LamarCheeks

Been terrible on the break so far. I feel bad complaining with a double-digit lead, but it just seems as if we should be up by about 20 now. Just hate wasting opportunities to extend this margin.

TJD is eating them alive, but at the same time, he's leaving a ton of points out there. He just has very little touch.

Gotta make those, TJD!

We're up 8, but it feels as if we should be up 15. Games like this scare me.

Candy Stripes 68 Sparty 63

So this happened 32 years ago today. I was a junior at the time. Was watching with my roomie in my rented house on Walnut Street. After Jay hit that shot, we ran around the house and screamed our heads off. Lyndon and Jay couldn't have squeezed another millisecond out of that play. You know RMK loved that one. He was good friends with Johnny Orr back in the day, but really hated Michigan after he left.

I got ya.

The only thing that bugged me about that was on the very next possession, Minnesota missed and Rob walked the ball upcourt. I was channeling my inner Salt-N-Peppa and screaming: Push it. Push it real good.

When we're playing possessions like this late -- Trey shouldn't be in when we have the ball.

Announcer: "Indiana with a comfortable 14-point lead." Um, with this squad, there is no such thing as a comfortable lead ...

Would it kill TDJ or Race to get an and-1? Any time they draw contact, they just cannot finish.

Why are we having such a difficult time cutting off those drives???

Man, I wanna see that again. I'm not convinced that wasn't a backcourt violation.

Race has been short on three straight FTs. ... I just don't understand that.

I think Race was throwing that one to me.

Did Al think we were ahead, there were 6 seconds left in the game and he needed to dribble out the clock? Otherwise, I cannot possibly fathom what happened on that final possession.

WTF, Al!

That or they'll keep calling fouls and we'll miss a ton of FTs -- like we usually do.

We STILL don't have the ability to realize when something's not available. Jerome trying to back his defender down from 20 feet away. TJD driving with two guys draped on him. Kick it back out if it's not there.

TJD has shown a nice touch on his first two buckets ...

Mash Jr. just mushed past Al.

Hoosiers 68 Rodents 61

Northwestern got a big deficit (I think it was 17 at its largest) down to 1 once late in the second half, and to 2 another time, but Illinois just kept hitting huge shots. Dosunmu hit the dagger -- about a 30-footer -- to stem the tide once and for all. Illinois wins by 7 -- 73-66. Relatively entertaining game.

If everybody's in an all-fire hurry to dump adidas, I say we go old school -- really old school. Let's ride the Pony!

Northwestern -- bless their hearts -- is giving Illinois a helluva battle to try and end that skid. They were getting poleaxed early, but keep fighting back only to see the Illini pull away. It's down to 1 now.