Class of '66 Old Fart

Berkmar (Ga.) 60, Wando 44 - final. Warriors return in consolation play tomorrow at 11:30 am vs loser of Burlington/Northwood

FW North 71 (10-1) FW Northrop 61 (6-3). Keion Brooks w/15 pts, 9 reb for North.

On the eve of our B1G opener -- Nebraska guard Anton Gill will miss the rest of the season with a ruptured patella tendon in his right knee, per release.

12.26.16 Season W/L W/L Min. Pts. FG's 3's FT's Reb Asst Stls Blks TO's PF + / - Houston 23-9 Gordon W 28 15 5-13 3-8 2-2 3 5 1 0 3 2 +10 Oklahoma 18-12 Oladipo NG Portland 13-20 VonLeh L 15 5 2-5 0-0 1-2 8 2 0 1 1 2 -6 Charlotte 17-14 Zeller L 29 15 7-11 0-0 1-2 9 2 1 0 0 5 - D-LEAGUE LI Nets 6-12 Ferrell W 30 13 3-11 2-7 5-5 1 7 0 0 1 4 -6 Mad Ants 11-4 Watford L 21 6 2-8 2-7 0-0 2 3 0 0 0 2 -12 Mad Ants 11-4 Zeisloft L 17 8 3-9 2-7 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -11 Iowa Energy 2-14 Williams NG Raptors 905 11-4 Sheehey NG

Unfortunate for Troy, but he'll at least get more playing time than he was likely going to get with the Grizzlies. Grizzlies assign Troy Williams to Iowa Energy Posted: Dec 26, 2016 FACEBOOK GOOGLE PLUS TWITTER Memphis Grizzlies General Manager Chris Wallace today announced the team has assigned forward Troy Williams to the Iowa Energy, the Grizzlies’ NBA Development League affiliate. Williams (6-7, 218) has appeared in 24 games (13 starts) for the Grizzlies during his rookie season and averaged 5.3 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.00 steals in 17.4 minutes. The 21-year-old, Hampton, Va. native went undrafted in the 2016 NBA Draft after his junior season at Indiana University and signed with Memphis as a free agent on Aug. 8, 2016. He currently leads all undrafted NBA rookies in steals per game.

Grizzlies assign Troy Williams to Iowa Energy Posted: Dec 26, 2016 FACEBOOK GOOGLE PLUS TWITTER Memphis Grizzlies General Manager Chris Wallace today announced the team has assigned forward Troy Williams to the Iowa Energy, the Grizzlies’ NBA Development League affiliate. Williams (6-7, 218) has appeared in 24 games (13 starts) for the Grizzlies during his rookie season and averaged 5.3 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.00 steals in 17.4 minutes. The 21-year-old, Hampton, Va. native went undrafted in the 2016 NBA Draft after his junior season at Indiana University and signed with Memphis as a free agent on Aug. 8, 2016. He currently leads all undrafted NBA rookies in steals per game.

Would you want Irsay as your boss a second time around?

Indiana's Amanda Cahill named Big Ten Player of the Week. She averaged 17.5 points, 11.5 boards per game at Florida Sunshine Classic. Atta girl! Amanda Cahill Named Big Ten Player of the Week ROSEMONT, Ill. – Junior forward Amanda Cahill has been named the Big Ten Women's Basketball Player of the Week, announced by the league office on Monday afternoon. The Clyde, Ohio native is rewarded for her performances at the Florida Sunshine Classic where she averaged a double-double as she guided Indiana to two wins over Florida and Stony Brook. Cahill averaged 17.5 points and 11.5 rebounds to go along with 5.5 assists, 2.8 assist to turnover ratio, 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks as she averaged 60 percent or better from the field (.609) and 3-point line (.625) in the non-conference finale. She also became the 26th player in school history to reach 1,000 points in Wednesday's win over Stony Brook as she went 5-for-7 from the floor (.714) and pulled down a season-high 13 rebounds to go along with 14 points and dished out six assists, two steals and two blocks. In the Tuesday win against Florida, Cahill posted her first 20-plus point game of the season with 21 points to go along with 10 rebounds. She shot 56.3 percent from the floor and 60.0 percent from 3-point range (3-for-5) while adding five assists, a steal and a rebound in the win. The back-to-back double-doubles are also the 23rd and 24th of her career as she now owns six of IU's nine double-doubles scored this season, including four-straight. In addition, Cahill now sits in a tie for sixth in career double-doubles at Indiana, tying Zan Jefferies (1988-91). Cahill is the first Big Ten Player of the Week for Indiana this season. With junior guard Tyra Buss's selection in 2015-16, the duo combines for weekly honors in back-to-back seasons for the Hoosiers for the first time since the 2007-08 and 2008-09. Indiana returns to the court on Wednesday when it travels to State College, Pa. for the Big Ten opener at Penn State. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. ET and will be live on BTN Plus and heard on IUHoosiers.com

Very nice piece on Jodan from the Chicago Sun-Times and the 2 excerpts below should pique your interest. I’ll warn you in advance, the article is loaded with pop-up ads you have to deal with. http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/is-rb-jordan-howard-the-bears-only-compelling-player-left/

For those that don't regularly follow CrimsonQuarry this link is to a short synopsis of our primary 2018 targets. http://www.crimsonquarry.com/2016/12/26/14048550/indiana-basketball-recruiting-whos-who-in-the-class-of-2018

This was Hova's thought from a couple of days ago.

