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Kinda disappointing actually.

Why can't Durham make smart passes? He doesn't swing when he should and swings when he shouldn't.

Hunter needs pulled and sat for the day.

Missed out on 33 straight AP polls. Haven't been ranked since the week of January 14-20, 2019. During that week, we lost 51-66 to Nebraska at home and 55-70 at Purdue.

At that exact time, they were coming off back to back title game runs. So I'm sure their confidence was pretty high.

THANK GOODNESS

A freshman has won us the Crossroad Classic game the past 2 seasons... Which freshman does it this year?

Could be like DeJaun Blair and just not have any ACLs.

Durham might have been the weakest link today. He just didn't look good at all.

Crazy what can happen when you aren't scared or overthinking shooting. You might hit one.

He did that two years ago.

This team just refuses to shoot. They'll never be comfortable shooting until they start shooting more in games.

I was really hoping Durham was sitting today.

Archie needs to scrap whatever offensive knowledge he has and just throw it in the trash. Which it probably isnt a whole lot. Defensively it's whatever. 90% of defense is effort and hustle. We even had a couple good defensive teams under Crean. Even without being able to shoot, you can run a solid offense. You just have to move bodies and the ball a lot. We still stick with lazy ball screens and two dudes in the paint.

He has said it's because of the pandemic.

I'd say jerseys are just part of the culture change that needs to happen. Setup for a new era and let the past stay in the past. That Comes with recruiting. How old was a kid like Lander when Indiana last win a conference championship? 7th or 8th grade? He wasn't even alive yet during our 2002 Final Four run. The Indiana these kids know is that of mediocrity, a has been, a relic. So freshness is greatly needed. A newer charm is needed. New jerseys, better social media, more YouTube hype videos for players and incoming recruits etc. We are still stuck 20 years behind.

You'd be surprised. Basketball is a much different culture than football. Fashion is an odd part of it thanks to the NBA.

He seemed ready to leave after last season but didn't because of the pandemic.

The program needs a spark somewhere. New jerseys could help that some. A little is better than none. If we could copy some NBA uniforms I'd look at the Pacers. Those would be best. Maybe some version of Utah's city edition jerseys. Or Denvers city addition with an outline of assembly hall instead of the skyline. Anything that would catch an eye. Indiana just isn't a brand outside of those who are alumni or raised as fans.

I was on the building a new place bandwagon too. Assembly could have been kept as a museum and home to women's basketball and volleyball. Some new slick jerseys would just be nice to see for a new era. Tradition just isn't an excuse. Duke and UK change theirs but I guess they don't have tradition.

I definitely wouldn't mind some new jerseys. "Tradition" is the dumbest excuse when we haven't done anything in 25 years.

They'll be gone after year 2.

Absolutely. Why not? What's it going to hurt?

Yea because what we are doing now is working miracles.

If you can't play him against North Alabama then he might as well sit the be bench all year.