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I would like to send you a PM, but I forget how to do that lol. OK got it. Sent.

Yes, but there is so much time to change their minds, and also to score other recruits. I appreciate you explaining that more fully tho. Cheers.

Cheer up. The consensus is that 2021 Indiana recruiting is loaded. Now you can feel better.

I really wanted this guy. But when 007 told us he knows somebody who was on the plane traveling to the in-home, and spoke very ominously about the grave concern the staff had that DWade made a great impression on Garcia, that concern needed an answer. And we never got one on this board. Last night Garcia did an interview where he spoke of all 4 teams left in his recruitment. He spoke of how Marquette is going to use him. To me, I thought that was it. He just told us where he was going. Freudian slip? or was that his deliberate unofficial announcement, the announcement I believe he was rumored to be leaking that night. It was very shortly after the words used in that interview that all of the CB guys started dropping like dominoes going with Marquette, each CB guy following his usual pattern of pick in the pecking order. And guys on the board started saying emphatically, Marquette. We have been through so many of these recruitments together on different boards, just about everybody here on this board knows the pattern, and those who do not yet know the pattern will very likely learn the pattern quickly. When an avalanche of "the pick" rumors comes out of so many reputable guys' mouths, it is not very often at all that "the pick" turns out to be a different school. Does it happen? Yes, but not often. I like learning that way. It makes it easy to experience the sadness for a moment, then get back to what is important in life. I wanted Garcia on our team for so many reasons, but I want to state that the maturity level of that 17 year old throughout the process was remarkable. Hopefully he becomes a star, and we can all remember the recruitment. Indiana fought hard for Garcia, and rumors say we led often in the process, even very recently, until he took that last official to Marquette. And DWade of course made an impression. Then less fun rumors started trickling in making it very easy to let go a little at a time. I really hope for great things for Garcia.

o no another life story as it relates to trendon watford plz have mercy on us we know he walked that old lady across the street in traffic we all do that too it is not special trendon talks like a faster talking watford lsu it is buh bye now duh

consider yourself the lucky one

blab blab blab plz shutup lady lol o no she is crying now the worst

everybody must be absolutely certain he is going to LSU that is the worst IU hat I have seen to date he is not coming to IU lol where is the georgia hat? and everyone was right

yep, darius garland wearing derrick rose's old jersey next year lol. I don't think I can do yet another winter laughing schadenfreude at the bulls. it's just not that fun

oh my, I hope we did not accidentally stumble upon a flaw in the process. that would be hilarious in such a very bad way. watch next year's offers make it only halfway through the list again, this time coming from the bottom of the list alphabetically to the top, in an obvious attempt to disguise another half-@$$ effort. too funny.

Is it just a fluke that this alphabetical list only goes to the letter 'M' and then stops, or is it possible this may only be half of the list?

That would be such a disappointment. On the prayer list for sure. Thanks. Appreciate the info. It has been a long wait to see him show what he's got in an IU jersey, and it seems from what I have heard, he could be the kind of guy who could almost immediately jump in, and possibly even win a starting job. Hoping and praying for the best for him, and for IU. Would love to finally hear some good news.

At this point Hunter will surprise me if he ever plays. Do we know yet if he is even going to be allowed to play? The Jerome Hunter story is possibly the worst of all of the bad IU basketball news stories of last year imo.

Nice one. Why do parents do that?

Yes, I started to mention that in my reply, but stopped myself because I did not want the reply to get lost down a wormhole or two. I suspect those run-and-gun Iowa teams may have suffered the same fate as our run-and-gun IU teams down the stretch but have not looked to confirm or deny that. Edit: Upon review they seem to be streaky down the stretch year-in and year-out for the most part, but no solid trend of fading every year the way IU's Crean teams faded, so so much for my suspicions.

Maybe you are right, but I want to remind you that the 2015-2016 Iowa team was ranked 4th and 16th the two times we beat them that year. I only watch Iowa when IU plays them, so I am anything but an expert on that program lol.

I hope this doesn't come off as busting your b*lls because that is not what I am trying to do here. I just remember Crean owning Iowa. He was 7-3 against Iowa in his last 10 games against them. IU ran like AAU ball against Iowa, and usually came away turning the ball over just a few times less than Iowa, and winning against them most of the time as the result. I see your point though about the problems against zone defenses, but if you think back and remember, there wasn't a lot of half court offense by either team in those games. I only say that for the sake of conversation, not to one-up you or anything.

Don't you hate it when IU sucks so bad you start watching Purdue because you like the way they play basketball?

Awesome! Thanks for the opportunity to troll the entire board. I owe you an assist. No way this OSU game ends on time. Possible OT too.

'75 for all of the reasons stated above, and on top of all of that the loss was a 2 point loss to Kentucky.

I would like to nominate this post for best post in the thread.

That sounds suggestive. Where's Cody when you need him?

Focused and tough, on the road too tonight. Maybe growing up a little this week. Maybe learning some big life lessons. Maybe keep going tough, smart, and strong for two more months or however much more time we get to play this season.

Ha! State gave away the game they played before the IU game like they do every year to prepare like crunchtime for us and we stole one there at the Breslin this time. What a relief.

Whoa. Against State. Wow.