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I have one God, but I will try to not disrespect anyone's God. I have one Country, which I have served, but I will try to not disrespect anyone's country. I have one family, but I will try to not disrespect anyone's family. I've fallen short on all three of these, but we should all try. I'll continue to try.

Big Al!

We have an unusual Friday night game this week as the Hoosiers travel up to Minnesota for the first time in 10 years (?). Both teams started 3-0 but have gone on losing streaks the past 3-4 weeks. It sounds like their starting QB Annexstad won't be able to play after suffering an injury that sent him to the hospital last week. There is rain on the forecast for the game tonight so we may see a heavy dose of Stevie Scott (which btw needs about 305 more yds to get to 1,000 on the year) . This is a game that Indiana should win but road games are never easy in the Big Ten. This is also probably the easiest game remaining on the schedule and a must win if we're to go bowling this season. Vegas currently favors the Hoosiers by 2 so don't be surprised to see a back and forth game.

This is a must win game. If it isn't, it is the closest possible thing.

Giving Indiana some love, but it reads like he is heavy on Memphis. I'll only cheer against a Watford when they play Indiana (should he go elsewhere). Wish him nothing but success.

When Creighton is offering 100K for a recruit, you can say with reasonable certainty cheating is pervasive in college basketball. The NCAA is nothing more than a bad joke. Bill Self and Kansas is the poster child for this with cash, cars, or anything else a recruit needs. They just flat out deny everything and the NCAA does nothing. The moral of this story is cheaters and cheating wins; just what the governing body has drawn up.

There is another thread called "Prediction League Results" where I will post updates and standings after every game.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/25085072/wiretap-audio-evidence-college-hoops-pay-play-released Holy moly. The phone calls got released. Sent from my Pixel using BtownBanners mobile app

How are there still people out there that we haven't corrected yet??? The Pacers didn't draft and trade Kawhi. We traded the pick for Hill. The Spurs made the pick. We wouldn't have taken him anyways.

I remember not remembering those. Go Hoosiers!

Wait...so bowling at whatever in the morning at the IMU is the wrong kind of bowling?

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That was my point. If he gets to see another great atmosphere there after being removed for a few years who knows what kind of an emotional impact that might have on him and his decision. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Hoosiers Set to Begin Big Ten Tournament Play on Friday BLOOMINGTON, Ind.— Indiana Field Hockey begins the Big Ten Tournament journey on Friday afternoon when the play ninth seeded Michigan State. The game will be hosted at Maryland with a start time of 3 p.m. With a win on Friday afternoon, the Hoosiers would face No. 1 seeded Maryland on Sunday at Noon. All of this weekend's action will be broadcasted live on BTN Plus. Week 9: Big Ten Tournament Friday, October 26 – (8) Indiana vs. (9) Michigan State – 3:00 p.m. ET – Field Hockey Complex Follow: Stats | Live on BTN Plus | @IndianaFH

I'm about as optimistic as they come (in terms of IU sports), but this will be a really tough one tonight. I've watched Penn St play a couple of times, they're so so so good. Best of luck to the Hoosiers! Penn State, Rutgers Road Trip Next for Volleyball BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana volleyball team will take on No. 4 Penn State and Rutgers on the road this week. The Schedule Friday October 26 at 7:30 p.m. Indiana at No. 4 Penn State Rec Hall | State College, Pa. Saturday Oct. 27 at 7:00 PM ET: Indiana at Rutgers College Avenue Gym | New Brunswick, N.J. Notes • The Hoosiers are 13-8 on the season and 4-6 in Big Ten matches. • This will be the second trip to State College for Indiana this season. In non-conference play the Hoosiers competed in the Penn State Invitational, with matches against Texas A&M and Temple. • Indiana will take on Penn State for the first time this season and Rutgers for the second time. Indiana won 3-0 against Rutgers on Oct. 13. • Indiana head coach Steve Aird played at Penn State and served on the Penn State women's volleyball staff. In all Aird played and coached in six final fours, including being part of two national championship teams on the Penn State staff Penn State Stats Penn State Audio

Feel like Indiana is at least a distant third. Just seems like he either picks Memphis or stays close to home with Bama. Bama has done really well with getting top recruits and Avery will be able to sell Sexton and probably Lewis thriving there.

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That's easy to say in hindsight, I guarantee you weren't saying that then. Kawhi was extremely undeveloped coming out, nobody knew he would turn into what he did. And for that matter, there's.a good chance he might not have had he gone elsewhere.

I misread it -- thought it said Southern Illinois. However, I'm relatively certain that we are not related.

College: Miami (FL) Minnesota #20 Wisconsin Purdue Virginia #7 Georgia #17 Penn State Maryland Missouri #24 Stanford #16 Texas A&M Syracuse Florida Intl #6 Texas Fresno State NFL: Eagles Bears Bengals Giants Steelers Panthers Colts Rams Vikings Patriots Score: 35-10 Please have your picks in FRIDAY!!! Sent from my Pixel XL using BtownBanners mobile app

If I'm reading Old Fart's message correctly, his picks are... Old Fart's Picks College: Boston College Minnesota #20 Wisconsin Michigan State Virginia #7 Georgia #17 Penn State Maryland #12 Kentucky #14 Washington State #16 Texas A&M #22 NC State Western Kentucky #6 Texas Fresno State NFL: Eagles Bears Bengals Redskins Steelers Panthers Colts Rams Saints Patriots Score: 31-17

College: Miami (FL) Indiana #20 Wisconsin Purdue Virginia #9 Florida #17 Penn State Maryland #12 Kentucky #24 Stanford #16 Texas A&M #22 NC State Western Kentucky #6 Texas Hawai'i NFL: Eagles Bears Buccaneers Redskins Steelers Panthers Colts Rams Saints Patriots Score: 45-10 Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using BtownBanners mobile app

If I'd have seen this last night, I was feeling frisky enough I could have went all in on this bet. However, not feeling nearly as confident in that call today 🤷‍♂️ Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using BtownBanners mobile app

IU 92 USI 39

Kind of BS that De Sousa has to sit out but Bill Self doesn't?!?! So we punish the kid until a review is done, but the multimillion-dollar coach who is on record having known about paying players gets to keep coaching?

