Dave from Dayton

Boo. He played Boo in Mockingbird. Minor role. Understated. Loved his acting and characters. One of my favs, besides Godfather...was Secondhand Lions. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327137/

Hit the 3. Defend their PG. Stop their cuts. Draw fouls. IU by 4. Piece of cake.

Indiana on a roll 82 Wrecked Orange Yugo, 4 players out for injuries with Brad Underwhelming driving and no one in the stadium 78

Now wait a gosh-darned minute. Really happy? NO! Anecdotal postings and discussions with fans show more relief than happiness that this team is gelling. They seem to have embraced the understanding that to win requires 40 minutes of effort. And they are getting better near the end of the regular season. They are not getting out of position as much on defense. Assists are back. And more than one player is scoring. Credit to Enright, Wilkerson, and our bigs are in it to win it. As the season began, many of us wondered about many things including the lack of going after some player to plug the inside on defense. I always am concerned about our point guard situation. And Coach DV is still an unknown, to me. A vote on very satisfied or not will come after the season. Maybe after the second season. It is an upward trend...seemingly. 4 wins out of 5 in the B1G late in the season is sweet. Really sweet. I am still trying to get my head around the one-year rent-a-player, who are these guys (?) state of the game. It is entertaining. Now. A relief. Not so much 5 games ago. How will we feel in a week or so? We are entering into a meat grinder for the next two games.

Wow!

6 - 0 start for Oregon. Now 6 - 4.

St. John's and Xavier tied with 1:02 remaining on FS1 at 8:39. Boo.

The Super Bowl was hmmmmph. The Olympics are full of drama and excitement and newness. Very superb. But the Hoosiers men's basketball is seriously a big deal. Let's win this game on the way to a series of NCAAT appearances. My Hoosiers are red hot. Oregon is diddly squat.

Migratory Waterfowl with itty bitty brains 65 National Champions in Cream & Crimson 79

The refs were terrible, again. In the first half, the refs let the teams play. In the second half, the refs called a game that they did not see. The last few minutes, IU may have been helped by the referees becoming part of the selection committee. Did the UW player step on Wilkerson's heel and trip him? Yes. Did UW's guard always lower his head and nail our defender in the chest? Yes. Were they both controversial? Yes. Gee, makes one think of the home cooking in Kohl Arena since forever. IU has gotten screwed by those zebras, maybe it is our turn....for some help. I don't care...gotta win in spite of the calls. IU owned the paint. A tip of the ole toupee to Big Sam! 9 of 10 from the field...and blocks and rebounds. DeVries is back! Enright played some serious ball. Looked like 3 of our guys weren't playing great...maybe flu. And Wilkerson got frustrated and shot selection wasn't great from way out. But he is cool at the line down in the end. Why Coach Devries and Coach Gard both do not call timeouts when it would help compose their teams, I just don't understand. Our defense was better. IU won the game with grit. But bad officiating in the B1G is SOP. Complain about the weather too, Coach Gard? Playing defense would be more productive.

Do not put Dorn in. Play some defense. Get a new head coach.

It ain't over until we say it's over.

Someone throw a chair!

Enright and Wilkerson are really getting some decent assists. Great recognition and passing. Wisconsin is not defending well inside and not stopping our guards/perimeter work.

UW-Medicine 78 Indiana National Champions in Everything 86

Having graduated with my wife from IU Business School... and then graduating from UW-Madison in Civil and Environmental Engineering... my alma mater will win. But I have always, and forever, cheer for Indiana in basketball and football...and... Just win, baby!

They are killing us on rebounds and free throws/fouls.

it is on with 4 minutes to go. Peacock.

Really fired up for this game. Let's let er rip.

I want a win! Working our way up the seeding for the NCAAT.

IU 82-79. IU's offense is better. Our bench is too... And we brought our zebras.

USC's thing is to drive inside after a screen. They live at the line. I don't think that IU can stay out of the bonus very long. I also don't know if Bailey can body up against their PFs. If IU comes out early on fire...another Quad 1 win on the road in the B1G would be more than sweet. While USC doesn't make a lot of 3s, they really do not have big flaws for IU to exploit. Their offense is suspect, though. Can IU's defense travel again? Can IU continue to stay solid and in this game for the whole game? Is IU's PG Enright better than Kam Woods USC's rented short-term PG? He transferred Dec. 18. Get Woods to shoot jumpers away from the basket. IU's offense is better. IU's bench is too. And this game has B1G referees. IU 82-79. It's going to be a long night.

In my previous post, I mentioned that I need to know more about the current USC point guard situation. Seems that two PGs are out, and Kam Woods was added as a mid-season transfer. The following is from AI and is unverified. Kam Woods joined the team on Dec. 18 as a mid-season transfer … scored his first points as a Trojan against Michigan (Jan. 2) 2024-25: Spent one year at Robert Morris, where he and current USC Trojan Amarion Dickerson helped the Colonels make their 10th NCAA Tournament appearance … Was a All-Horizon League Second Team selection and the Barbasol Horizon League Men’s Basketball Championship MVP … Was a Riley Wallace Player of the Year Award Finalist, an award given annually to the most impactful transfer in Division I basketball … Led the Colonels with 14.9 points and averaged 4.2 rebounds and 5.2 assists … Had eight games with 20 or more points and four double-doubles

The USC game is going to be interesting. USC has won some close games. They are 6-1 in one-possession games. but struggle with turnovers. Both IU and USC have shown some grit in playing well most of the games lately. USC will score in streaks. Will IU stop that and keep trying? Same goes for the opponent. Will Coach DV call a timeout and send in a play? Will IU throw a full court press at USC at a critical point? Will IU's bench step up? USC just beat Rutger by 3 at home. Weird game. USC scored in streaks. They led by as mjuch as 19 points. In the last 3 minutes Rutger threw a full-court press at USC. In the 2nd half SC had 12 TO’s leading to 18 R pts, allowed 12 off rebs for 14 2nd chance pts and had extreme difficulty handling full court pressure. USC almost lost the game. USC shot 51% FG (26-51), 33.3% 3FG (4-12), 73.3% FT (22-30). Chad Baker-Mazara has made 5 double-doubles in a row. USC had only 5200 in attendance. They just doubled the cost of season tickets to both bball and fball. They like to think that they are a football school. We should show them our Natty Trophy before the game. There are a few fans...but they are somewhat disheartened by seeing Jordan Marsh wearing a black boot. What to make of all of this? IU better play defense. Bailey better get some blocks and rebounds. But IU is playing lots better lately. I need to find out a little more about USC's PG and other matchups before I make a prediction. I will catch a few winks before the game...or I will miss it. 10 PM start...glad I'm retired. IU win...I hope.

OMG! I would like to thank those little people for helping me with this lucky score...like Coach Cronin!