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Dalton26

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  1. Dalton26

    Yogi Ferrell - Buducnost VOLI Podgorica (Montonegro)

    I bet it’s more to do with opportunity than money. They’ve got too many ball handlers for him to really get a legit shot imo. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners
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    Daily MLB Banter

    I know the Phillies offered a much better prospect than anyone they got from the Dodgers.
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    Daily MLB Banter

    WTF are the Orioles doing? That return for Machado was weak Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners
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    Online college basketball simulation

    Fingers crossed its against me lol
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    Online college basketball simulation

    We play each other in week 2. I'm just hoping to keep it close. lol
  6. I think hes Duke's, but I love Archie and Staff fighting til the end.
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    Online college basketball simulation

    I like my chances in L34. I returned my starting lineup from last season and got a recruit that easily bumped one of my starters to the bench.
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    Troy Williams - Taiwan Beer (Taiwan Super League)

    From what I've read they were at 16 guys and the other cut options had big gurantees
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    Troy Williams - Taiwan Beer (Taiwan Super League)

    NY_KnicksPR: Knicks waive forward Troy Williams. Read the comments. Knicks fans arent happy.
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    Tech Issues

    It should be there, I'd check it again. It's been back in google play and the Apple store for a few weeks
  11. This post is ironic coming from a poster that literally gets "triggered" about every little thing IU related.
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    Summer of 2018

    Agreed. We're in the baby steps of what I believe will be a long/successful Era of IU basketball.
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    College Bball Thread

    https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2018/02/10/juilliard-reviewing-university-cincinnati-sexual-misconduct-flutist-bradley-garner/320937002/ Julliard is off the list.
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    Summer of 2018

    He needed every single one. If he adds some more size and gets some experience he can be a damn good player for us sooner or later.
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    College Football Thread

    Huge hat tip to the now former MSU football player Jalen Watts-Jackson https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/michigan-state-legend-jalen-watts-jackson-gives-up-football-to-join-the-air-force/amp/ Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners
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    UFC/Boxing Fans

    I hate Cormier so hopefully Brock beats his @$$ lol Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners
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    UFC/Boxing Fans

    That heavyweight belt is cursed. 3 defenses max and you lose it. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners
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    UFC/Boxing Fans

    That was god awful Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners
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    UFC/Boxing Fans

    3 for 3 on the maincard so far Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners
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    UFC/Boxing Fans

    Yes, yes you will.
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    UFC/Boxing Fans

    Yes, yes you will. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app
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    UFC/Boxing Fans

    Yes, yes you will.
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    UFC/Boxing Fans

    I don’t mind being wrong on all of them as long as Cormier loses lol I hate that guy
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    UFC/Boxing Fans

    UFC 226 FOX Sports 1 Prelims (8 p.m. ET) 185 lbs.: Paulo Costa vs. Uriah Hall 135 lbs.: Raphael Assuncao vs. Rob Font 155 lbs.: Drakkar Close vs. Lando Vannata 170 lbs.: Max Griffin vs. Curtis Millender UFC 226 PPV Main Card (10 p.m. ET) 265 lbs.: UFC Heavyweight Champion Stipe Miocic vs. UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier 265 lbs.: Derrick Lewis vs. Francis Ngannou 155 lbs.: Michael Chiesa vs. Anthony Pettis 205 lbs.: Khalil Rountree vs. Gokhan Saki 170 lbs.: Paul Felder vs. Mike Perry
  25. http://www.news-sentinel.com/sports/2018/07/01/indiana-ad-fred-glass-sees-a-big-move-for-hoosier-basketball-this-coming-season/ It depends on your perspective as to whether or not you feel the Indiana University men’s basketball program was better off in the 2017-18 season under first-year Archie Miller as compared to his predecessor Tom Crean the prior season. However, Hoosier athletic director Fred Glass wasn’t waffling in his assessment when he looked back at last season recently. “Archie has already had a dramatic impact on the program,” Glass said at a university event last month. “We have trimmed three turnovers per game on average off of where we were before (and) we won two more Big Ten Conference games even though we lost three guys to the professional ranks.” Both of those statistics are unequivocally accurate. The Hoosiers did take care of the ball better under Miller and they won more league games, despite losing starting center De’Ron Davis just three games into the league schedule. The Crean supporters will point to the fact that Indiana wasn’t more productive offensively – or defensively (to the surprise of some) – though Glass disputes that notion. “Our defense was dramatically improved,” Glass said, “which you can see with the eye test.” Again, that is depending on your eyesight. In Crean’s final season, Indiana limited opponents to 42.9 percent shooting overall and 33.7 percent from long range. In terms of rebounding, the Hoosiers outworked the opposition by over seven boards per game. Each of those numbers was worse last season. Glass cited an improvement in defensive efficiency, which was accurate. In Miller’s first season, the Hoosiers did improve in that category from 163rd under Crean to 140th last year. However, in Crean’s defense, Indiana ranked inside the top 39 teams nationally twice (including as high as 19th) in his final five seasons in that category. Numbers can be skewed in a myriad of ways to make varying points but Glass was also quick to note just how improved the recruiting by Miller was over previous seasons. In that regard – particularly in terms of making the Hoosiers a presence within this state – Miller’s positive impact really wasn’t debatable. “It was the number one recruiting class in the Big Ten,” Glass said of the 2018 group. “It was number seven nationally. We had three kids on the Indiana All-Star squad that are Indiana University recruits and that is only the second time that we’ve had that many kids on the Indiana All-Star team in 29 years.” With the influx of that talent, as well as the maturing of the returning players, as well as the health of Davis, there are a lot of reasons in which Glass should feel positive about the Hoosiers moving into next season. And he is. However, he isn’t willing to set specific goals for Miller to attain because there are factors (such as Davis’ injury last year) that can negatively impact a season. “I really don’t like to set preset expectations,” Glass said. “I really think that is unfair in a lot of ways. You have to see how the season goes.” Indiana is returning starters in Juwan Morgan, Devonte Green, Davis, Al Durham, and Justin Smith, as well as bringing in that recruiting class, which is led by Indiana Mr. Basketball Romeo Langford, so Glass is hopeful for improvement. “I think that it is a little bit of a cop-out for administrators to set litmus tests or define success in advance. But having said all of that, I’m optimistic that we will move toward the goals that I have for men’s basketball.” Following a two-year absence from the NCAA Tournament, returning to that level IS one of the specific goals that Glass is hopeful the program can reach this coming season. “I think that we will compete for a Big Ten championship,” Glass said of where he wants the program to get back to. “I hope we are in the NCAA Tournament. I think that year two will be a big move for us.” For more on college basketball, follow Tom Davis on Twitter at Tom101010, Facebook at Thomas Davis, and Instagram at tomdavis101010. See more on Indiana basketball
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