Lostin76

Disappointing end to be sure. I really thought we would wake up last night and pull it off. Hardest part is knowing we got out efforted and out hustled. Now I can put all of my fan energy into our excellent women’s team.

Failure of this team down the stretch. That’s EFFORT. You either want it or you don’t.

Totally wrong about this one. We just aren’t that good. And Miami is better than I thought. Excited to see the women romp in their tournament though.

That’s how you do it.

We would be crushing them with XJ right now. We definitely miss his aggressiveness this game.

To be down only 5 after Galloway’s FT choke job isn’t bad. I just don’t see how Miami stays with us when we actually start trying.

We’ve got these little b*tches right where we want them. Second half will be their undoing.

Wow, that’s crazy. Almost unimaginable to have that happen. That said, this game is all IU. Seniors are going to want it, and Miami won’t have an answer for our inside game.

Feels weird to root for Penn State.

Yeah, they had no real chance at any point. Clearly outclassed.

That’s why I want him to go on a monster run. Show people and leave no doubt who the best player in CBB is.

It was kind of funny to hear the announcers freak out about TJD as he was making those insane spin moves and dunks towards the end. Not sure they had ever seen a game of his - or of basketball. Would love to see these Seniors go on a big run in the NCAAT. They deserve it.

DAAAAMMNN, let’s go. No let up.

I know we are all having fun laughing at Purdue, but major props to @Stlboiler23 for being here to take his lumps. Dude gets a lot of flak around here, but you can’t compare him to that other Purdue troll.

LOSERS!!!!! Goodbye SMELLERMAKERS! HTD is happy somewhere!

This is extremely entertaining to watch.

I just started the last of the trilogy - Cities of the Plain. And it’s pretty cool that the two main characters from the first two books are in it. I’m still kind of scarred from ending of Book Two with the Billy Parnham and the dog. That was rough. I have a copy of Blood Meridian that I’m going to read next. There’s just something so compelling about the sparse dialog and the back and forth between characters. That and the descriptions of the land they are passing through. Really great stuff!

Mine too, but I don’t mind. You love to see it.

I thought this was super interesting. Full disclosure, one of my faculty studies ChatGPT in healthcare. So we are pretty used to using it. ChatGPT thinks IU is S16 bound. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/sports/ncaabasketball/bing-ai-march-madness-predictions.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare One of my engineers used it for his bracket.

Ha, I have never seen a dumb Border Collie. I grew up with two and they were insanely smart and driven. Had to keep them busy and engaged.

Wait, what??? Rutgers lost in the FIRST ROUND OF THE NIT! HAHAHAHAAHAH! I hope Geo the b*tch is enjoying that. I’ll be laughing out loud when I pass that piece of crap sign on the turnpike next week.

It certainly does. Smart girl.

I don’t know where to put this, but here seems like as good a place as any. I’ve been reading the Cormac McCarthy Border Trilogy on my subway commute lately. Last night on the way home I was reading “All the Pretty Horses” and it was a scene where they returned to a tiny, backwater Mexican town and there was a mariachi band performing under a shade tree. I didn’t have my Air Pods in and I heard an acoustic guitar on the other end of the car, and finally started paying attention. It was two dudes playing dueling acoustical guitar in a very Mexican-folk vein. And they were dressed up in the slick mariachi outfits. I stopped reading for a bit to watch them and then flipped them a fiver when they passed. Was a strange coincidence that just felt kind of good. The subway gets a LOT of negative press these days, but I love it when things like this happen.

I just saw that. They didn’t mention in her in the headline and I was like, “Surely they picked her?” Whew.

You’ll know when it’s time. For us, we don’t have kids, it was just SO quiet w/o that pitter patter of her paws and weird little personality entertaining us. When you talk to your daughter next tell her you guys also have a group of gruff old men with tears in their eyes thinking about you guys.