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3-0 with a win over Wisconsin.  I like it.

At this point I'm going to assume James Blackmon will be out the whole month of January.  This isn't the worst news, as our schedule is obviously fairly easy this month.   Hopefully he can rejoin the team in a few weeks (if not sooner) in time for when our schedule gets tougher.

HAHAHA!   But Purdue is a Final 4 contender!!!!   Man what a bunch of pretenders.  They haven't beaten anybody and now blew a colossal lead at home.  I love it.

Good win, needed to go 2-0 to open the B1G and we were able to do that.

Blown call there, RJ did not turn that over.

OG!   Gem of the class so far imo.  So excited for his future here.

Nebraska has some awfully nice looking assets dotting the sidelines, if you get my drift.   Just something I noticed, might as well enjoy myself while I'm watching this game.

Wow, I was curious how Mississippi State was doing since they were on the uptick in the pre-season with their recruiting, so I looked up their schedule.   Currently 7-5 with losses to Southern University, Texas Tech, and Missouri - Kansas City.  It will be interesting to see how they finish Howland's first season.

Lots of teams lose to less talented teams on the road.   Let's not be one of those teams!

If you look at Crean's Marquette teams, I think he averaged 22 wins and 9 or 10 losses per year.   That's how I see this year going.  Despite the talent we have, we'll go 12-6 in conference to finish 22-9 in the regular season.   We'll win 1 in the BTT then get bounced, then win a tournament game and get bounced to finish 24-11.   Would that be enough to bring him back?  I would say probably not, but who knows. 

  IU's defense is rated 120 according to Kenpom.  Butler's is 141.  I think Butler could use a little more "heart and passion" on that end of the floor.

  #indianakids   Sorry couldn't help myself.  I wonder what's going on with him.

Wow, Nova torched Xavier by 30.

Northwestern hosts Maryland on Saturday, good chance for them to pick up an early season big win.   That would be cool to see them get to the tournament, I know we say it every year but I really think this could be their year.

  Actually we torched Rutgers last year.  If you had said Nebraska, then I'd have to agree.  I've got a bad feeling about that game on Saturday.

Hmiel says the late Bill Dally, a trucking executive who became close to several Bearcat coaches, told him he had offered Moses Malone a suitcase containing $150,000, “and that we were third that day.”   Wow.

The comments are pretty revealing, and don't surprise me in the least regarding Wisconsin.   I heard some pretty bad things also regarding Bret Bielema too, so it doesn't surprise me to hear them about Alvarez too.

  Exactly.  Why in the world would anyone care that the strength coach is on the bench?    If you don't like Crean I get that, but people are just looking for reasons to complain now.

Chris Mack would be acceptable, but he'd be on the second or third tier of coaches on my wish list if there was a change.   Lifetime 66% winning percentage, never further than the Sweet 16 in 6 years, although he has a team playing really well now.   There would have to be like 4 or 5 guys who say "no" first before we give him a call.

  So Rutgers covered the spread?  Good for them!

  He's not bashing a college kid, he's just criticizing his ability to play defense, which is something he is paid to do.   If he said, "James Blackmon is ugly and has no friends," then yeah, that'd be different.

  As someone who doesn't follow the NBA closely at all, is this very feasible?  Are Durant/Westbrook both in danger of leaving this year, are they in contract years, and could they really miss the playoffs?

  We also haven't gotten out of the first weekend of the tournament since 2012-2013 too.   If we have a 22-9 type year, get bounced the first day of the BTT, then only win 1 or no games in the NCAAs, then I don't think a change would be uncalled for.  Tournament success cannot be lacking the way it has been lately.

Jeff Borzello Verified account ‏@jeffborzello When's the last time a MAAC team was favored by double-digits on road at a Big Ten school? Monmouth 10.5-point favorites at Rutgers today.

  I'm sure they're quiet now, really nothing they can say after falling to 0-5 all-time in this tournament.