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Great quarter! Kiaku with an excellent set. Noyan with maybe her best quarter at IU on both ends. If she gets in foul trouble we are completely screwed.

Fouled by a missed call girl? interesting…

Helluva start

It’s so much more cost-effective to have six potential returnees, all of whom will come fairly cheaply, and all of whom our staff has a clear sense of their value and whether they can contribute at the relatively low price they command. Add our three incoming freshman to that mix, and we have nine slots where the staff already knows their value relative to budget. Whereas for the year we’re currently in, the staff only knew value relative to budget for two guys, Enright and Tucker. Of those two, one of them has underperformed (Tucker) and one has over performed relative to their budgetary expectations. It’s a huge advantage when trying to build a roster that will outperform expenditures to already have a sense of as many as nine of your 13 slots for next year.

The budget doesn’t need to increase. Player evaluation is destined to improve; the staff sees our potential returnees every day and now knows which ones are worth retaining. And the staff has now had time to build relationships with portal players and their reps. The roster should be better with the same budget; if the budget increases all the easier I suppose.

I’m assuming that three players came at somewhat of a discount; Tucker, Enright, and Sisley. That’s a challenge because when it’s not an entirely new roster like we built , it’s easier to get discounts. More importantly, with more returnees on the roster the staff has full knowledge about which players are worth “market price” to keep. So this will get easier to do well, but for now? If as Usps says we are currently about 80% likely to be in the tournament, then things are going well. However, as we move along, expectations will and should increase.

Wants to commit in person, I would suspect.

The other night against Michigan, Purdue didn't shoot a single free throw in the first half shot 20 second half free throws. Knowing Big Ten refs, and knowing how much we like to reach and grab, I expect a much different looking similar game tonight. Sadly, the edited version is also true.

The crazy part is this official Purd-eww website writeup justifying extending Gearlds. It justifies the extension by inaccurately stating that she took Purdue to the WNIT Elite 8 in 2024-25. The WNIT for Purd-eww was in 2023-24, a year when they went 15-19, 5-13. Then she went 10-19, 3-15 immediately after getting the extension, and is 12-14, 4-11 this year. In a basketball-friendly state that's next level terrible. And a $1.6 million buyout to dump her after the season is no joke.

Without Sacramento State in the MAC it's never gonna be kosher.

1,000,000% yes! It's the only attitude that makes sense for so many of the interesting things in this world; food, travel, and especially the arts. It doesn't matter who, what, when, or where it was done; if it's good, it's good.

Look at you being all connected with the newest what’s up Doc! beyond the music , that’s kinda impressive.

Rumor is it’s usually the mama.

100%. Can you imagine the NCAA levying penalties on a school for that school following a court order? That school would immediately take the NCAA back to court, and the school would win.

Likely that either Tucker or TKR is going to have foul trouble. At Puredoo odds are pretty high that it will be Tucker. That'll be a major, major problem for IU. Wouldn't surprise me if Conor also has early foul trouble in Mackey, but we have a pretty strong defensive plan B with Conerway for that issue. If we can keep out of foul trouble I'd expect we will hang in and make a good game out of it. Purdoo is not Illinois or Michigan.

My single favorite release this year: Oughta be viral IMO, but I'm biased.

I predict it too. It's hard to top what Sarratt and Cooper have done for IU at that position, but Becker and Marsh are special talents.

At the beginning of next season, Nick Marsh will still be only 19 years old. He's is already very, very good, but he also has real potential to improve dramatically. Marsh and Becker at WR? Hoooooo boy.

Yup - watching Yaxel or Morez Johnson deliberately assigned to defend Amish Boy Smith made it apparent that Michigan has defensive flexibility and general athleticism that a team that starts Oscar Cluff and Flopper Loyer cannot compete with. Dusty game planned it so very well: UM starts three true bigs - Mara, Morez, and Yaxel. Mara and one more of the bigs guarded TKR and Cluff/Jacobson The third starting big, either Yaxel or Morez, guarded Braden Smith. If they tried to ball screen for Smith, it was invariably a UM guard who was switched to Smith. If it was Cluff who ball screened for Smith and Mara was the big, Cluff was too damn slow to get to the basket, and Cluff cannot finish facing the basket.

Think about that; Amish Boy, The Flopper, and TKR will finish their Purdue careers with a 4-4 record against one of the worst eras of IU hoops, but only if they win the upcoming home game. If Wilkerson and Dorn go on a heater or TKR gets in foul trouble, they will finish their Purdump careers with a 3-5 record against IU.

Also worth noting upon a little more research; the Tindley team he lit up is terrible.

And with a Caitlin Clark result after terrible shot selection. At least Hermie is shooting 38% from 3 this year; Clark finished at 27.9% from three last year with similar shot selection but more volume. Dey both turrrrrrible.

UCLA getting very much on the wrong side of the bubble. 17-9 with only won Q1 win (against Purdump) and one Q2 win; their second best win is at Washington. No bad losses. Gonna be the underdog in almost every game from here on out. Kentucky also getting a tiny bit bubbly! Multiple good wins has them currently safely in, but they are 17-9 and will be an underdog in four of their remaining five conference games. If they only win the game they're favored in, they are 18-13 going into the SEC tournament.

That could be notable. Uncommitted 3 star 6'3" pg.