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This team is really driving Izzo nuts.  You can tell.  They are too talented to not be better than what they are right now.  Never seen that dude snap on his team like he does every game I have watched them.  

Jeremy's vision has been spot on when he is looking in this game.  Not a fan of bringing in Troy for Jeremy there.  Jeremy is picking up the team in the 2nd half.  

Good pass by Jeremy and bad play by Devin.  

Too much dribbling on that possession.  You have to get rid of it if you aren't trying to turn the corner.  

Bad play by Yogi there.  If there were one wish I had for our team it would be Yogi to quit jumping when he passes.  

That possession is on Yogi.  He wanted the shot the whole possession.  It was obvious.  He made us easier to guard by playing it the way he did.  We have had our best possessions on the dribble hand off and finding a seam.  Pick and roll is easy when everyone knows you are pulling up.  Not a good play. 

Have we led a game at half in conference?

Yogi's shot hasn't dropped since conference has started.  Really wish he would quit trying to shoot himself out of the funk he is in. I can hear every coach I ever had screaming to take it to the rim when you are struggling.  You get fouled or get to the line.  

Great defensive series.  If they hit that you tip your hat.  

Stan is our best player getting to the rim.  Never thought I would have said that going into this year.  

Evan is still playing tentative.  When he is aggressive trying to work his mid-range we have been better for it.  Really like the aggressiveness Jeremy is playing with.  Wish he could bring that every game.  If he could, at some point his talent would show.  He has talent, it just needs to click.  Beyond that, really wish Noah was able to play 40 today.  We can't win with him playing 30.  

You won't hear me say this often, but we have out-dirtied MSU to this point.  I mean that in the best of ways too.  

You can't say xxxx player is an idiot.  The play was stupid, but don't make it personal man.  

Don't say that Charlie.  That is over the line.  

That was a stupid taunting T.  

I think we are playing the type of game we have to play to keep this close.  Very different game strategy from 1st to this one.  

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74-61 MSU

No suspension.  Fined $15k per ESPN.  

I was waiting for a Nebraska type loss.  This team just has that feel about it.  That said, it blows.  No way around it.  They were lifeless.  Hangover from the Wisconsin win would be an improvement.  If Johnny Marlin is out on the court as much as he was, why isn't he shooting?  Why else is he out there?  IN THE SECOND HALF WHEN WE ARE LOSING AT HOME TO NORTHWESTERN!!!

This will be short, because there literally isn't enough to write about.  This was flat out terrible.  Congrats to Collins for doing something Northwestern just doesn't do.  They came to Bloomington, and played a great defensive game.  For as aggressive as IU was in the Wisconsin game, they were equally hesitant to do anything in this game.  Northwestern played great disciplined defense today.  They were the better team today.    I am going to combine team efforts with individual ones in this one.  I am only going to mention two players in this one, because honestly I am embarrassed in the others effort in this one.  Noah Vonleh and Austin Etherington played solid basketball today.  Noah Vonleh was a beast on the boards and played a really good offensive game.  Austin played great energy minutes and played solid defense.  If he made a bad play he made up for it quickly on defense.  Beyond those two, it was just a bad day all around.  Northwestern did not shoot the ball out of the gym, they just sucked less than us today.  They are probably the worst team in the conference.  This game was just embarrassing.    Well, in the end we did not get to see the patented court rush.  I am disappointed for not seeing that.  I also did not get to see an IU team show up today.  Or the crowd for that matter.  I understand it is Northwestern, and it is hard to get up for.  Neither the crowd or the team had life today.  I am starting to feel like the fan base we all make fun of when describing Notre Dame football.  They live on past glory year round.  Occasionally having a team everyone talks about.  Not quite good enough any longer to be considered elite.  Not quite consistent enough to be intimidated by.  Recruit solid every year with top 15 recruiting classes.  When anyone describes they aren't elite anymore, they fight with a vigor that only we know.  Today sucks, but there will be tomorrow.  This is a lesson I am hopeful the kids learn.  They have to learn they have to bring it each and every game.  Today, they did not.  We lost because of it.  This team still is what we thought they were 2 months ago.  An extremely talented team, with high upside, but young.  That youth, as was said back then, would cost us in a Nebraska type game.  Unfortunately, today is that day. 

Yeah I thought about adding Stan, but something stood out today other than the lack of playing time. In other games when IU struggled to score recently, he was the one player who went to the rim to create points or free throws. Today beyond lack of playing time he did very little of what he normally does. I am less worried about him than others though. The seniors and Yogi should be absolutely embarrassed with their play. They should be the calming presence and the guys to light a fire under their teammates ass in a game like this. They were lifeless today and did little to get others going. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Embarrassing. 

Why wait for the boos?  Let them ring down. 

This is by far the worst loss for Crean in the last 5 years.  Just terrible game.