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Garland went down with a knee injury 2 minutes into the game and didn't return. Hopefully nothing serious.

And now Marquette has yet to score 8 minutes into the 2nd half.

When he came in at the end of the Marquette game, he was on the block during a free throw. When the free throw went up, he got pushed off the block like he weighed about 100 pounds.

Not saying this was your intention, but I can't say I really blame them. I think it's hard for non IU fans to understand how considerable the transition was from Crean's system to Archie's system last year. Adding our talented freshmen and Fitzner was huge, but I think it being year 2 in Archie's system is almost as big. I think people gave us credit for the 1st but not the 2nd, hence being unranked going into the season. I never felt like it was a bold statement saying we were a top 15 team this year. Edit: Realized after I posted that if any team was going to understand the transition, it should have been Marquette fans!

What a f%cking joke of a tackle attempt I mean honestly that is disgusting

Alright Ramsey it's winning time.

So this is what it looks like when bad things happen to the other team

That was a phenomenal pass

That was maybe the worst throw I've ever seen by Hill

I didn't even attempt to sell my two tickets (decent - row 21) as I didn't think I would get $15 for the pair.

We just need to ball out this year and the choice will be obvious. I'm highly confident we will do just that.

What would you consider bad enough? UCLA is quickly approaching the territory where IU was at with Crean in that it will have no choice but to fire Alford to stave off a fanbase revolt. And similar to the situation with Crean, his buyout is pretty reasonable at this point.

So apparently college basketball rules on number of steps doesn't apply to Duke? Have seen 3-4 travels that haven't been called in the 5 minutes I've watched.

Well hopefully Kansas blows them out by 30

Flexible lineup There will be very few regular season games in which every player enters the contest. But Crean used the exhibition to play everybody. “Tonight everybody played because they could,” Crean said. There wasn’t a lot of rhyme or reason to his decisions. He even let Claxton, a 6-foot-11 big man, take the ball up the court a few times. “It felt amazing [to take the ball up],” Claxton said. “Just having that trust from my teammates and my coaches being able to play my game and play free. I feel like that’s going to open up a lot of things for everybody else and myself.”

You talk about a straw man and then use one in the next post. No one is arguing Patterson wasn't a good high school player but that's also not what anyone here cares about. We only care about whether these kids end up being good in college. Your logic regarding Patterson is basically that you saw him play a bunch of times in high school and thought he would be really good, he didn't turn out in college because of x, y, and z, so your assessment of his skills translating well to college basketball was still correct. So basically the only way anyone could even argue with you is if they saw him in high school. And honestly, would it kill you to say that your assessment of Gelon might have been slightly off? You could still follow that up with you think its possible he could have succeeded in a niche role in Crean's system. But at least it wouldn't seem so much like you view yourself as infallible. Edit: I should say that if Phinisee continues to play at this level then you deserve major kudos. It seems to me most of the people who "were on the Phinisee bandwagon this whole time" joined it because of you.

I feel like there are some very strong opinions being formed based on a very limited sample size for Phinisee (obviously Old Friend is basing it on more than that). Let's see him against some real competition before we crown him.

Yikes what's happened to the defense? USI has damn near doubled their point total in 4 minutes

Certainly doesn't seem like he forged some sort of amazing relationship with Wilkes as he "got to hang out with him a little."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2018/10/25/five-teams-snubbed-overrated-college-basketball-preseason-poll/1760944002/ If Loyola should be ranked, what does that say about us? I'm pretty convicted that we will finish the year in the top 15, barring injuries.

Jeremiah April was in the same class as Robert Johnson and Priller the Thriller (and Emmitt Holt)...how the heck is he a junior?

Phinisee is a freshman who will make freshman mistakes. Green will get his chances.

We don't need him to score though. If he can hit an open shot to prevent defenses from sagging too much, that is really all we need from him on offense. In one of the Illinois games he must have hit four jumpers and looked confident doing it. If he can get to that level a little more consistently, that is what we need. And honestly I think he's capable of it...just needs a bit more confidence this year. But his defense and intangibles are actually of even greater value with the talent around him because his offense really isn't needed.

Now that I look again, it looks like buying something like season tickets for women's basketball would be the best deal for getting cumulative points. You can really get season tickets for $45? https://iuhoosiers.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS%3AINDIANA%3AWB18%3AWBS%3A&linkID=indiana&shopperContext=&pc=&caller=&appCode=&groupCode=WBSEA&cgc=

Are you aware of the how the points system works for IU athletics? (asking honestly) The best ways to build up points that actually accumulate from year to year (IU wants big donors to donate every year so most donations only count for one year) include donating to the varsity club annually, buying season football tickets, and buying season basketball tickets. I was told two years of donating to varsity club and buying season football tickets may get me eligible for basketball tickets. https://iuhoosiers.com/sports/2015/4/1/priority-points.aspx