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Wonder if we’ll see Trayce at all this half

Refs aren’t calling trips today I guess

Cockburn’s pick and roll defense is pretty bad. His lateral quickness is slow and he’s not that athletic.

Durr is really holding his own. I really really want this win. I hate Illinois.

We’ve been riding up in the seed lines just from teams around us starting to lose. Huge opportunity these next couple weeks for IU to solidify themselves in a good position.

The environment in Lubbock tonight is unbelievable

Obviously a lighthearted moment, but on the Hoosier hysterics pod after the Purdue game, they asked Gabe Cupps if he had to bet $100 on Miro Little’s commitment, Cupps said he’d bet on IU.

1. Purdue 2. MSU 3. Illinois 4. Michigan 5. Wisconsin 6. Ohio State 7. Iowa 8. Minnesota 9. Maryland 10. Northwestern 11. Penn State 12. Rutgers 13. Nebraska 1 is obvious, 2 I think is the team that has been the standard of the big ten in the modern era, 3 I think is a sneaky rival because of the hostility from Illinois’ side and the geographical proximity. 4-6 I thought were all close, but I view them as modern powers that have had our number recently, and a legitimate history of intense matchups. Iowa and Minnesota are almost interchangeable to me, but I guess Iowa has been better recently. Maryland is the highest of the new members in the big ten, most notably due to the fact that they beat us in 2002, but also Maryland is a big basketball school and we’ve had a good history with them since they’ve joined the conference. 10-13 I pretty much went in order of when they joined the big ten, but there’s very little history there with any of those schools.

Being from Chicago I sneaky really dislike Illinois. I kind of view them as rivals even though it’s kind of like Maryland and Duke.

Am I crazy thinking that Illinois isn’t that good? I know they have a great record, some good wins, and a couple dominant players. But watching them on tv I’m rarely impressed with their execution outside of Kofi. I think this is a very winnable game if our perimeter defense is good.

Lander has really held his own today. Really nice to see

Bunch of Maryland fans just got up to leave. This is IU’s game for the taking. Just need to close out.

Let’s Go Hoosiers chant is taking over the arena

Maryland looks rattled. Rushing their jump shots. Gotta extend this lead and put them away.

Great end to the half! Also getting lots of comments about my candy stripes.

Lander gets called for the softest fouls I’ve ever seen. Idk what it is with him.

This stretch really showed how much we’re missing Phinisee. Need some good defense from the guards.

Was just making that comment to my friends. Over helping on the drive leads to those open 3s. Should be an easy fix though.

Go Hoosiers! Team looks great after the slow start.

Same! I can’t wait. I was supposed to go to the UNC Asheville game with my dad, so this will be my first IU game in a while.

I’m in Annapolis. Moved here a few years ago for work.

Yep, we’ve got a fairly sizeable snowstorm here right now (for us).

I think our metrics are a lot better than the eye test of the media and non-IU fans. If we started the season ranked #15, we’d still be in the top 25 with the exact same wins and losses.

Up to 37 from 42 in the NET rankings, 32 in Kenpom, and 19 in Bart Torvik rankings.

I’m sure it was true, but circumstances change with Rob being hurt.