DChoosier

Coach K gets better and better recruits and his hair gets darker and darker. I think he is good through his mid-80's. If you have not seen it in person when he walks into Cameron Indoor it is like Ceasar lording over the gladiators (or RMK entering the Hall).

I like that Crean is seemingly showing Troy the bench when he makes boneheaded plays. Troy definately stayed more in the flow of the game after getting pine time.

Know why it happened? Were you not able to watch any of the games this year?

The NCAA tourney is going to be wild this year.

Sorry I did not see your post the other day but the Union Pub, where you went, often has quite a large and vocal turnout of IU fans. You should check it out again.

I thought Rojo would have us questioning if he should have started over JB all along but he has not really stepped up.

Last year crean would have taken Z out

[quote name="8bucks" post="231887" timestamp="1452651943"]Pat knight works for the Pacers. I did not know that. Would like to see him. Is he selling hot dogs or beer?

We would have been close and called it another win :) Think that puts us at 12 or 13 for the year.

Good point

Yes he was on the low end of the pay scale but when I hear "pay up or he will leave" does that mean the worry is that he will get big coin as an OC? If people are afraid he will go to another Power conference team , as a HC, for more money my question is where would he go? Years 2/3 he was 5-11 in conference. Years 4/5 he was 3-13 with his guys. Who in the BT, ACC etc is throwing money after that?

I could be wrong but think we added 4, not 2, more years and doubled his pay. No I would not let him shrivel but he is now tied with JH at Michigan for the longest guarantee in the BT. I would think there was a little room in the middle. Who knows....maybe someone was dangling big money for him to be an OC somewhere.

Yes it does make it easier to go to 3mm down the road but we are tied-in for 6 years......the longest in the Big Ten.

Having one of the games at 8:45 EST on New Years Eve was idiotic. Playing the games on two consecutive Saturdays is a no brainer.

You are half right. If it was IU it would have been 3rd and 19 when he ran for 50.

Well this is obviously not a popular opinion, as he was called a "tool", etc., but I am with Justin...6 years at 2.5 per after beating 2 1-7 BT teams...WOW. I get being competitive , and enjoyed watching us A LOT, with good teams this year but after 5 years I say C+. Sorry for saying it again but we have won 3 BT games in two years and 2 of the wins were against two of the worst PU teams ever. In years 2/3 his Big Ten record was 5-11. In years 4/5 it was 3-13. Without Suds, a couple of the OL guys and a few of our defensive departures I am afraid we will regress next year. Hopefully the contract will draw more recruits this year, we win 7 next year and I will eat my words. I am very pro-IU and really hope I am wrong about my concern that we will regret the size and length of this in a couple of years. I think he should have been retained but 6 @ 2.5 seems like a stretch.

Hopefully the scouts were thinking....this Bryant kid will really be good after another year or two in college.

I do not think so. Do you think Blackmon is headed towards the league just as he was prior to being hurt? He does not get the separation from defenders the way JJ can. PS...hope I am wrong, of course, and he has a great NBA career.

To be a NBA 2 guard he needs at least 2/3 of ....better D, more lateral quickness and/or more height. Wish him the best but do not see him in the league. Reminds me too much of Bracey Wright.

OSU also turned up their defensive intensity quite a bit in the first 10-14 minutes of the second half. Assume Matta jumped their #^%%*.

OSU defense intensity much different this half

Little things count. Yogi's drive did not go in (unforced good shot that did not drop) but he then looked at the basket instead of getting back on D.

Yes, All four of their basketball fans are bummed.

Our D has looked much, much better but boy has OSU missed a lot of close shots

Troy did a good job reducing the times he forced things (recall one wild shot but he got the foul call), Only recall Yogi doing his patneted dribble to the baseline/jump pass once, the other team needs to get a hip on OG or he is all over the offensive basket, extra passes were made, did not dribble the air out of the ball.....a lot of small things that added to big results.