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YOU GUYS WANNA KNOW WHAT I THINK OF OUR HOOSIERS? THIS IS WHAT I THINK:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0CXUv-xxtY

A little light reading; It seems that student attendance at UK games is sliding, sliding, sliding downhill. Imagine that! Your college team is different every year. Your college team has no interest in a college education. Your in-conference schedule stinks. Your out-of-conference schedule has some top 25 opponents, but only in far away neutral site cities. That leaves one UF game a year, and an every other year home game against UL as the only competitive tix.   See attached Rupp Rafters thread; hint; for extra laughs, some are blaming the high $5 student ticket prices (tough economy, ya know!)   http://kentucky.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=1383&tid=194391753&mid=194391753&sid=888&style=2

How much better does that make Columbia than Kentucky?

  That was unkind, unwarranted,and uncalled for.   Stinkin' Jaybob should stink up the thread if he wishes.

  Wow to QS's Twitter comment re: "bought".

I see many posters accurately stating that we will be a dangerous team next year.   I believe that you guys are missing the obvious about this year: Hey... We will take our lumps at times. We will make our share of mistakes. We will have cold shooting nights. We will have trouble in hostile environments.   BUT: Our freshman will get more comfortable in their defensive sets. Many of the outside shots that have not gone in yet were missed with very technically sound shooting strokes.  Our turnovers are already not as bad as many might have anticipated, and that aspect will also continue to improve. Stan and Luke will get healthier. We are already very athletic; as our confidence increases, our athleticism will become far more apparent.   Guys...We are going to be a dangerous team THIS year.    

  Strongly disagree.     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2c6j1zjmfw

  So Bolden's top five might be?:   1) LSU 2) Kentucky 3) IU 4) UCLA 5) hoosierpap

Cody Zeller could not make it to this thread, so I will forward his tweets from last evening to express his pre and post-game thoughts:   Cody Zeller ‏@CodyZeller17h My hotel room in Boston tonight better have the Big Ten Network. I want to see what these new look Hoosiers are all about!   Cody Zeller ‏@CodyZeller12h I was way more nervous watching that game alone in my hotel room than I ever was playing in front of 17,000 fans!   Cody Zeller ‏@CodyZeller10h It's always a good night when UK gets beat. Michigan State is the real deal. They have a lot of veteran guys who can really play!

To paraphrase John F. Kennedy, tonight... "Ich bin ein Spartan".

Crash the offensive glass tonight, Hoosiers.   Physical! Let's see lots of contact, lots of fouls (but not on Yogi), and Hanner and Devin playing many minutes against their backup bigs.

  And he sounds like a very squared-away young man during this interview.

No worries for you saying it, WB. But, given CTC's ability to identify high-character kids with untapped talent, I completely disagree!

Annnnnddd...TMZ.com is running a full piece on the incident. Excellent:   "Video just surfaced of NBA star Anthony Davis being held down butt naked and spanked on his ass -- an apparent victim of hazing while at the University of Kentucky. Davis only attended the University of Kentucky for one season (2011-12) -- making him a freshman in the video ... where someone, most likely a teammate is smacking his ass in the locker room.  It's interesting video with hazing and locker room bullying becoming such a hot button issue after the Richie Incognito-Jonathan Martin scandal with the Miami Dolphins.  Davis is clearly not fighting back in the video -- which comes off as more playful than violent -- in fact, he's laughing and mugging for the camera. We reached out to Univ. of Kentucky for comment ... so far, no word back. Ditto for Davis who's now a star for the New Orleans Pelicans." Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2013/11/09/anthony-davis-hazing-video-naked-richie-incognito-spanking-kentucky/#ixzz2kDD7kiNw

AHHHH....Manna from the gods, especially in light of very public sports hazing as a media highlight issue.   Let's see...explanations from UK super-duper star Anthony Davis?   1)  My World Wide Wes-provided Gucci suit and matching undies were in the washing machine. 2)  The bag that I put my $200,000.00 payment in? It was my ball sack. 3)  They were trying to slap the unibrow off of me. 4)  When I said I wanted to shoot more balls, my UK educated teammates completely misunderstood. 5) I told my mentor Eric Bledsoe that I wanted to make a public announcement. Asked Bledsoe how to spell "public": P.U.B.I.C. 6)  Hey, this was long before the new hand check rules were implemented. We thought it was ok back then. 7)  If Tom Crean can kiss his son on the cheek on national tv, my UK teammates can sure as heck grab both of my ass cheeks on Twitter.

A quick tip of the cap to Evan Gordon for playing his role beautifully in his first game as a Hoosier:   ->  Let the game come to him ->  Steadying influence whenever he was on the court ->  Looked to me like an 85% free throw shooter. Will be on the court at the end of close games when we're ahead.   Excellent

Good to hear, Naples. I would hate to think that RMK coming back would result in skin off your balls!

    Appreciate the added love for Evan, but in regard to your thoughts about his value to the team vis-a-vis Will.....   Ahhhhhhh....   No

  After the exhibitions, I wasn't worried that he'd want to take over a game and do too much.   However, I didn't expect him to play with so much poise amid the chaos. To contribute and look like a fifth year senior was the trick, and so far (albeit against Chicago State) he did just that.

Wouldn't it be nice?   Just sayin'.

Therein causing the Harrison twins to implode in November.

I no longer have an emotional answer, but I damn sure would have a very emotional reaction were it ever to happen.    There wouldn't be a dry eye in Assembly Hall if it ever did, and CTC would be right there getting choked up with the rest of us.   You can also be sure that RMK would have an extremely emotional reaction. Kudos to Pat, Scotty, and Quinn. It would be...   Awesome.

  Coach Calipayoff speaks the truth when he says "we have a different team every year". They always have six or seven slots open, and next year will be no exception. Moreover, they currently only have four commits for next year.   It's a one-year NBA transit station for young men who have no interest in a college degree and are therein interested.

Rumor has it that Bo Ryan has a tattoo of a pink fluffy unicorn covering his entire left butt cheek. No, I have not personally seen it. That's why it's just a rumor so far.

  And...Aaron Jordan is a straight 'A' student who is interested in IU for basketball AND academics.