Tim

I don't post much, but lurk quite a bit... I just wanted to say that I *really* like the new theme/layout. It's clean, efficient, and *fast* in Chrome on my PC. It just feels quicker and more stable than the last version. To me, that's more important than lots of fancy features and graphics, so don't feel like you have to go changing a bunch of things! Oh, I guess just fix the broken images under everyone's avatars. :)

It's been a while, but I think I expected Duke to win, but held out hope for an upset.  When Duke went up big early, I had a sinking feeling that it wasn't going to be close.  Then the comeback happened.  Then Moye's block happened.  That was one of the most exciting IU basketball moments I've witnessed! (I was too young to remember '87.) Then the desperate feeling of Fife's foul... Then, finally the relief when the free throw and put-back both missed.  I still remember where I was when it happened!

  We have the same odds of winning the championship as #1-seed Oregon.  Interesting.   Also, I like what happens when you hover over Kentucky.

  "Neal averaged 12.3 points and 3.7 assists per game and shot 35 percent from the field. He had almost as many turnovers (101) as assists (114) this season."   Oof.

You guys realize you're just arguing pedantic semantics, right? You don't fundamentally disagree, so who really cares? So let's talk about when we'll be rid of Crean.

  He's intent on going down with the ship, isn't he?

Annotated breakdown of IU's defensive confusion. Ugly. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5dKtvpUO26k

  This is pretty much how I feel about it.  What exactly are we afraid of, hurting someone's feelings?  If these guys are going to take the cheers and adulation when they succeed, then they can take a few boos when they play without effort or continually make the same mental mistakes.  Obviously, don't boo everyone indiscriminately, but there are times when it's perfectly justified.

I honestly don't see what's wrong with a few well deserved boos.

  http://www.celticsblog.com/2015/11/25/9797816/mad-brad-when-your-defense-is-a-sieve-youre-not-a-team   Mad Brad: "when your defense is a sieve, you're not a team"

Meanwhile, Wisconsin and Michigan St. are building their rosters off of Midwest players and making Final Fours... Not to mention the Midwest players on teams like Duke and Kentucky. Mid-majors, indeed.

Nobody is doing this.

Cincinnati

Extremely localized apocalypse

RoJo is clearly hurt. The lineups seem to be an attempt to work around that.

Nope. If your cable package doesn't include ESPNU, then you don't get access to it through the app. I'm in the same boat. Gonna have to find a pirate site, or go to a bar.

  Should we tell him IU has two conference road wins, not three?   Or did the MSU result somehow change?

Edit: In reply to WayneFleekHoosier.  My quote button isn't working.   ======   I was at Assembly for the championship game, too! I made the trip down from West Lafayette.  Then I was at the rematch in Indy, too.  That was almost a heartbreaker, but it ended the right way.

  I'm not particularly sold on plus/minus as a stat... Blackmon drops 21 and ends up -5?  Hartman -6 in the first half?  Something's not right.

I watched their first exhibition game this year. It was a packed house, and a rowdy one, at that. For an exhibition. I was impressed, and somewhat jealous. Regarding Luke... I had a feeling this was going to happen. I saw the guy play his senior year in HS, and he was a man among boys. We saw flashes of it last year, but he didn't stay long enough for the rest of Hoosier Nation to see what he could do! We'd be a very different team with him this year.

It's not working for me either.  I tried three different browsers.   Has it been locked?

Gonzaga is blowing this one open, now up 20. I'm not sure SMU is that good, guys.

Apparently I accidentally clicked on Texas Southern to win... Oops!

Probably something to do with trying to improve throughout the entire game. He harps on that a lot. Or earning playing time during practice. I dunno, just speculating.

Pitt ended up winning by just 7, though Samford had it down to a three point game with under a minute to go. Pitt hit some free throws to hold on. Samford previously lost to Purdue by 40(!), and Pitt previously beat Niagara by 33. It was a strange result, all around.