Dave from Dayton

No one will get called for living in the paint.

How is Xavier? I want all our arrows in Coach Woody's quiver. IU needs a guard that can get the ball across the timeline in under 8 seconds. And then get the ball in play soon thereafter. If Cupps starts and Galloway doesn't take over the PG duties and Ware gets a foul within 3 minutes of the start... Coach needs to be screaming about Edey planted in the paint for over 3 seconds. If any of the above happens, I will... I do think that IU has a really good opportunity to stay within 10 points of lil bro. If IU hits free throws, then I will ... (Spoiler alert: watch the second half.)

Not sure how to stop him...either: 1. Xavier or Sparks get a Flagrant 2...take out their big; 2. Swarm him. IU wins against POTFB in the paint(er).

David Bromberg ~ Someone Else's Blues (youtube.com) SOMEONE ELSE'S BLUES (David Bromberg) David Bromberg When I woke up this morning, everything seemed all right. My woman called me from New York City. She said, "Darlin', did you sleep well last night?" She told me I got three checks in the mail. Hallelujah! I got a refund on my union dues. But when I woke up this morning, I musta had someone else's blues. I swear I don't know why. I don't know why I feel this way. Well, I got, I got someone else's blues in the midst of an almost perfect day. I don't owe anyone any more money. All my cavities are filled. If I pull my hand outside my pocket too fast, I might drop a couple of fifty-dollar bills. I got more dope than I can smoke. I got more chicks than I can use. Somehow when I woke up the morning, I guess I had somebody else's blues. I swear I don't know why. I don't know why I feel this way. You know I got someone else's blues in the midst of an almost perfect day. I swear I don't know who the man is that this trouble belongs to. I wonder did he do a murder? Great God, what did that man do? He's a no-good lying rascal, but I guess he's pretty smart, Cuz he's outside havin' himself a real fine, sweet, happy time and his blues are right here, breaking my heart. I swear I don't know why. I don't know why I feel this way. I got someone else's blues in the midst of an almost perfect day. Xavier or Sparks hits Lerch below the belt. IU beat POTFB in the paint(er).

We have watched and enjoyed the IUWBB team. Last night's game was fun. I think that what the IU men's basketball needs is........ 4 quarters. I'd buy that for a dollar.

It's Indiana 70 POTFB 78

Over?! Over?! Did we say it's over? "Did we give up after the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? ... Nothing is over until we decide it is!" Is Xavier playing tonight? Yes! Does tOSU suck bigly? Yes! Has OSU lost 7 of 8 and 2 in a row at home? Yes! We're on a mission from Indiana!! Comon!! IU wins over the team that jointly can't dribble except from the side of their mouths. Take it to the bank! Oh...that's tOSU. Take it to the basket and play defense & etc.! Strike them down and cut off their pointed little heads! Go ahead by double digits and step on their throats. 'Bout Damn Time!

I disagree with the above assessment. The single most important thing is to have a prospective coach vetted, reviewed, and to have had people reach out to see how interested the prospect really is. Then when you have one essentially confirmed without a doubt, and the end of the season is imminent, that is when you pull the plug on the current coach. Dolson has more than enough information to be able to assess where Woody is going, what his thoughts are, of what this coaching staff is capable. Wins or losses the rest of the season are details. Simply, just more data. One obvious outlier is will Coach Woodson actually pull a rabbit out of the hat and win out. Or win the BIG Tournament. And get an invite to the big dance? Is Woody actually playing the long game? Dolson would know. That is the kind of thing that they probably talk about. If IU makes the dance, lol, then all of the above is for naught.

Not bad... Shoulda stuck with my original prediction, Well done guys. Wow.

Shocked. keep shocking IU.

Good defense.

I have little doubt, IU wins!

IU wins going away... Ye of little faith.

You people have so little faith. I just don't understand why.

Please explain. I've got soft jazz on. thanks.

Changing my indictment. IU 67 OSU 77 I really, really hate this. Man, do we need some guards that are some of the best in the Big Ten. And a coach that can recruit. And knows how to exploit matchups. Glad I have some spirit left.

I keep searching online for the injury report. Does anyone know about X definitively? Never mind. Old Fart just popped my bubble....and IU's. Crappola. Have to change my prediction. Bye Woody. We hardly knew you.

Somehow, I am not surprised with that opinion from certain posters. I cannot fathom any fan thinking like that. But, hey...I support your being able to do it.

Well, I go through life, happily, as a cup is half full (of bourbon) type of person. I'm thinking that IU may just score 101 tonight. I did! Sure, my hopes get dashed some. That is life. Sure is a lot more fun than being an Eeyore.

Indiana (our guards play well, of course) 70 OSU (don't drop soap in the shower, Congressman JJ is here and THE doesn't care) 69 The belief of the apocalypse in Indiana men's basketball is....coming way too early in the season. Woody says they need to work on it to get us over the hump. Does anyone know what a word salad is? Just asking for the fans. /s

Strongly disagree. I like when people can cut to the chase and give insight relative to IUBB. If someone is thinking different than me, then I want to know why. I want to know if that opinion is correct. I don't dislike someone or not listen to them if they speak out of the side of their mouth. What I do not appreciate is being shrill. Saying thing in biased manners that are trying to get attention. Strongly worded language without the explanation for the concept is just an attempt to incite or excite in order to cause one to act on something. One example is to just evoke hate. The action would be for one to listen or repost or get clicks or sell a product. That is his schtick. He sells controversy and hate. That and the fact that he does not care about other people's feelings, apparently. If he does, he doesn't care as much for it as his own ego or $$$. Bad form, Dan.

See, that is part of it. When at BGSU he over supervised and controlled his players. Berated them in public. And that is not all. In part, because of the above, he could not recruit well against others in the MAC after a while. He had some similarities in lack of empathy during recruiting and coach that Fife had. Sure, one has to have discipline to teach and be a coach. But, my oh my, getting into politics and lacking an understanding that people have different ways of motivation and needs. We need a coaching team and administration that understands how to recruit, win games, train, teach, how to put the team and players in positions to take advantage, fund raise, be flexible in all of that, grow individuals into civic-minded adults, and to not put the university in a bad light doing it...politically or in the media.

Sports banalist says inflammatory controversial B.S. to get clicks, get name out there, sell products. Shocked, not shocked. I have not listened to him much since he was proven to be unsuccessful at Bowling Green State U. in Ohio. Only thing he knew at one time was some Xs and Os. Just a shill shilling. It takes no preparation to be opposed to something. That is Dan D. By the way, sometimes part of what he may have said might have a kernel of correctness. But he surrounds it with soundbites and platitudes and attitude. Heck he would have made a great engineer if he could add or understood physics. Since he is perfect. Now, back to our regular scheduled complaints...

Penn State's guards are good. IU's guards are not. That is the difference in this game. We cannot get our offense in gear. And they get frustrated.

Without good guards...this is what we have.