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Michael Lewis, the chosen one. So far, so good.

Rolling the dice that Trayce is healthy: IU: 86 Iowa:76

Oguneleye the center is on crutches. i Think Connor McCaffery is fine.

Good for him—if the spotlight of major bball isn’t serving him well he needs to step back.

Affects our game against Iowa, but more importantly good for him for pulling back from the spotlight if it’s not working for him.

Sure - why not? I’d actually prefer if they did it high school style and let every team in, do away with conference tourneys, and have meaningful conference champs and the big NCAA tournament.

This Iowa game is gonna be interesting for more than a few reasons. Some of the story lines: Does Trayce look like the active, healthy Trayce of pre-back injury UNC? Can Malik Reneau turn up his motor against solid competition? That freshman wall came very early for him. Can Jordan G show out like he did at the end of last year? Against Kennesaw he was much more active. Can Tamar Bates sustain his new status as a primary offensive option? It's a lot easier to do so against other teams backups - now he's gonna try to be one of our first options against starting lineups. Can we get a tough-it-out road win? Other than Minnesota those are all gonna be hard in conference, but getting one would be a major confidence boost. Can Gallo become the player that other teams hate? I'm not seeing that the way we used to. There's a lot to like; Gallo, Bates, Kopp, and JHS are all upgrades over last year. If we can get things generally squared and THEN get a healthy X back it could be a special year. No guarantees any of this will happen though.

1) That was Penn State 2) Rutgers will now be “under consideration.”

Yes. He. Did.

Oh lord they’re gonna hit Rutgers with a phantom whistle. The foul disparity is crazy in this game.

We NEED a healthy Trayce. I feel like he’s been limited for a while now.

McConnell sitting with two fouls and Edey playing with two. Painter rolling the dice.

Coach Brees was not a plus.

Purdue’s young guards look ugly against pressure.

But does Loaded Chicken Sandwich have them above India… ah, never mind.

Coach Moren keeps saying “when” Berger will be back, not “if.”

FWIW; #334 is “there’s a fungus among us.”

Oh puhlesase. Don’t put words in my mouth. I didn’t say you’re not an IU fan. Just that you’re not a fan of the Hoosiers this year. As in, nearly everyone not associated with the program has a much higher opinion of them than you.

Here’s a good way to pass the time with 13 days off. Name your most obscure Indiana basketball scholarship player. No Walk-ons and the player has to have been at Indiana at least one full season.

I’ve said this before, you go on being you. You simply asked what the case was for ranking IU and I answered your question. If you’re not a fan of the Hoosiers this year that’s completely your prerogative. But don’t expect to trash Indiana compared to almost any other real ranking expert, publish your negative takes about Indiana on the boards of some of our biggest rivals where they make a living out of trashing Indiana, and not have people push back.

10-3 with a win at Xavier (and a decent win at home against UNC) + no bad losses. That Xavier win is probably one of the five best wins in the country so far this year.

There’s a poster named “vanessachuck” that can say that.

Cheer up.

They are the “Can’tMakeAShotEyes.”

If the B1G gets lots of team in, Iowa probably won’t be one of them. Already 8-5, 0-2 in conference and down 18 at half in State College.