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28 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

The roster construction was awful and because of that the talent level in the guard group was truly subpar.

Once Mgbako improved the frontline talent was outstanding last year.

Finally… if expectations last year were 6th in the B1G? We ended up doing that.

BUT, was nowhere close to making the tournament where I think seasons are largely judged. 

I do agree that Mgbako’s continued success from late last season will be instrumental on the upcoming season.

The talent was there last year and expectations were top 6 B1G and easily make the tournament. But I knew there was trouble when I watched that talent struggle against the likes of Army, Wright St, Morehead, St, and Louisville. 

I feel this team has more talent so on paper expectations will be top 3 B1G and make a run in the tournament (sweet 16 at least). But how this new group does against the teams it’s supposed to beat and how quickly they gel will be key 

5 minutes ago, Feathery said:

To be fair I watched all the avenger movies and never got into the Thanos references on social media. But Thanos loses in the end. So is he saying Woodson = fired? lol

10 minutes ago, Trish said:

Money talks. That's how the staff got Tucker and Ballo!

I'm happy that IU is finally able to let its $$$ do some talking.

7 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

You know I just thought about it...

We suck at shooting...

Woody had to take care of our shooting in the portal.

Does he go out and get shooters? NOPE.

Goes out and grabs an offensive rebounder for all the bricks.

Welcome aboard, Ballo!

That was dumb by Hurley and highly doubt he does that if the game was close

1 minute ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Almost?  0 points, 1 rebound, 0 assists.

Lol. I was being too kind with that statement, wasn’t I? 

Loyer has almost been a liability tonight 

UConn finally hitting 3’s. This is one could be over

There’s the UConn spurt. Eww, that sounded gross

Lmao. Oh boy…

What will really be interesting is if Clingan picks and pops out for a 3, which he can make. Edey will have to come out on him leaving the lane open

Any chance Sears could transfer to IU after the season? Lol

Alabama (if they win) beats Purdue if it plays like this Monday night. 

NC State is just handing this game over

Am I the only one that hates watching basketball games played in football stadiums?

NC State not helping itself so far. Silly early foul by Burns, O’Connell tripping over his own feet, missing wide open 3s

Looked like good D by Burns there. 

13 minutes ago, JerryYeagley23 said:

Painter hasn’t changed his offense in 12+ years, he just recruits a new 7 footer to put in it. 

The key word here is recruits.

I’ll be that guy but congrats to Purdue. They have a tough team, made even tougher from last year’s 1st round embarrassment 

The Illinois offense is stuck in the mud while UConn offense is a thing of beauty (as much as I hate to admit it)

2 minutes ago, steubenhoosier said:

Nothing to be ashamed of. Played their hearts out. I will be surprised if S Carolina has another game as close as this one 

I agree with this. IU gave them the first challenge of the tournament. I imagine SC stays pretty locked in after this. 

Feels like they found their groove a little too late in the game. Regardless, way to fight back. SC is simply bigger, faster, and stronger but IU fought hard 

FTs man. Chloe misses 1, Mack missed those 2 before half

Love that Moren had a 2 point play drawn up. Didn’t necessarily need a 3 yet