IUDan93

This loss will be hard to deal with. 

A win is a win....right?

It won't come easy to break this streak.

Race is a man

Xavier is a real good player.

Stewart.....dayum

Boo-ya

I shouldn't say it, but I really like this team.

1 minute ago, 5fouls said:

Dont care who you root for, that J. Davis dunk was special.

It was indeed.

My first game was in January 1990 against the reigning National Champions, U of Michigan. We were in a filled to capacity balcony and the place went wild when we came from about 20 back to win. Coach Knight went with the freshman in the 2nd half and they got the job done....a sign of 4 years of success from that class.  

Would have been a nice win. A lot to work on, but a lot to be optimistic about too.

Parker is shooting us back into this game.  

When is the last time we won a non-conference road game against a high major program?  The last one that comes to mind is when we beat NCST when Crean was the coach. That win seemed to set the table for us(at least for a few years). I hope this game ends up the same.

I agree with BGleas. Momentum is huge, not just for competing for a top spot in the conference, and a solid seed and a couple of wins in the tournament, but also for setting the table for next year and beyond. IU football had more momentum than I have ever seen coming into this year, and it is clearly gone. A strong showing in by the basketball program throughout the course of this season, combined with solid recruiting/transfer portal, should set us up for the long haul.  The obvious difference between IU football and basketball is the talent level as it compares to the rest of the Big Ten. IU basketball has, and should continue to have, talent on par with the best teams in the league, while the football team does not.  And as BGleas pointed out, it really appears that our program is being built to attract future NBA players.  It will be nice when we aren't in the "hope springs eternal" mindset anymore, and we reclaim our rightful spot among the elite.

KL is a great shooter!! I challenge any one of you to wedge the ball between the rim and backboard from behind the 3 point line. Go ahead and try....I'll wait. 

On a serious note, I think KL has some natural skills that are hard to teach with decent court vision, ball-handling, and quickness. If he ever is going to make the NBA, he needs to stay at IU and learn. If CMW can't get him there, he ain't getting there. If KL leaves because he isn't playing enough this year, which some were speculating on this very board, he will be making a huge mistake. I trust this staff.

I think Bates could run the point if needed. Guy has such a feel for the game.

Kopp is coming along with his offense. He has hit a few nice baseline floaters this year. Really pretty shots.

Parker starting to hit shots. Very nice.

I think we can all agree that XJ needs to stay out of foul trouble. I think we can/should all agree that this coaching staff knows what they are doing. Keep in mind that this staff is also learning how to work together. There hasn't been a collection of basketball knowledge gathered on this staff since RMK.

I like hard-nose games....let them play.

Offense will only get better, defense is already better than it has been in a while....at least from a small sample size.

Our schedule was/is brutal, and there are injuries, etc.  I fear that a program like ours needs to have major momentum to build long term competitiveness. We had it coming into the year...a string of successful years(relatively speaking) and being ranked last year and at the start of this year. It will take all Coach Allen has to rebuild that momentum, but I fear this year takes the luster off the program and returns us back to the bottom again. Losing the bowl games really stings extra now.

If Galloway could hit those shots he would be so much more impactful.

Well, we will see if we can keep this up for the 2nd half. 

The camera is locked on the cheerleaders.