AKHoosier

Wrong, we are lucky to have him! I was repeatedly informed when we landed him how much of a home run hire this was, and that we likely dodged a bullet by whiffing on Brad Stevens.

Fire him. Now. File a restraining order that prevents him from coming within a mile of university property.

Knowing Peegs, it's likely "encouraging chatter that Race Thompson will one day walk again."

Yes, because I can already tell how the season will play out. Actually playing the games seems like a formality. Win almost all of our home games, and lose all but 1 of our road games. Bubble team. First round tournament exit. Bookmark this if you wish.

It's an upsetting loss, but not unexpected. That's the tragedy, that I've become accustomed to expecting a loss on the road, no matter the opponent. I have us losing all of our road games except Minnesota, and winning all of our home games except Wisconsin. That leaves us around 19-12 for the season. Sad, because I know this team is talented and experienced enough to win the conference and get to a Final 4.

Don't forget the fact that in order to fire the offensive coordinator for the football team last year, the money required had to come from the head coach's salary. I mean isn't that what all the great programs do?

For f*** sake.

Didn't McCaffery wander over to our sideline last year too during the B1G Tournament? I swear that happened. He's so unlikable it's unreal.

What in the actual **** is that ref doing? For God sakes, college basketball has the worst referees of any sport.

Injuries are derailing the whole year. Sucks. This is supposed to be our really good season too.

Really encouraged early! We look like we want it, Iowa looks listless and like they'd rather be somewhere else.

Jumping to conclusions quite a bit here. Why is that a racist statement? What's more sad is that you would immediately jump to that conclusion. Please use discretion when trying to label someone a racist, it's a very powerful accusation in today's climate.

Iowa does seem like kind of in shambles currently, I may have to adjust my prediction of a 9 point Iowa win Thursday. I'd feel better if we were fully healthy, but with X out and TJD dealing with issues of his own, I'm not sure we can pick up a road win in a tough environment.

I would have liked for him to elaborate on what makes them scumbags. I'm sure he can provide some insight the rest of us don't have access to.

Would be a step towards ruining a great product. I'd have to imagine every team from a power conference over .500 would get a tournament bid if this gets adopted. Forget making the regular season meaningless, it would make the first round of the tournament meaningless. But they've already ruined college football's postseason, so why stop them now?

Iowa 75 IU 66

Pikiell is one of the best coaches in this conference. Imagine if he got some higher ranked players, he could really do some damage.

The gym will be rocking, Iowa needs this game to get back on track, we haven't played for 2 weeks, we're awful on the road, etc. I'm expecting a double digit loss.

I'll never forget his decision to cancel the season then reverse course based on flawed science. It would be such a Bears move to hire such an incompetent leader. Dude is worthless.

We can't lose this kid to Purdue, or really any B1G school.

I've done a complete 180 on Michigan since Howard took over. Normally I never really root for any B1G teams outside of us in the tournament, but couldn't help but root for UM when Beilein was there. I loved his style, he got the most out of his players, and they were fun to watch. Plus Crean would inexplicably beat them more often than not which made it easier. Howard is the complete opposite. UM has good kids I'm sure, outside of that ****** Hunter Dickinson, but Howard is a complete clown. He needs to go.

Foot injuries have a tendency to nag throughout the year without enough time for recovery. At this point, I'm hoping he's good to go for the tournament.

I'm not going to start talking next coaches anytime soon, but when I do Steve Pikiell will probably be on the list. He won't win the press conference, but dude can coach for sure.

The team right now has three 5 stars, a preseason All American/potential National Player of the Year, an experienced PG, loads of experience at most positions, and athleticism that's been lacking in recent years. Talent wise, we're not that far off IMO. If the coaching staff can't put these ingredients together to make a run then I don't think they ever will.

I definitely wouldn't go that far. This team should have no problem finishing top 5 in conference which would be a lock for the tournament. But it's clear we are not a national championship contender, which is what we all wanted before the season started. It's a bitter pill to swallow because it appears this will be our most talented team for the next 2 years or so.