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chicagoHOOSIER

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    IUBB vs Illinois- 2/5/2022 @ 12:00 on ESPN

    nice seats, Rico. I should be nicer to you.
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    IUBB vs Illinois- 2/5/2022 @ 12:00 on ESPN

    I don't usually follow mock drafts, so I don't know where to look to find reliable mocks, and looking took more time and green beans than I expected without results. Do you happen to know of a few mocks that are worth looking at just for points of opinionated reference?
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    IUBB vs Illinois- 2/5/2022 @ 12:00 on ESPN

    I see he has some nice quickness and length and a body that could play on the wing but he does not play at all like a wing because he can't shoot, and I don't really remember seeing him beat a guy off the dribble from the perimeter. He beats guys under the basket, but he just does not look like a guy who can do that a lot against the guys he would meet under the basket in the NBA. I think I expected the shot to be better than it is now at this point in the season.
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    IUBB vs Illinois- 2/5/2022 @ 12:00 on ESPN

    You seem like you may follow some of the mocks enough to actually know which ones might be worth reading so I will ask you. Is TJD even mocking in the draft? I have only casually looked for a couple of days and have not seen his name listed anywhere in mock drafts except in one mock draft listing him as an afterthought on the bubble below Kofi who destroyed TJD today. Kofi seems to project, from what I have read, to be about the last guy picked in the second round nearly across the board. I am not really seeing TJD at this stage looking like a guy who can play in or even make it to the NBA. I am seeing a guy getting outperformed a lot in the Big Ten for several weeks almost consistently now, even at home. He has some pretty good games too in the Big Ten, but I am not seeing the dominant type college basketball player that makes it to the NBA in TJD. He is our best guy by far, but that alone does not make him NBA calibre. I am thinking maybe I just bought into some hype because I have heard a lot about how he is going to the NBA after this season.
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    IUBB vs Illinois- 2/5/2022 @ 12:00 on ESPN

    I feel bad for Trayce. I just don't see how he even gets drafted when he can't bang down low against possible lower level projected NBA prospects, or rebound against other guys who are good, and can't shoot unless he is right underneath the basket against a smaller opponent in the Big Ten/NCAA. He needed to improve and really develop just a few big areas of his game to be the best in the Big Ten, and he really did not do that enough this past offseason and past year. I mean, this year is not over yet, but really we are almost done with this year now, and our best warrior, our best guy was not mocking well in NBA draft mocks before this game, after a substantial portion of the season is now already behind us with warm weather just a few weeks away now. I want TJD back next year I guess as a consolation prize, but really wanted him to be so dominant this year that he worked his way into a lottery position and we could celebrate that life for him. He didn't do that though. Selfishly speaking I would like him back next year leading IU to a championship, but dang, man I really wish he was that guy that wrecks other great bigs in the league on his way to becoming a lottery pick this year. I just don't see how he even gets drafted when he really only beats guys who nobody in the NBA wants.
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    IUBB vs Illinois- 2/5/2022 @ 12:00 on ESPN

    I know man. Illinois defense is good, but dang we had a week of preparation and a halftime with a lot of really good coaches there to teach so we could expand on our first half successes to turn this game into a big win, knowing Illinois was going to make adjustments and come out better in all phases in the second half. We should know the kinds of adjustments good teams are going to make in the locker room at halftime with the coaching talent we have, and our coaches should be able to communicate what we need to do to win on both sides of the ball in the second half. I really do think we have the talent to have been able to win this game even after falling to down 10ish with 4ish to go. We have enough shooters and playmakers otherwise that with defense we should be able to win a game down 10ish with just a couple of minutes left on our floor. What was weird is that it felt like we were done down 8ish with more than 10 minutes left to play in the game. What was that? It almost felt like an edict from God. What happened?
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    IUBB vs Illinois- 2/5/2022 @ 12:00 on ESPN

    I don't think Illinois is even bigger. Kofi is bigger, but he seems like really the only big guy they have. He's a giant, but who else is even big on their team? We can usually put some big/strong/athletic front court guys out there even if TJD gets benched by fouls/other. I just can't figure out what happened, why we could not adjust and bring this win home, especially to the point of getting the living shlt knocked out of us at home. Dang man. F@$k. Not expected that we would get defloralled like that. Man, they took our flower from us on national television without our consent. F#$k man, that's rape.
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    IUBB vs Illinois- 2/5/2022 @ 12:00 on ESPN

