LamarCheeks

Sure, he's bigger -- and probably better. But will it matter if he can't stay healthy? Tom Allen: "Hey -- this is your team." I thought it was interesting that in a Chicago Tribune story about Ramsey transferring to Northwestern, Peyton's father says Allen told him he would be the starter going into next season. That wasn't consistent what what Allen's seemingly been saying all along -- that when Penix is healthy, he's the man.

I wonder if the non-handshake had to do with our side being worried about what might've been going on with Hoiberg? Or is that gonna be standard practice from here out? ... Did anybody see the Minny-N'western game? Did they do the same? ... After 40 minutes of bumping and banging and sweating, it just seemed odd to eschew the typical handshakes afterward.

This guy is comparing Ramsey to Joe Burrow? Really? And according to Ramsey's dad, Tom Allen told Peyton he'd start next year. Not sure I buy that. But I suspect you're gonna want to put a Northwestern spin on things. (Especially since Greenstein went to Northwestern). https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-northwestern-peyton-ramsey-transfer-20200310-adi63kbc6jdedmgtvymh4dhbue-story.html?fbclid=IwAR0IlXTYnSasrQnVwiZbv8NTx5LrN_0YPFISR2htr2jAIwH3se3L_XJUE9A

Hoosiers 73 Huskers 62

I don't know enough about it to say whether he'd be a good hire or not. But I fear he will get the gig simply because it's the easy move and is taking the path of least resistance. (BTW, I'm a big Chris Reynolds fan. He played when I was in school and seems to be a top-notch dude across the board).

Vitale just ranted about what a great guy Lunardi is and prattled on about how hard he works. Then he demanded that Sean Miller apologize. ... Yes, he said Sean. Regardless, so a guy who projects brackets for the NCAA tournament works as hard -- or harder -- than a basketball coach at a Power 5 school?

I'm not terribly worried about football players joining the roster (although with our luck, the backup QB will score 30 points against us in a stunning upset), but how is this possible? Can you just add players at this point in the season? If so, can't we go down to the HPER building and find a 3-point shooter from the intramural crowd? LOL!

Pitt 81, Wake 72 ... Is that it for Danny Manning in Winston-Salem?

Can't argue with this selection, but it makes me wonder ... Are there coaches who simply have a ceiling at the mid-major level? Because Grant was great at VCU, was a failure at Alabama and is kicking a$$ at Dayton. Will he parlay this success into a second shot at a Power 5 school? ... John Groce is another. He was great at Ohio U, didn't last at Illinois and this year, won the MAC regular-season title at Akron. ... Darrin Horn (former Crean assistant) did a bang-up job at WKU, stunk at South Carolina and now has Northern Kentucky in the Horizon League title game ... The jury's still out on Shaka, but he knocked it out of the park at VCU, then has been so-so at Texas ... And obviously, we have Archie ... Despite what a lot of people think, I think the jury's still out on him. But are we seeing a guy who's simply gonna peak at the mid-major level? I certainly hope that's not the case ...

The floor at this WCC tournament is driving me nuts. It makes it look as if they have giant spotlights shining on either end of the floor, while the lights are out over midcourt.

If this got posted somewhere, forgive the repetition. But I haven't seen it anywhere here and saw it for the first time today. It was written in advance of the B1G tourney, but is pretty interesting. I don't know who might have seen the story about Josh Speidel and all he went through and how he got to start and score his first collegiate points in his final game at Vermont. He and Patberg are old friends, and he helped prop her up through some of her tough times. Sounds like both are pretty good kids. A nice story ... https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28845679/how-childhood-friend-helped-indiana-ali-patberg-find-game-again

I realize Franklin hasn't been setting the world on fire lately, but he didn't play one minute today. Unless he's hurt, it seems as if he should get at least 5-6 minutes to see if he can contribute anything. If not, then sure, sit him the rest of the way.

There's death, taxes and ... our scoring droughts. In every half of every game, you can just tell yourself "We're gonna have a 6-7-8 minute stretch where we won't score. Or maybe we'll get a couple free throws." ... And you almost can sense when it's coming. I just cannot understand for the life of me, why the staff hasn't figured out a way to create some better scoring opportunities during these stretches. It boggles the mind.

Missed box-out on Reuvers. ... TDJ's missed FTs.

God, I detest Bucky.

Davidson ain't gonna miss.

If I'm Archie, I tell the ref -- I'm gonna foul before the ball is thrown in. Then have someone make contact as soon as the ref hands over the ball.

That sure seems like a shot Al shoulda made. ... He had a pretty clear path to the bucket!

How do you not box him out!

I really, really, really, really wish they'd stop acting as if Lunardi is on the NCAA committee. He is no authority.

We're either gonna have to hit 3s or Bucky's gonna have to miss FTs. I don't see either happening.

Game over. ... Way, way, way too many missed opportunities on offense. Too many wasted possessions.

Man, TDJ just HAS to make that shot. I know it was contested, but ...

That scramble was typical of our lack of discipline or fundamentals -- or whatever. ... While the ball and all those bodies were flying all about, nobody kept a body on Davidson -- and he hit an easy 3. There was nobody within five feet of him.

Just for fun -- let's not have a drought this half. We can do without.