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I think "bud" is ok to use. I use it some. No disrespect meant with it

Didn't watch the game but followed the thread. We're the refs that bad? I'm always biased against the refs when IU plays most of the comments sound like they need to lose their ref privileges. Thoughts? This is a solid win for this team.

Have the day off but work next week some. At the gym now. Headed to my folks place for the weekend later today.

Michigan not looking good. They lost a lot last year. Still looking for role players to step up.

In the words of "All Dogs Go to Heaven": Morons, I'm surrounded by Morons. Agree that what they said is garbage.

Anyone else think UofL looked complacent 2nd half?

Agree, tOSU looks lost. Lots of athletes but no defined roles. UofL is a good solid team of course. tOSU don't appear to have shooters either.

Root for B1G, even rivals. Don't really care for the ACC. They get an unjustified amount of coverage from ESPN. B1G is just as good a league if not better.

I feel that the next several games will tell the rest of the season. Win or lose, need to see some effort on the defensive end. This team needs to respond.

Honestly, our next coach needs to be more a disciplinarian. Crean always seems to want to be their friend. Players need a coach, not a friend.

Well, our defense is horrible. Coaching is bad. Team in disarray. Recipe for success?

Would like to see Holt and Perea get playing time. Need to work on our interior defense something fierce.

As far as the speech therapy goes for DD, that is common for a traumatic brain injury. Hopefully he does not have any permanent nerve damage. That being said, he probably has significant edema on the brain, especially with a fractured skull. If the swelling affected his left temporal lobe where the speech is controlled then he likely has some speech problem that would necessitate therapy. Honestly, I don't expect him back this year. Godspeed to his recovery though.

I just read the partial transcripts on Twitter. Obviously, I'm not at the pressed but it sounds likes he has a little fire and anger coming out. I like this side to him. He himself admitted that he may be too lenient. Now that all this has come out, it is so easy to see why this team has under-performed. I do put a lot of the responsibility on Crean as the head coach but our players, at least some of them don't have the integrity to hold themselves to a higher standard. Perhaps we would be easier on Crean if he extended the suspensions or perhaps even kicked someone off the team for such violations. My personal opinion is that I back Crean a little more this year and hope to Jesus that the players now respond to a higher calling now that the dirty laundry is hanging out for all to see. Crean may not survive this year if IU does not make it to the tournament, and I am fine with that but I hope the players respond and finally find a sense of responsibility concentrate on some basketball.

He would be intubated because he was likely placed in a medically induced coma. This is often done to control pain and to reduce intracranial pressure. This helps to control swelling as well.