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Could have been freshman year but didn’t he credit 2 Jrs (Green and Davis) for being the ones he talked to about it? Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

He won’t get any backlash that matters. Indiana just is not that big a deal for their to be that much. We all care but Ft Wayne has been sending kids to all kinds of non IU destinations for a long time now. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Remember when we were complaining about the potential problems with the AAU affiliation and bumper stickers. There was someone at the NCAA who tweeted out a comment meant to shut us up and linked some article that was full of errors as if that settled things? I can’t remember all the details but I was pretty sure she was an IU grad and was now all high and mighty at the NCAA. She was like “duh of course IU should be penalized look this article says they did things.” That told me all I needed to know about the NCAA and their ability to reason or investigate. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Are in home visits allowed right now? Could we even have one with him up at La La? We did not make a last week visit with Darius right? So if these happen and we don’t go, that would be another clue Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

That may be but there were several saying IU. I looked back and of reading the crystal ball page right Jerry Meyer made his pick at 11 am the day Darius chose. I thought he had actually picked Indiana before that but could be wrong. My memory tells me that it looked good early that morning then around 10 word started getting out it was Vandy and the Jerry made his pick and it was deemed over after that. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Garland was looking good to IU even on the morning of his announcement I thought. Then word got out it was Vandy. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Wind is blowing north. Nice Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Hoping this study could actually provide some help. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/gum-disease-causing-bacteria-could-spur-alzheimer-s Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Pretty sure we can if it goes directly to the kid. If we publish it and send out to the public then a different story Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

He had those complaints after we beat them up in Lansing too. He had just lost Langford I think then but we had been hit worse at that same point. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I worked in the newspaper business for several years just as the internet was ramping up. We were losing subscribers back then as the younger generation was not subscribing like their parents and grandparents did. Couple that with free news on the internet and it is amazing that papers even exist. Media has changed too. Not enough time to verify sources so most media just run with a story now. I used to love walking out and getting the paper and reading it slowly to start the day. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Sorry to hear that man. It runs in our family as well and i long for the day they find a cure Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

If IU were to go on a run late and have 5 or so wins. Or advance in the BTT and you were the AD or coach what would you be doing to help your cause? You would argue that the injuries to so many key players caused our Mid-Session slide. Too many key players out and other key players getting exhausted. Even if this does not fully explain things, everyone wants teams to try concussions seriously and we had 2 or 3 guys out for so long because of this. Then you have Hunters issue that we discovered and you start painting the season with this as a backdrop. You show that we were never at full strength (Mcroberts, Race and Hunter) but when close to that we beat Marquette, MSU, Lville, Wisconsin and played everyone close. With the emphasis we have as a country now on respecting the injury you argue that you should not be penalized for doing that. You argue that since we are now getting some out key guys back that we should be evaluated on who we are now. You would not just let people look at the record alone without some sort of lobbying to tell your story. The Quad 1 wins, combined with the injuries combined with a late season run present a compelling argument. You may not win that argument but you have a strong case to make. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

I believe..... kind of. If nothing else, the BTT is our dance. I do have a little more optimism for next year at this point. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

I just heard today that there is no committee this year. Just a computer generated field essentially. I find that hard to believe but was told that by a good source. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

I hope not. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Losses are losses but I have been pleased to see some fight with the team the last few games. If Archie can keep them playing with this fight the rest of the year I will feel a little better. It is not easy to get a team back after losing them mid year. We won at MSU and probably should have at Iowa. Finish of the year with this effort and go into the offseason hungry. Then I will feel a lot better about next year than I did when we were losing games by 20. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

This team won a lot of close games early on but with the same formula. Go through Romeo or Morgan. Even the Butler game was that way and yet the shot had to be put up by Rob as a 3rd choice at best. This far into the season, teams are not going to let us use Morgan or Romeo they way we want to use them. Yet we keep trying to down the stretch. At one point in the year Romeo was pretty confident on a jab step 10 - 15 foot shot - remember that? He has seemingly abandoned that part of his game and that is something that I think he needs. Not the jab step three but something midrange like he had earlier in the year. I also think we need to look for Rob or Al for an outside shot as we go down the stretch. Too much attention on Romeo and Morgan and too much dribbling from those 2. I would love to see something set up for Rob or Al and if open they tar the shot or drive then dish to Romeo or Morgan. Putting the ball in Romeo or Morgan’s hand 20 feet from the basket is just not a winnng formula for us now. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

There may be more parity between say 25 and 100. There are a handful of real difference makers each year and then the rest are a bit closer. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Wait. I missed something but what is the story with people treating Romeo badly? Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I think it will depend a lot on what Romeo thinks of all this. If Romeo stands behind Archie and Indiana after all this then that says a lot and Brooks will listen. If he has regrets then it does not matter. I am sure they have talked some. So, anyone know what Romeo thinks of all this? I like how he is still signing autographs and thought he played very good D last night. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Watching the PU huddles there was an assistant doing most of the talking during TOs when it appeared PU was setting up for an offensive possession. Maybe we need and offense guru to help Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

I saw where Rabjohns was suggesting that no one who knew anything felt this years IU team was going to be a strong team. He points out that the BT was really strong this year and the roster was not constructed well. Flashback to Cody’s freshman year. I cannot recall the BT strength in 2011-12 but the following year IU, Mich and OSU spent time as #1. I am assuming the conference was strong in Cody’s freshman year too. That year we finished very strong and had a nice run in the tournament. Going into the year we hoped for a big year from Cody but we did not have a strong roster then either. Mo Creek had been lost I think the year before and his absence was a huge hole. Vic was good but not great like he was in 12-13. So why did we do well then vs now? I would argue our roster now is better than then, on paper. My guess is that paper is just a poor way to value a team. Maybe those guys fit the Crean system better than our guys now do Archie’s. I am hoping that is the case. Next year, on paper, we look weaker than this year. But, maybe we are better positioned with Archie guys to do better. Not ordinarily a Pollyanna guy, but when considering Purdue before the year most of us laughed at their chances. On paper they looked terrible. But as a team they are excelling Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I think it it was too early to know what type of player he likes. With Creat folks from Marquette came and told us about his love for wings and even over recruiting. With Sampson we got some warnings about his players but it was more along the lines of off court behavior. With Archie, unless you watched multiple teams of his at Dayton then we are all just guessing. All he has told us he plans to recruit the state pretty hard but that does not indicate what type of player. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Curious to see what “changes” Archie implements. If those include Romeo’s time then I would love to hear what the Brooks think of that. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners