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I think the rebounding emphasis might be the most important part of tonight’s game. They’re gonna run and get shots up. If they are getting multiple chances and clean kick outs for open threes we’re dead. i liked how we looked rebounding the last two games though. I think a focus has been put on it lately and I think we pull this one out.

One of my Illinois buddies texted me last game at halftime “what the f*** is wrong with Indiana”. Based on the Luke Goode timeout in the Bahamas I have to imagine he is also thinking “what the f*** is wrong with you guys” All this to say, I think TJD covered it up, Ware made it look questionable, but this year the veil is gone and we just look terrible with a team full of All-Conference caliber players. Sad.

I can vouch as one of those who typically tunes in for every game and is normally heavily invested, but this season I have passively watch a few games in the background and checked box scores afterwards to see who played well. I just don’t want to invest any energy or my mood for the night because it feels like even when we win, we don’t look like a good basketball team and that just bums me out. I’ve tried to squint for the past few years to convince myself we might be a good team but watching one game with this team it just feels obvious it’s a system problem, and it doesn’t really matter what pieces we get.

All I can say for certain is that whichever way today goes, the narrative will swing wildly in that direction: If we land him, we have finally taken our place amongst the elite and our NIL will get us anyone we want for the foreseeable future. If we don’t, our staff can’t close even with unlimited money and Mullins will no doubt see us as a sinking ship and run to UCONN as fast as he can. this is the only predictable outcome in HS recruiting

Just want to clarify, is this the official rumor coming from insiders or is this just speculating from our esteemed board members? because it feels like this is big news to say casually that NIL agents leaked he’s coming to IU already! Lol

For my photo analysis I require payment in the form of a definitive timeline and decision prediction for Braylon

Just left of JHS head

A fellow Clarksville General in the BTB house? Fight on you mighty generals

Played for Langdon’s dad, Steve Hatton. Clarksville legend who played at Transy. Also coached Langdon and his sister Lilly (who plays at Wofford) in Little General ball two years straight. Will see if I can get a little info on this one. Dads whole family are huge UK fans FWIW.

Without a doubt. Putting him on a team with a few dynamic guards makes you a contender imo. I mean that’s exactly what Miami did with him, but now he is probably even better and can pick which guards he wants to play with. Doesn’t need a single play ran for him ever and will still impact every trip down the court.

Norchad Omier. Will never forget how strong he looked pushing TJD around. I remember we couldn’t grab a board to save our lives down there. Don’t know what he is listed at but looks like 6’5. All Charles Barkley team.

Just a hypothetical question since he is off the board, but for what this team needs would you rather have Hickman or Goode for the plug-in shooter role? i don’t think there was ever more than 15 minutes available when you look at the guards we prioritized, but which do you feel is the better player in this spot?

It had a typo. Assembly Call corrected him and he responded that he didn’t notice in time, so I think he just took it down because it didn’t make sense as typed.

Rabby doing his “in case you missed it” tweet for Hickman’s visit with the added ominous “…” that he was using as a wink before Bryson Tucker committed. Wonder if the staff feels confident with him after that talk.

The beautiful thing about extreme narcissism is the even if NGW turns out to be completely and totally wrong, it will actually be because the rest of us idiots didn’t actually understand what he was explaining in the first place. These people can be a train wreck and it is so draining to deal with. Glad he’s no longer gracing these halls with his presence.

If I was quitting my job and my company said “Wait! We’ll triple your salary if you stay!” that would fall squarely under begging…in the *REAL WORLD*

I’ve tried being positive the last week since the news broke he’d be back. But this is inexcusable. No amount of injuries accounts for getting blown out by bottom feeders 5+ times in a year. Fire him. Don’t let Dusty get away. Please.

Are you feeling like they will at least be considered on the bubble now if they are able to make it to Sunday? I agree that right now they just don’t have the resume but have to believe Nebraska and Illinois on neutral court would be considered significant wins compared to other bubble teams. 4-5 quad one wins, no “bad” losses, and 21 wins feels like it should be enough for the blind resume test at least.

I think next step in his development in just awareness. If he just makes the right decision on his post catches and can stay on the floor he’s a first or second team all big ten next year. He’s gotta be leaving 5 points and a handful of assists on the court right now. No one in the Big Ten is touching his footwork and post moves.

You are right about that. Thankfully it usually turns out okay but it feels like his first three options are to put his head down and score. A decent passer when he chooses to but would love to see a more patient and measured approach when he gets a post catch.

Great minds think alike

Agreed. I think he’s now had two years of seeing “the man” next to him in the post and has the itch to be that guy. I will say it’s refreshing to at least get the ball on the rim. I HATED late game possessions with Archie. Without fail it would be a turnover/broken play/heave. Last night I was just praying we got a shot up. Leal was a well coached kid throughout his career because what he said post game about tip ins and offensive boards was so true and coach speak 101.

Alls well that ends well, but that last play in my opinion was mostly a product of Malik not knowing time and situation. There was plenty of time for that play to develop a little more and probably get Ware a deep post catch, but I think he got the ball and said “oh crap gotta put this up”.

I thought it was a pretty genuine response. I think the way he said it at first was jokingly because the play kind of broke down for a tough shot. Then he actually explained the play more than I would expect most coaches to do in a postgame interview. Big time reach

I’m going to try to stay positive because honestly it’s happier and healthier lol. One thing I will say about Malik is that he made a huge leap physically this offseason. Additionally he showed he has no problem shooting the three when it’s open. Maybe this summer he takes another leap and is the best big in the BIG. I don’t feel like we would be overpaying based on his trajectory if he made top tier money. As we’ve all discussed, something’s gotta give strategy wise but I would be comfortable with MM and MR being towards the top of our pay scale. They would get it elsewhere.