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Assuming he meant travel schedule with Maui and then Durham so soon after. But if he actually meant the difficulty of the schedule itself, that's funny. Our non-conference took a huge hit not playing Vandy or Kansas, and our conference schedule is arguably the easiest in the Big Ten.

Wonder if they worked on defense at all?

Monday, Nov. 30 Clemson at Minnesota MN Wake Forest at Rutgers WF Tuesday, Dec. 1 Maryland at UNC Mary UVA at Ohio State UVA Michigan at NC State NC State Purdue at Pitt PU Northwestern at Va Tech VaTech Miami at Nebraska Miami Wednesday, Dec. 2 Indiana at Duke Duke Louisville at Michigan State MSU Notre Dame at Illinois ND Wisconsin at Syracuse SY Florida State at Iowa IA Penn State at Boston College PSU B1G 6 ACC 9

The problem isn't even necessarily with the Facebook post itself (though it was bad), it's with the mentality Troy's Mom has in general. That's why the families do matter. Haven't you met a HS coach that couldn't wait for certain skids to graduate because their parents were awful? Crean was trying to send a message to Troy. How does that message play if the players mom is undermining Crean? Now the player is thinking "I got screwed", instead of "I need to improve". What if that player is now complaining to the other guys that got benched. Now you have a cancer infiltrating your locker room. It's just a bad deal all the way around. Parents need to support their kids coaches and teaches, not tear them down.

Me too. Just saying that if it comes to that then you can't wait until the season is over to make the move.

Like most I was ready to move on after last season. I just hope this doesn't get ugly at home games with fans booing. If that happens then the move has to be in-season.

Would it really matter? We never pass the ball to Bryant anyways.

Given the athleticism he has, he is by far the worst defender on this team. You have to start somewhere. He's a terrible defender, take a decent amount of bad shots, usually doesn't shoot well on the road or in neutral court games. The guy is a great talent, but isn't a "winning" player. I said this in another thread last week, but he reminds me of Ricky Davis, puts up great numbers, but his team never won anything of note.

Troy had just 3 rebounds in 36 minutes in a game we got crushed on the boards. He also had 5 of our 14 turnovers, quite often being out of control. No argument with you on JBJ and Yogi, but Troy killed us too.

Agree.

He actually burned 3 timeouts in the final minute. Remember, he was kind enough to give Danny Manning one of our last 3, since Danny was out of them but needed time to draw up the game-winning play? Then he blew two trying to draw up his own play.

Wasn't sure where to put this, but did anyone in the media ask Tom Crean why he called to timeout to let WF draw up their game-winning possession? That was mind boggling.

I wouldn't say I don't care, but I'm at a point where I don't need to see us beat up on St. John's, Alcorn St., Morehead St., Kenneesaw, etc. I'm not going to worry about DVRing those games and trying to avoid the score so I can focus on it after my young kids go to bed. If I'm around and I can catch them, great. I'll still be there for ND, Duke, the Big Ten games, etc.

Probably good, we'd look even more confused against UCLA playing some zone.

I don't remember the first time I got a DVR (maybe 2008), but this is the first time I'm not bothering to record an IU game so I can watch it. Not even going to bother. Apathy is probably the word right now.

While it's still early, one thing I never got about Michigan getting love in the preseason is that they bad last year before Levert got hurt.

I agree, but in basketball the best player gets treated like the QB in football. When the team wins they get all the praise and when the team doesn't they get much of the criticism. Not saying it's right or fair all the time, but that's just the way it is.

For Yogi it's the same as Crean. Just win and it changes everything. If IU wins the Big Ten and goes to a Final Four this year, Yogi goes from the "AJ Guyton" category to the "Alford, Chaeney, Bailey, Thomas, etc." category. Winning changes a lot.

I was at the game. Maryland fans are legit and some of the most creative with chants, etc. The arena is really nice too. As for the game, Robert Carter is legit. Might be their best player. Reminds me of Antawn Jamison. Trimble is a bit overrated, but is still a great college player. Even the Maryland fans I was with get annoyed at all the calls Trimble gets and all his flopping. The real difference for Maryland is Suiliamon is a real calming influence on the court with his experience, and then something they have that we don't is legit size behind Stone. They're almost better with Dodd and Check in. Negatives are that they have no real backup point guard, and that playing a bigger lineup (Laymen at the 3) is messing them up a bit. It's turned them into more of a halfcourt team, when with Trimble you really want to get out and run. Will be interesting, they're extremely talented and deep, but I don't think quite as good as top 3-5.

Agree. That's where I was hoping we'd plug in Kegler, Alkins would fit there too, but we need a bigger athletic wing to go next to Bryant and Davis.

I don't have a problem with the call to pass, but should have rolled Sudfeld out to have a throw/run option.

I was talking about the pregame ceremony in particular, not the actual banner itself.

Wisconsin had a great team last year, but the show they're putting on for raising a Final four banner is similar to what an NBA team does when they get their rings on opening night. Hate to take anything away from them, but it's a little much.

I heard he's been cast in the sequel... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120765/?ref_=nm_knf_t1

I think this team will go as far as Yogi, Troy and JBJ's focus and leadership on defense takes them. Along with depth, this is the biggest thing that has me worried for a letdown this season.