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The only hangup on Jay Wright is that he seems to prefer small-ball quite a bit. I just don't think that philosophy can experience sustained success in the B1G, and I'd prefer it to never be IU's offensive style again. Granted, Jay Wright is a better teacher of that system than Crean, but still.

Man I'm really rooting for Northwestern to make it to the tournament this year, and this is the year it could be done for them. They've got a bunch of solid and experienced talent, and the top of the B1G is not nearly as tough it has been in past seasons. If they can hold serve at home and pull off some road wins, they should be in prime position to get an invite.

North Carolina has 55 turnovers the past 3 games. Wow. That's 18 per game.

Thank God Groce is such an idiot. Has all the momentum and IU is on its heels on defense, then calls a timeout and turns it over.

"Zach McRoberts checks back in for Indiana" Why??????!!

Green needs all of Newkirk's minutes. Anyone can see that.

Dammit I just realized it's on ESPNU and I don't get that. They also don't have it on WatchESPN either which is asinine. Gonna have to find a stream somewhere.

I think we'll right the ship today. Students should be back which will help the environment a little. Have to pick up our first conference win today to avoid becoming a complete laughingstock.

Man, I usually defend Crean but some of those decisions tonight.... We spent 80% of each possession just passing the ball around the perimeter. Thomas Bryant's taller than anyone on the floor but he can't do anything in the paint. And why in the world is McRoberts getting all this playing time? God bless the kid but there's a reason he was at Vermont.

Supposedly that's Trice's mom. Unreal an adult would do that.

Thanks for reminding me!

I saw that stat during the game. That's pretty impressive. Minnesota actually looks like a pretty decent team this year.

If we're considered a bubble team at any point after January then that just is not acceptable. Most knowledgeable fans had reasonable expectations of at least a Sweet 16 and top-3 finish in the B1G this year. Those are still my expectations as of today.

So pretty much Purdue goes as Swanigan goes, except even when he puts up a 20-20 game, they still lose.

Incorrect. Glass just fired Kevin Wilson after he took us to back-to-back bowl games and consecutive 6-win seasons for the first time in forever. Reasons are different, but it proves he's not afraid to pull the trigger when he feels it's necessary. Anyone saying Glass is tied to Crean is just being pessimistic. Winning B1G championships is nice, but everyone (including prospective college coaches) knows success at Indiana is determined by what you do in the tournament. If Crean is here 8 years and never can get us past the Sweet 16, people know that isn't acceptable.

I'd like to see our starters (and those who get the majority of our minutes) be: Robert Johnson James Blackmon OG De'Ron Davis Thomas Bryant With the first 2 subs off the bench being Morgan and Curtis Jones, I think this lineup could really build something towards later in the season.

I'm not sure where to put this so I'll just drop this little tidbit in here. I'm currently hanging out with a girl who went to Kentucky for her undergrad, so needless to say she's a pretty big UK fan. It's funny though because she openly admitted that UK basketball players get all kinds of gifts and benefits just because they play basketball. Among them, she said their new players-only dorm always has 2 Escalades available exclusively for the players' private use, and hardly any of them do their own homework. A guy friend of hers was a player's "tutor" which pretty much meant he had to do the homework and essay papers for 2 players he was assigned to, and that he was incredibly honored to get to do that. Nothing too earth-shattering nor anything we didn't already suspect, but I just had to laugh when she told me that. Someday I hope we get to watch them burn.

I didn't think it at the time, but man Tremont Waters was a must-get recruit. This team desperately needs a PG. I thought between Newkirk, Green, and Johnson we'd be fine, but boy are we struggling to replace Yogi. Which is frustrating because Newkirk was able to watch and practice with Yogi for an extended period of time last year.

Well, 2 years in a row now Crean and the team will have to recover from a heck of a lot of adversity early in the season. This team has the talent to win at least 25 games and make a deep tournament run.

A lot of is the Cards defense. They're the most efficient defense in the country.

This looks just like the Syracuse Sweet 16 game. Look awful in the first half committing a ton of turnovers, confused by their defense, make a bit of a run in the 2nd half until they pull away.

We won't struggle to make the tournament, but we can kiss winning the B1G goodbye. I really am worried what a 3 game losing streak will do to the psyche of our team, especially when all of those losses would happen in the state of Indiana.

Just not hitting any open shots, and Bryant can't finish around the rim. It seems like forever ago when he led the country in FG% last year.

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A lot like the Butler game, we just can't hit open 3's.