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Harper, Baker and Omoruyi played a total of 14 minutes more than TJD, XJ, and Race. And, none of our guys were in foul trouble. Play our guys 14 more minutes and I think we could find 4 more points. Any disagree?

Or.....

So, which is it. Are you saying Rob cant hit big shots or tgat Race did an outstanding job guarding Harper on the last play?

I'll take my chances that TJD could have had something for him should he have chosen to drive the lane.

Let's assume you and I are coaching against each other in a must win game. Your team's best offensive threats are two guys that can operate down low in space and a lightning quick point guard that has been playing at a high level lately. I correctly deduce that the best chance I have to win is to go to a zone. Take away the inside game and limit penetration by the PG. I'm willing to give up open 3's until you start making some. Fortunately for me, you never do. At this point, I am dictating how the game is being played. That's my advantage and it's what I want. I've already won half the battle by making you adapt to my gameplan. My plan works better and better as the game goes on. And then, you throw me another little life saver. You have 2 of your 3 main guys on the bench for a critical 4 minute stretch of the second half. Maybe they needed a rest. Firtunately, my main guys didnt. Oh wait, the percentages finally work in your favor and you hit one of those 3's to tie the game. But, you have no timeouts, so you cant set up the defensive assignments you want. I choose not to call my last timeout to let you do that. That's okay, my main guy, who has already played 38 minutes, and didnt require a 'rest' in the 2nd half, has just enough energy to get his final 3 pointer into the bottom of the net. I win. You don't. But you can take solace in knowing those 3's were wide open. Meanwhile, I'll have to settle for winning the game.

Rob should have bee on the game for the game-tying fg attempt. Sure, PS finally hit it, but who on our roster has proven to be someone that can hit big shots? Hint: Rhymes with 'Mob Hennesey'. And, yes, Rob guards Harper better than Race does on that last shot.

Which brings a point I made last night. Why wasn't Rob in on that last defensive play? He would have done a much better job guarding Harper.

After a night of reflection, I keep going back to this. Ron Harper - 38 minutes Geo Baker - 36 minutes Omoruyi - 36 minutes TJD - 32 minutes XJ - 33 minutes Race - 31 minutes They got 14 more minutes of court time out of their 3 most critical players than we did. Is 14 minutes of your best players worth 3 points? I say so. XJ and TJD did NOT need to be sitting on the bench for that critical stretch in the 2nd half. Someone convince me otherwise.

We should have doubled our offer to Brad Stevens.

Perfect.

My point exactly. The damn rules committee from the 1980's cost us this game. 😠

Ex-Wife #8 used to accuse me of not sticking with things long term. Not sure what I've done to get that reputation.

Actually, I am campaigning for you to change the avatar. I don't want sunshine right now, because it's fake. You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig.

I'm with you 100% that it should not get personal. But, Parker is going to hear those same things in the same situation if he's playing at UK, Kansas, UNC, Duke, UL, etc. He accepts some of that by coming to a major program. At the same time, this loss is not on him. I don't care if he went 0-10. After it was obvious his shot was not on tonight, someone else should have been in the game. He doesn't really help with defense, ball-handling, or rebounding. When he's not shooting well, half of his 31 minutes should have gone elsewhere.

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Every fan base has idiots, and the IU fan base is one of the worst. I'll stand by my position that this loss is more on the coaches than the players (whereas Northwestern is on the guys who were suspended). But, tonight, it wasn't like Parker did not give effort. He did. But, when Parker is not shooting well, he's not one of our 5 best options. The coaches should have realized that early in the game and tried someone else tonight.

The easily avoidable Northwestern loss is looming quite large.

Yeah. You should be one of, if not THE favorite in 2A from the South.

Miller Kopp played the most minutes for IU tonight.

The game should have never been to the point where we needed a tying 3.

If only we could have gone to the 4 corners tonight.

I wouldn't send it to @bluegrassIU. He blows through a lot of money supporting an unhealthy hoof fetish. It's like a foot fetish, but involves cows.

But, he wasn't going to make them tonight. That was obvious from the start. He wasn't rimming them out. He was clanking them with some authority. Geronimo is at the end of his sophomore season. He's not 'young'. He may be less experienced, but there are a lot of sophomores in the Big Ten and around the country who are helping their teams win big ball games.

If XJ doesn't come back, this team is going to be really........not good next year. The coaching staff absolutely has to convince him to stay. It's their #1 off-season priority.