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Our Christmas present to the Percheron our daughter adopted from a kill pen...a blanket for those Chicagoland winters... This is costing her a good bit of money...he has serious hoof/ankle issues that could lead to him being put down. Plus $500 a month to board him. But I told her she did this out of the goodness of her heart, and it'll come back around to her... BTW, the pink wasn't my choice 😁

The only MVP I know that even coached in college was Cousy... So that's my guess

My middle daughter has an Smith and Wesson M&P Shield 9MM and likes it...She's around 5'4 and 105 lbs, but very wirey and strong for her size... My wife shot a ton of guns at our gun range, all makes and calibers, and chose the Glock 43X 9MM...She's 5'6 and around 130 lbs... 9MM in my eyes is nice for women because it has the power to put someone down but the kick isn't too bad...Ammo is hard to find almost anywhere...I go to https://ammoseek.com/ and have built up 1,500 rounds trying to keep it under .50 per round...

I was gonna say what an a-hole he was... He once beat up a man who had 7 total missing fingers...hard to make a fist like that...

Ding, ding, ding! We have a winnah! Link

Nope...I was surprised at the answer... Hint: they were one of the 4 teams that beat us in 1987...

I do agree with this part...

I disagree...They call only the most egregious fouls, or fall for the old flop routine... They overlook defensive hand checking, over the back (Haarms, you goon), offensive players using their forearms to create space, and hooking with the elbow...

No, not in Massachusetts...

Dr James Naismith is correct...Good going! Minnesota is not...

It is a foul fest...I watched the KU-TT game, and they called plenty...The problem is, they could have called 3 times as many... As I said, they've lost control of they physical nature of the game...Basketball was supposed to be a game of finesse and skill...Now the skill is "finishing through contact" which use to always result in a bucket and a FT...Now, it gets called maybe half the time... Shooting percentages and scoring have been falling for years...This article may be a bit dated (2013 with a 2019 update) but... "College basketball teams averaged 67.6 points per game this past season, the lowest since 1952. Teams shot a mere 43 percent from the field, the worst since 1965. Free throw attempts were also down because refs have swallowed their whistles and won’t call it when a player is chucked." Only 3 teams in all of college basketball shot over 50% last year (Dayton, Gonzaga, and BYU)... In 1975, the B10 alone had 4 that shot over 50%... I know the 3 point shot has an affect on overall FG percentage, but come on...

A twofer... What college fielded the first college basketball team? Who is the only men's basketball coach in the University of Kansas history to have an overall losing record?

Mac McClung killed TTU down the stretch...He was hot early, but missed his last 5 or 6 shots, had a costly TO, and got used on defense...TT has a couple of nice young players in Peavy and Shannon... And I'll say this about the refereeing...They've simple let basketball become too physical...If they would have called all of the offense shove offs, illegal screens, and guys getting mugged going to the rim last night, it would have just been a FT contest... Basketball was not invented as a physical game...

No one is calling for CAM to be fired... The point is, he's paid to win. His job DOES depend on it. I cited the Izzo mantra of "Players dictate playing time." which I think is how it should be. If Khristian is earning it in practice and games, great...And I hope he is. But putting him out there in crunch time for any other reason than "he's earned it and he's the best player we can put out there to help us win" makes no sense to me...

I'm not in any way saying Archie has one foot in the grave...I just think it's unwise, when you don't have the latitude of an Izzo or Wright, to wager this year's record on future years strategy or worry how it appears in regards to recruiting.

They're kinda like IU...Guard hard, but struggle offensively...

His seat is at least a tad toasty...If IU wouldn't make the tourney this year, I'd guarantee it'd be quite warm for 21-22...So I don't think any sane coach would even slightly compromise this year simply to get a 5 star more playing time in the hope that it would benefit us in subsequent years... A bird in the hand, my friend...

Jay Wright did it with Quinerly (9 mpg) his freshman year and he transferred... But @dgambill brings up an excellent point... Guys like Wright and Izzo have very long, if not infinite, ropes... Archie doesn't... He needs to win and win now... But he's also trying to establish a culture like Wright has at Villanova...right now, we're a better team with Rob and Al on the floor... I think Lander understands. He'd be playing his senior year of high school ball right now...he got a head start and he is averaging 14 mpg

I agree with a lot of this...I bolded the part I don't know about (ignorance of the overall defensive scheme on my part)... I do know he's good about keeping the his man in front of him and I've been impressed with his closeout speed... The underlined part I question...He has to fit into the scheme and the culture...Not the other way around...I go back to Izzo's mantra..."Players determine playing time."

Al I might agree with...If Kristian can provide defense on par with Al, and I don't think the on the ball discrepancy is all that great...scheme wise and recognition I'm sure Al has the edge...I think a lot depends on what we see in the next 3 games...

I agree with that 100%...His overall decision making needs to improve... Right now, I think Kristian believes scoring is his way to more more minutes and an eventual starting role...It's not...

Over who?

That's true. These kids aren't fooled by Little Ricky's last name...they can see he's a terrible coach... And Marcus Carr is the most overrated player in the B10...

The humanitarian in me will not allow me to watch the Whinin Illini pummel The Golden Little Rickies any further... Minnesota should have grabbed Dutcher when they had a chance...