LamarCheeks

This is the Jekyll-Hyde nature of this team. A few minutes ago, Rob looks super smooth in knocking down a 3 from the top of the key. Just now, he doesn't even hit the rim on a wide-open 3 from the right wing.

Good Lord, Rob -- you almost broke the backboard on that one.

Gotta love Trey. He comes flying off the bench, waving his arms -- trying to pump up the crowd. Only there is no crowd.

If the first one was a flop (didn't see the replay), this one wasn't far behind.

Jerome! WTF!

Hate to criticize Race, because he did get fouled. But that was a really weak drive. Go hard to the bucket, dude. Slam it.

OK, so the guy throws up a 3 that has absolutely no chance of going in. And Jerome fouls him. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

Women lose 84-80. Cut a huge lead down to 2 at one point, but I don't think we ever tied it. Damn -- don't want to get swept by the Twerps tonight.

It's not Maryland's defense that's causing us problems. It's that WE. CANNOT. SHOOT.

Good Lord, TJD -- that was a 6-foot brick.

Trey -- you had a wide-open 3 with 2 seconds on the shot clock -- and you started dribbling. Of course, he'd have probably bricked the shot anyway.

Work so damn hard to get a wide-open 3. And we clank it. Every. Freaking. Time.

I'm not trying to pile on Archie -- there's enough of that. But what perplexes me more than anything about his tenure is this: We simply cannot shoot. We're getting pretty good looks tonight, but like every other GD night, we just aren't making baskets.

Race -- you gotta make that!

Meanwhile, the IU women have cut a 15-point deficit to 2.

Seems kinda weird that we turn down the lights and have the video show and music for starting lineups -- when there's nobody there.

Have Ohio State and Minnesota at home. Michigan on the road. We used to have Michigan and OSU both at home or both on the road in any season, but this year we hosted the Harbaughs for the second year on a row. So apparently, we now owe them two straight at the Big House: we play there next season and in 2022.

Cannot hit a 3 for anything -- and we're getting good looks.

Yep. He was a star at the University of Washington, who later played for a half-dozen or so NBA teams. ... I'm wondering if you might be referring to Isiah Thomas? If so, yes -- any Hoosiers fan is well aware of him. He's one of the all-time greats at IU. But he's from Chicago. This thread was about great Hoosiers from the state of Indiana.

Candy Stripes 78 Twerps 74

Just threw a batch of chili in the crock pot. Should be ready by tipoff. I'm looking forward to a hoops doubleheader against the Turtles -- unfortunately, they'll overlap by an hour or so. Let's go, guys and gals -- sweep the Twerps.

And he throws a pick on his first pass attempt.

Nate Sudfeld is taking over for Jalen Hurts as the Eagles' QB.

I've said this before and will continue to do so. The best way to spruce up our uniforms, and even help attract recruits: belted shorts.

Egads. I just made the mistake of looking at the Big Ten's Facebook page. Holy crap -- are we getting roasted. And to be honest, we had it coming. We pissed and moaned about the league walking back its six-game rule and picking O$U for the title game. We fussed when the CFP committee kept us out of a NY6 bowl. We bitched about the B1G pushing Northwestern over us for the Citrus, and even had our former AD roasting the B1.0 in a tweet. Then we pulled the stunt with removing the conference logo from our unis -- or covering it up, whichever it was. We did all that, and then ... went out and crapped our pants on the field. Can't make that much of a stink about things, then perform like that. That's why I felt all along this game was a no-win situation. The only way we gain any cachet would've been to win by three TDs or so. Can't figure which was more upsetting: this, or having Bob Knight finally return to AH after all those years away and all that bitterness -- only to let the goddamn Purdue Toiletmakers walk all over us.