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Things got extra stressful here. An infant under 1 died of Coronavirus in Illinois. My wife is now 39 weeks along and due next Sunday. We are holding out hope that the hospital doesn’t ban people being in the delivery room with her. I know as of now that Bloomington Hospital is allowing me in but I will not be allowed to leave the room for anything once I’m in there. I know we will need some prayers bringing a baby girl into this crazy world right now. Thank you and I’ll be praying for all of you too. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

The first IU basketball team I followed was the 1964-65 IU team with the Van Arsdale twins and Jon McGlocklin which was just after my family moved to South Bend from Chicago. I was already a big college basketball fan having followed Loyola win the national championship in 1963. All three Hoosiers were future NBA players. It was also Branch McCracken's last season coaching. By then the two time national champion coach had lost his touch but those three were remarkable to watch.

"I remember where I was when _______________!" Indiana basketball division Mine, 1975 losing to Kentucky in the Elite 8. I was 5 and I was crushed.

My first word: “Uwe.”

Mike Lewis inbounding the ball off an Iowa player's face. Sitting in the living room watching the game with my dad.

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Ha! I can’t say I was old enough to remember, but my dad is really proud that it wasn’t “mama” or “dada” but Uwe because of the crowd chants. Now my first real IU memory was walking out onto the court with my dad when all the lights were off, back around ‘89...a janitor found us right outside one of the tunnels and said “are you guys supposed to be here?” My dad apologized and we started walking off when the guy stopped us and told me to go stand at center court directly on the “I.” My dad said to walk out there alone, and after a minute or two all of the lights came on in the Hall and I stood there looking around. I was probably only 5 or so, but it was an incredibly important moment I’ll never forget.

A bit of an interesting one here, my first memory of Indiana basketball is watching the 1987 Championship game. I was 8 years old and we lived near Philadelphia and guess what? I rooting for Syracuse. I didn’t know anything about Indiana and as a kid in Big East Country I loved Derrick Coleman, Sherman Douglas and Stevie Thompson. Little did I know that literally less than two months after watching that game, my parents would announce to us that we were moving to Indianapolis. The rest is history. Fell in love with IU basketball almost immediately, following Calbert and that entire class, and then especially when as a ball boy for our high school team, I got to ball boy and sit under the hoop when our high school played Damon Bailey at Butler, played at The Wig Wam, and played at Lawrence North against Montross and those guys.

When we beat the Soviet Union at Market Square!

1987 Final 4 vs UNLV on my dad's lap in the recliner while my 3 brothers were laying on the floor and everyone yelling a lot. There is a photo somewhere to verify this. I was a couple months short of 5 years old. Sent from my Pixel 3a XL using Tapatalk

Earliest really clear recollection is from the ‘73 Final Four game against UCLA. Steve Downing gave Bill Walton all he wanted. I was 11. Have a lot of earlier memories than that of the Pacers. Not sure why that is.

I can’t remember a game detail but my school used to do a big sheet each time IU and Purdue played. And you signed who you thought would win. So in kindergarten I picked a side

I am like rcs29. 87 tournament. I had uncles at Purdue at the time. My whole family is a Purdue family on my dads side. My dad, aunt, and two uncles went to Purdue. I remember being with my grandparents watch most every game that year in the tournament. I was hooked and my family was pissed at my grandparents. Edit: Anybody that knows me on here knows my grandparents had season tickets to IU games. Without them I don’t know how I would have ended up. Grandma was diehard PU fan cause of her kids, but grandpa taught us right. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Excuse me, Max "Montana" lol

Grew up next door to Notre Dame, but dad was a Hoosier fan thru and thru. A few days before Christmas 1970 dad took 6 yr old me to the ND-IU game. I remember him raving about Big Mac all game as he dominated. I was hooked. It was great going thru school as IU fan surrounded by ND fans, not so great during football season tho lol Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Family have been big IU fans forever. First memory is of our unofficial cousin Quinn and the 76 team but I really got hooked when Isaiah came. Was a student during the 87 championship and celebrated at the fountain after the game. Worked for the HT during the early 90s and got to enjoy the 92 team as well. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

I remember the 81 title game and Reagan being shot concurrently. I was 15 and as a Chicago suburban brat had no idea I’d be going to IU three years later. First memory as an IU fan was Uwe Blab era as a freshman at IU. I was hooked at the first sight of Assembly Hall. That was Alford and Marty Simmons’s freshman year. Good lord Simmons was a great freshman, but he couldn’t handle Knight. Beat UNC/Jordan in the tourney and complete Showalter Fountain mega celebration followed. Ralph Samson and Jeff Lamb at UVA got us in the next round if I remember correctly.

Our Splendid Splinter Jimmy Rayl. That nickname hooked me.

We beat Michigan in the 1976 NCAA title game to finish unbeaten. I was 7. My mother, an IU alum, shed tears of joy.

First IU memory was the 87 championship game and my parents going nuts - I was 5. I fell in love with indiana basketball in 93 when I went to a game with my dad and saw Cheaney, Graham, Bailey, Henderson etc play. I was hooked Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Mine is probably going to some game in 2004 when I was around 6. I remember being way more interested in the cheerleaders than the game though haha Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

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Hopefully this means he’s good to go with reclassifying

Hurt his knee during the championship season. If you heard him interviewed, once his knee was messed up Knight was brutal to him, and drove him out of Bloomington.

