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5 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

We lose.  Battle scores 53 and the walk-on has a game winning 4 point play at the buzzer.

I think the make-a-wish kid that sit at the end of the bench is guna drop 30 tonight against us.....just cuz we are due for it. 

2 hours ago, jdstultz said:

+1. It's been demonstrated time and again that we struggle when TJD is doubled. Additionally, there was a play late in the 1st (i believe) in which Trayce was wide open going to his right, but hesitated on his turn. He eventually turned to his right, but forced a shot directly into the defender with his left hand; one of the few poor decisions he made tonight. If I noticed this, one would assume that a top coaching staff would pick up on it.

Ya, for all of the great things TJD can do, its criminal that he still hasnt developed the ability to use his off hand at all in the post or take a mid range jump shot. 

Thats just me having a "get off my lawn!" moment. TJD played FANTASTIC tonight and for the last couple games!  Its been fun to watch. 

3 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

Difference is our punches are called fouls.  

We are getting fouls called for headbutting their fists too much. 

6 minutes ago, KoB2011 said:

Can they call a damn foul? 

Yes, they've called 173 against IU so far and 5 against the team in the ugly orange. 

4 minutes ago, BGleas said:

Geronimo is slowly getting back to getting lost on defense a lot. 

That last play he looked to tweak his hip when he landed on that big shot contest. He asked out right away. 

Please put Banks or Leal back in and get Gunn another pair of shoes n get him back in. 

And they've hit more 3's than we've hit layups! 🤦‍♂️😟

4 minutes ago, Reacher said:

Geronimo came to play tonight

And he's playing to his strengths.  Clean the glass, play smart defense and make yourself available when they double TJD. Its a beautiful thing when it happens!

For the love of all things holy will TJD stop running the break!!  It rarely turns into anything other than a turnover. Get it to a guard and fill the middle of the break. 

I think this qualifies as poking the bear. 🤷‍♂️🤣

4 minutes ago, Reacher said:

Credit Gunn for sparking this run

I just hope people dont throw chairs when/if he makes a freshman mistake. 

4 minutes ago, IowaHoosierFan said:

Free wide open 3s are hard to miss

No they're not. We do it all the time. 🤷‍♂️

5 minutes ago, KoB2011 said:

Geronimo played the worst game I’ve ever seen. Besides the fact that he couldn’t guard his shadow, three times we had guys pass the ball to him and he was completely clueless, he had the dumbest player ever on the offensive goaltend… the kid had no idea what was going on.

Sure, he’s a freak athlete and did some okay things, but he killed us tonight. 

Thats the 2nd time he's done that this year. 

13 minutes ago, Huntnfreak said:

Same crap….different year!! Soft as ever…get punched in the mouth and then fold!! We’re so dang stupid!! 

Have you not been watching?  We got elbowed in the nose not punched in the mouth. 

3 minutes ago, KoB2011 said:

Then go small.

Kinda agree. Give CJ a shot at guarding Murry. He doesnt have the build Jordan does, but he's wirey and a lil mean i think. 

We are going to have to somebody other than TJD get points for us and we're not guna be able to play thru him in the 2nd half. He cant be more than 60% right now. 

Aaannnnnd now TJD just tweeked his back. 

Geronimo is killing us right now! 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Well Malik.....guna have to get ur groove back you had at the start of the year in a hurry now.

And hoping its just a sprain for Race. Poor guy has been thru hell injury wise while he's been at IU. 

50 minutes ago, mrflynn03 said:

I think it was Anderson College I talked to about playing football there. I couldn't justify the costs for a few more years of playing. 

Both my sister and I have degrees in Biology and work in microbiology in the pharmaceutical industry.  She got an earlier start in pharma than I did so has a few moves on me.  I think not being ugly and boobs helped her a bit.(I'm not ugly though) She's also social and I'm not. I averaged $6500 a year room and board and tuition for a similar result. 

Ya, Anderson had a nice little pipeline from Washington there for a while with several players going up there.

I "played" football for 2 years. While I LOVED playing there, it was one of the bigger mistakes I've made. 20 years ago it cost 27k a year. They tried to show how affordable it was by comparing themselves to other Indiana schools like Butler, Rose Hulman, Valpo, Evansville, Notre Dame and thru IU and PU in as a low end option. 

While D3 schools dont have "athletic" scholorships, they will find a way to make it affordable for you if you're good enough. 

3 minutes ago, Parakeet Jones said:

They scare me now at times. 

Ok, let me rephrase that....they are scary to us now, they could be scary to other teams in the near future. 😂

9 minutes ago, KDB said:

I think Tamar is my favorite player. Love that his confidence is growing.

I think Bates, JHS and CJ could be a SCARY back court for us in the near future!

3 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

KSU is 4/8 from the 3

They're shooting 3's  like we shoot free throws. 

Not a bog fan of JHS and Trey as our back court. Think we need to have Bates or CJ paired up with them. 

3 hours ago, DunkinDipo said:

Has there been any word on the extent of XJ's injury?

Im hoping for the best but expecting the worst (broken and out for the year) for XJ but regardless of how long he's out I would try to get CJ quite a bit of floor time and work him into the rotation more. We will need his energy off the bench even more now. 

At this point in the game, if our expierenced guys are guna play uninspired like they have for much of the game, just put Banks, Malik, CJ in the game to get them some floor time in a big game. TJD and Race have looked asleep most of the game.