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Hard for me to envision another win. Michigan is going to bend us over.

or a bunch of puxxies who just don't care about sports anymore. one has to think that boosters would be happy to step in if that's the hanging point. that's if we still have boosters lol

with a huge ring on..

from up 10+ to down 20.... what a complete turd of a performance. goodbye tourney, and hopefully goodbye CAM

I'm still hanging on watching. Tempted to switch it to the Pacers game. If the Women's National Soccer team wasn't killing Argentina in the cup, I'd be watching them...

Does the Big10 have a 2 on 2 league?

what a complete sheet show

I agree. Time to get Lander minutes. Can't believe we PP'd that lead away. I guess it's better to do it now, then in the second half...

I'm 100% OK if Phin doesn't shoot so long as he takes care of the ball, and others shoot well. Whatever it takes to get a W IMO. Durham on fire early, so I'll take that.

I'm happy with these so far.

nice start.....

Let's go IU. Got to have this. Lighting candles for good PG play....

probably more like

I agree, but I do think he can improve his intermediate shot. Part of me thinks it's (his issues) partly because of where we play him out of necessity, and given the chance, he could be more well rounded. IDK.

Lander and Galloway on 10ish. Overall, the Gs off the bench were 0-4. I wonder had they hit their limited shots, if they would have got more minutes.

I agree on some of this, but what he does very well in CBB, he will likely not be able to do in the NBA. Also, I've seen a ton of mock's not even mention him in the 1st two rounds. The last mock I saw with him included was mid 2nd round. IMO, if he worked on a few areas, he could push himself solidly into the 1st, which would mean substantially more $$. And look at Garza... potential POY, and a ton of press... He's a senior and will likely go in the 2nd just because he's not likely to translate due to limitations... TJD has a ton of unrealized potential, I think is the point. And the G probably is less helpful developmental wise, than another year in the B10.

I agree with your sentiments 100%. I just don't agree he'll be back. Kids don't make the best decisions. I hope he's one of the rare kids that do, or at least has great support around him telling him to stick it out another year. Right now he's a great CBB player in his present situation, but his game won't translate right now to the NBA immediately like others. Another year in the Big10 is far better for him than the G or NBA bench. I think Durham has a middle, but agree Phin is either on or off. So frustrating. I was high on Phin after the last game, but I'm back to frustrated. Not sure if this kicks us out of a tourney spot, but if it does, I'm ready for Lander to get more development minutes.

What an ugly game by Phin and Durham... That's about all I can manage to say right now lol

Not sure what you mean by the bolded. I said both in an earlier post. He tried to stop it, logically assumes he knew something was happening, but does not inherently suggest what he knew, which is one of my points. I was a student in late 80s and hung with several BB players. Not BFFs or anything, but they were over at parties, little 5, my cousin and previous RA got them in at bars, etc. I can tell you stuff happened, even back then on Knights teams. And some that you think would not be involved, were. Some of the stuff would surprise people, it just never got out. Point is, it happens everywhere. Luckily, the players then didn't get out of hand enough to get in trouble (although the police were more forgiving back then). And nobody squealed either. Different days, but enough happened back then that could have been a cloud had it been known.

Again, factually speaking, we don't know what he knew. We know from Gordon he knew something was going on, and tried to stop it. That's it as far as I know. Drug testing is done year around by both the NCAA and the school, so one would think it would have turned up something, no? You could go conspiracy and say Sampson hid stuff, but that's not practical as I believe the university does the testing, not the coaches/team. So you have no flagged testing by the NCAA or school, no benching/suspension action by Sampson, none by DD when he took over, etc.. So tell me specifically, and factually, what did Sampson know, or possess, that would give him the ability to show some kids the door? IMO, all this stuff is a bunch of assumptions based on pretty much very little direct facts.

As far as facts are concerned around the whole drug situation, we have info from Gordon about some guys doing drugs. He also said Sampson tried to stop it. What other facts are out there? If that's it, IMO, opinions on that topic are far to strong as there are very few facts, and what first hand info we have seems to cancel out. I bring DD into the conversation because of the strong opinions that have always existed about Sampson on the topic, yet nobody ever connects DD (who didn't do anything either). I get it that nobody wants DD to be coach, I just find it hypocritical that many point to Sampson but not DD, who would have also been complicit.

Didn't say I wanted him. Boiling it down, I've pretty much said 3 things. 1) I wish he didn't screw up while here, 2) there are a lot strong opinions based on rumor that ignores fact, and 3) DD was present during it all and really didn't do anything different (and nobody trashes him for it).

Welp, either he's learned his lesson and changed, or he's been luckier getting the right kids. The AAC and him seem to be getting along. He's won the conference, and been CotY twice in the past couple years.

Look at the the history of the conversation. It started with Sampson, and someone pointing out that Sampson was responsible for X or Y. My response and bringing DD into it is pointing out the hypocrisy in blaming Sampson for that specific topic, while nobody blamed DD. If you don't like the conversation or tangent, you don't have to read or follow it.

Nobody is saying anyone is advocating for DD. Point is, nobody trashed DD. And on the topic of drug situation, it's all speculation what Sampson knew or didn't know, and one of the players that we know wasn't caught up in it, said Sampson did try to deal with things. Anyway, I don't fault him for that. I fault him for breaking the rules, which is not speculation.