LamarCheeks

It's the Battle of the Bens. Think that one's actually on the Deuce. I remember years ago, Northern's coach -- Ben Jacobson -- was the flavor of the month (like Shaka Smart and Brad Stevens) after knocking off No. 1 seed Kansas in the 2nd round of the NCAAs. Pretty sure he had offers, but he stayed put -- been there 19 years now. Probably worked out for the best, too.

Trimmed a big lead down to 4 with 3:30 or so left. Got MSU to miss, but they grabbed the rebound, then hit a 3. That was pretty much our last chance. When I flipped over from the men to take a gander, it was 57-43. When I switched over after the men, Syd had just made a 3 to make it 59-55. So we showed some spunk in coming back, just couldn't get over the ... hump (sorry, I had to say it).

Women are down by 4 with 3-plus to go at MSU. Let's make it a 2-0 day!

48-21 in the second half. DOMINATING!

C'mon Goode -- throw that down!

Gallo!

See ya, TKR

Too much dribbling, Gallo.

That is just so disturbing -- not to mention a possible misdemeanor!

On both those FT sequences, Leal was smooth as silk on the first and long on the second. Maybe he should step back 3-4 inches for his second shots. LOL!

That's not a moving screen on TKR?

Goaltending -- but he made it anyway!!!

Fletchy already is 6-foot-4. Wonder how much more growing he'll do once he hits puberty?

Why on earth would the Amish boy throw the ball back toward our basket like that? I thought he was the smartest player in the country.

Oh, Hermey -- you really, really make me wanna punch your smug little face.

Lappas: "Kaufman-Renn has tremendous footwork." Yeah -- it's called traveling.

No call. Wow -- what a break.

Kicking Furst in the calebs -- not a smart move.

Schwarbs -- keepin' it real. Love it. He goes up and swings from the heels anyway -- so managers know exactly what they're getting. He's not gonna change his approach much whether he's batting first or fourth or eighth.

Goodman pumping up Otzelberger in a video this week. Last week, I saw him on a YouTube video pimpin' Beard for the IU job. Wonder who it'll be next? Hard to put my finger on it, but I just don't care for that dude. I do think, however, his daughter does a pretty good job reporting on women's hoops.

Hoosiers 68 Toiletmakers 62

You didn't ask me, but it's a trick question. You're still referring to ...

I absolutely hate reliving the chair toss, but ... Sunday's game will come on its 40th anniversary. Same place. Same opponent. Coincidence, or some stealth scheduling by CBS? Thinking they knew this and planned this, because for the past several years, we've played at home first, then at PU -- but this season, it's reversed. And how soon into the broadcast before it's mentioned?

Negotiations ... Dolson: "What's the buyout on Doug's contract?" Green Bay AD: "It's $3.5 million." Dolson: "Not sure if that'll work." Green Bay AD: "OK -- we'll give you $5 million, but that's our final offer."

Alford?