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We're winning but ... Davis isn't feeling well and JuMo just got a charge on a flop by Bucky. Egads!

So, Davis is hurling in the locker room before the game ... I swear -- this team just can't buy a break.

Virginia Tech keeps working crazy hard to get their guard, Wabissa Bede, wide-open 3s -- and he keeps missing. Hokies led throughout, and I fear they're gonna end up blowing it.

Badgers 69 Hoosiers 62

"the great Archie Miller" comment -- at least the one that I saw -- came from some fan. Jake's dad was just replying to it.

As far as I can tell, the "the great Archie Miller" phrase did not come from Jake's dad. It came from another tweet to which Jake's pop replied. ... There definitely have been times when Mr. Forrester has been critical of Archie. He, however, did not write "the great Archie Miller."

U.Va. -- down by 10 at halftime -- wins at Louisville by 12. ... Cavs are 32-3 in past 35 ACC games. I know it won't mean much unless they do anything in the NCAAs, but I think this is the year they turn the corner.

Forgot Virginia was playing at noon today. Turned it on at halftime -- Louisville was ahead by 10. We've got eight minutes left and the Cavs are now up by 2. Although the Cards just got screwed. They got called for a charge when the defender's foot clearly was inside the restricted area. Mack went nuts and got a T. They can review that call at certain points of the game, but not others? Makes very little sense to me.

From what I can gather, Big Daddy (Jake's dad) is an assistant principal at a high school in Harrisburg, Pa., and it looks as if he played at Temple (probably played for Chaney). I don't think that Jake went to his school, though -- at least later on. I believe he sent him to a prep school.

I'm late to this, but from what I gather, Big Daddy 379 is Forrester's dad?

If you're talking about Alford the player and referring to our guys' FT and 3-point shooting, I'd say you're 100 percent correct: Alford wouldn't have done this bad. In fact, it's right there in the stats: He never did perform as poorly as our fellas do now. If you're talking about Alford in some other capacity, I'd disagree ...

We won an NCAA title 32 years ago because we simply ran our offense during the final 28 seconds against Syracuse. And because Darryl Thomas (RIP) passed the ball -- the greatest assist in IU history. Alford, our go-to guy, never even touched the ball on that last possession.

Once we got to OT, I knew we were cooked. ... That last play of regulation was abysmal. To have Romeo stand out there and dribble for 25 seconds then chuck up a step-back 3 ... Sheesh! Make a pass. Make two. Make three. Get it to JuMo down low for a scoop and maybe he gets fouled. When the ball never leaves one player's hand, it's too damn easy to defend. Even if you want Romeo to take the shot, have him pass, then get the ball back to him. ... I HATE it when final sequences are run like that.

Bohannon is the luckiest muther on Earth ... He's not even shooting; he's just flinging it up there.

GRAB THE BALL!!!

On a final possession like that, you HAVE to pass the ball. Damn, I hate that kind of play.

And one of those fouls probably will be on an illegal screen.

After a few days and once this all dies down, the stock will ketchup.

Can we win game? It depends on whether we're down 10-0, 15-0 or 20-0 at the 16-minute timeout. If it's 10, I think we can make it competitive. If it's either of the latter two, I'll say we're in our usual heap of trouble.

From what I've read, Kraft was caught as part of an investigation into a sex-trafficking ring. So it might not exactly be a victimless crime.

To be honest, I'm just starting to think regardless of attitude, Smith is just not a very good basketball player. A pretty good athlete? Yes. But the basketball skills just don't seem to be there -- at least from my observations. I've seen him get good positioning on a box out, only to just see the ball bang off his hands as he goes for the rebound. I've seen him shoot an airball from 15 feet. I've seen him shoot an airball from 10 feet. I've seen him nearly break the backboard on a 20-footer. I've seen him make a nice move to get to the bucket, then totally brick what should be a simple layup. ... Maybe he should've just tried football or track -- perhaps those are better suited to his athletic capabilities. With his skill set (or lack thereof), he is never gonna be a scorer. He could be a great defender if he played hard when he's on the court, but he pouts when he's not a bigger part of the offense. And when he is part of the offense, he can't score anyway. It's a Catch 22 for Archie.

I've seen the stories about this, but do any say if a basketball player signs a LOI, he has to stay in college for 2-3 years -- or perhaps can't be drafted for 2-3 years from the time he signed? ... Otherwise, players technically could play in college for a season, then declare for the draft.

Here's a scenario I write about mainly in jest, but it's just a look at things from a different persepctive. And with the things the way they are now, you never know ... With being told he has to keep players he doesn't want (and those players causing more trouble than they're worth), with fans screaming derogatory things at him during games and writing nasty things about him on social media and calling for him to be fired and with all the other nonsense going on, Archie throws up his hands and says, "You know what? I've had enough. I'm tapping out. These people are unrealistic and just plain nuts." He then goes to a place like Wake Forest, which has a pretty decent basketball history, and where Danny Manning's leash is apparently getting shorter and shorter. Flash forward to 2024: After being allowed to run the program the way he wants and without much of the outside foolishness, the Deacons are a Top 10 team and get to the Elite Eight -- maybe the Final Four. Meanwhile (keep in mind, this is 2024): We're in the fourth year of the Dane Fife Era or Steve Alford Era (because to many, we JUST HAVE TO HAVE AN INDIANA GUY), and we're on our fourth year of finishing below fourth place in the B1G, haven't made it out of the quarterfinals of the B1G tournament and have won 20 or more games just once. After missing the NCAAs in two of the past three years, we're in, but are a No. 10 seed -- and lose to No. 7 seed Georgia in the opening round.

And it probably had a string that when you pulled it, the Bulldog marched back and forth while clapping its paws and furiously pulling up its pants.