Class of '66 Old Fart

Had to go on the road and missed the last half of the men's game (mercifully) and all of the Lady Hoosiers game. Disappointed but not entirely surprised. OSU has a very good team and after we had a couple of hot shooting games, today shots wouldn't fall coupled with getting pounded on the boards and our home winning streak is over. At least the ladies streak ended at the hands of a quality opponent unlike the men. Just start a new home winning streak on Wednesday against Minny.

OUCH Jeff Rabjohns ‏@JeffRabjohns Louisville's defense has taken over. Indiana turnover %: 32.4% Indiana shooting %: 24.1%

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Katina and her ladies already took care of the 'spanking'.

I hope Davis takes over the middle and doesn't get hit with some stupid quick whistles that sends him to the bench early.

IU starters: Newkirk Johnson Blackmon Davis Bryant

At least they were honest about what happened - this time!

Named to the all-tournament team at the Hinsdale event. Very nice stat line. Justin Smith – Stevenson The tournament’s leading scorer at 21.5 points per game, finished just shy of averaging a double-double while finishing at 9.8 rebounds per game. Smith shot 60.7 percent from the floor while also dishing out 10 assists over the four days.

Hope our Lady Hoosiers can show the men how to protect home court. 20 IN A ROW Indiana will put one of the nation's best home streaks on the line on Saturday when it welcomes No. 14/13 Ohio State. The 20-straight wins are also the sixth longest active streak in the NCAA as IU has put together a 6-0 record inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall this season. SEVEN STRAIGHT Heading into Saturday's Big Ten matchup, the Hoosiers are riding a seven-game win streak - the longest since the 2013-14 season when IU won 14 in a row.

Even those his team lost, Yogi had a great game. 12.30.16 Season W/L W/L Min. Pts. FG's 3's FT's Reb Asst Stls Blks TO's PF + / - Houston 25-9 Gordon W 24 19 5-7 4-5 5-6 5 3 0 1 2 1 n.a. Oklahoma 20-13 Oladipo NG Portland 14-21 VonLeh L 9 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 +2 Charlotte 19-14 Zeller NG D-LEAGUE LI Nets 6-13 Ferrell L 37 34 9-15 6-8 10-10 2 3 1 0 2 2 -11 Mad Ants 12-5 Watford L 21 8 3-7 1-3 1-1 7 1 0 0 4 2 -7 Mad Ants 12-5 Zeisloft L 12 0 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 1 -6 Iowa Energy 2-17 Williams L 27 17 8-18 1-4 0-2 5 2 1 0 4 2 -4 Raptors 905 12-5 Sheehey NG

Earlier this evening from the Chicago Tribune suggests otherwise. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/ct-fred-hoiberg-seat-safe-bulls-spt-1231-20161230-story.html

In the championship game of the Cities Securities Hall of Fame Classic, New Albany handed Logansport its first loss of the season by a score of 58-33. New Albany held Logansport scoreless in the 3rd Q to take a 20 point lead into the 4th Q. Langford put on a good show of just how good he is not just in scoring but also with his rebounding especially on the offensive glass. Langford finished with 20 pts. and 11 reb. and was named tournament MVP. It wasn't his best shooting night as he was only 8-19 FG's and 0-6 on 3's. As a team, New Albany was only 1-22 on 3's for the game and still won by 25 pts, scoring 42 of their 58 points in the paint.

HINSDALE, Ill. - Stevenson downed St. Charles East 56-41 to capture the consolation bracket championship at the 2016 Hinsdale Central Holiday Classic. Justin Smith, Willie Herenton and Jackson Qualley combined to score 52 of the Patriots 56 points to lead Stevenson (10-2) to the victory. Trailing 6-5 midway through the first quarter, the Patriots closed the quarter on an 11-0 run to build a 16-6 lead in the process. The Patriots would not trail for the remainder of the contest despite St. Charles East (10-4) pulling to withing five points late in the second quarter. Stevenson led 22-15 at the half. St. Charles East pulled to within four points on two ocassions in the third quarter and Stevenson's lead was just six points (32-26) after three, but the Patriots dominated the fourth quarter. Stevenson opened the quarter with an 11-2 run to take a 15-point cushion following a three-pointer from Herenton. The Patriots led by as many as 17 before coasting to the 15-point win. Stevenson shot 47.5 percent (19-of-40) from the floor, including 23.8 percent (5-of-21) from three-point range. The Patriots dominated on the glass, outrebounding St. Charles East 27-13 and turning nine offensive rebounds into 11 second-chance points. The Patriots did not allow St. Charles East to collect an offensive rebound in the win. Herenton led the way with 19 points for Stevenson while Smith totaled 17 points and eight rebounds. Qualley finished with 16 points and five rebounds, knocking down four three-pointers in the win. St. Charles East shot 45.2 percent from the floor (14-of-31), including 43.8 percent (7-of-16) from downtown. Justin Hardy paced the Saints in the loss with 15 points and four rebounds. Nate Ortiz added 14 points while Zach Robinson scored seven.

