TheWatShot

Still early, but the AL Central is the only division with 4 teams above .500. This division has been regularly crapped on by media and fans for years now. Maybe it's starting to come around. 

Glad this series is about to end. Tired of some of these Bucks players, and probably more tired of Spero Dedes acting like every Bucks basket is the start of some huge rally. 

Pacers are breathing life back into a dead-ass team. This is silly. 

Beautiful days like today where literally every person in town is outside doing yard work or operating something noisy. I went inside because I was sick of hearing mowers, leaf-blowers and weed-eaters. 

I'd like to think there's no way Milwaukee's bench could play that well in the second half, but the Pacers aren't exactly making anything difficult for them. 

I'd forgotten what playoff basketball feels like. It seemed like there were about 4 different games within this game. 

Lol

You could see this coming when the lead just sat around 9-11 for several minutes late in the third. The Pacers were daring the Bucks to make a run and they did. 

Pacers were raining 3's in the first half and now they look scared to shoot. 

Turner gets chop-blocked on a screen and it's a foul on Turner. Only an NBA ref could explain that one. 

Can't believe some of the calls Milwaukee is getting. 

5 hours ago, BruceDouglas said:

Have to agree, Purdue should be there. If they have Wisconsin ahead of Purdue then they'd be ahead of my Illini too and I'm not buying that.

I think people tend to forget Wisconsin has a national title (1941). That's probably why they snuck in at 25. 

6 minutes ago, Hoosier4Life53 said:

Shocked isn’t the word…mid to late 2nd round.

The Pacers have picks 53, 54 and 56....

18 minutes ago, Common Sense said:

1. CMW on vacation

2. 2/3 of the team transfered/hurt/going pro/not good enough to play

3. Busy contacting every player in portal and following them on Instagram and Myspace.  

4. Didn't want to potentially play a road game against ISU or Butler

45 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

If you have any hopes our women can beat South Carolina, do not turn it to ESPN.  They are up 56-15 against UNC.  Still in 2nd quarter,  

The committee really hated us for some reason. Paired us with a top 25 team for our first game, the outright Big 12 champion for our second game, then South Carolina if we make it there. Just brutal. 

6 minutes ago, dgambill said:

Believe it when I see it. Easy to say until you have the money sitting there in front of you.

Painter was pretty adamant that he won't be back when he was asked about it. I doubt he would have oversigned this class if he felt Edey coming back was even a remote possibility. 

Wisconsin shot 26% in the first half with 13 turnovers. Did we ever have a 20-minute stretch that bad? 

44 minutes ago, bronkonagurski said:

The fans I talk to in-person don't believe in Woodson anymore but they also fear firing him too soon will make it impossible to find a proper replacement.

It amazes me how many of our fans have been conditioned to think this way. I never hear this from any other fanbase. 

Quite a day yesterday. Hadn't heard thunder since September, and my area was in a severe thunderstorm watch, a tornado watch, two severe thunderstorm warnings and two tornado warnings over the course of the day. 

There were counties in southwest Michigan that were under a tornado warning just 4 hours before a winter weather advisory went into effect. 

As usual, nothing in my neck of the woods. We don't really get weather anymore; it's just hot or cold. 

19 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

Are the players letting the athletic department this

I think when this many players are unhappy, it forces the AD's hand because at that point, the toxicity has gotten out of control.  

The high school I went to had to replace a coach last year after three seasons. His first two years they had a couple guys quit, and I felt it was just kids who weren't tough enough. Then last year, they had three seniors quit at different times during the season, one of whom was a two-year starter. That was a huge red flag, and convinced me the coach needed to go. About two weeks after the season ended, he "resigned." I say resigned, meaning, it was probably a forced resignation, because the athletic director was in retirement mode and the school board president said after praying about it, he felt it was best to stay the course. My best guess was they felt they risked not having a team this year because so many players were done with that staff. 

Really never thought it would come to this with Woodson. A year ago yesterday, we won at Purdue. Amazing how fast things can change. 

1 hour ago, BGleas said:

Big Ten refs are the worst. Maryland kid finished a layup in traffic and yelled And 1 and the ref gave him a Tech. 

Just ridiculous. 

I remember that happening to Tom Pritchard at Nebraska once. Naturally, we ended up losing by one point. 

I liked it when Holmes stuffed Stuelke and then let her hear about it, and when Clark got mouthy after a foul and Garzon dished it back. Sensing that you're rooting for the tougher team is a terrific feeling. 

49 minutes ago, KoB2011 said:

One thing to consider, and I don't generally like making personnel decisions as a result of what others are doing, but there is a world where we are surrounded by:

Painter at PU

Billy Donovan at UL

Chris Beard at UM

Nate Oates at OSU

Brad Underwood at UI

Calipari at UK

Izzo at MSU

 

That would be a tough situation to walk into for a guy like Dusty May in March/April 2025. Again, not saying we need to be reactive to other openings and who they may hire, but I don't think it should be ignored.

As someone wisely pointed out when we hired Woody, he is our version of Juwan Howard and Thad Matta was his Martelli. Let's not follow the folly of Michigan and wait to long to act. 

I'd probably just throw in the towel on IU basketball if all of these happened and we kept Woodson. 

Must be one of those "better-mannered" fans that Will Berg was talking about. 

The saddest part is, this Purdue fan seriously won't understand why he got blocked.