GTFO The fan base is naive and frankly, grandma like. I want Woodson to succeed. I think he can. But this program, the administration and the fan base is stuck in 1987.

I would be just fine with a Montverde to IU pipeline.

Damn it...I'm tired of all these cupcakes on the schedule. How is IU ever going to get a decent seed playing a veterinarian school?!! IU needs a serious schedule upgrade...maybe St. Peters or Montana State would be willing to start a series?

We should take Edert just for the mustache. Him shooting over 40% from three doesn’t hurt either.

Is that safe to do with IUBB players on the loose?

With X and his friends gaining in the rocket car,.... I still put my money on Speedy Gonzalez!....lol

Jerseys4Hope: Hope I'm not stepping over any boundaries here, but I thought the other members may appreciate hearing even more of your story/background. This is the article about you on ncaa.com from 2017. Welcome to the community. https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2017-07-31/college-basketball-super-fan-collects-jerseys-raise-awareness

Spot on. I’ve always said in any relationship with another person, you weigh the positives and the negatives (because everyone has both) to determine whether it’s worthwhile to maintain the relationship. And I’ve also said that’s why Knight was fired….not just because there were more negatives, but because there were also fewer positives.

I posted this story before in another context but it reminds me of a Jimmy Johnson story when he was the Dallas head coach. He cut a player who was an end-of-the-roster special teams guy for falling asleep in a meeting. The media tried to play gotcha by picking on JJ for cutting an end of the roster guy. So someone asked him what he’d do if Troy Aikman fell asleep in a meeting. JJ said, I would say “Troy, wake up.” As another example, Bob Costas has a new show on HBO. He had JJ Redick on, who was articulate. He said the same thing. You weigh how good a player is versus how much of a jerk he is (he used a more colorful word than jerk). I think that’s exactly right. And it extends past sports. Here, three of the Windy City five are Gandhi. The two remaining are the good players. The three that are gone, I’d say it wasn’t a coincidence. There are certain things we don’t know about X. For example, we don’t know exactly what went down at Northwestern. We also don’t know what Woody told them at that time. For example, if he put them on a zero tolerance probation, then getting arrested might be a problem. But I fall into the Jimmy Johnson, JJ Redick camp.

I can't buy into the Kopp killed us on defense. Initially I thought so but paying special attention on him his on ball was not great but away from the ball he was pretty good at getting into the correct position and forcing his guy off of cuts. I would rate his overall team defense much much better than Race. I found him to be our worst defender among guys that played a lot

I'd bet $ someone is going to have fun with us because of CRC decision and we'll host Notre Dame for ACC Challenge and play at Butler for Gavitt.

This could work both ways. If I am a lower mid-major coach I am selling this idea to low 70ish ranked recruits: You can go to UNC/UK/KU/IU and sit for three years or you can come to Ball State and develop. If you are good enough and want to shift to UNC/UK/KU/IU in a couple of years, I will help you find the right situation. That is, make about doing right by the kid.

After those interviews in the first half last night, I almost wanted to play for Hubert Davis.

I have been told by others that I had a great time every year. Wish I knew for sure😀

It took getting to the off-season, but we are ranked. #21 in the way too early ESPN rankings. 🎉🥳

Drinks on @HoosierDPU95! Man, all of you guys sucked this year.

I mean, you are not wrong. But hear me out...

Pretty sure that’s what happens when you don’t donkey punch each other for 20 games.

I think the big ten problem is these type of players don't want to play the big ten style of basketball

You all are reading this much different that I am . I think Scott feels his hair is on fire any time going over 25mph, and ends up in the fetal position in the floorboard. Now, there really isn't anything wrong with this. People have limits. Heck, I once had a decorated fire fighter, who later became the fire chief at the fire station very close to the Monroe County Airport, assume the fetal position, in the floor board, during a response situation that I obviously had totally under control. People have different thresholds, I guess. 😁 I actually had this exact same type truck, 4' off the ground, @ 45 mph.. EPIC fail ! ! He wet himself a little. Sissy.

If you get to BTown your IU game ticket is on me. But if you have a Purdue jersey, we would need a picture of it on fire first. . Welcome to the best IU forum going.

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