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Every so often, I'll look back on my younger days and think "I wish I'd have asked this girl out." or "I wish I had asked that girl out." I really wished we had dumped Woody two years ago and asked Dusty May out.

Can you imagine Cronin at IU? That would’ve lasted all of about 15 minutes. And some of the dorks on our beat would’ve been eaten alive in that short period time.

This was Hermey last night -- thinking he's Caitlin Clark.

I always knew Archie was the guy.

You can tell CTC misses his Bloomington days ...

ANNND? So much for the Puredoo ‘run’. 42-22 Michigan over Purdoo in the first half. At Mackey. Delicious.

JHS' epic performance from three years ago. Maybe Wilkerson can have a similar night and help get us that sweep!

Field of 68 polled coaches on the best job in the B1G and Michigan was first and one of the reasons was their massive NIL budget https://www.on3.com/sites/field-of-68/news/big-ten-basketball-job-rankings/

I'm so glad we didn't hire this jackass. The jury is still out on CDD, but Cronin would've been a terrible hire.

I agree with that but the issue is look at how well Dusty did at FAU.

I can't stand Doyel, but him vs. Cronin would be as entertaining as it gets.

Amazing that Cronin is such a basket case. I don't really care how he treats the media, but how he treated his own player at Michigan State is nuts. That guy sucks out loud.

Something absolutely insane about this graphic is that of the top 3 teams. 6 of their 9 total losses are to each other.

I'll take Purdont's parody of 'The Three Stooges'

HUGHES!!! Bench tries to get him off the ice. He says "Nah, I'm good," then scores the winner. USA moves on -- 2-1 in OT. Another great game!

Anyone know when Purdue decided to hang this banner? I did my research; it's real.

Michigan had enough money to get a projected first rounder to come back to school for another year and enough money to steal a kid from a rival school where he would of been a starter and Underwood was mad as hell he lost. They are loaded. My guess is when they saw what they had in Dusty when they gave him a contract extension after 1 year he had assurances that they would be top a top spender and so far that’s exactly what they have done

Think about that; Amish Boy, The Flopper, and TKR will finish their Purdue careers with a 4-4 record against one of the worst eras of IU hoops, but only if they win the upcoming home game. If Wilkerson and Dorn go on a heater or TKR gets in foul trouble, they will finish their Purdump careers with a 3-5 record against IU.

Cadeau started almost every game at UNC, including on a NCAA 1 seed as a true freshman. Former 5 star recruit. I guarantee his NIL is significantly higher than guys like Enright and Conerway

l'm also counting this: https://www.wilx.com/2026/02/18/ucla-coach-mick-cronin-sounds-off-reporter-after-loss-michigan-state/ The crazy things to me about Cronin ejecting his own player are that: 1. The 'flagrant foul' wasn't really flagrant at at all; it was a backup big chasing down a play and getting mostly ball from behind. 2. Cronin's primary postgame gripe (besides his "Are you talkin' to me?!?" silliness to a reporter) is that his team isn't nearly physical enough. So he puts in a backup in a blowout, the kid chases a turnover really hard and gets to the run out, and Cronin humiliates the kid in front of 15,000 people. 3. The kid he 'ejected' is a former MSU student ... not basketball player; a student. He tried to be an MSU student manager or walk-on before transferring out of state. So he probably had many friends at the game. Unless that Jamerson kid is already a pariah, that move by Cronin will completely lose that locker room. UCLA now falling towards the bubble and Cronin should be ashamed of himself. Steven Jamerson's Journey From College Student to UCLA Transfer https://www.si.com/college/ucla/buins-basketball-mick-cronin-steven-jamerson-xavier-booker

They are also 1 or 2 games away from wearing white in their tourney game

UCLA down 20 at half at Michigan St. Cronin is gonna make Tang's tirade last week look like child's play.

So if things go badly on Friday we will go 1-1 this year against them? Sure, why not. I mean, hell, if the best we can do against them is split, I hope at least football goes well. HAHAHAAHHAAAAA

Good grief -- Hermey just launched about a 35-footer on a fast break. Nothing but ... air.

You can continue to follow the careers of TKR, Amish Boy, and The Flopper in your local G League arena.

They don't make them a whole lot better than this. I may live under a rock, but it's criminally underrated from my perspective.

Whew! I’m not the biggest Hellebuyck fan but he stepped up today while the offense took a vacation.

At the beginning of next season, Nick Marsh will still be only 19 years old. He's is already very, very good, but he also has real potential to improve dramatically. Marsh and Becker at WR? Hoooooo boy.

Also worth noting upon a little more research; the Tindley team he lit up is terrible.

I think this week has been a good indication of what a roster needs to look like to be a final four contender. We got to see Illinois up close and then Michigan is just a class above everyone else in the conference. I think both are threats to win it all. Michigan vs Duke is going to be must watch tv. Both Michigan and Illinois have size, skill, and don’t lack athleticism. And it’s across the board in their starting lineup. You can have a skilled roster with size, like Purdue, and be a second weekend caliber team but have a ceiling.

even better is Cronins post game presser.....you gotta watch this "are you raising your voice at me" around the 3:30 mark. Dude is an absolute loser in every way possible.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7gitkBrr14

DeZhon Hall 53 points tonight in Crispus Attucks' 81-62 win over Tindley.

Moody named to Washington Catholic Athletic Conference first team.

I’ll pile on why not. Yea, it's a tough hole to dig out of. No conference wins in two years. They need a better roster, but they have bottom quarter of the conference payroll, and even worse they have to pay a premium to players to go there because as you astutely observed, "what decent player wants to go there???" And the last kick in the shin is the pressure IU puts on them that Brass Cannon noted, which probably forces them into more coach buyouts that use up even more of their money. If there is a 4-H benefactor, they haven't find that person yet. Maybe they can auction off some of their moon rocks. I wonder what the B1G is going to do with them in the 2030's... I wonder... As for this game, we're probably gonna lose, but at least we split this year. The most important thing for IUBB right now is our last four games and especially whatever we do in the portal which will setup up next season. And lastly, the fact of the matter is the CFB Champion is king of college sports. And that is us. We won everything in the biggest sport. No matter what we're at top of the college sports mountain for about nine months.

Nothing like a little AI fun ...

We’ve got plenty of money. The big question is if CDD can shake it loose.

I’d guess it’s a fair bit more than us. Landenburg, Mara, McKenney, Morez, and Cadeau couldn’t have come all that cheap.

Purdue is going to have to generate some real success in the portal or their window to win may have closed

Purdue is now 3-21 all time against #1's. We have more wins than that post-Bob Knight.

Nobody is better at dragging out an inevitable loss than Matt Painter and Purdue.

Refs foul out Mara on a phantom call.

One might say he shot it from the North Pole. (Insert Hermey pic I'm too lazy to find)

Michigan/Duke on Saturday let’s go

Got to confess, despite him being in 2 of probably my 5 favorite movies ever, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Godfather, and knowing that he was objectively great, never felt like I was really a fan of Duvall specifically. But then you look at the filmography in print and it’s just nuts and you realize that he wasn’t just great, he was GREAT.

Pretty strong hint.

Our point guard for next year is not currently associated with IU and is at least 21 years old.