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Lander is averaging 10.6 PPG this season! That's got to be a typo, right?

Aren't we forced with door #2? Lander is out based on the tweets

And the PG play was spotty earlier this season. Tonight should be interesting

17 point defeat is deflating. Thought we'd continue to hold our own, but we just collapsed in the second half.

Don't disagree. Wish the staff would be more focused on trying to get Parker looks or even be more aggressive in taking shots. If he's not scoring it's hard to justify keeping him in for extended periods of time and he and Kopp both were in for close to 8 consecutive minutes to start the second half

Most definitely, but in my novice view of the NBA, there are plenty of guys that you could find to fill that role in the NBA that could provide more shooting and rebounding than TJD would provide as a rotational player in the NBA. Again I don't watch the NBA, so maybe I'm wrong. I'd take your more educated word for it if I'm off base, but with him not being able to shoot and being undersized for his role, I'm not convinced NBA teams would be eyeing him for that type of role

TJD is getting worked by Cockburn. TJD is good, but it's nights like these that prove that he'd struggle in the NBA. Without a jumpshot, he'd have to bang down there every night and he simply struggles with size

Beat me to it. Neither is providing the offense that one would hope for how much we sacrifice on defense with them in

The Kopp and Parker pairing isn't the reason for the loss of lead, but I still don't think that's an optimal lineup. They were out there for a long time to start this half

I'm afraid you're right. We're not hitting shots, and Illinois guards are getting hot and we don't have an answer for Cockburn inside.

Pick and roll them to death with X. Backing Cockburn down with Race and TJD isn't a recipe that's going to work

Durr with 4

That was a bad few minutes with the starters too. This isn't a good matchup for TJD. Cockburn is too big and strong for TJD, he needs to dish that instead of trying to force a reverse. Let the game come to him. Pick and roll with TJD and X worked, do that instead of trying to back him down

Where is Galloway?!? Riding these starters a lot this half already

We've had everyone head up court after a make except an inbounds man far too many times this year

Archie era wind gusts still making appearances in Assembly Hall

TJD hasn't been great today, to be kind

X has been so solid the last few games

Could be better, could have been far worse without TJD. Need him to be smart in the second half and avoid the cheap ones. Hope he can avoid that unlike the Purdue game

Wow, missed an obvious walk again. Then we get a bad foul on a shooter

Frazier is putting our Hoosiers on skates. That's the second time he's juked a guy out of his shoes for a stepback 3

Bates getting chatty with the Illinois bench there or somethin? Underwood was saying something to the refs then the ref came over and said something to him before the 2nd attempt? Just weird

Kofi really throwing those elbows around. That ref on the baseline there has not been friendly to IU in multiple games this season.

Hasn't stopped him from dribbling circles around Lander. He's good, but a bit of a headcase from what I've seen.

Durr is being effective out there. It's not pretty, but he's so long. Big boost without TJD