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i ain’t reading all that i’m happy for you tho or sorry that happened

Wilkerson deserves a medal and a hug.

Ok then Dolson is suiting up.

Who you wanna play instead? Kenny Johnson at the point?

Can you pay NIL with a credit card and then do a chargeback?

I really truly thought the strength of this geriatric team would be mental fortitude. Seems not.

We can’t possibly know who our targets are since guys aren’t in the portal yet…that being said yeah I can’t imagine they haven’t identified at least a few top targets. Personally, if the fan base/admin has the stomach for it, I’d prefer long term sustained success over flash in the pan. I can’t handle another senior transfer heavy team year after year.

Am I the only who reads that…surely someone else here has the mind of a teenage boy… In other news, I’m excited to see the type of player that, when all things are considered, Coach pursues.

The Big Ten Conference plays an outdated style of basketball. It’s overly physical and interior centric. Thus the struggle in March. I’d imagine if you weren’t an IU fan and had no interest in the conference, you would choose other conferences 9 out of 10 times. Adapt or die.

And they get the ball to start the half? We can’t even get a pity possession arrow?

Woof that body language going into half was bad even accounting for OSU never missing. Really don’t think we have enough folks to play post season.

Nah—I like cheese.

At times I feel as though…some players’ defensive awareness could be better…

Nice to see the team locked in and focused from the tip.

It looks like we are firmly in the “achieve” section. We are firmly “whelmed”. A perfectly whelming season. The fact our new GM, who is widely viewed as very good at his job and ability to assemble player, recognized the team did well considering the island of misfit toys roster is promising.

I have a Purdue recruiting theory. Painter only recruits big uglies so he can say he’s not the worst looking guy on campus.

Now I know who’s stealin all those checks from Grandmas to grandkids. Or maybe you use your LLV to run bottles to Michigan for that sweet 10 cents.

What’s the amount of money you make where it becomes okay to be boo’ed and heckled? Is it 6 figures? Can we boo the 50k 13th rando on the bench? Is there a NET rating for the team? Some advanced metrics? Maybe it’s a bell curve where mediocre gets more slack since you have to boo those sub 300 teams but also can boo the top 50 since they all get paid.

Connerway jacked his foot so he wasn’t an option. Alexis is gassed. I’m not sure Sisley is acclimated defensively and this is not the game for that. Some of you act like there’s an answer on the bench. Sometimes you can’t make a steak out of hamburger.

To be fair those Italians aren’t known for their basketball.

I see everyone’s feeling optimistic and level-headed this afternoon!

Yeah me too. How the heck do you score half a point???

If you listen to what Carr says in his interview, he said (without saying) that this roster is not “it”. He does call it unbalanced and correctable but you dance with the one who brung ya. Despite not being world-beaters, I am proud of every member on the roster. We don’t have any head cases. We don’t have headline makers. No one is failing classes or throwing potted plants at walls. They’re all giving effort. That’s important to me. On the other hand, so is winning. So step one may be done but there’s miles to go. Maybe CDD is a fantastic coach but a poor talent evaluator. I’d take that over the inverse any day. Also Carr is a big proponent of building through the draft AKA high school. That’s a key to every successful program—all sports including IUFB.

I don’t understand why this isn’t widely understood and accepted. Indiana may have a great talent pool but they don’t check the boxes outside of throwing money at the program which by itself won’t change things. We are recruiting kids who are the children of parents not old enough to remember IU winning a championship 40 years ago. And the facilities are mid. Can the program evolve into a powerhouse? Sure. Absolutely. But so can dozens and dozens of other schools.

The makeup of that team was chef’s kiss.