Article from the Courier-Journal on today's New Albany-Warsaw game. ...Langford was limited to 14 points and eight rebounds on 5 of 16 shooting.... http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/preps/indiana/2016/12/30/defense-lifts-new-albany-hof-classic-opener/96001224/?hootPostID=584ff51aa25bacba27ab14621684c700

Congratulations to Al Durham for being named Most Outstanding Player at the Roundball Classic. Avg 16.5 ppg, 6.9 reb Durham's team participated in the Roundball Classic in Charleston, SC and went 2-1. They won their first game against Wando (scorecard above) and lost their second game to undefeated The Burlington School (NC) 68-57 - no game stats found. Today Berkmar defeated GAC 62-56: CHARLESTON, S.C. — Gwinnett County neighbors Berkmar and Greater Atlanta Christian squared off against one another, over 300 miles away, in the third place game of the Roundball Classic on Thursday. Berkmar came out on top with a 62-56 win over the Spartans. Jay Estime led the Patriots (11-5) with 20 points and eight rebounds while Al Durham contributed 16 points and six rebounds.

In the second game of the Cities Securities Hall of Fame Classic New Albany defeated Warsaw 43-33 and will play Logansport for the tournament championship this evening. Langford with 14.

Mathis announced Sunday will be his last game and he will retire.

FW North (12-1) won the SAC Tournament for the 4th consecutive year in an annual tournament that first started in 1975 defeating Homestead (8-1) 56-49. Brooks with 19 points and nine rebounds.

McCutcheon defeated Indpls. Tech 72-57. Phinsee with 12 pts. in limited action. "Phinisee, who is still playing at less that full strength, didn't enter the game until midway through the first quarter and remained limited throughout the game. He scored five points in the first half, followed by seven in the second."

Vic missed another game with his wrist injury. Bad night for his running mate Westbrook - 4 TO's in the 1st Q and ejected in the 3rd. 12.29.16 Season W/L W/L Min. Pts. FG's 3's FT's Reb Asst Stls Blks TO's PF + / - Houston 24-9 Gordon NG Oklahoma 20-13 Oladipo L 23 21 6-19 2-6 7-10 5 0 2 0 6 3 -13 Portland 14-20 VonLeh NG Charlotte 19-14 Zeller W 33 9 3-4 0-0 3-6 7 2 1 1 2 3 +12 D-LEAGUE LI Nets 6-12 Ferrell NG Mad Ants 12-4 Watford NG Mad Ants 12-4 Zeisloft NG Iowa Energy 2=16 Williams L 27 17 8-18 1-4 0-2 5 2 1 0 4 2 -4 Raptors 905 12-5 Sheehey L 26 3 1-5 0-0 1-1 7 1 0 0 1 1 -11

I don't think Stevens ever returns to coaching. When he wants to quit coaching the Celts, he's done coaching period. He'll be a GM somewhere in the NBA (maybe Ainge's job) or possibly an AD at a major university. I don't believe he has any desire to get back into the recruiting wars of college basketball.

Sacred Heart BBall ‏@ValkyriesBBall Congratulations @grace_berger34 on becoming the 23rd Valkyrie to score 1,000 points!

Bite your tongue!

Holtman would be a more realistic 'get' than Stevens and I wouldn't be upset at all. I don't get a real warm and fuzzy with many of the names Yogi threw out a couple of posts up but it doesn't really matter because CTC ain't going anywhere unless there's a total program collapse on another round of off-court issues. Always fun to speculate and throw out what ifs. It's what we do best!

Butler knocked off by St. John's 76-73; first Big East conference game for both.