Prayers for all. We may have strong disagreements when we we debate our favorite topic, but in the end, this thread shows what is most important. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

My father in law had a mild stroke Thursday night Friday morning. Only presented with memory loss forgot anybody other than his wife and kids. Hes 89, Bleeding into his brain. They already said they aren’t going to operate not that I think he would want them to. Feel like this might be a send him home to enjoy the the time he has left situation. Mostly since family can’t visit him at the hospital and nobody wants to die alone. We will probably be driving up to Chicago soon I imagine. its a shame my daughter is probably too young to remember him.

I have watched as much of that 2002 run this weekend as well. I have a few observations: -talent wise, I think that team matches what we have now -that team had no fear of anyone in that tournament. For some reason despite having 11 losses, you knew that tournament was special. -TJD could be similar to JJ if he gets his shot down. -that offense was extended out to the three point line. This opened up all sorts of possibilities in scoring options and it seemed like it didn’t have to stall. -AJ Moye and that’s all I have to say. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

That's mine also.I remember some real bad offensive foul calls on Downing fouling him out.I think TV Teddy watched and used that game as a model for calling the IU Duke final four game.

Also prayers for you as well. Hope for a clear process for you and your family while being at the hospital Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Wow, prayers brother. Hope everyone will be in the clear. Keep us posted Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Kirk Haston’s buzzer beater against Michigan State in 2001. I called my dad who was at work and remember screaming at the top of my lungs on the phone (probably attributing to my father’s partial deafness) Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

First legitimate memory was at Hoosier Hysteria when AJ Guyton was still. Came up and gave a high five to my brother and his friend. But we also went to a couple of Atheltes in Action games back when that was a thing. I born a Hoosier but 2002 did get me hooked more than anything. Was raised on Knight basketball though. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Richard Mandeville!! 6’11” very athletic out of California and a national top of the top recruit. Never got the hang of it - best season at IU was 3.5 ppg, 2.1rpg. Bob Knight never coached him effectively; he was during the Collier, Reed, Miller, Patterson era of Knight at his absolute worst.

And the Duke game is how most remember him. Not me.

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Just to take my mind and hopefully others off what going on around the world, I did a fun article about realignment. What kind of moves would you like to be seen made or new conferences made? This is just for fun and nothing serious. What benefits do you think it would have on college basketball? https://xavierharkness3.wixsite.com/topictalk/post/off-the-top-conference-realignment Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Ginormous win for Steve Pikiell's bunch and the first high-major recruitment directly impacted by the coronavirus... "The big difference was the coronavirus. Once it hit, it kind of gave him a real meaning of what distance really is." Corey Evans Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

They are yours. Let's see if you can do better than CAM. Hopefully there won't be virtual message board members calling for your head. :)

What is funny to think is that in your proposed American 11 conference, I think Indiana would have been the topped ranked team this past year. Syracuse was down last year. Notre Dame probably would have been a tournament team in this scenario. FWIW, I'm not a big fan of conferences that are spread out wide geographically. If I were the Big Ten commisioner and wanted to do a fun little thing and wanted to reorganize the conference but not change teams, I would split the conference into two divisions....with a catch: run it like the premier league. seven teams in an 'upper' half, based on what teams finished in the upper half in 2019-20, and the teams in the bottom seven start in the lower half. Everybody plays each time their 'half' of the division once (home and home), and they play the teams in the other half one time each -- three home games, three away, one neutral. The opening games for the season are the neutral court games to provide a little excitement instead of playing a cupcake to start the year. And find interesting venues to play those games. And I eliminate the Big Ten/ACC challenge. At the end of the season, the top two teams in the lower half move up while the bottom two teams in the top half move down.

Luke leaning towards under armor rise team for summer schedule ( if it’s possible to have a summer schedule )

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Praying 8bucks!

“If I get the ball near the basket, there’s going to be a poster.” Love that so much. Now if he can just get Smith to think that way.

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Let’s not let the boiler sidetrack a perfectly good thread. Capiche?! Kaufman would look great in candy stripes! Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Really good Q and A with Jordan from Inside The Hall https://www.insidethehall.com/2020/03/28/q-a-class-of-2020-st-pauls-school-forward-and-iu-signee-jordan-geronimo/?fbclid=IwAR3AFifar6AUFGXSEgTO1Y-wVEJPGMr2IVD8PIwyWmtp8y3aRDJIyzVL2QM Couple of things of special note to me: 1. Plans to be in Bloomington on June 8, coronavirus permitting. 2. Geronimo averaged 18 points, nine rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks per game this past season 3 ... Me, as a player, I wanted to get my teammates going. I’m a team-first kind of guy. Throughout the season, I realized I needed to be more aggressive and more assertive with the ball in my hands. Before I realized that, it was kind of too late. [I think I made that observation somewhere in his thread that he was clearly their best player and needed to take charge]

Yeah,I remember the preseason NIT game against Duke where he just went insane and was unstoppable.Player of the game and had me stoked for his future.Fools Gold as he never played like that again.

Charlie Miller. Just never got better. When you start at IU as a freshman there are certain expectations. At least there were then. During his time was when I realized it may be a while before I see 30 wins again. Didn’t think it would be like this. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Andrae Patterson. He had so much talent but in so many games played like he just didn't care. I swear he'd pick up fouls intentionally just so Knight had to take him out of games.

Hoosiers win it. Green hit some big shots in the second half and IU missed 3 front ends of 1 and 1 down the stretch. Lol. I’m guessing they were not expecting a foul out because when Brunk fouled out a guy named Kegler came in. Entertaining to check out. Awesome these guys put the time in to make this Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners