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This is probably the most popular thread right now so I’ll use it to wish all of you a Happy Easter. Enjoy your day! Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

The least amount of minutes as anyone on either roster? Didn’t that also happen at the McDAA game? Zero respect. Hope he comes in with a big chip on his shoulder.

I've watched him probably a half dozen times or so for Bloomington South the past two years. I'm not a scout or an expert. I do support South, though. I think some folks see his ranking and can't understand why Archie hasn't offered Leal yet. I think you saw why. He can look very pedestrian at times and fade into the game. Personally I have never seen him dominate a game (although I know he has in other games.) I may be bad luck because I witnessed probably some of his worst games. You accurately described how he has played a few times. The Edgewood game at the beginning of the year was low point. Outhustled in that one, too. As a whole though, he has potential. Currently a good shooter. Nowhere near a Hulls or Roth or Zeisloft at this moment, in my opinion. But still good. Has the potential to be an above average offensive player at the next level. Solid size for his position. Can defend well when healthy and engaged. Is well coached. Intelligent individual. Good teammate. Evidently lights it up in AAU. I believe he has strong ties to IU... But I won't dive into that for privacy purposes. As I have said in the past, I'd be happy for him to become a Hoosier. I think we get him if we want him. But he can't be the centerpiece of the class. He's a support piece, in my opinion. If you liked the addition of guys like Damezi Anderson and Armaan Franklin, I think you'll like Leal. I'd guess his impact will be somewhere around there. What's funny is the amount of negativity you see against Jalen Windham but love Leal. My opinion is that their about the same.

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Bloomington has some really good food. Nick’s is like a museum of IU-ness that has food. Nick’s is most certainly NOT where one goes for really good food. Nick’s is a good choice to take a high school recruit who probably appreciates an over cooked burger and salty fries anyway.

I don't quite get the pessimism. He had good things to say about each school. With respect to IU, he said the home visit with Archie was "really good." I'm not sure what people expect out of an interview like this. I didn't read positive or negative about any of the schools. He just wasn't tipping his hand. We've been a bit of long shot all along and we'll know soon enough.

He is 27 and through the end of this season (his 6th) his total career earnings are 14,250,000. I’ll have to check old pay stubs but I think that is at least double what I made by the time I was 27. :)

The uniform tops don’t match the bottoms. They made the borders on the shorts thicker and more pronounced then eliminated the bordering on the tops. Looks tacky and definitely doesn’t improve on what we’ve had. Probably not as big a deal as I’m making it out to be but it bothers me nonetheless.

I think the Pacers are almost in one of the worst possible spots you could be in the NBA. Middle of the pack team that puts up wins but has no shot of winning a title. Middle of the pack pick in the draft and not really a desirable free agent destination. Who knows what type of Vic will come back. Seems like the Pacers are a mid tier at best team that has a shot to win a playoff series. Don’t know how you fix it. I could also be the only one with this opinion. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

I recall Damon Bailey having a pedestrian McDonald's game.He did ok.Brooks is good but when things get physical defensively those spectacular putbacks and runouts will be hard to come by. Doesn't mean I didn't want him though. All Star games aren't any thing but selfish exhibitions and I don't base any expectations of ability on them.

To me, this means he understands how to play the game, not just the sport. Positioning, angles, spacing, passing away from the defense, getting to spots and getting the ball to spots where he or a team mate can do something positive, things like that. May not stand out as the best athlete on any floor, but a basketball player. I'm tired of athletes who can't play the game very well.

