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Completely glad to get this dude in the fold.  He is just an all around supporter of all things IU.  Love this kid's attitude.  Hope he does big things at IU.  

Welcome to the 2013-14 version of the Indiana Hoosiers everyone! That was what we should come to expect for this season. The unexpected. We are talented. We are also very young. We came out like most would have expected, jumping out to an early lead. Then, our youth seemed to take over it seemed. Suddenly we turned into a jump shooting team, missing shot after shot. Will had about as bad of a half as one will ever see him have. I can't even say we "righted" the ship. We survived. That is it. The announcers appointed Will as the player of the game, but this was all Noah Vonleh. His 17 and 11 were so much bigger than Will's 19/7/6. Some will disagree with that, but without what Noah did in the First Half, we don't win this game. Yogi put up 17 points in a game where he was frustrated most of the night. Troy had 9 and 6. Jeremy had 6 and 6. Beyond that, it was slim pickings for the Hoosiers. Stan had some key minutes on both ends as did Devin. As a team we did what you would expect on the boards. We out-rebounded them 48-35. One area more wouldn't have expected us to improve in this type of game is with the turnovers. We had 14 in a game that was up and down, and as ugly as the women in West Lafayette. We did have 13 assists on 27 field goals. I don't expect there to be many games where we shoot under 40% and win. This counts as one. A lucky one. As fans we don't like to see this type of a win so early in the season. There will be positives that come from this game. Noah took this game and put it on his shoulders in the First Half when it seemed we had lost control. As a freshman the only thing more impressive is his patience in hectic moments. This game was no fun for anyone. There is no sugar coating that. This is just one game that will help the kids that matter more than all of us. They are young, but they all helped us age a little more on this evening. HIGHLIGHTS:

The Hoosiers Struggled early, but were able to overcome their slow start on way to a 73-72 victory Tuesday Night.Welcome to the 2013-14 version of the Indiana Hoosiers everyone! That was what we should come to expect for this season. The unexpected. We are talented. We are also very young. We came out like most would have expected, jumping out to an early lead. Then, our youth seemed to take over it seemed. Suddenly we turned into a jump shooting team, missing shot after shot. Will had about as bad of a half as one will ever see him have. I can't even say we "righted" the ship. We survived. That is it. The announcers appointed Will as the player of the game, but this was all Noah Vonleh. His 17 and 11 were so much bigger than Will's 19/7/6. Some will disagree with that, but without what Noah did in the First Half, we don't win this game. Yogi put up 17 points in a game where he was frustrated most of the night. Troy had 9 and 6. Jeremy had 6 and 6. Beyond that, it was slim pickings for the Hoosiers. Stan had some key minutes on both ends as did Devin. As a team we did what you would expect on the boards. We out-rebounded them 48-35. One area more wouldn't have expected us to improve in this type of game is with the turnovers. We had 14 in a game that was up and down, and as ugly as the women in West Lafayette. We did have 13 assists on 27 field goals. I don't expect there to be many games where we shoot under 40% and win. This counts as one. A lucky one. As fans we don't like to see this type of a win so early in the season. There will be positives that come from this game. Noah took this game and put it on his shoulders in the First Half when it seemed we had lost control. As a freshman the only thing more impressive is his patience in hectic moments. This game was no fun for anyone. There is no sugar coating that. This is just one game that will help the kids that matter more than all of us. They are young, but they all helped us age a little more on this evening.   [url=https://btownbanners.com/page/articles.html/_/basketball/rapid-reactions/rapid-reaction-liu-brooklyn-vs-indiana-r85]Click here to view the article[/url]

Completely agree.  I personally think Will is better off of the bench.  A couple of years ago he was hot as a 6th man and we tried starting him for a couple of games.  Didn't work.  Crean even said then, for whatever reason Will can't get going at the start of the game.  I personally would like to see Will stay inside the 3 pt line to start the game.  Even if he would have hit the first few, it just makes him one dimensional when he is thinking 3.  Will is a smart kid though.  He will see it and come back better.  

  Ha, for me it would be that Minny guard that shot from his butt to beat us in the BTT.  That was what I was worried about.  

  I am a Bears fan, but this might be the single funniest tweet I have seen.  

  Ha, it is just a rough night for you man.  

  Knowing our luck, they will have like 5 total fouls for the game.  

87-68 IU.

heybec_, the replay is at 2 am tonight.  Not sure what nightlife you have, but you may want to drink if you relive the first half.  Or just set the DVR and FF through the painful game.  Don't know what was worse, Stephen Bardo or our play.     Edit:  I just re-watched part of the first half, and I think that made me want to drink.  It really was that bad.  

  They should have the replay on the BTN I would think within a day or so.  Don't know if you would want to put yourself through that pain.  You are a brave, brave soul.  

  No doubt about that.  I preferred Noah's game due to him being consistent and keeping us in the game.  Will's first half was a huge part of us being down.  He just did not stop shooting in the first half.  His mid-range opened up that outside shot.  He is just not an outside shooter.  If he lives at 15 feet we would have won by 10+ and he would have scored 25.  Easy to live in hindsight, but that has been his game for 4 years.  

  We shot 52 percent from the field.  Scored over 90.  It wasn't like they stopped us.  You said you can't look good and lose.  We did that game.  

  No.  They shot 37 FTs.  Made 35 of them.  This was the highest percentage made in the tournament for over 30 attempts.  That is why it seemed like 50.  

  We did against UK in the Sweet 16 two years ago.  

God that was ugly.

That is a MAN'S rebound!

Travel?  Jump Ball?

They have a good pass first PG.  I would love Stan to be in the game on him right now.  

Lol.  That kind of night.  

How is that for clutch Bardo?

FU Stephen Bardo!!!  Take your house money!

We have a Troy Williams sighting!

Ok Bardo.  How did he not stay in front you moron?

Vonleh, Vonleh, and more Vonleh the rest of the way.