TheWatShot

I think they're getting it this year. Wisconsin just looks beat. I know they're playing without Koenig tonight, but they just haven't had a good performance in weeks. It all started when they shot like 20% against Rutgers and needed an epic choke by Rutgers to win. At least we got to share the Big Ten titles lead for a year...

Second game in a row a Michigan player bounces the ball off his foot and out of bounds…and it stays with Michigan. Lol how do they do it?

Wisconsin peaked in January. I think the Big Ten will come down to Maryland and Purdue.

People…please stop referencing the buyout and when it drops. If Crean somehow stays, the buyout will have nothing to do with it.

Does the 3 second violation exist anymore? Northwestern had 3 dudes literally camping in the lane for 7-8 seconds while one of them dribbled and pump faked repeatedly under the hoop.

I would imagine they do whatever they can to breed success in all sports, as any athletic director with half a brain would try to do.

I want to see it get to 1,000.

The moment I knew Crean wasn't the right fit was when we lost at home to Iowa after being up 10 in the second half, in his third year. We have the ball, down one, 10-12 seconds left and inbounding under our own hoop, and Verdell Jones WALKS THE BALL UP THE FLOOR. Seriously. Iowa was roughly equal to us at the time, and that game marked their second consecutive season sweep over us, with different coaches. Then there was a game where we actually beat Wisconsin, we had a 4 point lead with a minute to play, he subs in Austin freaking Etherington for Noah Vonleh. Etherington guards the 7 foot Frank Kaminsky. Wisconsin immediately saw the mismatch and jumped. 3-point play, lead cut to one. We won that game in spite of Crean and everyone knew it. Crean later admitted to "over-subbing." Another classic case of him getting so caught up cheerleading and frantically pacing the sideline that he had no clue what was actually happening on the floor.

Not a coach, but a pitcher on my school's baseball team once got taken out of a game after sucking, and proceeded to punch the concrete wall in the dugout (with his pitching hand). He didn't pitch again that season.

They looked more like a team that had done nothing but run suicides the day before the game. Which, given what we've heard about Crean, wouldn't be all that surprising.

I'd be in favor of it because it would mean fewer media timeouts.

Here's the timeline of Crean's entire contract while at IU: -Crean was initially given an 8 year deal, through 2016. -After a few months on the job, he went to Greenspan and bitched that it was worse than he thought, so he demanded an extension. 2 more years were added, taking it through 2018. I vividly remember the widespread freak outs on our old scout site because people feared this meant a multi-year postseason ban was coming (the NCAA announced our probation in November that year). -November 2012, right before our season opener, Glass announces a 2 year extension, taking the contract through 2020. Now we play the waiting game...

Just updated my original post. Our RPI dropped all the way to 93 after yesterday's game. lol

If it happens, it would be the third time Crean was swept by Northwestern. 3 times. In 9 years.

I think they lose at Michigan Thursday night. Michigan had them down 8 in the second half in Madison.

I think Purdue is going to get at least a share of the Big Ten. Not looking forward to that.

Northwestern just keeps scoring and scoring. Another team that's about a thousand times tougher than us mentally.

Lumpkin with the dagger.

Wisconsin has been playing with fire for weeks. I think it catches up with them tonight.

Happ is getting owned in this game. Can't pass out of a double team.

Northwestern can't miss. 6 in a row after starting the second half 0 for 9.

And an 8-0 counterpunch by Northwestern.

"Northwestern just 1-14 all time in the Kohl Center." One more than we've won there…lol.

Stop fouling! Hate it when teams do this.

Lunardi will probably still have us making the tourney.