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I'm assuming Phinisee is still out (and maybe Davis, too), so ... Turtles 75 Hoosiers 68

Love him or hate him, I'm starting to think Matt Canada might end up being a long-shot anyway. In addition to the possibility of heading to Northern Illinois as the head man, I've seen reports linking him to OC gigs with Southern Cal, Georgia and Pitt, and he interviewed with Tennessee before they hired Georgia's OC. ... All those jobs -- and there are probably others -- are more attractive than IU, I would think.

Dakich doesn't know that. It could be that Winston did run to his family -- but nobody in his family tweeted about it. I'd be willing to bet lots of players have discussions with their families about their basketball experiences, and they're probably all not positive. It's just that most families don't go public with it. ... I know if I were a college hoops player and called home to discuss and perhaps complain about my treatment from the coach, my mom would've probably said the coach needed to treat me better. But my dad? To quote John Mellencamp, he would've said "Suck it up and tough it out and best the best you can."

Supposedly, part of the reason Bennett didn't want to come to Bloomington in 2008 was that he wanted no part of everything that goes with the job. He wanted to coach and recruit -- and that's pretty much it. If he wanted to avoid the glare and expectations of coaching at a program like IU, he certainly won't have any interest in UCLA -- especially with the market it's in.

I'm ashamed to say that I'm a big reason for why we lost on Sunday. I'm a longtime Bears fan and for my attire that afternoon, I couldn't decide between Bears hat and Hoosiers sweatshirt or Hoosiers hat and Bears sweatshirt. After much soul-searching, I went with a Bears sweatshirt and a Hoosiers hat. ... Clearly, it was the wrong choice.

Don't know if this is in reaction to the tweet by Smith's dad -- probably not; I'm guessing Archie doesn't give a crap -- but Archie was raving about Justin on his radio show with Fisch tonight. Said the difference between last this season and this is staggering. Added that he wants and hopes to see Justin more involved in the offense.

It might take 60 points to win this game!

Schiano went from coaching the Bucs to Ohio State assistant to (almost) the top gig at Tennessee. Now, he's on his way out of Columbus. http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/25707254/ohio-state-buckeyes-defensive-coordinator-greg-schiano-split

I'm guessing the end result wouldn't have been much different, but I would've loved to see what would have happened if, down 57-50, we got a stop. Instead, the dude hits that little running hook in the lane and the maize and blue just took off after that.

I clearly remember that Minnesota game. He saved us there. On this year's roster, we don't have that one guy who can just go out and knock down shots -- a Zeisloft or a Roth. Those guys weren't the greatest athletes -- but man, they could shoot. I wonder if Archie thought Fitzner could be that guy? He was -- for one game, anyway.

We just are not very quick to the ball.

Grew up in Indiana -- about a half-hour from Chicago -- and graduated from IU, so 4:30 is prime time this afternoon w/ Hoosiers in Ann Arbor and Bears playing Philly. I do have more than one TV, but they're in separate rooms. My hound wants me to put them together so she can watch both. Instead of her usual lamb/rice dog food, she's hoping for some Eagle stew and a Wolverine sandwich for dinner tonight.

Out in my neck of the woods ... Western Kentucky takes a 21-0 lead on Old Dominion -- a 21-0 lead -- and loses. How on earth do you score the game's first 21 points, then lose? Crazy! https://pilotonline.com/sports/college/old-dominion/basketball/article_1a6c2a6e-1153-11e9-ac6c-fbc427c6e37d.html

At least he didn't pick up the IU hat before grabbing the Toiletmakers cap.

Chambers just gave the kid a love tap. Wasn't much to it at all.

Sheesh -- are we gonna win any B1G game by double digits this season? When we have a team down big, we have a tendency to let off the gas. That's gonna end up costing us a couple games.

I turned on a late-night West Coast game a few weeks ago and Walton was the analyst. After about 5 minutes, I just couldn't stand it anymore. I realize Walton has built his reputation on being off-beat and colorful, but that night, he was downright weird and obnoxious. There comes a point where he needs to stop with the hippie, weirdo shtick and analyze the game -- which is what he's supposed to be doing. Get a talk show if you've got so much to say outside basketball!

Maize & Blue 79 Cream & Crimson 65

Jeezus, Devonte -- chuck the ball upcourt or call a timeout!

Did I really just see Devonte fire an airball from 2 feet?

And, it seems, the Farting Illini are just daring him to chuck it from the cheap seats.

If Feliz (No. 10) for Illinois, were about 7 inches taller and 50 pounds heavier, he could pass for Coolidge from The White Shadow.

Al -- you gotta foul him so he doesn't finish the drive or let him go!

Lazy pass by Al, but JuMo has to go get that ball!!!

At one point, this was a thread about Steve Alford -- love him or hate him or somewhere in between -- getting fired from UCLA. Now, it's a debate about conference tournaments and NCAA bids and whether we were better than Louisville the year they did/didn't win the tournament. Given the track record of threads on this site, it's not surprising but seriously -- WTF???