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Love how Noah came out and played with a purpose. 

  Jaybob, you getting ready to twerk?  

What in the hell are you subjecting us too?   :bad:

Rapid reaction should be fun tonight.  I tried holding off drinking toooooo much until the game.  Don't worry all I have someone reading my posts to help me out.  

  Damn newbs...

Don't see IU on that schedule.  Did I miss it?  I am buzzed, but don't think that bad to miss it.  

Eh, there was a time I would have an emotional answer one way or another.  I thought IU would turn into the Chicago Cubs after 2 coaches decimated our program, and then Crean came in to rock bottom.  But, as polarizing as that man is to some, he represents the best qualities that made RMK popular.  He is all about education, doing it the right way, and working hard.  If you couldn't do those under RMK, you were gone for the most part.  That is the IU way, not just the RMK way anymore.  I hope he comes back, but I don't think it will happen.

Oh, its like Christmas up in here.  I am starting drinking at 2.  Took the day off.  Lets get this mother****er started!  Sorry for the vulgarity ladies.  Been listening to Mr. Lyles greatest hits album.

Wow, at 7-2 I bet a lot of money is going on UK right now when people realized it.  

1.  Defense 2.  Yogi's leadership during the regular season. 3.  How the freshman grew from the exhibitions to the start of the season.

  I do think Bob Huggins used to be popular in his neck of the woods.  But, I agree with you there.  

  I can't really see people in the state being overly concerned with that though.  Huntington Prep is more national, than local.  Most states aren't like Indiana in that.  In Indiana there is definitely some bias in Mr. Basketball historically to IU.  Most states aren't like that.  Plus, with them being more of a team that plays all over the US during the season, in state people don't care as much.  

  Ha, I hope his dad is the performer at BBM next year singing "pumpin the p***y".  BBM will turn into an inbred orgy "Serious S*x". 

Well, no fan was expecting us to land him.  Even the fans that despise Crean knew that.  His dad was ultimately looking for a job and Crean wouldn't accommodate.  When this happened he decommitted and instantly Calipari was involved and everyone (even people outside of our program) knew where he was going.  That is why he didn't have more coaches throw anything his way beyond the generic mail.  Crean actually cut ties with him.  Of course he used that as his reasoning when people started getting crappy with him.  His dad has threatened lawsuit for 2 years over Dan Dakich saying this exact thing.  Dakich of course said bring it on and was very loud about it.  Lyles' family backed away very quietly after this.  So, that is where the victim card comes into play.  Nothing quite like parents teaching you the right way.

Yep.  Every fanbase has their moment.  This was ours.  Not saying he did the right thing the way he went about it, but it was ugly.  Twitter + Disappointment + UK = Idiotic comments towards a 16 year old.

IU wins 87-53...  We are going to drop the hammer!

To answer your question though Jayboob, I think we are going to be good.  I don't think we will surprise anyone though.  Defense and length show up on video.  Its more intense in person, but people will see how good we are. 

The opponent doesn't really matter to get a feel for identity of a team.  This team's identity will be its depth and defense.  We can plug and play and not have a drop off in defense which is amazing.  We haven't had that since Crean has been here.  This is my bold, not being a homer prediction, but I got us seriously at 22 wins and a 5 seed if we win 1 or 2 in BTT.  If not we will be a 6 seed which is better in all honesty.  You don't have to play the 1 seed in the Sweet 16 if you make it there.  There isn't that much difference between a 3 and 4.  I would prefer to be the 6, but I could see us being a 5.

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Well, where to begin.  This game showed why we can win any time we show up and why we will have some baffling losses.  All in all, we will be good, because of the improved defense with this staff.  They are long, athletic, and that plays well to the new rules.  When IU went down 10+ in the first 5 minutes it was easy to envision that embarrassing loss you have to hear about until the following year.  Then, with defense and Yogi Ferrell leading the way, IU jumped back into it and cruised to a 79-39 win.   Yogi led the team with 14 points, most of those coming in the first half.  Will chipped in 12, while Troy and Stan each had 9.  Noah put up numbers that may be surprisingly close to his averages he may end up with on the year at 8 and 8.  Jeremy contributed his 6 and 6.  Outside of that, there were plenty of instances this team had that just don't show up in the box score, but should absolutely be recognized.  The energy of Stan and Devin is just infectious on the defensive end.  When they come in, they get at it.  Hanner Perea continues to impress.  He set up his block well.  He took a charge.  He just put himself in an excellent position all game long.     There was an article on Inside the Hall with Tom Crean speaking about searching for an identity for this team.  I think after 2 exhibitions it is obvious this team is going to go as far as its defense takes it. When we turn into a jump shooting team, we aren't that good.  When we played with that chip on our shoulder on the defensive end, we were impressive.  The team we just beat shoots over 20 3s per game.  Their game isn't driving.  We got out on the shooter all night.  That is quite different from last year.     Turnovers after the first game were a concern.  The first 10 minutes didn't do much to settle those worries down.  If I would have told any of you by the end of the game we would only have 16, would you have been surprised?  I know I would have.  The turnovers are something we will continue to have to be uneasy about, but once this team dug down they were solid with the ball.  All in all, I think this was an impressive team win no matter the name of the opponent where our team depth was on display.  Thoughts fellow Btown Banners?

Completely agree.  The best as a fan you can ask for in a year where you are just going to enjoy the ride like a 2011-12 is to be a tough out.  I couldn't have been prouder for a team than that year, and we lost to Kentucky in the Sweet 16.  I know this isn't a championship team, but hopefully we are going to be that team in March nobody wants to play.  

  In the B1G tournament, I also believe we will be a tough out.  I think that was our biggest issue last year.  We couldn't go to anyone else when our guys were struggling.  Now we have options with athleticism upon athleticism.  

Really loving the energy Stan and Devin play with.  

Cramp.

  People will think I am nuts, but I am not backing down from my 22 win prediction.  I really like this team.  I am usually on the low side with this stuff.  I didn't have high expectations, but certain things like Hanner and Troy make me feel better about the year.  We are going to be very good defensively.  In a game where you can't use your hands, you are going to be athletic and long to defend.  We are.  We have gotten away from driving the last few minutes and we can see what happens when we try to become a 3 point shooting team.  We won't be that good.  When we move the ball and get into the lane, we can be pretty dangerous.  IMO