Parakeet Jones

Terrible start.

I think tonight is basically a must win for the Pacers. They can’t let Milwaukee get home court advantage back and feel like they survived the injuries. As for the NY/Philly series, I was pulling for Philly to tie it today. If they somehow pull that series out and the Pacers advance, we would have home court advantage in the next round.

Lillard is out tonight.

As long as we are striving for the blend and not falling into the portal or bust trap, I can live with the results. That’s why the guy I am the most excited about coming in is the true freshman who’s name escapes me now. We need the Wares and Rices, that’s modern college basketball. I still believe we need the Sisleys and Mullins too, the 3-4 year guys you build culture and stability with.

Two things can be simultaneously true. You can hate the NIL/portal landscape AND be happy IU is taking full advantage of it. I identify with both of those positions. I read this somewhere and have stole it and posted it many times. You can build a team through the portal, but you can’t build a program through the portal. We seem to have built a team this offseason, I just hope it translates into building a program.

Lillard is doubtful for tomorrow night. The Pacers really need to take advantage and grab a 3-1 lead at home while they can.

We have upgraded the roster better than I thought we would. I’m not a fan of where college sports are now, but I’m beyond thrilled we seem to be at the forefront of figuring out how to make it work. Get a backup big, hopefully a 13th guy, and let’s see how it develops on the court.

HALIBURTON!!!!!

Two HUGE rebounds by Siakim in the last minute.

I’ve been caught up in the Pacer game. Nice addition.

Gotta keep the pedal down.

Goode would/will make 11.

5:30 tip for the Pacers game tonight. I give anyone who needs it permission to leave work early to get home in time for the tip.

6 B18 teams, two ahead of us, three behind. This poll has MSU instead of Rutgers as the 6th team.

Same 6 B18 teams ranked here. Different order though, two ahead of us and three behind.

It's good to see our name on these lists again. What really stood out to me was that there are five B18 teams listed ahead of us.

I like them already.

I think games on NBA TV are blacked out in local markets so as not to pull from local broadcasts.

This one is getting a little chippy.

How long could it take to edit together the clips of him torching us last year?

I don’t think they can afford to lose game two though.

Lillard can’t miss.

It seems to be working. Let’s keep going to that well.

Any bench guys we can get from the remnants of the PAC 12?

I really like the addition. Another dynamic guard with multiple years of eligibility. Nice job, staff. The PAC 12 All Star team is taking shape.