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Wow, I'd say so. 3-23 overall. Didn't even win a game until December 21st. I wonder what's going on there.

What a kick to the nuts. We look like we expected Illinois to come in and just roll over.

You gotta be kidding me. Anyone who thinks we can finish strong and make a run in the NCAAT without Xavier Johnson needs to understand how wrong that is. Our guards are way too inconsistent to be relied on.

Yeah give me that East or Midwest region. I want no part of Alabama, Baylor, or UVA. Bad draw.

Let's not lose a home game to Illinois.

He isn't wrong, we are right there. No truly dominant team exists this season. Need Xavier Johnson back though. Bates isn't consistent enough if JHS has an off night.

I'm legit hoping we don't play past Saturday in the Big Ten Tournament. A tournament championship means nothing to me, I'd rather our players get a win or 2 then rest.

Jerry Palm will still have them as his #1 overall seed, and IU among the First 4 Out.

We'd be so close to a share of the B1G right now if we took care of NW last night. Stings extra hard.

21 wins before the BTT. That's my benchmark for this team right now. Pick up a win in the conference tournament, hopefully at least 2, and that would put us at 22-11 for the season. I'd have to think we'd be no lower than a 5 seed, but lots depends on what other teams do too.

Agreed, great point. I say get us to at least a 5 seed, and I like our chances for a run in the tournament. At least we shouldn't have a nightmare travel schedule this year brought on by the play-in game and a long overnight flight delay to a different time zone to worry about again.

If that is the case, that's completely unacceptable and that ref needs to be disciplined. As long as coach Rosemond didn't say something completely egregious AND directed right at the official, a technical foul is not warranted for reacting to a missed call.

The double technical foul after the reaction to the missed NW travel loomed large. They got 4 points out of that possession.

Looks like an early bedtime after all. We have no idea how to score right now.

Looks like a rough night.

My instinct tells me to root for UW and against UM tonight, but why? I can't stand Dickinson but he's right: Wisconsin is full of scumbags. They have held, tackled, hacked, and groped their way through the B1G for years and I'm glad someone's calling it out publicly.

Definitely. And even then, I knew we really had no chance to get further than the 2nd weekend. Beating UK was awesome though. This year feels different. If UNC could make a run to the title game last year, no reason to think we can't do the same this March if our guards don't disappear.

Saw that too. Some reports say multiple shooters. I really hope I don't wake up to awful news of multiple casualties.

What if Pete Nance misses out on the NCAAT because he transferred from Northwestern to North Carolina? If UNC keeps losing, that wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility would it? That would be the ultimate case of irony in sports.

It'll be nice for our guys to get a home crowd on the road. This has all the makings of a 64-62 grind it out type of game.

There's not a team in the country I wouldn't give us at least a punchers chance at beating on a neutral court right now. I will say there are teams I hope are on the complete other side of our bracket next month (Arizona, Alabama), but we're hot at the right time. I don't know if I said that even during the Zeller years. Hope this can continue to March.

It won't hurt that the gym will be close to 50% IU fans.

Plus with how much we've been winning, you'd have to think that buys us some extra time to give him rest.

Hell yes! Huge win for our guys. TJD with another monster game. Let's keep this rolling!

Calling it now. Chris Beard to New Mexico State.