Class of '66 Old Fart

Gus Johnson, Steve Smith, and Allison Williams will call #iubb at Purdue for FOX Friday at 8 p.m. ET.

With the season winding down -- women's portal runs April 6-20. If a head coach is replaced a 5-day window opens when a new coach is hired. Apparently there's scuttlebutt that PUke might dump Katie Geralds.

Alan Henderson's son, Joshua, has notified University HS he is withdrawing but no word on where he's transferring to. In 17 games he's averaged 19.3p and 7.1r

Hartwell is #24. Team is 24-1 on the season.

Women (14-13) (3-12) and 10-5 at home need a big bounce back win against the Ducks (18-9) (6-8) to get the foul taste of the UCLA game out of their mouths and maybe to prove to themselves they aren't as bad as the UCLA score indicated. The Ducks average 76 ppg with a +13 margin shooting 46% FG and 35% on 3s. They average 36 rpg just a +1 margin. For comparison, we average 71 ppg shooting 47% FG and 38% on 3s. Unfortunately, we average 32 rpg which has been an Achilles Heel all season along with turnovers. Both teams average 16/gm. The Ducks generate 11 steals/gm. to our 5. This is a winnable game but we have to do a reasonable job on the boards, minimize our turnovers and have a healthy Shay ready for a 30+ night. Radio Live Stats

3 games in Jacksonville, FL this weekend in the Live Like Lou Jacksonville Classic. Friday - #2 LSU at 2:00 streamed on D1Baseball.com Saturday - UCF at 4:00 streamed on D1Baseball.com Sunday - Notre Dame at 11:00 streamed on D1Baseball.com Radio Live Stats

In Tampa, FL this weekend for 5 games in the USF Tournament. Friday - Colgate at 9:00 am. No stream available Saturday - Saint Josephs at 9:00 am. No stream available Sunday - Marist at 9:00 am. No stream available Sunday - Boston College at 11:30 am. No stream available Monday - USF at 1:05 on ESPN+

Norlander - Texas Tech ranks 360th out of 365 teams in bench minutes. Quite literally cannot afford to lose its best player and still be a viable candidate to make a run at a national title when there are so many good teams crowding the top of the rankings.

Texas Tech All-American forward JT Toppin suffered a season-ending torn ACL in his right knee in Tuesday night's loss to Arizona state, the school announced.

Her season (22-8) ended in a 50-49 loss to Edwardsville. Final game stats vs. Edwardsville not entered on MaxPreps. 29 game averages: 12.7p, 6.3r, 4.0a, 1.6s, 1.1b, 2.2 46% FG, 36% on 3s, 65% FT

Her season ended with a 90-56 regional loss to Norwell. 19 game averages: 17.8p, 7.9r, 1.6a, 3.1s, 1.4b, 2.7t 53% FG, 29% on 3s, 76% FT She missed a number of games at the start of the season due to an injury.

Steve Lavin is now unemployed. San Diego moving in a new direction. 46-79 record.

He can certainly light up the scoreboard but there must be some clear deficiencies in other aspects of his game that haven't generated high level interest and he remains a 3-star. Can our resident @Demo offer any insight?

Season record 21-2. State tournament getting started and capsule summaries on the 6A teams. Vikings are at state for the fourth straight year and sixth time in seven seasons. … Enters state on a 15-game win streak. … Colvin has nearly 30 offers, including from N.C. State, Iowa and Mississippi State. … Colvin, who averages 30.7 points, 7.8 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game, recently broke Madi Symons’ career program scoring record (1,461 points) in Game 2 of the district championship series, scoring a school-record 44 points. Colvin heads into state with 1,465 career points. Colvin was a freshman when Coeur d’Alene last won a state title in 2024, the program’s 11th championship.

DeZhon Hall 53 points tonight in Crispus Attucks' 81-62 win over Tindley.

Veney named to Washington Catholic Athletic Conference first team.

Moody named to Washington Catholic Athletic Conference first team.

Hoosiers get their first win of the season a 15-3 run-shortened pounding over Bradley. It was 4-2 going into the bottom of the 4th and we exploded for 8 runs added 1 more in the 5th and 2 more in the 6th. 14 total hits; 4 of them HR; 2 by Hogan Denny. Denny with 4 RBIs on the night and Hanley with 3. 6 Hoosiers had multi-hit games. As is usual for the mid-week game we used 6 different pitchers who collectively gave up 7 hits and 4 BB.

In a paywalled story from Joe Tipton, Barnes has apparently indicated he'll make a decision after these 2 OVs so you can probably safely scratch Barnes off your dance card.

Schedule for this coming weekend. If you want to watch it will cost you $29.99. https://rhstv.com/d1baseball

We continue to stay in contact with Mason Grivna, https://247sports.com/college/basketball/recruiting/article/new-jacks-get-to-know-2029-big-man-mason-grivna--274604252/

Augustus "Gus" McCrae in Lonesome Dove for me.