Indiana Track & Field competed at the Kentucky Open hosted for the University of Kentucky and the War Eagle Invite hosted by Auburn University on Saturday afternoon. War Eagle Invite Three personal records were broken in the women's discus to highlight the final day of the War Eagle Invite. Maddy Pollard picked up her first collegiate win in the discus with a PR distance of 53.39m (175' 2"). Khayla Dawson placed fifth after hitting a PR mark of 49.51. Winning her flight, Alexis Hill secured her PR with a distance of 47.43m Khayla Dawson and Maddy Pollard also competed in the women's shot put where they placed second and third, respectively. Dawson secured a distance of 16.66m (54' 8") to place second while Pollard shot a distance of 16.39m (52' 8.25"). The pair were the top two finishers among the collegiate competitors in the field. David Schall competed on the men's side of the discus where picked up third place after throwing a distance of 50.71m (166' 4"). Kentucky Open Natalie Price led the Hoosiers as she competed in the women's 400m and clocked a time of 54.93 to take home silver honors. On the men's side, Derek Grimmer raced to a fifth-place finish in time of 48.57. Megan Grabowski was back in action in the 100m as she pushed a fourth-place finish and took a time of 12.01. In her second race, the junior picked up second in the women's 200m with a wind aided time of 24.44. On the men's side of the 200m, Rikkoi Brathwaite also placed second as he clocked a time of 21.70. Freshman, Shaton Vaughn picked up bronze when he nabbed a time of 54.97 in the 400m hurdles. Three Hoosiers competed in the women's 1500m on Saturday afternoon. Hannah Stoffel led Indiana as she placed second in a time of 4:30.25. The next Hoosier to cross the finish line was Lexa Barrott who finished in a time of 4:38.14 to take third. Rounding out the trio and placing fourth was Grace Walther as she clocked a time of 4:39.59. A group of six competed unattached in the men's 1500m. Dustin Horter placed second overall with a time of 3:51.03. Matt Schadler clocked a time of 3:52.01 to finish behind Horter in third. Arjun Jha completed the back-to-back trio by placing fourth with a time of 3:52.65. Ben Miller (4:02.90) raced to a 14th place finish while Colin Murphy (4:05.64) finished five places behind him in 19th. Rounding out the field was Skylar Stidam who grabbed 23rd in a time of 4:07.26.

Nasty scar there for Ant. Hear he is a bulldog. We need those types. Would be a solid addition but it makes me wonder how Rob, Ant, Green, Franklin, Durham would work out. Me personally, i'm not very impressed with our guard play, especially our shooting. Not unrealistic to think a Frosh could jump them. I think DJ Carton would have.

Fries. Beer. Better yet; eat before you get there ... beer.

They’re working off the same vat of sauce

I’ll leave this here

That was my last straw the day I realized NCAA is a joke and dont care what their hero schools do. Sent from my SM-G960U using BtownBanners mobile app

Juwan's stats for the 3 games at the Portsmouth Invitational W/L Pts. FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Assts. TO's Stls. Blks. Min. W 8 4 10 0 3 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 22 W 17 5 9 2 4 5 7 3 1 3 1 0 26 L 18 9 18 0 2 0 1 8 3 3 2 2 32 Avg 14.3 49% 22% 63% 4 2 2 2 1 27

Im looking for a guard upgrade.

Juwan with a strong final game in the Portsmouth Invitational but his team can't pull out a win. https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/9dbc28_019d244af08c48fa9797f1833cee402f.pdf

Elaborate please......just wondering what the issue is....I am no critic of unis of any way. Thanks.

Fight me

I know. It was a joke. :)

Anthony Harris wearing #3 in his pic? Let the conspiracy theories begin.

Not tanking was the right move for the Pacers, imo. This year's draft is a pretty weak one. When Oladipo got hurt they were 31-15. Even if they lost every single game for the rest of the season, they would've only ended with the 6th worst record in the NBA. There was just too much ground to make up at that point to make tanking worth it.

Brooks had a nice game Uuugghh. Sent from my SM-J700T using Tapatalk

Stanford University Cardinal Classic STANFORD, Calif.— Late at night, Indiana Track & Field wrapped up competition at the Cardinal Classic hosted for Stanford University. Indiana swept the top three spots in the men's 1500m. Joe Murphy led the slate of Hoosiers with a winning time of 3:44.68. Following him were Copper Williams and Teddy Browning who picked up second and third, respectively. Rounding out the field in section two was Daniel Michalski as he nabbed a time of 3:46.99 to place 5th. In a difference section, Aaron Bennett clocked a time of 4:00.34 to finish 11th in his first collegiate 1500m. Haley Harris and Claire Hamilton competed in the women's 1500m. Harris was able to out kick the field in final stretch to pick up the victory in her section with a time of 4:22.21. In section three, Hamilton grabbed a time of 4:46.60 to place seventh. A trio of Hoosiers competed in the men's 1500m invite. Running a fast-paced race, Kenneth Hagen, Kyle Mau, and Ben Veatchfinished back-to-back-back in fourth, fifth, and sixth. Hagen ran a time of 3:45.38 to lead Indiana as teammate Mau snagged a time of 3:45.49. Veatch finished the race in a time of 3:46.05 in the final race of the night. On the women's side, Katherine Receveur and Kelsey Harris also finished back-to-back at the picked up seventh and eighth place. Receveur clocked a time of 4:24.31 while Harris crossed in a time of 3:25.47. Up next, the Hoosiers will participate in the 125th running of Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pa. Action is slated to begin on Thursday, Apr. 25 and wrap up on Saturday Apr. 28.

