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Same for me, cheers!

Honest question - does this actually happen in high level athletics? Promises for playing time? I'd like to think you put your best team on the floor period which would be generally understood as the way by all competitive athletes. Would a team be OK with promises made to a player for X amount of playing time when there is a clearly better option available?

This program isn't in position to decline postseason invites. This isn't a 1 off miss the tourney, it's a pattern.

I can name at least 8 big 10 basketball programs that are clearly better than IU right now. Really pathetic state this program is in currently.

I mean, losing out was pretty realistic after the near collapse @Minny. This just isn't a very good team

This is Indiana Basketball unfortunately. I don't see anything changing real soon.

Meanwhile Kopp and Stewart are a combined 2-12 from 3 and 2-14 overall. But apparently we have no better options. This team is...not...good

Remember when Trayce was an all American?

This team is so flawed. I'd be willing to bet we lose the next 2 and the big 10 tourney opener

How ******* ridiculous. This is, however, the IU basketball we've all grown accustomed to.

This team had the worst execution down the stretch of games of any IU team I can remember. There is no confidence to take shots or FTs by anyone

Trayce is playing his way off all NBA draft boards during big 10 play.

Just dropping in to say WOW!!

My initial feel says the same, close gut wrenching loss. Of course, I hope that's wrong.

We would have been crushed by both Michigan and Illinois today with the way that one was played. Michigan is still a more worthy tourney team than IU imo.

This game is over.

This second half may be painful

Good first half. Proud of the players but we have another half and northwestern won't shoot that poorly in the 2nd half.

I think we're in trouble. Hopefully I'm wrong

Also a couple of replays of Kofi in the block were funny if you were watching his feet. He moves his pivot foot often.

Illinois got away with a lot of travels. Probably wouldn't have mattered but they were consistently shuffling their feet on the catch before putting it on the floor.

Trayce will go to the NBA this year but he will be outmatched physically every game similar to today. Why he can't develop a jumper we'll never know. 3 point shooting needs to be better. At some point the starting lineup needs to be adjusted if we aren't going to run plays to get Kopp and Stewart looks.

11-9 to 13-7 is where this team is trending to finish Big 10 play. I think all of us would take that if asked at the beginning of the year.

If we take care of business and beat the teams we should beat from here on out we are a tourney team. And unlike previous years I actually have the confidence in this team to do it. If we win the games @Northwestern, Maryland, @Minny, and Rutgers then we don't NEED any of the games remaining against ranked teams. Though I'd certainly prefer to win the 2 remaining home games against Illinois and Wisky.

I'd predict the opposite. TJD with early foul trouble is more likely.