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Yep. Outscoring opponents by 18 points a game, being ranked No. 4 in the country and having a 21-2 record (with both losses to the No. 2 team) is pretty boring. I'd rather be 13-11.

Maybe true but i think iu fans would be pretty happy being ranked top 5 year in and out given our current history. Maybe I am wrong. Sent from my SM-J700T using Tapatalk

Haven’t been on here in awhile with a family death, other serious family illness and the arrival of my 3rd grand baby. This board has gone crazy. Gotta give Coach Miller 2 or 3 more years to get this ship righted. I know it’s painful to watch at times, but I still have faith he will get it done. He don’t actually shoot the ball for them. Stay strong Hoosier Nation.

That's probably good advice, but I've spent almost 50 years emotionally invested in Indiana Basketball and lowering my expectations seems like losing hope.

Not sure if we are talking about the same play but if we are, I saw it as Justin Smith not staying in front of his man when he cut to the basket off the screen. He was caught out in no man’s land and then jogged back Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

2 sweet 16s and 1 elite 8 in his 10th year at UVA. Chicken **** basketball doesn’t translate to postseason success. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Lol...I argue with myself all of the time but never seem to win.

Disagree JS. Hearing about this, I am thinking "It's about freaking time that they are getting pissed off."

Suspensions for what? Holding teammates accountable?

Indiana's offense is so vanilla right now it's hard to know who they can score more than 30 points against in the half court. They're fine in transition...not as efficient as Crean's teams because they can't shoot as well and a couple of players are turnover prone; but generally not bad. They don't run set plays; they don't run unique or special action very often and when they do, it doesn't generally work well. It's like there's no imagination. No brain on the bench that can draw something up to get Romeo a lane to drive or a mismatch in the post for Morgan.. Something went wrong somewhere. It sounds too simple to blame it on Phinisee going down with injury, but he hasn't been the same since and the team hasn't been the same since. Before the injury, Phinisee shot 44.4% from the floor. Since? 27.1%. Before the injury, he had 42 assists in 11 games....3.8/game. Since? 15 assists in 9 games. 1.7/game. Is it that simple? Probably not. But it's a factor. People point to the Marquette game as the barometer for what Indiana can be. They still only made nine 3's. I know...seems like a million; but it's not like they set records. But...they also had 18 assists (Phinisee had 8) and shot 23 FT's. Morgan and Langford had 23 shots between them. I know Fitzner went off too...that helped. But....Green didn't play. The dichotomy? Louisville. Only made four 3's. Had only 10 assists. Made just one more FG than Louisville who made ELEVEN 3's. The difference? Indiana was aggressive and shot 25 FT's. Today? 7 FT's. Against Rutgers? Just 7 assists. Point being, the problems seem to change. There's not really a consistent numbers problem....there are just consistent problems. Sometimes it's turnovers. Sometimes it's lack of bench productivity. Sometimes it's bad shots or inability to get GOOD shots. Sometimes it's the wrong guys shooting. Sometimes it's lack of movement of players or the ball. Sometimes it's a combination. But they've really only played one complete game against a good team, and that was Marquette. Since then and especially since Central Arkansas....something's just missing. Off. Archie clearly doesn't have the answer, nor do his assistants. I sure don't.

Did you accidentally quote your own post to argue with yourself? Not trying to be mean it just looks that way lol Sent from my SM-G920V using BtownBanners mobile app

I love me some IU “fans.” We’re a twisted bunch. We’re hoping a star player will go elsewhere because of grudges. That’ll fix the problem! Come to Btown Brooks, work your tail off and help make this a better program. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners

I just finished the 3rd and most recent book of David Baldacci's Amos Decker series, "The Fallen". Solid book. Sort of predictable, but sort of not. I am pretty easy to please. Plus, I really want that photographic memory!!! Anyone else read it? Definitely recommended.

Kyle Guy is so fun to watch. What a gunner.

End of 3 and trailing 55 - 45. Penn 11 pts., Berger 10; Royster and Wise 7 each. Royster 7 reb; Wise 5; Gulbe 4. Still only shooting 35% FG. Yeaney and Penn both with 3 fouls.

DeVonte couldn't put up 40 on a pinball machine.

Halftime and IU still trails 33-30. Berger continues to play well with 10 pts, 3 reb. and 4 assts. She does have 3 TOs. Penn with 7 pts.; Royster with 5. Gulbe with 4 reb and Wise with 3. Outrebounded 22 - 19 but we've only committed 5 TO's as a team. 34% FG and 63% FT. Sparty has a player that if you were watching a men's game would be referred to as a wide body. However, I suppose using that term to describe a female player is considered sexist. But you get the picture.

The men's team has cracked the @USTFCCCA Top-10

Rob Dauster - West Virginia forwards Wesley Harris and Esa Ahmad have been dismissed from the program "for a violation of athletic department policies." Ahmad missed the first semester last year due to academics, and Harris punched a Texas Tech fan during a court storm last year. Probably a season Bob Huggins will gloss over when he writes his memoirs.

There’s a saying that goes something about wrestling pigs in their sty. You get **** all over you but they love it. That’s how I feel about Dakich and some posters on here. DD does some good and does some bad but man, he really loves him some ****. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners

Right! We've been clamoring for some emotion, some accountability, some passion within this team. I applaud whoever stepped up and started calling guys out.

We need brooks and any other recruit that can help our team. Nobody should be hoping he goes elsewhere [emoji52] Sent from my SM-G920V using BtownBanners mobile app

Love how after a loss the same people head to the recruiting threads to ***** and moan because *******and moaning in the game threads wasn’t enough. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

So we should roll around on the ground and throw a temper tantrum until we get our way? Makes sense. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app