ElectricBoogaloo

I mean, if you're comparing NFL hires then sure go ahead and make that argument. But this is college. The Lovie hire is compared to programs like Illinois hiring some small conference nobody and hoping it works out. Lovie is a popular, out of work coach being hired by the state university in the state where he made his name. Tony Dungy would be the same for IU. Not sure why you would argue with that comparison. It's why I chose Dungy as an example. I thought that was obvious but happy to explain.

Wilson vs a long tenured, popular, widely known NFL coach... Hmm I wonder which I would choose. This would be like IU hiring Tony Dungy or Chuck Pagano. No contest. Illinois is making a home run hire if true.

If it's Lovie Smith... Wow. I don't know if he can recruit but players will want to come play for him. This is the kind of coaching candidate IU should target...

Can I just say how much I love Robert Johnson's enthusiasm? I was watching highlights this morning and every big moment seemingly had a shot of Rojo going absolutely nuts/falling over on the bench. I thought he was a pretty subdued guy from his on-court demeanor but WOW does he love watching Yogi drain threes.

Dorsey posted 2 sex tapes to Twitter. http://deadspin.com/minnesota-suspends-three-players-after-one-tweets-sex-t-1761925904

Iowa is on the ropes. I never count on winning BIG road games but we have a good chance of knocking them out of the race Tuesday. Let's go champs!

I don't get the Bryant to the NBA talk. I suppose it's all about potential, but Max has been the better post player on IU this year. Not saying Max will be in the league obviously... Saying that the guy getting outplayed by Max won't be either.

Maybe it's just me but I have not noticed, or seen much complaint about, the usual mass substitutions at inconvenient times this year.    Am I missing something?    That is one of the more rampant coaching issues from the Crean era and I have not really seen it this year. 

  I don't know, I waver on this. You don't want him to pick up another foul but you also don't want to keep one of your best players on the bench for 15 minutes straight. I'd rather see him foul out late in the game than not play any minutes for fear of fouling out. Especially last night as Iowa was getting a ton of offensive boards in the second half.

  Dakich said it best last night. Troy is the type of player that makes basketball harder than it needs to be.

  Z3 has been very disappointing this season. I'm ready to see more OG minutes.

  Nobody on our team could even stay in front of him. Hartman, Troy, Max, OG, TB all tried and all failed. They made Hayes look like an NBA all-star last night. Of course he racked up a bunch of foul calls. 

May I suggest an alternative hobby then?  

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed that.

These pre-game threads always get me. THE GAME ISN'T UNTIL FRIGGIN SUNDAY. Love you all anyway.   On to the next one.  

Someone was enjoying the holidays!

The same reason Duke has 17 offensive rebounds.

I hope when Dukie V retires, they raise his cold, lifeless body into the Cameron Indoor Stadium rafters next to Grant Hill's jersey. One of the all time Duke greats. (Is that too morbid?)

What an embarrassment. This is the worst garbage basketball I have ever seen.

Not Tim Tebow. Or so I've been told.

   

Predictions from the Creighton fan forum: "Crean adjusts his belt 76 times, and adjusts his defense only once."   I thought that was pretty good.

  Who said anything about Paul Bunyan?  :biggrin:   I'll take him in 2016 too by the way. A Davis-Bunyan one-two punch down low. Get Bunyan on campus and watch his vertical go up 9 inches during the summer.

I heard he can chop down 300 tress in a morning, eats 20 lbs of pancakes for breakfast, and his companion is a big blue ox.

I think Kegler would have been a great addition to soften the (probable) loss of Troy after this season. He will be a great college player and I can't fault him for choosing the in state school. Wish him the best of luck.