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In a post all about a strategy that doesn’t work sometimes, it’s good to see a strategy with a 100% success rate.

Shockingly, the Duke radio guy’s go to response is to look for the officials to bail them out.

Until tonight, this might have been the most notorious NCAA Boozer moment.

“Who’s that kid from Greenville? Waylon something…”

Just saw Mullins’ game winner again and it occurred to me that the real unsung hero of Duke going home is Steph Curry. Kid throws up a 35 footer and for him it’s a just a regular old jump shot. 15 years ago it would have been at least a bit of throw. But this generation that’s grown up on Curry and Lillard and how they changed the game have just developed different stuff. I like defending the old game as much as the next guy but the skill level on the perimeter now is just a different deal entirely.

Let's have an all B1G title game baybeeeeeeeeeeee!! With Purdump out I'm done rooting against in-conference teams (apologies, Hova)- I'm good with it.

Regardless of whether you think our culture is dead or not, today (March 30) is a damn fine day in IU basketball history ... 1987: Indiana 74, Syracuse 73 1981: Indiana 63, North Carolina 50 1940: Indiana 60, Kansas 42 HAPPY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP DAY!

Bracket that entered in my family’s contest is ahead of 99.9% of all brackets entered. Got the final four all right. I have Arizona beating Michigan and UConn beating Illinois; in the final I have Arizona over uconn

We are really really far from a moment like this at IU.

Dan Hurley willed UConn to victory in the second half. Sometimes you just have to tip your cap.

And if he was IU’s head coach? You still hurling? lol

Jimmy Rayl says hello…and he’s laughing. LOL

Watched this cat play several times, he definitely caught my eye. Would be a nice piece if the price is right, very versatile.

That's some pretty poor commentating considering Smith was on the floor and did not, in fact, come off the bench to celebrate with Mullins lol

he’s been a rumor for awhile, was seen at two IUBB games this year

Dusty winning would be a big middle finger to Buckner in my opinion.

Can't imagine how much of a heathen or masochist an IU fan would have to be to not mind seeing Dusty win one at Michigan haha. All due respect.

Put me in the anyone but the B1G group. I sure as hell don’t like UM or Illinois. Arizona and UConn are much more out of sight out of mind for me.

Sorry, but Hurley makes me want to hurl!

They have 6 titles and all have come since '99. Just insane for a program across multiple coaches. Some people filled out their brackets with the "OSOC" model that has accurately predicted the last 17 champions. It's a very simple model. One seed or Connecticut. I still favor the winner of Arizona-Michigan, but that finish against Duke feels like the type of thing that could spark UConn playing their best ball of the season with just two games left.

Max Skirvin died today March 30, 2018. He and Fisch were know as the “classic” sound of IU basketball. Remember him well. Terrific duo.

Facts

Probably booking a tee time.

I'd prefer to see the Big ten return to 10 teams so we can do a true round robin in the regular season for basketball. In your scenario, I would keep Penn State and show Northwestern the door.

The coffee still tastes great this morning, folks. (Except it's actually chocolate milk because I'm never growing up)

Does it still not feel real to anybody else?

I'm an unimaginable heathen/masochist? Cool!

Who guaranteed anything?

Ive been on and off the Hurley train....I love the guy..and sometimes his antics drive me nuts....but that game winner yesterday and just to come back from a 19 point deficit.....the dude is a winner no doubt about it.

....and with that being said, why wouldn't anyone NOT want to play for Coach Cignetti and IU? That's what goes through my mind with a player like, 4* RB Isaiah Rogers. It's been mentioned that Notre Dame may be the leader now. If more money or a bidding war is part of it, then you know how Coach Cignetti feels about that. https://hoosierstateofmind.com/hoosiers-losing-ground-to-in-state-rival-as-elite-4-star-rb-nears-commitment-decision-01kmxpw22evd

This fouling up three before five seconds left has got to stop. Coaches are so terrified of overtime they do it with 10-15 seconds left only to lose in regulation with missed free throws and turnovers in play. The next coach who fouls up three early needs to be fired as soon as it backfires to teach these modern guys a lesson. I hate Duke and glad they lost, but its another example of coaching not understanding modern strategy. Yes the turnover was awful, but even if foul is given, Duke is in one and one and same three pointer for loss could well happen. With one and ones and no ability to take it half court in college, this fouling up three with over ten seconds left has got to be thrown in dustbin of history. If DeVries every does that and it causes a loss, you can bet I will be emailing Dolson next morning demanding firing and accountability. Coaches need to learn to stop bringing losing into play in regulation which is all you are doing if you foul before five seconds. Regardless of result, its the worst idea the coaching community has ever come up with pre-five seconds.

Unreal! My girlfriend and kids are all from Ohio (big Ohio State fans)….all gave me a look when I said “suck it Duke you suck!!” seriously what a shot by Mullins!

May and Mullins, what a miss by IU. I hope those bastards on the trustee board are in misery watching this.

The two team at the top of my hate-o-meter, Purdue and Dook, crap out in the 2nd half of their games and go home. Mullins should have been a Hoosier, but for Woodson.

Another Indiana kid that got away.....sad!

Suck it, Dookies!

One more time (say it with me) "THAT WASN'T DOLSON'S MESS". Look farther up the food chain.

Gonna be another hate watch for me.

I get the conference tournament run, but I also recall a lot of bracketologists citing the tournaments as being overvalued. For me it was Purdue closing the regular season 6-7 with those non-con wins being in the front end of the season. That end of season trend wasn't a 2 seed to me unless people suddenly highly valued conference tournament output. I felt they earned a seed up, but should have been from a 4 to a 3. They got the benefit of recency bias, Braden Smith being a record-setting PG, and Matt Painter.

Still can't believe Michigan lost to Purdue a couple weeks ago.

Fun fact: Dusty May and Darian DeVries have both been HCs for 8 years. They also have the exact same winning percentage of .695.

Couldn’t*

You’re going to be sitting on your hands for awhile waiting for Knight’s replacement. RMK is one of one.

Boiler Down I always hope the boils lose in the most painful way imaginable. Watching that group of faux tough guys, “defense lives here “give up 48 and get systematically shredded by Arizona in the second half was satisfying. Flex on that Fletchie

No self imposed limitations. Lets do both.

I don’t actually like their style of basketball. But I do respect them doing it with a bunch of Indiana boys.

Purdue basketball is way uglier than Iowa basketball, for example. They're basically the ugliest thing in sports

I don't like Purdue based on the rivalry or their fans and have no interest in seeing them win it all. However, no one can tell me that watching Purdue is not beautiful basketball that we should strive for at IU and you have to respect Painter. If you removed the names on the jerseys they are everything you want in a basketball team and the way they are built and play. Would love to see three Big Ten teams in Final Four including Purdue with Illinois and Michigan playing for national championship to end the drought conference has. I want no part of Duke or UConn winning it yet again (even over Purdue) but would be totally cool with Michigan, Illinois, Arizona or Tennessee winning it in that order for some new blood.

I'm not really encouraged or discouraged by anything DDV or staff say at this point. I just want them to show me not tell me. Year 2 has to be much better.