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Some of you may have noticed on social media the hoosiers hosted several high school coaches yesterday (to observe practice). I got a quick update from someone who watched. -Juwan didn’t practice due to a non-serious leg injury -Phinisee is pushing Green for starting PG role -Deron seems to be moving well but won’t be ready to play serious minutes for a while. -Justin Smith is going to have a big year -the coach also didn’t love Romeo’s intensity level. -he also said we are deep at wing/forward (not news to anyone) Nothing groundbreaking. I think this is continued good news on Phinisee.

I had a chance to watch a practice last week and even though I am optimistic about the upcoming season I was not overly impressed with anyone. Archie talked to us after and even he thought it was a bad practice but it was the first time many had run full court. Several were also fighting colds. Phinisee did seem close to Green but green did not really look that much different than last year. It is good that someone now can push Green in practice. Rob seemed quicker than I expected and his outside shot for me is better than Greens. Evan F looks to have a smooth shot. He also had some nice low post moves but I think his outside shot will be a really nice asset in some games. Hunter seemed a little stiff at times but when the started to scrimmage he was a quick and willing shooter and hit several mid range shots. Romeo was good and you could feel that had this been a game he would have been ready to go harder. Good from about anywhere. I asked Archie about Derons timing as I noticed he did not do any of the full court work. Archie thought he would be able to do more and more in the upcoming weeks but he did say that deron would have to then work on dropping weight. Morgan took more outside shots but was not hitting. In fact most guys did not hit well from 3 to be noteworthy except perhaps Evan F. It was cool to be there but my take away was less on how they played but on how Archie was not impressed. Good to have someone there who is not impressed easily. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

GOAL. Finally. In the 84' Trevor Swartz on an assist from Gutman and we lead 1-0. It only took 26 shots for us to score. This was Swartz's first goal of the year and he picked a great time to get it.

"I taught him that!" - Tom Pritchard

I'm sorry, but that exists anywhere if not everywhere. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Michigan State and Northwestern ends in a draw. If we beat either O$U next Wednesday or MSU on the 28th, we win the B1G season title.

G League: Freddie McSwain #54 pick in round 2 Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Thanks for sharing 8bucks. I think many people are undervaluing Fitzner but I think he is going to have a BIG impact on this team. He's gonna get A LOT of shots off the pick and pop and it's gonna be tough for other bigs to guard him outside. His shooting is gonna force bigs to the outside and going to open up the lane for Romeo and other guards to get the rim with ease. People questioned me when I said I think Rob should start instead of Green bc people weren't impressed with him at the HH Hysteria lol. Rob is an old school under control PG who looks for others first and won't make many boneheaded mistakes like we've seen with Green. This team doesn't need a "playmaker" at point bc we actually have shooters this year and we just need someone to make smart decisions with the ball like Rob. I watched him a lot in HS and he is simply a poor man's Yogi without the crazy quickness. He can score/shoot if he needs to but he knows his role is to get others the ball and make the right play...something Green had trouble with last year. My problem with Green is that he is all about the high risk-reward plays...last year he almost had to bc our outside shot was so ineffective but that shouldn't be the case this year with Fitz and Romeo. Hope Green proves me wrong and has improved a ton for the sake of the team but I'm not getting my hopes up...I strongly believe Rob will be our starting PG and get a majority of the minutes running the show come B1G play. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

If you’re paying attention to the DOJ college basketball case, you’ll note that the $125K is in line with the numbers being tossed around as having been paid to players via shoe companies. In some cases more, in some cases less than what players allegedly received but in the ballpark. I think this won’t be the easy decision some are already claiming it is, though. Yes, you get paid without any hassle and you get access to “NBA infrastructure, as well as a bevy of off-court development programs geared towards facilitating and accelerating their transition to the pro game.” However, there are some questions… 1. Brand. The reality is that no serious number of people are going to watch the GLeague, with or without elite HS players coming straight into it. That’s just reality. Might it shift over time? Sure, but that will take a LONNNNNNGGGG time. The calculation for many will be that the year of playing at a high profile school for a year will more than offset $125K. For everybody? Nope, but I believe absolutely so for some. So if you want name recognition, I’m not sure the GLeague is the best way to go about it. 2. More importantly, there’s the issue of the draft. Keep in mind, when someone takes this offer, they’re not signing a two way or playing in the NBA at all that year. The entry rule for the Draft remains unchanged. So they’re going to be earning their draft position by playing against men 5-6 years older than they are (in most instances) who are desperately trying to earn a look from the NBA, same as they are…except they’ll be more physically and mentally mature in most cases. Again, in the long run, are you better off going this route and possibly being exposed or just simply shown to be not ready for grown man levels of play, or are you helped more by playing in college for a year? I think that’s going to be a calculation with multiple answers, depending upon the situation. To me, it boils down to this…does the $125K “move the needle,” given the downsides (worse conditions for training/playing in most instances which negatively impacts draft status, etc.)? I’m not sure it does but we’ll begin to find out soon enough.

