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That was good D by Rojo. No foul there

Our seniors showing up tonight. Yeesh

A lot of Howard’s shots are contested 3s. It’s so perplexing to me how these teams are just drilling difficult shots on us at a good clip. I think our D has been decent too

Ah good to see McSwain still has bricks for hands lol

Rob has been playing excellent defense (noticed Stu) :)

I wouldn’t be too upset with that trade..

I know I’m negative Nancy tonight but Al is playing a great game. Really impressed

Rojo and josh can’t pass it into the lane to save their lives. Green and Durham do it with ease..

Okay good pass JN lol

Newkirk come on man.

Their freshman. Cole I think is his name

Apparently even Howard can get guys to hit step back 3s but our top 50 guard can’t even get a shot off. So confusing

Nonexistent

About to file a missing persons report on Rob

Yup.

Not trying to be pessimistic but we look like a high school team. 0-7 from the line? Yikes.

Some of our guys look like they’ve never played basketball before. It’s so weird

Free throws..my lord.

We miss so many bunnies and open shots. Rojo is a shell of his former self. No idea what happened to him. JN is meh. Green, Durham, and Mcswain playing well.

It doesn’t mean anything

Jerome in his IU jersey

Just a guess, but I think we’ll know Monday morning where he’s headed. I know the Garlands are keeping things close to the vest but they don’t strike me as a family that wouldn’t let all parties involved know beforehand. Would be kinda crappy to let the staff that misses on him find out through an announcement. My 2 cents anyway.

81-62 IU

You really think Garland would be at the Vandy game when he is set to announce in 3 days with nobody knowing where he is headed? I’d be totally shocked if that were the case.

Agree with everything you said Old Friend. A few things I’d like to add: -We have ZERO leadership on the court. Hartman didn’t play and I think that would have made a difference, but JN and Rojo have to step up. Archie can do everything right, but if you don’t have a player on the court enforcing Arch’s principles with his teammates you aren’t going to get very far. - To piggyback off that, like Stu said we have a bunch of nice kids who Archie wouldn’t have recruited. No killers, no junkyard dogs (although I think Durham can become one of those). That’s a mental toughness issue that Crean never instilled. - Speaking of Rojo, i’ve been one of his biggest supporters over the last year because I saw what he could be. He has regressed so much now that I cringe watching him play. No idea what’s happened to him but it seems mental. My only hope is he buys in and gets more focused throughout the year. - This game was a perfect storm of sorts. I’d be willing to wager another team, let alone ISU, won’t shoot 17-26 from 3 on us this year. Likewise, we won’t shoot as abysmal as we did either. It’s one of those games, and it just happened to be the first one of the season while learning a new system. - ISU has already played 2 BIG teams in the exhibition season while we played chopped liver. That makes a difference. I’m still optimistic guys. It’s going to be rough in the non-con this year, no sugar coating it. But losing this game doesn’t mean we won’t improve or that we can’t upset someone down the road. I’m going to enjoy the ride this year and the ups and downs that come with it. I’d advise everyone else to do the same.