TheWatShot

Rhetorical question: Does MLB have an unwritten rule that any Sunday game between the Red Sox and Yankees is automatically televised by ESPN? It's nice to know that about 10 Sunday night games this season will be pumping a rivalry that really isn't as big as it used to be. 

I guess thinking your team's bullpen sucks is a part of baseball fandom.      But the Tigers' bullpen is really, truly awful. 

So I take it this game won't be made up? Too bad, a winnable non-conference game would have been nice. 

Is Assembly Hall booked this weekend? I thought IU was the higher seed. 

  Nope, never led until that last basket. 

Wow, quick game. Only an hour and 45 minutes.      Either at Minnesota or home against South Dakota St. in the quarterfinals. 

It was apparent most of the year, and still apparent tonight (though this game isn't over yet) that while the program has made great strides since Miller got here, they have a ways to go before they catch up with most of the Big Ten. 

I'm not giving up on this team yet, as they've only played one conference series, but as the losses pile up, my hopes for a return trip to the CWS, or even the Super Regionals, are diminishing. 

Five losses by one run. Losing Halstead really sucks. 

Did last year's team overachieve that much? I get that this team has had a fairly difficult schedule, but there just hasn't been any consistency whatsoever.      If they don't get things figured out soon, they may not even make the tournament. 

  That's terrible. How the hell do you get picked off at 3rd? 

Two out errors will kill you every time.      Schwarber with an errant throw to first on a surprise bunt attempt extends the inning. Morris gets ahead 1-2 and then hits the next batter. That's followed up by a bases clearing double and Michigan leads 4-2. 

Marquette at home Saturday night. Win that, and we'll host either Northwestern or IUPUI in the round of 16. 

  Before this game, our SOS was 19. I'm not sure what it was last year, but it probably wasn't that high. 

This is the team I expected to see at the start of the season. 

OT: I looked up Long Beach State baseball and couldn't believe they're actually nicknamed the Dirtbags. 

Strength of schedule for each team: IU 19, Louisville 152. 

Got a #3 seed and will host #14 Belmont Thursday night. 

LBSU walks off for the second time in three days, 2-1.      IU falls to 9-8. I can't put my finger on it, but I'm just not getting very good vibes about this team. 

Man our bats have been quiet this weekend. 

I can understand basketball officials who get intimidated by raucous crowds and favor the home team.      Football, somewhat, but not to the same extent.      Biased umpires are the lowest form of scum. 

2 wins against ranked opponents (UK and Louisville). 

  Here's what I think you meant to say. Corrections in red:    "No way. Those freshmen are going to be great in 3 years. They're good, fun kids. Let them do their thing."      Punctuation really does make a difference. 

  I don't know why, but this made me LOL. 

What I want to know is what happened after November. We were fortunate to beat LIU-Brooklyn and I had us pegged as an NIT team after that game. I was afraid we'd get embarrassed in New York, but we ran Washington (who went toe to toe with #1 Arizona on the road today) out of the gym and took UConn down to the final possession. We were noticeably better in New York than we were the first week of the season. It seems like ever since we went turtle-mode against Syracuse in the second half we changed for the worse.