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Thon Maker hasn't reclassified to 2015.  He could, but he hasn't decided that yet.

Surprise: Mark Cuban   3 pt winner: Yogi   Dunk contest: Troy

  I know you probably can't, but care to elaborate?

  So a fan of a rival school doesn't like Crean?  That's shocking.

Money will have nothing to do with any decision.  I think Crean will be here for a while, though, he'll get us back to winning consistently.

  His hands still need work, but Mosquera-Perea appeared more confident.   Yeah I agree, this part made me cringe.  I think he'll be improved by virtue of being an upperclassman, i.e. not feeling rushed or anxious, but he can't be turning the ball over every third time he gets it down low.

  LOL, you must not know Tom Crean.   I suspect at least two more, to be honest.  Not bashing or supporting, just predicting based upon past years.

Purdue has the fewest NCAA Championships of any Big Ten program, save Rutgers, who has been a member of the conference all of two months. They joined to raise their athletic profile. Purdue has been a member for over a century. Purdue only has more all-time Big Ten championships in all sports than the following schools: Nebraska, Rutgers, and Maryland. That's it. That is the list. Purdue has fewer conference championships across all sports (71) than Penn State, who has been in the conference far less time. We're even two short of the number of total conference championships won by the University of Chicago, which has not competed in the Big Ten in almost 70 years. Purdue has not won an NCAA championship in a men's sport since 1961. Purdue is somehow spending $135,301 per student athlete each season, which trails only Ohio State, Illinois, and Iowa. I really enjoyed reading this article :biggrin:

  Who says it's wasting our time?  Next offseason will bring a whole new crop of graduate and junior college transfers.  Makes sense to keep an eye on this kid if he gets his grades up and loses Bender as a "mentor."   He's a good player, as well as a good kid.  Besides, all we did was send McClain out to Idaho while he was already out West.  Makes sense to check in on him.

  They've also got 5* PF Chris MuCullough in the 2014 class.  He may be a one and done, but if there's any doubt during the season that he isn't, that would also make it seem like their frontcourt is stacked for 2015.

It's because the thread has been going since June.  Don't know why this board does that, can't we just start new threads?

Please no.   If he hadn't gone to IU, nobody would even think of Steve Alford being the coach here.

10-8.  This is a down year for the B1G, so this is very doable.    Except for Wisconsin, every team we play we should have favorable matchups for us.