DChoosier

With RJ hurt, on the road, their senior night a need for a win I thought we had a 1 in 3 chance to win. Glad to be wrong.

I agree. Do not want to see UVA, MSU or Wiscy in the first couple of games.

I can't see the bracket. Where is UCLA and their 3 burger boys seeded?

I am too lazy to look it up but I would think it would be very rare (maybe never) for a sole winner of the BT to be a 5 seed. Win two more (MD and 1 BT) and we should be a high 3, maybe low 2.

Hey 30(ugh). Wait until you are 40...you will think 30 was very young. Wait until you are 50...you will think you were young at 40 Etc. Etc. :)

I was at IU prior to the existence of the BTT and have a question. How much do the younger posters care about the BT tourney? Do not get me wrong, I want IU to win every game they play but that being said: *the conference title means a lot more to me because it involves home and road games over many weeks. *I am on edge when we have a chance to win the regular season title but the BTT does not do it for me. * if we lose a chance to win the BT regular season title I am very bummed but if we do not make the BT tourney final my first thought is "at least we will have fresh legs for the tourney" I get the excitement of the BTT if we need wins to get into the tourney but beside that...?

On another post I mentioned multiple improvements without giving details. One of the improvements, and to your point, is his behavior the last few minute of tight games. In the past 2/3 months I have noticed that he does not appear to be "freaking out" when the game gets tight. Seems more in control/confident. Let's face it.....in the past he would call time out during a tight game and look like he was going to stroke out. Good to see the change. Also.... depth and past reasonable concerns about putting a team together????? Aside from Yogi going out we do not see much decline with a lot of the subs. Injuries, fouls trouble etc....not good but this year we can deal with it. Very fun to watch.

I am not ready to build a Crean statue or offer an extension but you have to call it the way it is and the fact is that there have been MULTIPLE positive changes in the past 2/3 months. Far more than I thought possible (and I am very happy to be wrong). Good road win against a formerly top 4 team that desperately needed a win on their senior night.

Good topic after winning the BT. Maybe we should discuss how we will suck in the 2021-2022 season.

Adds a bit of perspective to our collective angst.

[quote name="Calipari" post="249873" timestamp="1456705166"]If Thon comes, who leaves?[ I doubt we get him but right now we are not over signed and I would be surprised if both TW and TB return. Am guessing that at least one of them leave, especially if we happen to make a run in the tourney and they look good.

Isn't it refreshing that, at least at this point, we are not discussing the 2-3 players that need to be run off to make room for the new recruits?

Bingo. That is a big component. Hate to drag out the Cuse game but the "Cody" team getting matched up with a team with tall/long guards that played a very tough zone was about the worst matchup we could have encountered. This year I would rather play a UK/UNC team than a grinder like Wiscy.

Figures. Purdue is playing a rare game on ESPN and they are showing toilet commercials.

Think of our D in Maui and now....

Lot of game to go but.......good Troy has shown up so far.

Painter is crying....beautiful

Bryant tends to get gassed. This one is going to tough for him.

Thanks for the ESPN News heads up

I hate how tightly they line up these games. OT....ugh. Who cares about friggin SEC hoops???

There are certain guys some might hate but would love if they were on their team. Skiles - MSU Cardinal - PU Fife - IU

Coach K got a technical...I did not think that was allowed under NCAA rules. On another note. Many say coaching is stressful but Ricky P and Coach K are nearly a combined 199 years old but neither has a single grey hair.

Hey. How bout those Boilers??? Boiler down!!!

I agree. They both even seem to be similar in being slightly "odd".

They do. He is recruiting well but natives are not happy this year.