Demo

So, Romeo's last home game, and with Damon in the house no less. I'm setting the over/under on Romeo at 55pts and I'm taking the over. Gonna be a show.

Beilein has always been the 1 guy I am completely confident is perfectly clean. If that turns out to be wrong, I'll just give up on cleaning things up. Let's just turn recruiting into free agency, complete with a salary cap.

It'd be such an IU thing to get tangled up in a mess and never actually reap any benefits. Maybe the most accurate single statement of the year.

Not the prettiest win, and I don't think it was Archie's best night. But this team has really grown. Made winning plays late. No doubt in December we would have lost this one.

Best possession of the half.

Newkirk saved that possession .

Jesus, please sub in Smith to play in the high post.

1) The obvious stuff: changing the pace of play by picking up full court. Extending their overplays from about 22ft to about 28ft. Also blitzing the ball handlers rather than the hedging they were doing earlier. All Archie has done is extend his screener, which isn't creating any additional space for the ball handler. 2) underwood gets that Archie isn't going to run anyone at Black, period. So now when he slips a screen and the post feed isn't immediately there, instead of reversing the ball, Black is spinning out and working off a screen on the weak side and representing at the elbow. And Archie refuses to help on him. So he's either getting a post look or an elbow jumper, both of which he's making.

Underwood is outcoaching CAM. Again

Watching Vandy right now. When you combine their terrible gym with their half full crowd and said crowd's complete lack of enthusiasm, why in God's name would we not want Romeo to see that? By all means, soak in the experience.

Just looked at the UCLA box score for tonight, which prompted me to look at Kris Wilkes' numbers for the year. In 25 games he has 35 assists, 16 blocks and 18 steals. So if he ain't scorin', he ain't helpin'. I'm sure the League is just dying to get hold of him, since he's convinced he's a one and done and all.

Thanks for finding this. In the HOF of deeply stupid message board posts, this is first ballot.

The shear depth of talent in Florida is just astonishing. #111 ranked player in the state by 24/7 and ya know he's gonna be really good. #111 in Indiana is going to have a nice career at DePauw.

Ya know, i really like this kid a lot. He just seems completely genuine. He gets what’s been given to him, and he respects it. Proud to have a kid like him rep’ing our school.

I would think you're right about this. Plus, I've been told he's one Illinois' high priorities, along with Okoro, who I also like a lot. Both Hurt and Watford feel a bit pipedreamish to me. TJD is obviously huge. Not a Brooks fan at all.

Dude, you want it, you got it: Wasn't charting, but I had him at 33/11 with 4 assists, 3 blocks and 2 steals. Cart'ere Gordon didn't play(suspension), so Wedster didn't have a physical matchup for him. Compensated by constant doubling and playing really physically with him. Legit 6'7", probably 225. Great body. Strong lower half, broad shoulders, wingspan in the 7ft range. Physically, he could walk in and hold up today. Exceptional leaper, particularly for a kid that thick. Doesn't have to gather at all. Got 1 rebound by going up 3 times without gathering. Good lateral movement. Can really run and runs hard. Multiple times he rebounded, outletted, and ran himself into a secondary option on the break. Hands were pretty good but not his best quality. Physically, he is a complete pkg. Skill-wise, he is an awful lot like JM. Good handle, can face up and straight line to the rim. Pretty good footwork on the block. Finished with both hands. Made a couple of nice passes out of doubles. Made good decisions with the ball all game. Jumper is very clean with good lift. Made a step back 3 to open the game. Very good rebounder. Undisciplined defensively. Tried to block everything and gave up multiple weakside offensive boards. Also went for a couple of steals and got out of position. Easily correctable stuff. Best quality: kid played HARD. Webster was really physical with him and Liddell gave as good, or better, than he got. When he anchored on the block, Webster couldn't move him with a crowbar. Played through a ton of contact and never got frustrated. Love him. He is a pleasure to watch play. I hope we're seriously involved here. Would take him over Brooks all day, every day. He's Juwan with a vastly superior athletic pkg. No chance there are 50 better players in '19.

I'm seeing Liddell tonight. They play Webster Groves, which has Cart'ere Gordon, who's a 6'8", kind of Swanigenesque, top 100 kid going to SLU. Talked to a few people about him and been told that the kid is just a complete warrior. Hypercompetitive. Really looking forward to seeing him.

Strange. Every woman under the age of 50 seems to have vacated their section. Wonder why that is?

One of Phinisee's best qualities from my admittedly limited viewings of him is that he is really clever finishing at the rim. Uses the rim well. Great stutter dribble. Finishes with either hand, and does so from some awkward angles that look really tough to block. When he gets strong enough to finish consistently through contact, I would think he will put a lot of bigs on the bench with fouls and probably have more than his share of and 1's.

Our Sr guards. 2 turnovers and a bad shot in the last 2 minutes. Purdue’s seniors executed

Terrible defensive decision by Archie. Morgan can’t play Haas with 4 fouls and no help.

The best looking jumper Rojo has put up all year.

Not a chance. Keep those impermissible benefits coming! My moral indignation does not extend to me

In the last 2 seasons Florida is undefeated in games of theirs that I've watched. Some booster or Asst Coach needs to pay me to watch them.

Self was at the Marshall County Hoopfest a couple of years ago and was being lustily booed by the Big Blue Mafia. He had the sort of grin on his face that must only stem from knowing that you outearn the entire gym.