Good pickup! Still need outside shooting, big time!!

Lol, I actually thought about the fact that I was the reliever! I got home right about the time you headed out, so it worked well (except for the final result!)

The epidemic isn't confined to basketball. From Todd Bramble, head coach of George Mason Women's Soccer: In case you’re wondering, there are over 740 women’s soccer players on the NCAA Transfer Portal right now! Seems like a lot. One theory is this is a product of players committing as freshmen/sophomores. This is unhealthy for universities, families and student athletes alike.

I get triggered every time I see these awful uniform tops. Shouldn’t be that damn hard to get this type of thing right.

True. I shouldn't say it's impossible, but it's very rare that it works. It worked for UNC because Meeks and Hicks just pummeled people underneath and gave UNC a huge rebounding advantage. None of our guys next year for that description. They're good, but not dominant enough to impact an opponent's gameplan. That was the rare national champion that wasn't great at shooting 3s (except in the sweet 16 against IU unfortunately), but they made up for it with rebounding and pace. They played so much in transition that half court spacing wasn't as critical as for most teams. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wish we did as well - good luck elsewhere. Not really sour grapes, but Indiana is all set without him with Ramsey, Penix, and Tuttle. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Yes, I agree but it sounds like LSU is picking up steam so I was curious to see if distance could be a motivating factor (which does not seem to be the case). It would be disappointing if he goes to LSU because Wade is clearly guilty/slime. On the other hand there is a ton of smoke coming out of Arizona but Sean currently has the 2nd highest rated recruiting class in the country.

5 upperclassmen and Romeo. I don't think people have caught on to how good Romeo will be at the next level, he's going to be a stud in a more spacious game

Juwan's team won again last night and plays for the championship tonight. Box score for last night's game at: https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/9dbc28_27a91afe655f41dfbee27c7e475ba319.pdf

I would be a lot more worried about the quality of man that's coaching my son over the next 3-4 years.

I cannot speak about Bloomington’s cuisine as it has been decades since my last visit. But I can assure you the Chapel Hill area does not take a back seat when it comes to food.

Excuse me, but where in the rule does it say anything about top 100 players only? And you had better believe the NBA casts a much, much, much broader net to find their players than the top 100 NCAA and international players. The idea that scouts find this process annoying doesn't reflect any conversation I've ever had with a scout. It's also ridiculous to think that they're going to get the same advice from Archie that they'd get from the league just because we know Archie is a quality coach. They might, they might not. Put a quality player in front of ten quality coaches and they are going to have some different opinions as coaching philosophies obviously vary. Boeheim, a quality coach, thought Michael Carter-Williams wasn't ready for the NBA... Carter-Williams is in his 7th season in the league now. So there's some evidence that a quality coach might disagree with other quality coaching assessments, if you needed any.

Best quote from article is last sentence... “The NCAA is like Batman if he spent all his time beating the **** out of jaywalkers.”

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Lots of positivity on the board today! Nice change of pace haha Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Unconfirmed reports that with the Dead Period ending today, Archie will visit Morton during the upcoming April 19-24 Recruiting Period and Morton is planning to come to IU sometime between May 10 and May 15.

Yeah usually these guys know their agent before they announce their college.

A perfect example of another reason our administration has failed miserably for 20 years. Knights firing and the bs no tolerance policy started it and Creans extension pretty much bookends the last 2 decades of IU b-ball. Getting a president that understands the importance of athletics and hiring an SEC AD would help get this sleeping giant turned around quickly.

Yep had we defended Sampson they would have done nothing. And I bet we have #6 and possibly 7 by now

NCAA didn't, IU hammered IU. We did the NCAAs job for them.

Don’t really know why you’d want any program to burn. A lot of these programs are the reason that 90% of people even pay attention. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Not a bad junior season for Leal.