Class of '66 Old Fart

Since there seems to be no 'love' between IU and Blackmon, I'm not going to follow his future games and post his stats.  I've seen him play multiple games and from my unprofessional point of view he's not what we want and he's not nearly the shooter his older brother is.   On 2/4, Marion defeated Muncie Central 73 - 66.  Blackmon with 14 pts. on 4 of 11 shooting; 0 for 3 on 3's; 2 reb.; 4 assists; 2 steals; 3 TO's. 

2/5, Overland defeated Smoky Hill 69 - 48. Davis with 5 pts.  Only had 2 fouls so not sure why his stat total might be low. 

http://www.outsidepitchmlb.com/a-look-into-the-boston-red-sox-future-sam-travis/42388   The Red Sox have a pretty solid group of first baseman on their Major League roster. Currently, Boston has Hanley Ramirez taking up the starting first baseman role and Travis Shaw holding it down as his back up, not to mention Brock Holt and David Ortiz there for emergency situations. With that being said, Ortiz is retiring following the season and it’s expected that Ramirez will slide into the designated hitter position in his absence. That just leaves Shaw and super-utility Holt, who will be too busy holding down other positions to play first base for an extended period of time. Who will they turn too in the future? Smart money is on Sam Travis. The right-handed hitting first baseman is one of the Red Sox top prospects, and for good reason. Between Class-A Advanced and Double-A last season, Travis hit .307 (.381 on-base percentage) with 32 doubles, six triples, nine home runs, 78 runs batted in, and 19 stolen bases. Did I mention he’s only 22-years old? The two worst tools that Travis possesses are his defense and his base running abilities, and both are considered average-to-slightly-above-average. His contact and power are both highly impressive, and will only continue to get better. Travis has the bat to consistently hit .300 in the Majors, and while he doesn’t have much home run power, he will pile up plenty of extra base hits, and could still find a way to knock around 20 homers. Thanks to a impressive early seasons in the Minors, great potential, and a stellar work ethic; the Indiana University product should be in the Majors sooner-rather-than-later. I’m not just saying that because I want the Red Sox first basemen to be the new law firm (shoutout to BenJarvus Green-Ellis) of Travis (Shaw) and (Sam) Travis.

More news from UNLV   Alex Kline ‏@TheRecruitScoop 1h1 hour ago UNLV announces junior guard Daquan Cook has been dismissed from the program.

And it's not from Chipotle!!

Might be the first strike theory hoping to avoid harsher penalties from the NCAA by puffing their chest and saying 'see what we did'!

Dan Dakich ‏@dandakich 4m4 minutes ago Louisville Post Season Ban..what happened to Pitino"s claim of innocence "we've got signed affidavits"?

http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/louisville/2016/02/05/sources-u-l-imposing-postseason-hoops-ban/79878760/   Sources: U of L imposing postseason hoops ban   The University of Louisville plans to announce on Friday a self-imposed postseason ban on its men’s basketball team for the 2015-16 campaign, multiple sources told The Courier-Journal. The school informed the team’s players in a meeting early Friday afternoon, a source close to the program said, and will hold a press conference at 1:30 p.m. to announce the decision. (Watch the 1:30 p.m. press conference live here) The coaches told the players they only had nine games left, another source said, which is the remainder of the regular season. The decision comes as the NCAA continues to investigate a woman’s claims that she and other escorts were paid thousands of dollars and given game tickets in exchange for dancing for and having sex with U of L basketball players and recruits from 2010-14. It is a significant blow to coach Rick Pitino and his current team, which has an 18-4 record and is in second place in the competitive Atlantic Coast Conference. Louisville, ranked 19th in the latest AP poll, had high hopes for deep runs in the ACC and NCAA tournaments, and has a team built around two graduate transfers, Damion Lee and Trey Lewis, who came to U of L to play their final college season and pursue their first NCAA tournament bid.

