theriverpilot

Bryant has to be a factor to open up our 3 pt shooters.

I know I've said this somewhere before but IU is the college basketball equivalent of what Alabama football was. A sleeping giant that will be awaken by the right person. That person still might be Crean but ...

Time Warner can be a mess but at least they give me TruTV

Troy vs Poythress (ugh- worry about physicality here) TB vs Skal. (Good matchup here-should be interesting)   I like these two matchups ^^^ Neither Skal or Poythress are very physical.  Bryant isn't afraid to bang a little inside.  Max would be at a disadvantage height-wise but his physicality would keep them at bay. Come to think of it, no one on UK seems physical.  Lee, Poythress and Skal just want alley oops.  There's a reason they're a poor rebounding team.

Agreed.  And as much as I'd love to see Stony Brook knock off UK, I'd rather see IU be the team to end UK's season.   EDIT:  Now that I'm thinking about it, I think when IU is hitting on all cylinders (hitting 3s, D is in order) that they could end UNC's season as well.  This team has a high ceiling but a deep basement.

I've found that if you click Details then "visit this unsafe site" at the bottom a few times, it'll eventually let you in. I'm using Chrome version 48

I like this upset special too.

Lol.  Love the people saying it wasn't a kick.  Umm, yeah it was.  Not anything vicious but you can tell he meant to do it.

I'd be ok with the #5 seed if I didn't see that Utah and Miami got #3 seeds.  Neither won their conference.  

I'd like to see RoJo play in this game. Just to get the rust out in preparation for the possible UK game.

Guilty as charged! You're right! One game at a time

I've watched Murray several times this year and wasn't impressed. Now Ulis on the other hand, he's good. Yogi better be ready. If we're not sharp defensively, UK will alley oop us to death.

I expect a focused and solid win here

Mark Titus - "We IU fans don't want relevance, we want long runs in the tourney"

Monmouth deserved in over Michigan. You're welcome UM

Crean should start playing "the disrespect" card now. Get a chip on their shoulders

I hate that bracket

Texas A&M 3 seed?? IU has to be a 3 somewhere then

This deserves a double like

Charles Barkley struggling with that touch board is cracking me up

I was thinking the same thing

Great play in game there with Vandy and WSU

I'm pissed that I might have to watch UK get a 3 seed now and IU fall to a 4.

Flava "wanna be" flav? Lol. Oh yeah. Not sure I can take an entire tourney with the cameras focused and constantly showing his antics.

I think what I'm choosing to stay positive about is that we'll be playing non-conference teams in the tournament. Teams that haven't played us twice this year and several times in the past. Maybe our shooting, pace, and athleticism will be too much for those teams. You can only scout so much. Actually playing a team is different. Also, I said I'm "choosing" to stay positive based on that. The same logic could cause us to lay an egg.