Well keep in mind it was one practice, the first one where they ran full court and some were battling colds. I was a little discouraged until after when the first words from Archie’s mouth were along the lines of - we looked terrible. That gives me comfort that he will get it righted. I forgot to mention that it was good to see Clifton work down low some. He was more willing to play down low and hit a few hooks. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Even at Purdue: "He's our next Travis Carroll"

Straight sets win over O$U!! Great win! Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

And we escape with the win. Dominated everything but the score. 26 shots; 10 on goal to 7 and 1 for Rutgers. 9 corners to none. Next up is a Wednesday night game at Columbus against O$U

For whatever reason, the results for the women's 200 fly, women's 1,000 free and men's and women's diving have not been posted. Saturday's events start at 11:00 a.m. and I'll not be posting results. I'm going to be getting soaked in the rain and buffeted by 20+ mph winds in northern Indiana watching my grandson run in a semistate cross country meet. Event #5: 200 fly women - 200 fly men - Vini Lanza wins the men's 200 butterfly with a time of 1:45.27! Vini's time is the second-fastest in the country this year! 4th Cory Gambardell; 5th Van Mathias; 12th Zachary Cook. Event #6: 50 free women - 4th Ileah Doctor; 7th Laurel Eiber; 11th Lauren Miller. 50 free men - Mohamed Samy wins the 50 freestyle with a time of 20.04, fifth-best in the nation so far this season! Event #7: 1,000 free women - 1,000 free men - IU freshman Michael Brinegar wins the men's 1,000 freestyle by over seven seconds, posting a time of 9:00.14! Michael's time is the second-fastest in the nation this season and the fourth-best in IU history! 4th Mikey Calvillo; 5th Adam Destrampe; 7th Spencer Lehman. Event #8: 1-meter dive women - 1-meter dive men - Event #9: 200 IM Women - 4th Mac Looze; 5th Lilly King; 8th Josie Grote; 10th Bailey Andison. 200 IM Men - 4th Vini Lanza; 8th Ian Finnerty; 10th Matthew Jerden; 12th Wilson Beckman. Event #10: 200 free relay women - 4th Morgan Scott, Noelle Peplowski, Maria Heitmann, Abigail Kirkparick 7th Lauren Miller, Bailey Andison, Mac Looze, Josie Grote. Our "A" team was disqualifed as our second swimmer, Christie Jensen left too early. Other members of the "A" team were Ileah Doctor, Laurel Eiber and Shelby Koontz. 200 free relay men - 2nd Zachary Apple, Bruno Blasovic, Mohamed Samy Hssan, Gabriel Fantoni 3rd Jack Franzman, Griffin Eiber, Brandon Hamblin, Vini Lanza 9th Jakub Karl, Zachary Cook, Cory Gambardella, Brock Brown

Juwan made the Karl Malone Award preseason list. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

Given that his transgressions seem to be a trend, he likely transitions from IU, to Juco, to jail.

.... And commits to Mizzou hours later. Had a visit scheduled there prior to his Minnesota commitment, but I don't think he actually took it. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Who are you talking to? This has been the most benign recruitment thread I’ve seen Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Scheduled start 7:00 ET. IU (12-2) (5-0) travels to New Jersey to face Rutgers (4-9-1) (2-4) and on paper it ought to be a fairly easy win for IU, but anything can happen. In its 14 games, Rutgers has only scored 21 goals and given up 34. Preview Live Stats TV: BTN Plus ($)

And MSU and NW are in 2nd OT.

Team Scores after Day 1 - Men: No. 3 Indiana 114, No. 1 Texas 72 No. 3 Indiana 119, No. 8 Florida 67 Women: No. 4 Texas 120, No. 6 Indiana 66 No. 18 Florida 109, No. 6 Indiana 77

Event #1: 400 medley relay - The Hoosier team of Morgan Scott, Lilly King, Christine Jensen and Shelby Koontz wins with a time of 3:36.59! The time is fourth-fastest time in the nation this year! The Indiana men's 400 medley relay team of Gabriel Fantoni, Ian Finnerty, Vini Lanza and Bruno Blaskovic post a great time, winning in 3:11.38! Time is the fastest in the country so far this season! Gabriel Fantoni posted the fourth-fastest 100 back this season in the leadoff leg of the winning 400 medley relay with a mark of 47.49! Event #2: 200 free women - 4th Maria Heitmann; 5th Josie Grote; 7th Noelle Peplowski; 12th Cassy Jernberg. 200 free men - 2nd Mohamed Samy Hassan; 8th Zachary Apple; 9th Jakub Karl; 12th Griffin Eiber. Event #3: 100 backstroke women - 4th Morgan Scott; 5th Bailey Kovac; 11th Lauren Miller. 100 backstroke men - 1st Gabriel Fantoni; 6th Jacob Steele; 9th Mohamed Samy Hassan; 11th Wilson Beckman. Event #4: 100 breaststroke women - 1st Lilly King (who else?); 3rd Noelle Peplowski; 5th Bailey Kovac; 11th 11 Lauren Miller. Lilly's time is the fastest in the nation this season! 100 breaststroke men - 1st Ian Finnerty; 3rd Matthew Jerden; 6th Gary Kostbade; 10th Brock Brown. Ian's time is the second-best in the country this season!

it's true. What has happened to me? I need stick to my guns. IU- 43 PSU- 41 BOOM! Let's go Hoosiers.

I truthfully think this is the first time you have predicted an IU defeat in 2 full years (basketball & Football)..... Such a very SAD day

Don't call it a comeback.... IU 35 PSU 28