LamarCheeks

Phin!

Happy to see the fellas enjoying this one ...

No Galloway. Race and TJD battling foul trouble. We missed 14 free throws. We didn't really win, did we?

Didn't OG get hurt at Penn State?

Won by 12. Shoulda won by 22!!!

I haven't picked up a basketball in 2 years -- and I'm pretty confident that if I shot 27 free throws, I could make more than 13.

This last 1:41 is gonna be an eternity!

Great hustle, Race. Bad decision, Race. ... Kick that ball out and kill some clock.

Good frggin' grief -- shoot 'em underhand if you have to.

I didn't get that, either ... He goes over TJD to get the rebound and TJD gets the foul. To me, that's just a no-call.

Geronimo!

Where was Al throwing that?

TJD -- don't try to dunk from12 feet. Just make a bucket -- cause you'll get fouled and miss FTs.

Not taking anything away from Garza -- dude can ball. But am I the only one who thinks he gets happy feet every now and then?

5-10 (50% -- that's an easy one) from the line. I just don't get it. Game after game after game, we just throw away points.

Is TJD trying to miss?

Saw some of those guys -- Palat, Maroon, Johnson, Killorn -- cut their teeth when they were minor leaguers in Norfolk. Cooper was their coach. At one point, they won 28 in a row -- which, I think, is the record for a pro hockey franchise.

Why did TJD shoot that with his eyes closed?

Their guys can make 3s from just about anywhere on the floor -- off the dribble, off a pass, off a screen and with a hand in their face. We can't even hit the rim when nobody's guarding us.

Oh, Al -- four years later, you're still trying that sh-t.

Please don't think this is political -- or let it start a rash of political comments. I just saw this and thought it was too funny to not post ...

There almost should be a Luka Garza prediction thread ... I'll go with 35 points.

I sorta am. But my support is waning. A big reason I say this -- and I'm guessing it's not really an apt comparison -- is I live in Virginia, and on the surface, Tony Bennett's and Archie's philosophies seemed somewhat similar. And it took Bennett a while to get things rolling. But once he did ... There are some things that don't cross over, though -- Bennett continued to do relatively well in recruiting and he seemed to have a really good relationship with his players, while I'm not sure that's the case with Archie. And although the Cavs weren't knocking everyone's socks off, the eyeball test said they were getting better and making strides. I'm struggling to see that here ... BTW, forget Brooks or Kaufman or Garcia or Garland or Watford. IMO -- and this falls on Crean -- our biggest recruiting miss in the past 5-6 years has been Kyle Guy.

Let me preface this by saying I realize this has a 0.00 percent chance of happening, because apparently, we tried it once and were rebuffed. Also, I'd guess a decent percentage of folks on this board would disagree with me, but if I could have my pick of whom I want to coach IU ... Not Brad Stevens. Not Billy Donovan. Not Chris Beard. Not Scott Drew. Not Steve Alford. Not even Mike Krzyzewski. I'd go with Tony Bennett -- 100 percent, hands down, he'd be my choice. I still think the alleged rationale of him not wanting to exist in the fish bowl that is IU is BS. I think he was pissed because we parted ways with his sister. He is pretty low-key, but he seems very comfortable in his own skin. He's very well spoken -- I think he'd be great at pressing the flesh and speaking to crowds. He's obviously very bright. He seems to have a great relationship with his players. He's very committed to his faith. I think all these qualities fit right in perfectly at IU. I've lived in Virginia for 20 years, so have had a pretty good glimpse of his teams -- and I love the way they play. Plus, he kept the Toiletmakers from the Final Four! The only thing I wonder: What in the hell would've happened had we been a 1 seed and lost to a 16 in the NCAAs!

Someone wrote -- maybe it was you, I don't recall for sure -- asking unless Alford went to IU, would we have any interest in him based on his coaching achievements? I think the answer would be a pretty obvious no.