Class of '66 Old Fart

11.11.16 Season W/L Game W/L Min. Pts. FG's 3's FT's Reb Asst Stls Blks TO's PF + / - Brooklyn Ferrell NO GAME Houston Gordon NO GAME Oklahoma 6-3 Oladipo L 38 18 6-18 4-8 2-3 2 1 0 0 3 3 -6 Portland 6-4 VonLeh W DNP Memphis Williams NO GAME Charlotte 6-2 Zeller L 26 12 5-8 0-0 2-4 7 0 0 1 0 1 +8 D-LEAGUE Season starts 11.11.16 Mad Ants Watford NO GAME Raptors 905 Sheehey NO GAME Mad Ants Zeisloft NO GAME

Kent Sterling: Indiana reminds me of some of the UNLV teams of the early 1990s. Fast, freakishly athletic, and attack oriented. Fun to watch. Not a bad analogy.

NBCSports: It didn’t take long for us to get our first major upset of the college basketball season, as Wagner went into Storrs and knocked off No. 18 UConn, 67-58.

And the big question becomes if JBJ's defense hasn't improved and doesn't improve as we move into the season, how long will CTC stick with him in a starting role? Is his offensive production sufficient to offset his defensive liability? I guess time will tell.

Reverse hibernation.

Cahill with 12 pts. her 26th of 27 games in double figures. Next game Sunday at home against Vanderbilt at 2:00 E.T.

Maryland down 3 to American at home with 12:39 to play

When he is allowed to play will his ankle bracelet allow him to run full court? LOL

None of our IU pros had games scheduled on Thursday the 10th.

Avery Johnson might make life a little less comfortable for Slimari in the SEC.

And the rich get richer!

Indiana Women's Basketball head coach Teri Moren has announced the signing of five to national letters of intent for the 2017-18 season. The Hoosiers welcome Linsey Marchese (Dacula, Ga.), Alexis Johnson (Houston, Texas), Jaelynn Penn (Louisville, Ky.), Keyanna Warthen (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) and Bendu Yeaney (Portland, Ore.) to the roster next season and will all have four years of eligibility. Overall, the Class of 2021 has been ranked as the No. 13 signing class in the country by ProspectsNation.com. In addition, ESPN, ProspectsNation.com, All-Star Girls Report and Collegiate Girls Basketball Report have all ranked IU as the top class amongst the Big Ten. Marchese, a 6-3 center out of Archer High School in Lawrenceville, Ga., averaged 13.5 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game as a junior last season. She was a first team All-Region 8-AAAAAA selection and helped her team reach the Sweet 16 in the state playoffs in 2015-16. As a junior, Marchese averaged 11.0 points and 5.3 rebounds per game as she helped the Tigers advance to the state semifinals. She also helped Archer to a Final Four state playoff run as a sophomore. As a freshman, Archer finished as state runner-up as she chipped in 8.8 points and 4.1 rebounds. She is rated as a three-star recruit by ESPN and No. 14 overall at her position. In addition, she was rated at No. 81 by Prospects Nation. Johnson is a 6-1 forward from the Kinkaid School in Houston under head coach Stacey Marshall where she averaged 13.5 points and 5.4 rebounds as a sophomore. She helped Kinkaid to a Houston Independent School District title and was named the HISD tournament MVP. She was also an All-SPC, All-South Zone and Sharpstown All-Tournament team selection. She is rated as a three-star recruit by ESPN and No. 44 at her position. Preferred Athlete Scouting Service also has Johnson ranked as the No. 102 recruit. Penn, a five-star prospect and the No. 39 overall recruit in the nation by ESPN, hails from Louisville, Ky. where she led Butler High School a 31-5 record and state championship as a junior. One of Kentucky's most decorated players, Penn was a USA-Today Honorable-Mention All-State (2015), Metro Louisville Girls Basketball Player of the Year, first-team All-State honoree (2016), Courier Journal Honorable Mention All-State (2014), Sweet 16 MVP and was named KHSAA MVP following Butler's state championship title last season. As a junior in 2015-16, Penn averaged 14.2 points, 5.9 rebounds. The versatile guard has led the Bearettes to two state titles in three seasons and was ranked No. 48 overall by Prospects Nation, No. 23 by the All Star Girls Report and No. 41 by Dan Olson Collegiate Girls Basketball Report. Penn is the second-highest rated recruit amongst the Big Ten this season. Warthen is a 5-10 guard out of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida where she has averaged in double figures in each year of her high school career at Fort Lauderdale High School. As a junior in 2015-16, Warthen averaged a double-double with 20.1 points, 10.5 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 4.8 steals per game and was named to the Class 7A All-State second team. She helped the Flying L's win the District 14-7A championship and advanced to the Class 7A regional quarterfinals. In addition, she was named the Orlando Sun Sentinel Class 8A-7A-6A Player of the Year. Warthen is rated as a three-star prospect by ESPN, No. 30 at her position overall and No. 86 by Prospects Nation. Yeaney hails from Portland, Ore. where she averaged 16.0 points, nine rebounds, three assists, two steals and two blocks as a junior at St. Mary's Academy under head coach Dewey Taylor III. Those numbers guided her to an All-State honorable mention honors and a First Team Three Rivers League selection in 2015-16. She was also selected as an Adidas Three Stripe All-American in the summer of 2015. She is a three-time all-league selection and has started for the Blues since her freshman year and guided them to a Class 6A final as a sophomore in 2014-15. As a sophomore, she averaged 17.2 points per game and was an OSAA state championship all-tournament first team selection. Yeaney is rated as a three-star recruit by ESPN and No. 80 overall by Prospects Nation. http://iuhoosiers.com/news/2016/11/9/womens-basketball-iuwbb-signs-five-for-2017.aspx