    I thought it was like an 8ish pt game. Even w/in 14 we can win with a short run. I mean idk. Wth happened?
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    IUBB vs Illinois- 2/5/2022 @ 12:00 on ESPN

    Yeh unbelievable they just dominated us in the second half. Wth happened? Our locker room teaching is usually pretty good. I just don't know what happened. I missed why Johnson got pulled too. What happened?
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    IUBB vs Illinois- 2/5/2022 @ 12:00 on ESPN

    What did I miss? Why did Johnson get benched? Thx.
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    IUBB @ Maryland - 01/29/22 @ 2:30 on Fox-TV

    glad Lander is able to get some floor time with a lead on the road even while hurt. he doesn't look overmatched. he looks like he could get there and become somebody for us in the future.
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    IUBB @ Maryland - 01/29/22 @ 2:30 on Fox-TV

    Don't you have to be somewhere right about now hahaha!
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    IUBB vs Penn State - 1/26/22 @ 8:30 on BTN

    that is a growing concern becoming a pattern now
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    IUBB vs Penn State - 1/26/22 @ 8:30 on BTN

    ok that may be true. you do announce you can't watch anymore every time IU gets a big lead in a game. and that is why I point that out when I am here and it happens, and why other posters point it out when I am not here and it happens. nobody hates you for that. people just notice, and wonder things.
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    IUBB vs Penn State - 1/26/22 @ 8:30 on BTN

    1) this isn't a "classy" place lol. it is a game thread in an IU sports message board. it's not an unclassy place, just not really a classy place that's all. 2) it is not unclassy to call you out for ditching another IU blowout win and spending the rest of your life here bitching every five minutes about all things IU if you are a real person. it is ok to point that out every once in awhile and wonder out loud if this account represents a real person or a caricature account created by the staff for fun. I don't know and wonder. I am allowed to wonder out loud. If you are a real person posting, you have no qualms criticizing my posts, and I am fine with that. but for all the criticisms you dole out, and criticisms represent nearly every one of your posts, you are surprisingly sensitive to posts pointing out the fact you complain too much lol. it's not that serious.
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    IUBB vs Penn State - 1/26/22 @ 8:30 on BTN

    no surprises here. thx for letting us know. so, this isn't a real person, right?
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    IUBB vs Penn State - 1/26/22 @ 8:30 on BTN

    those really wanting to see lander maybe getting your wish tonight. hope he is up for this
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    IUBB vs Penn State - 1/26/22 @ 8:30 on BTN

    just nice to get off to a good start for once
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    IUBB vs Michigan - 01/23/22 @ 3:30 on CBS

    If Woody is taking responsibility for the loss, maybe he was the one running in and out of Big Red Liquors for the team. They looked hungover against Michigan on Sunday, just like they did the last time they played a Sunday game.
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    IUBB vs Michigan - 01/23/22 @ 3:30 on CBS

    dang. this is not really better in the ledger than if we had beaten michigan and lost to purdue at home. except purdue ya know. but in the ledger who cares? michigan still has a ridiculous streak on us, maybe their longest streak in the history of the rivalry.
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    IUBB vs Michigan - 01/23/22 @ 3:30 on CBS

    I know it's a hard lesson to learn in college, but just drink nights other than Game Day Eve. Plz never on Game Day Eve. That's all. Schedule Game Day Eve a quiet at home with a really hot fun girl.
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    IUBB vs Michigan - 01/23/22 @ 3:30 on CBS

    that was either tequila or whiskey last night. probably both. and a romp til the sun is fully out
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    IUBB vs Michigan - 01/23/22 @ 3:30 on CBS

    they left them at the after party last night
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    IUBB vs Michigan - 01/23/22 @ 3:30 on CBS

    20 minutes of hardcore teaching now and red bull and aspirin
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    IUBB vs Michigan - 01/23/22 @ 3:30 on CBS

    just like the last sunday game they played
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