http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/louisville/2016/02/05/sources-u-l-imposing-postseason-hoops-ban/79878760/   Sources: U of L imposing postseason hoops ban   The University of Louisville plans to announce on Friday a self-imposed postseason ban on its men’s basketball team for the 2015-16 campaign, multiple sources told The Courier-Journal. The school informed the team’s players in a meeting early Friday afternoon, a source close to the program said, and will hold a press conference at 1:30 p.m. to announce the decision. (Watch the 1:30 p.m. press conference live here) The coaches told the players they only had nine games left, another source said, which is the remainder of the regular season. The decision comes as the NCAA continues to investigate a woman’s claims that she and other escorts were paid thousands of dollars and given game tickets in exchange for dancing for and having sex with U of L basketball players and recruits from 2010-14. It is a significant blow to coach Rick Pitino and his current team, which has an 18-4 record and is in second place in the competitive Atlantic Coast Conference. Louisville, ranked 19th in the latest AP poll, had high hopes for deep runs in the ACC and NCAA tournaments, and has a team built around two graduate transfers, Damion Lee and Trey Lewis, who came to U of L to play their final college season and pursue their first NCAA tournament bid.

  If they would have done better homework, they would have realized that his last 2 gaudy years at New Mexico weren't representative of his earlier career coaching results.  Or to use the phrase some of the off-the-wall stock trading firms use in their ads, "past performance is not indicative of future results."

On 2/4 FW South Side lost to Jay County 58 - 55.  Boucher with 11 pts. and 5 assists.

Bittersweet win for me.  Extremely happy our Lady Hoosiers were able to re-group at halftime and preserve their undefeated season on the home court.  But I live in Logansport and I've watched Whitney Jennings play since she was in junior high and it was clear she was going to be something special.  So I guess I got the best of both worlds - we win the game and Whitney had a great individual game.  Somewhere in the thread someone asked if Whitney had been recruited by IU.  I don't know the reasons why, but IU was never in the mix.  Stories were that for whatever reasons the Jennings family did not like Curt Miller.

On 2/4 SB Riley defeated Penn 65 - 64.      "After sitting for most of the third quarter with foul trouble, Riley forward Damezi Anderson woke up in the final period to score 11 of his 13 points.  Anderson also finished with a team-high eight rebounds and four blocked shots."  [{South Bend Tribune]

  Final score Castle 90 - 75.  Nunge finished with 35 points, a career-high 25 rebounds and five blocks. He also hit 3- 3's.  Nunge scored 30 points and had 18 rebounds in the Knights' 78-75 double-overtime victory over Bosse in the championship game of the Banterra Bank SIAC boys' basketball tournament Jan. 16. 

2/4 McCutcheon defeated Lafayette Jeff 59 - 43.  Phinisee had 14 points, eight rebounds, four assists and two blocks,  Pretty good night's work.

2/4 Logansport over Laf. Harrison 74 - 70.  Adaway didn't play the opening minutes of either half; battling flu symptoms.  Still unofficially finished with 19 pts., 3 reb. and 2 steals.

Feb 4:  Halftime: Castle 52 Evansville Bosse 26. Jack Nunge 22 pts 11 rebs,

On 2/4, with New Albany leading Jennings 82 - 25 at the end of the 3rd Q, Langford exited the game with 44 pts., tied his own single game record.  For his 3 quarters of play he was 10 of 14 on 3's.

1/30, Marion defeated FW Northrop 62 - 39.  Blackmon 9 pts. on 4 of 9 from the field; 0 for 2 on 3's; 6 reb; 4 assists; 3 TO's.

You and me both brother!

Newspaper account of the game.  There are no additional stats for DD but there is a nice quote.   http://www.aurorasentinel.com/sports/preps/boys-basketball-high-flying-overland-deals-eaglecrest-first-loss-of-season-back-in-centennial-league-race/

I lik'em all!  Welcome to a football school fellas.

Somebody has way too much time on their hands!  :biggrin:

After the stumble at Wisky and the near stumble at home against Minny, this was a fantastic on-the-road confidence building win.  Maybe this game was the swift kick to the crotch of our historical February swoon and we can stay on a roll.

RoJo had a stretch of rough shooting but tonight he's 4 of 9.  And, he's currently tied with Max for most rebounds with 6.  The kid has a nose for getting rebounds.