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Smith goes -8 in the first half, hasn’t seen the court in the second. About time!

Free throws!!!!! Gotta hit these freebies.

Couldn’t agree more

Just came across this gem against Iowa. Man I miss sheehey.

Archie discussing game

Purdue opened 4.5pt favorites and now sitting at 5.5. Archie said the squad had their two best practices of the season this week. That’s generally coach speak for confidence. (Prior to MSU game, Izzo talked about how bad their practices had been) Bitter sweet game for me here. If we lose, that sucks. If we win.... we’ll see INDIANA show up on Purdue’s resume as a bad loss. Both situations kind of suck. I honestly don’t care on the outcome of this game, I just want to see the team hustle and play hard again.

Finally can get another “if I was going to college I’d go to Indiana” statements again! Always be a part of the Hoosier Family lol

With the news coming out about Zion’s injury and subsequent $8,000,000 insurance policy, I had a couple questions. I wasn’t surprised to hear he had this policy, but I was shocked to find out that Duke was paying for it for him. Maybe I’ve been living under a rock, but how is this monitored? I would think this would be a recruiting advantage for schools willing to pay for larger policies. Is there any way to see who has a policy? Romeo was projected lottery prior to this season, does that mean INDIANA is probably shelling out for an insurance policy for him? This was completely foreign to me that schools could pay for this. Can anyone help me understand this a little better?

I’d put this at 0.1% chance he comes back. Going to be a top 10 pick, potentially top 5. While he could develop, he’d be an idiot to risk injury for another year. He’ll enjoy his experience next year being a millionaire :)

Will probably eat crow for this, but I think our sleep walking games are over. Really hope they turned the corner this week. Sure would’ve been nice to be rewarded with that win against Purdue though.

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Crazy story. Sure hope he didn’t have any celebratory drinks after their big win...

Now we’ll see if my life can allow me to stay around longer this time :)

Can’t take an APR hit of them transferring immediately. Gotta play and act like they wanna go somewhere else. No questions asked.

I've been relatively quiet this season. Many factors play into that outside of basketball, but the primary saying of "If you don't have anything nice to say..." applies here. I have a couple thoughts I think are important to remember as we move forward. We were never as good as we thought we were. Romeo is an elite player, that gave us hope. Our 3 game stretch with close nail biting wins was exciting and gave us something to get behind. In reality, that ranking was the worst thing that could happen to us. It gave us too much hope. College basketball and football transition are tough. ESPECIALLY when your coaching style is vastly different than the predecessor. We've all seen Crean's comments about his situation at Georgia, Archie could make the same comments here. Our players are good, I'm not knocking them at all, but they are built for a different system. I'm a firm believer in giving College coaches a FREE 4 year pass and getting critical in year 5. It takes time to create YOUR culture and "unbrainwash" a previous culture for lack of a better term. This is well documented with the coaches that don't have instant success. Even if you don't agree with the 4 year pass, you have to in this situation. Indiana fired Tom Crean who was coming off Big Ten Championships and Sweet 16 appearances. Then you hire Archie and don't give him a fair shake and get rid of him early. What coach in their right mind would sign up to be the next coach at Indiana? It's career suicide. Nothing can happen with Archie until after year 5. Archie was an incredible coach at Dayton. The man didn't forget how to coach. Guarantee he's more frustrated than all of us are. Our fanbase isn't better or worse than any other fanbase. Every team has passionate fans that air out their grievances over Twitter and message boards. Pick any school and lose 10 out of 11 and you'll see this exact reaction or worse. I will say seeing how empty Assembly Hall is EVERY game is more troubling to me than anything else. That isn't helping. Keion Brooks - I don't believe it's over for Indiana. This skid hasn't helped our cause, but it's not a deal breaker. HIgh School players put a major emphasis on who they will be playing with, style of play, facilities and most importantly the impact on their future. I went to Indiana because I wanted to be a part of the Kelley School to advance my career after college. Prospects are looking at Indiana and what they can offer to get the to the next level. That is their goal, College is their stepping stone to achieve that goal. At the end of the day, Keion will make the best decision for him and his family. If that's to Kentucky, then I'm happy for him and hope he succeeds. Him choosing another school isn't bashing Indiana. It's making an informed decision that is in his best interest. In conclusion, the product we've seen on the court is embarrassing. It's a total lack of confidence from the entire team, no grit. Fight or Flight????? We've got that questions answered. All that being said, I'm still going to watch every game, it's the punishment I still look forward too. The highs will get higher, I pray the lows won't get any lower. I'm still a Hoosier. You guys are still Hoosiers. The road ahead will get better. Just RELAX.

I broke the team chemisty issues out to it's own thread. Check here for it

Solid line. I don’t care who you are playing against that’s solid %.

Here is the event in question. Doesn’t look nearly as bad as described here. 3E412FA2-8552-42CD-942B-7B8DA7BCF7B3.MP4

The lack of confidence with a jump shot like that can be troubling. Prone to massive shooting slumps they can’t get themselves out of. You want the scorer who keeps shooting thinking the next one is going to go in and not doubting themselves.

After constantly being attacked by IU Media over our social media accounts, I think we are finally done with the back and forth. As such, I'm going to start up our social media campaigns again without fear of them being shut down yet again. Accounts IU got Suspended over the years... (Instagram - 10k followers GONE, Twitter - 30k GONE, Twitter 10k GONE, Facebook 95k GONE). Would really appreciate you guys following the below accounts to help them grow and get more bodies and opinions into these message boards! Also if you want to help run any of the accounts let me know and we can discuss further. Definitely need more help in these regards. BtownBanners Twitter Account - 18,600 Followers (Our main account- Commentary, links, analysis, venting etc) BtownBanners Brand New Instagram Account - 10 Followers (Hoping to include key recruit social media posts, player posts, game day stories, highlights etc. BtownBanners Facebook Account - 3,700 Followers - (Want to drive this more towards Btown site and content here) Hoosier Nation Facebook Account - 5,100 Followers - (Want this to be a collective effort from all Indiana sites. Keep news current) Hoosier High Life Twitter Account - 1,900 Followers - (Hopefully will become a fun account where we can be a little edgier than I'm comfortable with on the main BtownBanners account. Also, feel free to put your social media info below if you want other Hoosiers to give you a follow!

I always get a good chuckle out of the comment section. Love the responses we get on there.

Don’t everyone volunteer at once now...

Even if he doesn't shot, he has the ability. That alone would stretch the defense out and wouldn't allow them to pack the paint like they do now. He's a more athletic Matt Roth type shooter from what it appears. Wonder what his background is on why he's JUCO route.

Good lord this team needs some of this scoring.

Had Sampson not been fired I think we’d be perennial top 10 team. The dude can flat out coach.