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My dad passed away last month. He was born and raised in Bloomington but never moved back after enlisting in the military. Even though we never lived in Indiana, he filled my head with stories about IU my whole life. He was the only person in my life I could call and chat with about IU sports LOL. I'm so glad we got watch this championship run together.

Officially IU bound!

Mcafee asks Cig why he decided to stay at IU? Cig says The grass isn't always greener, likes the people in Bloomington and people he reports to, wife loves it here, have everything we need to be successful "And this is sort of my creation at the end of the day, even though it's not all about me at all. I get too much credit. And if we stumble, I'll get too much blame. But I'll take the blame. Why go anywhere else?" Ball coach.

Watching basketball in July was fun even if the competition wasn’t the greatest. Better than no basketball in July in my opinion.

2-3 inches short of what was promised and 20 pounds heavier? Been there.

Games will be streamed over FISU YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/c/FISUTV https://fagames2026.fisuamerica.com/ If this sight comes up in Spanish, there's a drop down box available for English. From my quick look, I don't believe that actual game schedules have yet been set.

Prince Alex Moody is a winning player. He will be a great Hoosier. Just great.

Wanted to take a second and thank you all for your prayers for my grandson last year. I saw him yesterday and learned that his doctor has released him to play football in his senior year of high school. Based on the x-rays. scans and initial diagnosis, this is nothing short of a miracle.

Nice job @Home Jersey. We ask you to monitor and lobby for IU, and you make it happen the same day.

Oh hell yeah.

OV Sept. 5.

Watching Sam play in this event hurts my heart. He probably adds 2+ wins to this roster.

And there it is! A timely thread for @Lebowski to start today!

Hmm... if true I can see how it makes sense. Top WRs are making a lot: Cam Coleman is getting ~$3M+ this year, Jeremiah probably close to $5M. I don't know Nick Marsh's number... whatever it was it stopped him from taking the ND visit. Of course you have to bet on Monshun developing, which with Cig & Co you've got to like your chances, but if he does thinking about it by year as something like $1.5M Yr1, $2.5M Yr2, $3M Yr3... it starts to make sense on a roster that is in the mid-$30M range and going higher. Just thinking about it: assuming he signs, we've got a big upside guy in a position of need. Not that we need a ton of help with this, but he's a nice piece for the next portal QB to consider (if we go that route). And lastly he's a signal to future 5* recruits that Indiana can do the high end recruiting thing too when we like someone, we're not just a 3* development factory. Pretty fun stuff!

Hearing some very positive chatter. Will touch base with Rabby to confirm.

Sam; please get eligible.

The stream was bad and the amount of time spent on this game versus other events was random... until it got better. And my teeny-tiny brain adjusted to the glitchines, so by the second half it seemed kinda normal. In the second half they really didn't break away from the game at all. Some 'unreliable takeaways?' The opposition was really, really bad, but they were full size. Lindsay is quiet- no dynamic athletic qualities at all. But he plays like a grown-up. Sisley sure looked like one of our five best players. The only place he could start is at the three, but jeez, he looked the part on both ends of the floor. Prince is the man. He is super strong and athletic, especially defensively. He also looked like he did a better job running the offense with the second team than Lindsay as the backup pg could with the first team. And his outside shot was composed and on point. He looks like a starter quality player for sure; I wonder if Devries will consider him over Lindsay or Harris. Karvala is super-intruiging and is going to be a popular player. He rebounded, including outside of his zone and to me it seemed that he really has fun being out there. I'm sure he has tons of maturing to do, but some players simply catch the eye on the court and he is one of them. Mustaf is very deferential on offense. On defense he is a truck - strong enough to move much taller players out of their intended position. Harris? Meh. Aginst terrible opposition you'd think he would show some alpha qualities. Nope. Markus Burton got to wherever he wanted repeatedly. He is a truly dynamic player.

