Parakeet Jones

HMP!

Our 3 pt. shooting is keeping us in this.  I never thought I'd be posting that this season.

    I'm sure we'll see Crean hit it hard on the recruiting trail now.  He has always said he's never done recruiting and this is part of the reason why.     If it was the right fit, and it would have to be the right fit, I wouldn't mind finding a junk yard dog type JUCO big man to bring in next year.  It would have to be a guy who we knew would be rock solid to play next year and not be a project.  I prefer to avoid the JUCO route, but considering how thin we are up front going into next year it might be an option if a high caliber '14 big doesn't materialize.     As far as this year goes, this hurts.  I really thought Luke was going to be a contributor going forward.  HMP, the moment is yours.    Finally, give Howard that scholly for the rest of the year, if that is possible.  

Westbrook is out until the All Star break for the Thunder.  I hate to hear that; I never want to see anyone get  hurt.  The reality is though, that as close as the overall best record in the league goes, this might tip the scale in the Pacers favor.  

Now likely the season per ESPN.   http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10202078/mitch-mcgary-michigan-wolverines-back-surgery-season-likely-over

I'm hating this long layoff between both IU and Pacer games.  I'm ready to get it going again tomorrow night.  Even more so since I will be in attendance.  

  I would have gotten you an autographed picture of Doug Mallory.  

I got a couple of tee-shirts.  We got the little guy decked out in some more IU swag, which is like getting it for me.  It's hard to find IU gear for a 10 month old.  

Congrats.  You have to wear them every game.  I do mine.     Merry Christmas. 

Merry Christmas from Mrs. Parakeet, Parakeet Jr., and me... and my in-laws who are here for two weeks... and my parents who are sitting in my living room right now.     In the words of Tiny Tim, "and God bless us, everyone!"

  The fact that you listed this makes me smile.  Posts like that make me glad you found your way over here too. 

Nice break down.  This is one of those seasons where I probably won't look at the B1G standings that much.  I'll just focus on counting how many wins we have.  Even without having a quality win non-conference, I think 9-9 is the magic mark to get us to the Dance.  (I'm taking for granted that with the quality of the B1G a couple of those nine would be quality wins.)     The countdown to nine starts in seven days.  

Did you ever really believe you'd see the day IU football was mentioned in the same sentence so to speak with the New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys?  

Doug Mallory... the gift that keeps on giving the whole year through.  

It was great to see Luke have a good day.  I have to believe that part of his increased comfort out there is that he is getting back to 100% after the injury in the preseason.  

  I agree on the forced part.  That is the thing that frustrates me the most.  He just seems to force the issue too much at times.  I think he does that because he wants to be good and contribute and I can respect that.     If he were a Jr. and playing like this I'd be a lot more worried.  However we're getting to the point where you'd hope to see some consistency and improvement from him.  

 Unfortunately I'm starting to agree with that, and the frustrating thing about that is that he has the potential to be better. 

Double what the heck   IU 71 MSU 70   For whatever reason we always have played them tough under Crean.

Yogi

What the heck   Hoosiers 67 Illinois 65

  After today I am certainly in favor of seeing what Luke could do in the lineup in place of Troy.  I was commenting on this at the game today to my dad.  

I went with Yogi.  When we get into B1G play, Yogi is going to have to play close to 40 minutes a game for us to have a chance to win most games.  

Imagine a Mallory led defense against Oregon every year.  

Belmont has a really good coach.  He doesn't get the publicity a power 6 conference coach would get, but he is probably a better coach than 75% of them.  

  Stinks for my fantasy basketball team.