Indiana's James Blackmon Jr. and Thomas Bryant have been named to the Naismith Trophy's preseason 50 watch list. http://www.insidethehall.com/2016/11/10/blackmon-jr-bryant-named-naismith-trophy-watch-list/

I really want this kid to have a very successful IU career. He and his family just seem to bleed cream and crimson and from what we know, once he made his decision he basically told other schools to stay away.

North Carolina's Theo Pinson (stress fracture) is out another 8-12 weeks, per a school spokesman. Tar Heels open against Tulane on Friday.

Double digit rebounds for VonLeh in a starting role. 11.09.16 Season W/L Game W/L Min. Pts. FG's 3's FT's Reb Asst Stls Blks TO's PF + / - Brooklyn 3-5 Ferrell L 14 5 2-3 1-1 0-0 1 3 1 0 3 0 -9 Houston 5-3 Gordon W 34 15 5-14 2-7 3-3 2 2 0 1 2 3 -6 Oklahoma 6-2 Oladipo L 36 18 6-16 5-9 1-1 8 2 2 0 1 2 -4 Portland 5-4 VonLeh L 26 5 2-8 1-2 0-0 11 1 0 0 1 2 -7 Memphis Williams No Game Charlotte 6-1 Zeller W 27 12 4-7 0-0 4-8 3 2 0 1 1 3 -6

And this bit of humor. Bob Kravitz ‏@bkravitz 3m3 minutes ago After watching the Pacers play defense this year, I now know what this Mannequin Challenge is.

Gregg Doyel's take on the Pacers.

Justin Smith of Lincolnshire Stevenson signs with Indiana.

11.08.16 Season W/L 11.06.16 Game W/L Min. Pts. FG's 3's FT's Reb Asst Stls Blks TO's PF + / - Houston Gordon No Game Oklahoma Oladipo No Game Portland 5-3 VonLeh W 15 5 2-8 1-4 0-0 8 0 1 1 2 2 -12 Memphis 4-4 Williams W 4 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 Charlotte Zeller No Game

Bruce Pascoe ‏@BrucePascoe 3m3 minutes ago Allonzo Trier apparently a no-show for #arizonawildcats flight to Honolulu as eligibility questions continue: NOTE: Pascoe is a sports reporter for the Arizona DailyStar. And shortly thereafter this from Pascoe: HONOLULU -- Since the Arizona Wildcats didn't fly charter into some off-limits executive terminal today, anyone at Gate 16 of the Honolulu International Airport could see which folks were walking off the team's flight. Allonzo Trier wasn't one of them. American Airlines flight 692 from Phoenix carried eight UA scholarship players, including Talbott Denny (injured ACL) but not Dylan Smith (ineligible to travel as a transfer) nor Ray Smith (who is scheduled to undergo ACL surgery). (Arizona's refusal to comment on anything about Trier, including over whether he would make the trip, prompted me to watch the team get off the plane. I wasn't on the team flight but arrived earlier in the day.) The UA's traveling party also included Arizona AD Greg Byrne, senior associate AD Mike Ketcham, team doctor Donald Porter, all UA coaches and walk-on players Paulo Cruz, Jake DesJardins and Tyler Trillo. But no Trier. His apparent no-show was hardly a surprise. He played in the Oct. 14 Red-Blue Game, but that was only a practice in the NCAA's eyes, and UA coach Sean Miller said he's had a full complement of players available for practice. Then Trier did not show up as scheduled for the Oct. 21 Pac-12 Media Day, and didn't play in UA's two exhibition games.

From Alex B. and Inside the Hall http://www.insidethehall.com/2016/11/08/espn-analyst-jay-bilas-talks-kansas-indiana-og-anunoby-and-more/