thirdgenhoosier

I’ve been hearing rumors about this for a couple of years. Is there anything that says this is definitely coming or is it just getting more of a push from some areas?

I was just told that Thad Matta will be the new AD and the new coach will be Jeff Boals from Ohio.

Nebraska's Bryce McGowens has declared for the NBA draft. As expected.

Does that include Duncomb, or are you just talking about the guys who played this year?

I thought the exact same thing, but curious what others like in him.

Did he grow? I thought I saw he is 6’7?

Yep. They really broke out in the early part of the second quarter and then opened the second half by hitting 8 of their first 9 shots I think.

6’9 who averaged .4 blocks and 4.5 rebounds? In that conference? I hope we can do better. Yes, I’m being very judgmental without having ever watched him play and only looking at some stats.

A friend who frequents another IU site told me to look this young man up. He's a 6'5 wing from the Pittsburgh area who is apparently blowing up. He only has a couple of offers, but IU, Pitt, Kentucky, Marquette, and West Virginia have been looking at him. I guess he visited for the Wisconsin game. Here is an article from our friend at the Daily Hoosier Has anyone heard anything here? Do we have real interest or just doing due diligence? Sorry if there was already a thread on him somewhere.

I believe you are correct.

San Diego St choked. Lost a 9 point lead w about 2:20 to go.

Lost 9-7.

Trailing 9-6 in the T9.

Last score I see is tied at 6-6 in the bottom of the 7th. That was a half hour ago.

I don't know if the Big Ten is the best conference in college hoops. But they are certainly one of the top 2-3. And not one team got higher than a 3 seed. And 3 teams got 11 or 12 seeds. I honestly don't think the conference as a whole got much respect.

Looks like their best player is 6'9 and 250, Graham Ike. He averages 19.6 and 9.6. They play 3 big guys. The other starter is Jeremiah Oden and he is 6'8 and Hunter Thompson who is 6'10. Thompson only averages about 2.6 and 1.5. Oden is only 200 pounds. So, it doesn't look like they have a lot of size up front, but Ike looks really good. They do have length at guard. Hunter Maldonado averages 17, 9, and 5 and is 6'7. The other regular guards in the rotation are 6'5, 6'4, and 6'7. So, the size of their guards could cause us some trouble.

Ladies got the 3 seed and play in Bloomington v. Charlotte. If we win, we likely would play red hot Kentucky. And if we win that one we would get 2 seed UConn.

Is it fair to assume that this team is going to have its share of ups and downs during the year due to having such an inexperienced group?

That seems pretty reasonable.

Could IU move up a seed line over Davidson?

Two (I think) 11 seeds will not be playing in the playing in the play in games. So, we could be an 11 seed and play on Thursday or Friday. Edit: 3 11 seeds don't play in a play in game. Palm (for example) has us playing the 6 seed LSU in Pittsburgh. 11 seed Memphis plays Texas and 11 seed Loyola playing Iowa. Notre Dame and San Francisco are 11 seeds that play each other in Dayton.

Is nobody watching Montana St tonight? They are up 9 in the first half with a bid on the line!

No, I understand asking the question. I’m older also so I get it. I agree it looked strange. I’m not one that gets into these bench acts personally. But I also just don’t want to assume the negative if I don’t know.

Can’t answer that. Maybe they are making fun of people for all of the weed rumors? Maybe they smashed their tea cup into the ground? Why was Leal sitting on the floor making it look like a party? Do we really think they are pretending to smoke weed in such a public forum? I think it’s unlikely but maybe somebody should ask them instead of just assuming it’s something bad?

I looked at Leal (I think it was him) and I thought it was pretty clear he was sipping tea.