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There are two reasons why this class won't be like "the movement." First, it is simply called the class of 2018 and doesn't have a nickname attached to it. Second, it wasnt compiled by Tom Crean.

Saw this AM that he is transferring and has 2 years left as a grad transfer....any smoke here? Seems like a perfect position for us to take on yet another grad transfer, being that he is a linebacker and was a US Army All American out of HS. Other thing I was curious about was how many more schollies we have to give?

He is white, has an Italian name, and played at Villanova, correct.

4 of the 5 highest rookie plus-minuses of the last 20 seasons came from this year's class.

Whoa Nelly! Rockets take a 3-2 lead in the series with a 98-94 win over the Warriors. EG with 24 pts. on 6-15 from the field; 3-10 on 3's and 9-10 FT's. Rockets with 4 in double figures led by EG's 24; Paul 20; Harden 19 (but 0-11 on 3's); Capela 12. The Warriors outshot the Rockets from the field and on 3's, but the Rockets made 27-32 FT's to the Warriors 20-23.

I figured it would be too expensive using all that gas money to find half decent females.

Andrei Kirilenko would find a way to have "47" in his +/-

IU Recruit Northview's Tucker strikes out 20 in masterful sectional outing Thanks to the recent implementation of pitch-count rules, the Northview school-record high school baseball strikeout total of 20 that Braydon Tucker achieved Thursday night at the Class 4A Avon Sectional may stand forever. And thanks also to the pitch-count rules, he wasn't even the winning pitcher, although he scored the winning run as the Knights beat Plainfield 1-0 in nine innings. Tucker fanned at least two batters in each of the first eight innings, got every member of the Plainfield starting lineup at least once, and gave up just one hit while walking no one. But Sam Tackett of the Quakers was almost as good, fanning 14 — including every Northview starter at least once — and the Knights never could push a run across. The pitch-count rule had three applications for this game: a pitcher with no more than 100 pitches would still be eligible for Monday's semifinal and/or championship game, a pitcher with more than 100 pitches was finished for the sectional (unless there's rain on Monday) and a pitcher with 120 pitches had to be removed as soon as he finished the time at bat when the 120 mark was reached. "We weren't messing around to not have [Tucker] Monday," coach Craig Trout of the Knights said after the game, "and we trust [freshman] Gavin [Morris] with the ball." So in the top of the ninth, after Northview left two runners on base in both the sixth and seventh innings and had a runner caught stealing to end the eighth, Tucker went to a 2-and-2 count on Kyle Dykins and was lifted for Morris. "I was nervous," Morris admitted after the game — and why wouldn't he be? — "but I had confidence in my team the whole time. It was just another game of baseball." Morris got the third strike on Dykins — according to Northview's Scott McDonald, it became Tucker's 20th strikeout since Morris entered with two strikes, even though Tucker doesn't get credit for the third of an inning — and got two more outs, helped by a spectacular catch of a foul ball by fellow freshman Korbin Allen. Coach Shane Abrell of the Quakers was all in with Tackett, however. The junior passed the 100-pitch mark in the bottom of the eighth and still had a handful of pitches for the bottom of the ninth. "He's been a bulldog for us all year," said Abrell, a former Terre Haute South assistant and Terre Haute North athletic director who likened Thursday's game to a past battle between A.J. Reed and current Florida Marlin Dillon Peters. "When he's on the mound, it gives our guys a lot of confidence." Tucker hit the first pitch of the ninth hard to the infield, and got to second on an overthrow of first base. Brigham Booe was walked intentionally — no pitches used there — and both runners moved up on a double steal when Morris faked a bunt. "A great job by Braydon right there," Trout said later. "Everybody pulls up [to field the bunt] and he makes that read." Now Morris could be walked intentionally, saving Tackett for another batter, but Dylan Zentko smashed the ball off a pulled-in infielder for a game-winning single. Plainfield finished the game having had just two baserunners: a leadoff double in the second inning by Tyce Ferrell, and a two-out walk by Morris in the ninth. The Knights finished with five hits, two by Trey Shaw. "An absolute warrior performance by Braydon Tucker," Trout said afterward, "and what a great job by Sam Tackett too. That was a great job by him."

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I think eventually he will become a coach and be just like Rollie Massimino. Only more Italianer.

Gorski's homer went about 20 rows up.

Don't worry, Tom Crean isn't in charge of these recruits!

Holy crap! I cannot believe we won that game. We were a dead-@$$ team for the first 5-6 innings today. And for all of last night.

Hoosiers win 6-5! Survive and advance. We play the loser of Illinois/Minnesota tomorrow @ 8:30 pm.

Boom! Gorski ties it up with a 2 out 3 run shot! 5-5, B9

Yup - I started at IU during the sad Sam Wyche year, and by my senior year I was on the field in the rain tearing down post-Michigan win goalposts. Dem Hoosiers would run through a wall for Coach Mallory.

Very saddened to see this. I was in school from 1986-91 (I was on the five-year plan) when we were pretty doggone good in football. Bill Mallory was the reason why. Getting Dave Schnell and Anthony Thompson to commit was a pretty big coup and got us on the way to being relevant in the B1G -- for a few years anyway. Prayers to Bill and his family.

Guys it’s a common thing when sites like these get updated these issues pop up. Problems that take fixes take time and money. He isn’t making much if anything off of the site. Jason is pretty good about figuring this stuff out. Let’s just hope it doesn’t have to come from an app update. That’s slow and there isn’t much he can do about that. Edit: I wonder if he has a staging site he can test updates on the different platforms. That is really the only way to know if updates will create issues. Even then most software vendors tell you to deal with it and fix it. But atleast then you could start working on it before it goes through production. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Virtual Reality walkthrough. Lol. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I really worry about our team defensively if Davis gets more than 10. Love the kid. He just doesn’t fit the team pre Achilles. You add the achilles to a man that is that big with that lack of mobility/athleticism? I am probably on low end of expectations. I hope he proves me wrong. That would be fantastic. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Well said sir. I have nothing more to add. Sent from my LG-K371 using BtownBanners mobile app

Terrible, terrible news.

Looks like Izzo to the Magic isn't happening.