RaceToTheTop

That's what I thought in that situation....it was obvious they were going to just try to get something going to the bucket to end the half.

Fitzner. Newkirk gave effort on defense.

Down 9 at half.....could have been worse. Don't know if that's good or bad. And for Christ's sake, when you're behind, you HAVE to hit your free throws.

**** Fitzner. Why in the hell is he in there?????

Well, refs aren't going to help us out either.

So we aren't scoring and have a lineup that includes McRoberts and Fitzner?

Guess Archie's talk of adjusting the front court bench rotation was just lip service. Davis, Fitzner, and McRoberts continue to give us nothing but still get minutes.

Iowa scored 93 on this Nebraska team.

On the floor???

So much for the change in front court rotation we heard about. FItzner, Davis, McRoberts give us ******* nothing and they still play.

Jerome Hunter, Damezi Anderson, and Robert Phinissee are all good shooters. One is hurt and out for the season, one is shooting 45% from the three but is on concussion protocol, and the third is having problems getting on the court because of reasons other than his ability to shoot. I'm not sure where the 'Archie isn't recruiting shooters' is coming from. And I'd say Durham's leap in his perimeter game has been incredible.

Positives: 7 turnovers. +3 rebounding. Fans complained for years about our inability to get the ball into the post. We went there relentlessly in the second half today. Hung in a game where we outmanned on the road against a top 5 team that was lights out in the first 10 minutes. Negatives: Still need a third scorer. Bench scoring is nonexistent. Slow start. Food for thought: Michigan played very well at home and won by 11. They had 3.....3.....turnovers. I would argue they should have had a few more (couple of charge calls not made as well as a couple of travels) but overall I thought the refs were okay today -- nothing out of the ordinary on the road.

There is something to be said for having 51-150 guys who stick for four years.

Yeah, I didn't see anything from him that says he should be getting more time. Really wish Hunter or Thompson were able to be getting minutes. Fitzner hasn't been good, but Moore looks lost.

Wow....looked like a clean block.

If Damezi played any kind of defense right now, he'd be getting those minutes. He'll come around.

80% ? I wish he was a free throw.

Seemed like it started in about the last ten minutes of the half.

IU has only 5 turnovers after 29 minutes. Michigan has 3.

I have no idea what a charge is anymore. Not sure what else Durham could have done a couple of possessions ago.

I'd say there is zero chance of UCLA hiring Pitino. UCLA fired Jim Harrick just a season after he won s title for lieing on an expense report. Pit in o's transgressions go waayyy beyond that. Pitino furthered condemned himself by suing Louisville after being fired. Schools stay sway from coaches who fo things liks that.

Yeah, I'm not sure what he was supposed to do in that circumstance....doubled in the backcourt, he can either pick up the dribble or try to find someone open. No one came to the ball. So the turnover looks like it's on him, but someone is supposed to flash to center court.

Win. On to the next game. I have yet to see a win I would return. Bottom line, we are a top 20ish team. I'm expecting around a 11-9 Big Ten record, 20-11 overall. And I'm sure if that's our final record some will talk about how we faded down the stretch instead of the schedule simply got very tough. We are 3-0 in the conference against three of the teams near the bottom. Thing is.....that's the best that you can be in three games against three teams at the bottom. Guarantee there will be teams in the conference that wish they had went 3-0 against this set.

Oh, I don't disagree. My problem with the current testing is that because its still just in its state of infancy: 1. There are tons of false positives resulting from the tests. 2. Players will take note of the # of false positives and which makes them less likely to report concussion symptoms. For instance, in my son's case, he dropped a heavy cooler on his head one day after practice. Had a really bad headache that night, but chose not to report it.....felt that if he did and didn't have a concussion, it would still have prevented him from playing for quite a while because of the difficulty he had in passing it in the first place. Everything turned out to be fine and there weren't any signs of concussion after that, but I think it demonstrates an unintended consequence that comes when the safety precautions do err so far on the side of safety.

I think getting out of Fort Wayne helped.