Royster Read To Step Up As Veteran Leader For Indiana Women's Basketball BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Kym Royster gets it. It's her team, in a big sense, this Indiana basketball squad that is so rich in potential. Royster is the program's only four-year senior. As such, she faces a major leadership responsibility. Yes, others will share it -- such as fellow returning starters Jaelynn Penn and Bendu Yeaney, plus heralded transfers Ali Patberg and Brenna Wise -- but the 6-foot-2 Royster is the veteran show-the-way director. That's crucial in these no-Tyra-and-Amanda times. This is Royster's fourth year in coach Teri Moren's system. She understands better than anyone what is expected and what needs to be done. Royster seems fully prepared to handle the challenge. She has thrived in big games, providing substance in what can be a stylish game. If she sustains that level, in fact ratchets it up, the Hoosiers could turn last year's WNIT championship, the first in school history, into this season's long NCAA tourney run. "(Leadership) comes natural in that I'm a competitive person," Royster says. "In high school, I was a leader from my sophomore year on." For the last three years Royster saw how Tyra Buss and Amanda Cahill handled the role. They became two of the greatest players in program history and led IU to last season's breakthrough title. They were the examples Royster intends to follow. "I take all the leadership qualities that the older group before me taught and instilled in me," she says. "Finally being in their position, I can pass that down to keep it going." Moren wouldn't want it any other way. "Without question Kym's voice is heard every day in practice, especially when the energy is low." Low energy, after all, is no way to win games. "We are constantly on our kids about communicating at a high level. It's something we're trying to hammer home." When you're young, and the Hoosiers are with three freshmen, five sophomores and two transfers on the 12-player roster, a hammer is sometimes necessary "Kym is the veteran leader out there who demands what we're asking them to do," Moren says. "That's good. There's nothing better than peer pressure sometimes. When your teammates are on you and they know you are needed, it goes a long way." Last year Royster rated among the Big Ten's most improved players. She started all 37 games (she'd only started six times in her first two seasons) and increased her season averages from her sophomore to junior season 6.0 points and 3.4 rebounds (10.2 points, 6.0 rebounds) while shooting 56.1 percent from the field. She scored in double figures 21 times with three double-doubles. Along the way Royster had some big-time games, including a 22-point, eight-rebound effort against No. 12 Ohio State. She had 10 points and 10 rebounds in the WNIT victory over TCU. This wasn't a fluke. As a freshman Royster's instant impact included her 10-point, 10-rebound game against powerhouse Notre Dame in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. Royster expects to do even more for her final college season. "I've put in more work in the offseason," she says. "I think my numbers will go up and the extra work will be the reason for it. I've worked to expand my game to the 15-foot area. Being able to get away from the block. My face-up game. Things like that." Moren already sees the payoff. "I don't want to put a number on her, but she could improve her scoring by finding six to eight points just off the free throw line. "A lot of her points come off the low block or put-backs from offensive boards. I told her, you have to manufacture points in other ways. One of those ways is by getting to the free throw line. Another is being super aggressive. She's capable." The challenge is doing that as IU transitions from the two-player scoring dominance with Buss and Cahill to a more diverse attack. "As we move forward," Moren says, "we have to make sure we have better balance. That not all of our scoring comes from the outside. That we realize, with Kym, we have a player who will play with her back to the basket, who has done her work and who is pretty efficient in the low-block area." Efficiency has been a Royster strength for years. In her last two seasons at Newark High School in Ohio, Royster basically averaged a double-double. That included 20-point-plus scoring averages in both seasons. That success was the result of a fiercely competitive nature that has carried over to college, although sometimes too much so. She admits to being "hard on myself" and tries to turn that into a positive when adversity hits. "I try to keep my head up and focus on the next play," she says. "You can't do anything about the past. There's no sense in hanging my head about it. Focus on what I can do positively for the team – offense, defense." After basketball is over (yes, she'd like a shot at the pros), Royster would like to become a child psychologist via her youth development major. "I want to work with kids. I love working with kids. Psychology is also a big interest of mind. Those two go well together." For now, though, there's the optimism for this season. WNIT success could launch years of NCAA tourney victories. "Yes, we can be better (than last year)," Royster says. "We have a lot of young pieces, but we have a lot of talent. We have talent coming back, and from the freshmen joining us. "They will help us. They are willing to learn and pick up the qualities we've instilled in the program. That alone can set us apart." In other words, even with the loss of Buss and Cahill, the best is still ahead. "Overall we're a hard-working team. We're very optimistic. Winning the WNIT gave us the feeling of what it takes to get success. Now it's the next chapter. We want to go beyond the WNIT. We're aiming for the NCAA Tournament. We have high expectations. We're willing to put in the work." She pauses. "We put in the work every day."

Hearing announcement will be made in 2 weeks...good vibes still. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Better coach wouldnt hurt

I have reason to believe that doesn't happen. I think a lot of this UCLA stuff is a baseless reaction/paranoia that he hasn't committed yet. Maybe it's out there, but it hasn't come to my inbox at all.

That's unbelievable, what a moron this guy is. You say that to a 5* recruit. Wow!

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We need to make running the ball our identity with the stable of backs we'll have next year. Scott and Walker Jr as sophomores and this kid... lots of powder in the keg...

Just before October 20th

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