My family grew by one. I would call that meaningful. (I am adopting Trevor Manhertz without his consent)

I think I’m obsessed with Manhertz. Sherrell as advertised. Yigi…blurf. Karvala is Troy Williams with a brain. Other than that we look like it’s July.

egad, a real non-con opponent....in Assembly Hall! I'm guessing this is the day after fall finals.

Now that the initial shock of the trade is beginning to wear off, I think some things are clear. I love Jaylen Brown, my kids grew up on "The Jays", but the reality is the Celtics were not going to give him the Super Max extension that he is eligible for this summer. They were already struggling with paying him #1 money when he's a #2 on a title team, and the window was closing or even closed on the Tatum/Brown Celtics given new ownership and all of these different "apron" rules. The Celtics weren't going to commit to paying him $70M annually as he approaches the other side of 30 and would have had to commit to paying him that at 33-35 years old. I love Brown, but Tatum is the better player by quite a bit and teams no longer want to pay two guys the Super Max. The package Stevens got in return sucks. But it also shows nobody else was really willing to commit those dollars to Brown either. Teams want to reserve the Super Max for top 5 guys, not guys in the 10-25/30 range.

i'm sure there was a couple Purdue squads like that. maybe not by choice though

Don’t know who it is but some time after AAU season last year Moody found a great freaking shooting coach. His footwork used to be a little sloppy and his release was a little flat. Not a bad stroke, just not great. Then his high school games looked a fair bit better and now after another couple of months after the season it’s tight as a drum and they all look like they’re going in. That dude earned his money.

Coach was asked in the postgame presser whether they’d consider pursuing another year of eligibility for Sam Alexis. He ‘didn’t say no’.

I will not get my hopes up after an exhibition. I will not get my hopes up after an exhibition. I will not get my hopes up after an exhibition.

Great stuff from Coach Bielema: https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/illinois-coach-bret-bielema-calls-iu-football-coordinators-haines-and-shanahan-extremely-special/

Well...

Hilarious. In a race for my backup college fanbase Oregon’s has pretty much Katie Ledecky’d the field.

Not to be a party pooper, but... It's my understanding that last year's and this years FISU men's basketball events aren't comparable with this year's being a more regional event for the Americas versus last year's being a world event. The world event is every two years on odd years and countries like Brazil get more sponsoring and actually can afford to bring national teams with the best from the country. For the America games, there are less sponsors so teams like Brazil are merely represented by a single university due to lacking the funds to coordinate travel and practices for a national team. So, I think the talent is significantly less this year compared to what Baylor faced last year. Unfortunately.

Vaughn Karvala is the greatest basketball player in Indiana basketball history.

With excellent video quality!

So the South wants to break off and do their own thing? Sounds familiar..my guess is it lasts about 4 years.

Because of course he did. And I’m sure doing it in the pouring rain made it extra fun.

HOOSIER DAD-DY clap, clap, clap, clap, clap HOOSIER DADD-DY clap, clap, clap, clap, clap Dykes needs to never say another word.

Good thing Dolson passed on him. He would have been a disaster at IU. /s

i suggest contacting Brandon Sorsby to get the latest odds.

Trent took a knee to the quad in our first game so he's a little banged up. Nothing too serious I don't believe or he wouldn't have played, but explains the full leg sleeve he was wearing.

I've been a sucker and paid for BTN Plus several times. You can't faze me!

New York is probably the closest Cal will ever get to Bloomington.

Sudfeld played in a total of 6 NFL games, completed a career total of 25 passes, for 188 yards, with 1 TD and 1 INT while earning $12,000,000. 12 million without getting your bell rung multiple times!! Backup QB might be one of the best gigs out there.

Cig on McAfee now and he's in a good mood. Edit: here is the video

biggest takeaway from the highlights....Moody is a baller, both ends of the floor hustles, passes, shoots well, and defends well....very very impressed. Our passing and ball movement seems improved which I like!