Only a single Christmas Day game with an IU connection and that was OKC defeating the T'wolves 112-100. Vic missed his 7th game with what is clearly a badly sprained wrist. That slacker Westbrook only had a double double in tonight's game with 31 pts. and 15 assists.

Unreal stat: Virginia has 10 players averaging 9.5 minutes or more and six of those players have committed 10 turnovers or less this season. Glad we didn't recruit those same kids; they'd pull our TO average down. LOL

Falcons (10-5) knock off the Panthers 33-16. Coleman with 9 carries for 90 yds.; long run of 56 yds. 3 receptions for 45 yes; caught all 3 passes thrown his way.

Finally, after all those cootchy coo words about Duke, Allen, ad nauseum, some bona fide words of wisdom from Olivia. LOL. Merry Christmas Olivia.

The woeful Bears beaten by the Redskins 41-21 fall to 3-12 on the season but Jordan with another strong game. 119 yds. on 18 carries; 1 reception for 9 yds., targetted 3 times. Tracy Porter with 2 tackles.

And many of the games he gets his triples, he not just scoring 20 points. In last night's game, OKC scored 117 total points. Westbrook has 45 all by his lonesome plus another 11 assists for a minimum of an additional 22 points. 67 out of 117 ain't too bad.

There are no NBA or D-League games scheduled for the 24th. Ho hum, Westbrook with another triple double - 45/11/11 12.23.16 Season W/L W/L Min. Pts. FG's 3's FT's Reb Asst Stls Blks TO's PF + / - Houston 22-9 Gordon L 32 17 6-19 4-15 1-1 2 4 1 1 1 1 -21 Oklahoma 17-12 Oladipo W DNP Portland 13-19 VonLeh L 18 5 1-3 0-0 3-4 4 0 1 0 1 1 -2 Memphis 20-12 Williams W DNP Charlotte 17-13 Zeller W 32 13 5-9 0-0 3-4 7 4 1 2 1 1 +3 D-LEAGUE LI Nets 5-12 Ferrell NG Mad Ants 11-3 Watford W 16 7 1-4 1-2 4-4 0 0 0 1 1 2 -4 Mad Ants 10-3 Zeisloft W 11 5 2-6 1-5 0-0 2 1 1 0 0 0 +1 Raptors 905 13-3 Sheehey W 25 10 4-8 1-4 1-3 4 4 3 0 1 0 +25

FW North Side defeated Indpls. Tindley 77-61. Brooks with 23 pts.

Career high 33 points in a Hamilton Southeastern win over Plainfield 58-49. She also had 5 blks.; 4 reb; 3 assists. http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2016/12/22/girls-hoops-freshman-sydney-parrish-stars-hse-win/95743476/

12.22.16 Season W/L W/L Min. Pts. FG's 3's FT's Reb Asst Stls Blks TO's PF + / - Houston 22-8 Gordon NG Oklahoma 16-12 Oladipo NG Portland 13-18 VonLeh NG Memphis 19-12 Williams NG Charlotte 16-13 Zeller NG D-LEAGUE LI Nets 5-12 Ferrell W 40 24 8-13 3-7 5-7 3 3 3 0 3 1 +18 Mad Ants 10-3 Watford NG Mad Ants 10-3 Zeisloft NG Raptors 905 12-3 Sheehey L 15 3 1-5 0-3 1-1 1 1 2 0 0 2 -10

Romeo Langford tallied a game-high 34 points as New Albany used a nine-point second half edge to defeat Evansville Bosse 72-63 Thursday.

Just got home and per the stat site, Newkirk with 8 assists in the first half!

Phinisee missed another game today due to an injury. McCutcheon is participating in the Marion Classic and we have further info on Phinisee's injury. Phinisee, a 6-1 junior point guard with offers from Butler, Indiana, Purdue and Virginia, took a knee to his upper right leg early in the season and injured it again in a win over Kokomo on Dec. 9. Phinisee had his leg drained on Wednesday and said he hopes to be back for next week’s home game against Tech. “It’s probably 60 (percent),” he said. “It didn’t feel that good (Wednesday) but it’s getting better.”