Class of '66 Old Fart

Well of course.  Didn't you know Coach K was faster than a speeding bullet; more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap.....  oh you get the point by now.

Many of the seed numbers don't seem to make a lot of sense.  Makes you wonder just what the committee put the most weight on in making its selections.

Why stop there?

All the fingernail biting; teeth gnashing and drinking these last couple of days and we weren't even close to being bounced.  Hard to fathom but the basketball gods certainly smiled on IU.  Now the team needs to prove it was a well-deserved selection and WIN!

WOW

I hate the fact that we have to pin our hopes for next season on landing TB because it doesn't seem like CTC has any other big man who has any interest in IU.  Is there a Plan B?  If not, then it's hard to see 2015-2016 being markedly different from 2014-2015.  And if we should be fortunate and land TB, can we vaccinate him against homesickness?

Woulda, coulda, shoulda.  Out of our hands now and what happens happens.  We were totally in control of our own destiny and then the wheels fell off.  Whose fault?  The finger pointing starts with the head coach, but the players have to share part of the blame for the lack of defensive effort we saw in too many games.  If we squeak into the NCAA it's hard to imagine this team making much of a run - maybe 2 games if they put forth the effort we saw in the last 2 games.  But even that extra effort in the last 2 games only resulted in 1 victory because we have to live and die by the 3 point shot and that fact alone could easily mean we never make it past the play-in game which seems to be our fate if we are selected.   Are we good enough to dance?   Well, we're already dancing the limbo aren't we?

Last offensive possession not good. Too much standing and dribbling.

Too much adrenaline pumping!

UGH!  3 fouls in just over a minute of play!

Tonight is the important game.  Winning on Saturday and/or Sunday would be fantastic but I don't think that would significantly impact our tournament seed.  Tonight's game on the other hand...............!

The traditional 10th anniversary gift is tin/aluminum so I suggest a can of beans and an aluminum foil wrapped sandwich warmed in the microwave.  And should you foolishly follow my advice, I don't think you'll have to worry about an 11th anniversary dinner.

I'd forgotten how much fun it could be to watch this team play.  Welcome back boys.

Sometimes when a player gets hurt it seems to take the wind out of the team's sails but so far the team has responded well.

Not comfortable with our second half offense. We moved the ball much more crisply in the first half.  This half guys are catching and then dribbling aimlessly before passing and we've had to take some quick shots to beat the shot clock.

Seems like years since we've seen this team play this well.  Need to duplicate the effort and the results in the second half.

Holt just has a certain instinct about the game that can't be taught.  So often it seems that Hanner has to take that split second to "think" about what he's going to do.  The reaction time and reflex actions of Holt just seem to be superior.

Who are these guys?

Please stay under control and just keep slowly building up the lead.  Don't give NU an opportunity to make a game out of it.

In last night's Sacramento Kings vs. Charlotte Hornets game, a lady in the stands took a basketball square on her nose.  Would CTC consider that a deflection?

I can see it now.  Priller subs in for Yogi and takes over playmaking duties.  Probably makes as much sense as many of his other substitutions we've seen this season.

Never met a shot he didn't like.

Nah, it's really CTC's wife.

With the product we've seen over the last 1/3 of the season I am mystified by this obsession to be in the NCAA tournament.  This team is not capable of making any noise in the tournament other than pfffft.   If it gets in, MAYBE it wins one game because the sun and the moon are properly aligned but that's it.  1 game at best.    And if by some miracle we do get in, I hope we are a very low seed to match my, and I suspect many others, expectations. 

Or maybe - The hills are alive with the SOUND OF CLAPPING