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I’m hoping Sparks plays no more than 10-12 minutes tonight. Give him the first few minutes each half and that’s it. 

12 minutes ago, Kdug said:

Mbagko isn’t on any of the latest draft boards I’ve seen. So he’d either have to finish the year very strong or transfer to be here just one year.

Or he’ll go pro anyway and go in the G league or overseas. 

One (albeit small) positive of this season bottoming out is it makes it harder for anyone to have excuses or claim we were “one bounce away” or anything like that. I’ll never root for losses but hopefully the coaching staff recognizes that big changes are needed if they want to have a successful season next year. 

We also just aren’t that good. This team has some good players that don’t fit well together and the guards are too inconsistent. 

I’m curious how much IU basketball has affected my life span. This game probably knocked off 3 months or so. 

There was the attempt at flopping

Looking forward to seeing Purdue lose in the first round again. They won’t have big ten refs the whole tournament 

lol that’s not a foul at all. Eff off refs

2 minutes ago, BGleas said:

All ball again, after Kaufmann-Renn fouled Reneau on the other end with no call. 

Refs had to call in IU’s favor just for the first 7 minutes or so, after that they have free reign to go all Purdue again

Honesty really proud of this team’s fight this half. Easy to give up down 20+ at halftime. 

2 minutes ago, NCHoosier32 said:

honestly seems like the officials are making an effort to call fouls on Purdouche this half

Haha I was just thinking that. Ware could have 7 fouls if they called it the same but they’re swallowing their whistles now 

Just now, BGleas said:

That's a foul on Loyer.  No call

Just be grateful they didn’t call a charge haha

That’s not a foul on Ware

You can’t get destroyed at home. This is as bad as it gets. 

Woodson needs to destroy these refs going into halftime. This is a disgrace

I haven’t been this furious at the tv in a long time. It’s criminal what Edey gets away with. 

This reffing is an absolute joke. Edey gets away with murder and we can’t defend without getting a foul called on us. 

Can’t make free throws, and XJ isn’t playing well. 

Just now, Seeking6 said:

I keep remembering when Dawson Garcia was the absolute we can't miss on him recruit. 

And the Hoosier Hysterics started that cringy chant 😂 

1 minute ago, BGleas said:

I'm not necessarily an anti-XJ guy, especially because of his defense, but I've been thinking this since he got back, the offense runs with much better tempo when Cupps is in. 

It's challenging because Cupps can't score or shoot at all, but when he's in the ball gets up court and we get into the offense much, much quicker. 

While XJ adds more, he typically spends the first 10-12 seconds of the shot clock dribbling around like he doesn't know what we're supposed to be doing. 

Man, I just wish Cupps could shoot, even just a little bit. 

Man, I was just thinking the same thing. 
 

Also, didn’t realize XJ was the 4th oldest player in college basketball. Makes his antics last game that much worse. 

Good start to the 2nd half

This looks like a team playing up to their potential

Good start for the most part. Nice to see

In 2016 I remember watching IU’s sweet sixteen game against UNC and being incredibly frustrated at what I was watching. I was 22. 
 

Little did I know that would be the last sweet sixteen before turning 30. This program is running out of chances to return to glory. 
 

Really disappointing to watch these types of games and see highly-ranked players play like a terrible team. 

This is embarrassing