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Lander switched up his wrap job on his left elbow this half. I'm so confused what's going on there

Guard play, guard play, guard play. Can't win without it, and hasn't been great tonight. Franklin I expected some rust, but the rest of the bunch haven't been great

Spend too much of the game, as we have all season, clawing their ways back into games

That's a critical missed layup and leads to a 3 on the other end. Dagger

I didn't rewind, but it looked clear to me. I'm sure if he wasn't rushed on it, he'd have taken a dribble backwards. He certainly gave a glance to where his feet were, but had to rush it

His right foot was inside the line

TJD is exhausted. Might need a breather for the final stretch

More transition opportunities please!

20 minutes and this season is over. They look to be as ready for it to end as a majority of us are

IU not looking sharp at all to start the half

Lander can't guard anyone out there except maybe Slim Shady but he also can't hit the rim so it's 4 on 5 on offense and defense

Leal is no answer, but I'm shocked Lander didn't get any time for another ball handler with them pressing like they were and forcing Al into a PG role. I understand that Lander is no savior, but he doesn't make me incredibly nervous dribbling like Al does

Game 27 of the season and the Al Durham PG experiment is still continuing....why oh why?

He hurt? I see his non-sleeved arm wrapped up a bit, but doesn't look like enough wrap to prevent him from playing

Would explain a whole lot from this season, wouldn't it? Had that thought cross my mind and quickly brushed past it after some of the awful basketball I've watched all year

It wouldn't be an IU game if the deficit wasn't under 5 one way or the other

I see Lander has some bandage on his arm that's not sleeved. Is he even available? Struggling to defend so probably not the time to bring him in, just generally curious if he's hurt

Wonder if we'll get the Phinisee and Lander lineup today with Franklin in the rotation. It's worked at times and Rutgers seems to want to guard us the full length of the floor

Race is the one guy I really hope we don't lose if there's a coaching change and subsequent roster turnover. Tough as nails on a team severely lacking it

Setting the expectations early at least. Can't be too upset when we struggle to reach 60 when he said already we'd struggle to shoot the ball 4 days before the game. Joking, but please don't lose 3 in one season to Rutgers

While I'd love to have those guys, is Phinisee unable to play at a faster pace or is he not allowed to by Archie and the system? Serious question, as I am appalled at the statements made at that introductory press conference compared to what I've watched all year. Those 3 guys you listed certainly would help shoulder the load, especially with Franklin going down, but I'm not convinced those guys would be allowed any more freedom if Archie is indeed dictating the pace. It just leaves me so lost, as I can't understand why there's no attempt to run with how much we struggle to shoot the ball.

It's not a skill I'd be good at, but raising the money would appear to be the easy part. Hiring the right guy is a bigger mystery and challenge. I was dead wrong on Glass hiring Allen and Archie, but Dolson needs to knock this one out of the park. Best of luck to him and all of us

Before we erect the Dolson statue shouldn’t we wait to see who he hires? If I recall correctly a lot of the criticism of Dolson was that he was a Fred Glass clone except with a stop as a basketball manager. He’s got a chance here to prove those doubters wrong as Glass’s hirings haven’t all worked out obviously, but Fred had no trouble raising money himself I wasn’t one of those critical, just going off memory for those who were. Consider me impressed when the basketball program is turned around - until then I’m cautiously optimistic.

All the Crean guys moved on from the program and we somehow got worse. Sad days in Bloomington, IN