AKHoosier

A very entertaining byproduct of a win over Purdue would be making them sweat a bit in regards to the B1G race. They would be 3 games behind Wisconsin if we can pull out a win, and still having to play at UW and at UI.

F*** Purdon't and Peacock. IU 70 PU 68

I loved the effort and energy last night. I'd be stoked if we could parlay this kind of effort into taking down Purdue on Tuesday. Beating them 3 times in a row would be glorious, and we desperately need a marquee win.

Hey wait did you just drop some news? Haha

Man, just imagine if we hired John Beilein instead of Sampson in 2006. He would probably have won us a title by now, and would still be coaching.

Yeah mostly agreed, except it's very subjective to call TJD the best player in the nation. I will say having Xavier Johnson in the lineup all last season would have definitely changed things for the better. Xavier, along with JHS and Galloway would certainly have given us a better chance against Miami, that's for sure.

Yeah I don't think he gets fired this year either, no matter what. People need to realize our program has improved since he's gotten here. We missed out on the NCAAT like 5 years in a row, then brings us back in his first 2 years. We may not like the ceiling right now, but he has raised the floor.

My thoughts too but remember Dayton has a very solid program, with or without Archie. FAU was built by Dusty May essentially, and he had them in the Final 4. I'd like to see more out of him too, but to me if he so much as gets back to the NCAAT and wins a game or 2 then I'd sign him immediately.

Good lord. Our 5th year senior has to display leadership, not this kind of crap.

What happened?

Check out this guy with the reverse jinx!

If he misses the tournament, I could see him retiring early. He's too old for this. He doesn't want the ire of thousands of IU fans calling for his head if he doesn't turn it around. He seems like a good dude, I wanted it to work out even though I was never on board and skeptical from the beginning.

Glad I didn't bother getting Peacock. On that note, if you've got it keep it tuned in to watch Purdue win a road game. They're everything we wish we were right now. Tough, consistent, and most of all: winning.

I guess I should have prefaced it with "allegedly", but to me it has legs since I was first made aware by comments made under articles on ESPN.com back when they were allowed, and then brought up by anonymous message board posters who were VU fans on Rivals at separate times.

Even more than his coaching, I've always been more impressed by his ability to keep secret the fact he knocked up a soccer player at VU and made her get an abortion.

Yeah, and it sucks because now they actually won a title. Before, they'd flap their gums and puff their chest out despite the fact they had never really won anything, other than the split title in 1997. It was easy to point out that glaring weakness on their resume. Plus, OSU had owned them in the 21st century. Guess I'll have to get used to seeing plenty more UM gear up here in northern Indiana.

Not optimistic about road games, so I think we come up short. This is not the Rutgers team of late, however, so escaping with a win is definitely in the realm of possibility. Just get the W any way we can and I'll be happy.

Getting absolutely murdered on the glass. This game should be over by now.

We were also up 1 with 5 seconds left in the half. Regardless, I've never been a fan of fouling at the end of the half. Especially when it's your starters doing the fouling. What if you need those guys to not be in foul trouble toward the end of the game?

Wow. We just ran a clinic on how not to end the half.

9 pm start, ugh. Looks like I can only watch the 1st half. Sometimes I can make it through these late night tipoffs, but not when they're the same week as New Year's Eve.

If we go 1-7 in January, Woodson shouldn't make it to February. We won't go 1-7. Come on.

Agreed, and it pains me to realize we won't be immune from opt outs whenever we reach a bowl game again. I do think Cig will get us there, but I'd be willing to bet whoever our best player(s) is will sit out of the bowl game to "prepare for the NFL draft". Something has to get fixed, and soon.

No. A cold.

Needed a win like that.