Stuhoo

    I am cautiously predicting that like last year, the B1G collective record for conference play this year will be EXACTLY .500.    ;)

If Caleb Swanigan's current trend continues, it "Looks like (he will play for the) University of Illinois!!"   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i37uttMA6Mc

Back in June, he missed a two week trip because of an undefined "leg injury":   Kentucky Basketball @KentuckyMBB Follow Trey Lyles is recovering from a medical procedure on his left leg. 11:35 AM - 24 Jun 2014

  WayneFleek In Action!!:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOtMizMQ6oM

By the way, Juwan Morgan is also a big time athlete with Academic All American potential.   I am very, very happy with our two 2015 additions.

Geez.  He looks A LOT like Troy in that video.    That is, Troy with a straight A gpa and a dad with an MBA from IU.

    Maker worries me quite a bit too.    In fact, any kid that comes to IU with no interest in obtaining a college degree worries me.    I DO NOT WANT TO BE KENTUCKY (dammit).

PS:   I want IU to recruit and get five star players.    I just don't want them to be named Jaquan Lyle or Caleb Swanigan.

  You're being too snarky for my taste; I'm trying to speak factually. I hope you're not implying that the following might not be true because it was reported on the internet:   The suspensions are on the internet, and they are true. The academic dismissal from Oregon is on the internet, and it is true. The picture of him with the Mustang and the decommitment from Louisville are on the internet, and they are true. The videos of him berating teammates on the court, and walking off the court during games are on the internet, and they are true.   You wanted proof positive that some of the negative stuff about Lyle is confirmed. Not sure what you were hoping for...secret Stuhoo undercover video?

  All you have to do is Google "Jaquan Lyle red flags".   There is too much to cut and paste. From the Oregon dismissal, to the suspensions, to the new red Mustang that he tweeted  a picture of and admitted getting the same week he committed to Louisville, to the many many, many people who have posted from the Evansville area attesting to his volatile personality and lack of maturity.

I think I can summarize the feelings of myself and many on this board by saying that:   We do not want Jaquan Lyle playing against us. We do not want Jaquan Lyle playing for us.

  And you Coop, are no sunshine-pumper.   Look, I am NOT saying that this is a tiny bump on this team's road to glory.   What I am saying is that so far this year the good has outweighed the bad, that we have pieces that could play for a national championship down the road, but that we have some big holes to fill if we ever want to seriously have that discussion.    Vent, be frustrated, but keep perspective.

I expect our coach to be an unqualified, unmistakably cranky-assed bastahd after a piece of crap loss to Purdoo.   Anything less would piss me off that much more. Of course I was raised on Bobby Knight post-loss vitrol, which made me feel that I wasn't the only one massively pissed off after a loss.

When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on. LL Cool J   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   LL Cool J must have understood, on some level, that we'd very likely be 6-3 in conference after the Rutgers game at the halfway point of the B1G season.   Y'all need to relax just a little bit (or don't...what the hell do I care!)    We are overachieving. The primary weakness of our team going into the season was size and physicality. Since then, we lost our two most effective remaining size/physicality players to injury.    Even with that happening, we are very likely to be 6-3 (yes...6-3!!) in the B1G at the midway point, have discovered that freshmen Holt and Hoetzel are WAY better than we expected, and that a sophomore named Hartman is, instead of an end of the bench cheerleader, likely the kind of player that as a junior/senior could be the sixth man on a championship caliber team.   Yes, we played like crap last night. By the way...Purdue played GREAT. Their game plan was great, their fans were great, their energy level was great, and their very talented 7'0" big man was motivated, skilled, and fantastic.   R-E-L-A-X, discuss, and enjoy Indiana Hoosiers basketball.

  Me too!   That would mean we're up by more than twenty with less than two minutes left in the game.

  In my eyes, both JB and Max have improved on the defensive end dramatically since November. They have gone from "oh no!" to "okay".

  Disagree re CWat.   The freshman and sophomore CWat was half-asleep far too often.   The senior CWat was fantastic, including his energy level. Especially for someone who was severely "hop-deficient".

  We'll get him a step stool if necessary.

  Don't like it, but this young man is a straight 'A' student from a great family. Kids like that absorb the culture they enter, and IU's team culture is currently very much a run hard, hustle play culture. Hartman, Burton, Rojo, Yogi, JB, NickZ, etc will get him squared away in no time.   If he doesn't get the hint initially, Emmitt will beat him down court and dunk on his freshman backside!

Steal both of Thad Matta's remaining hairs?   Steal Anthony Lee's headband?   Steal the O$U booster payment lock box?   Steal Amir Williams's minutes (oh wait; Matta already did that).   Steal DeAngelo Russell's sophomore year? (trick question - there won't be one).

  True, but from what I am seeing/reading, the guards we are looking at seem like a backup/just in case plan.    Maybe wishful thinking on my part.

Is our lack of recruitment of guards some indication that at least two of Yogi, JB, and Troy are likely to stay through next year?   If so...look out, here we come top ten! 

  Wow.   That's gonna suck for Purdoo.

  For better or worse. there shall be no containing Gus Johnson. So prepare to be sick, or turn the volume off.

I love Gus too!    Met him courtside at Assembly Hall. An extremely gracious gentleman and an extremely exciting announcer.   Just be prepared for Gus gushing about great plays by both teams, not just the Hoosiers.   And that's okay!