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Thanks. I was very surprised when Lilly came back and seemed fine. It looked really bad in person to me.

I attended the game, which sometimes isn't a good place to actually figure out what happened. Lilly appeared to be seriously hurt to my eyes, yet later came back and played as if nothing had happened. Did radio or TV or post-game or anything else offer insight as to what happened?

I went to the game today. I could not believe the impact of Faith Wiseman's offensive rebound and Garzon's resultant long bomb 3. Oregon had come back to be only 7 down, and we looked flummoxed. When Faith did her thing, and so did Garzon, the place went nuts. Indiana fans WANT Faith to succeed. I was so happy for her, and have to wonder why she didn't get to play more earlier in the season. Below is a great article in the Indy Star pretty much dedicated to Faith. https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2025/03/06/indiana-womens-basketball-indiana-miss-basketball-finalist-big-ten-tournament-oregon-faith-wiseman/81804556007/

Not sure how important it is, but the IU women have 4 quad 1 wins (20th in the country!) while the Oregon women have 3 quad 1 wins (23rd in the country). So I have to think both IU and Oregon are safely in the women's NCAA tournament. Creme has both of us in the "last 4 bye" category. He really likes the Big10, has 13 BIg10 teams in the tournament. For point of reference, the IU men also have 4 quad wins, but that is only 38th in the men's quad 1 win "rankings." So they better beat Ohio State! I like the IU women's chances tomorrow, but over the years I'd have to say the tournament has not been real kind to us.

This may be old news to everybody but me. I found this amazing. I don't quite understand. https://purduesports.com/news/2024/9/24/womens-basketball-gearlds-extended-through-2028-29 I will say her incoming class looks pretty good. But still........

Katie Gearalds has been a complete mystery to me. Her record at Marian? 227–49 I know the Big10 is a different beast, but who would have guessed such a terrible record over her 4 years? Glad IU came to play today. Happy for Lilly and Lexus. They had good games and we need for them to contribute. Maryland-OSU game is a real hum-dinger.

In total agreement with you. Creme of ESPN bumped us way up to a 9 seed from being on the bubble for an 11 play-in seed prior to our big win over #8 OSU.

We beat Nebraska here I think. But I hear 'ya on the road games. And we've had some clunkers along the way. Harvard here, barely bear Southern Indiana here, lost to Butler there. Real hard team to figure out. But IU sure looked good last night!

I'm not a bracketologist, but I don't see how they can keep IU out of the BigDance now. IU has 3 quad wins, 4 quad 2. Now up to 36 on the NCAA NetRankings. It's all confusing. Minnesota has exactly ZERO quad 1 wins and only 2 quad wins, and somehow they have a NETRanking of 32? Apparently killing terrible teams is a great strategy for the NCAA's computer. Anyway, I will be surprised if we don't get in. And I'm not convinced we can't win out based on our play last night.

PERFECT analysis. Creme says the five in the middle of the Big10 are all four on the "last 4 byes list," with Washington (13th in BigTen at the moment, 14-12 overall) in the "last 4 in" list. So they are essentially all almost exactly the same in his eyes. Even Washington? I think we will have to drop to the "bottom of the middle of the Big10" to not make the tournament. I also think that it will take being passed by several teams to keep us out of the big dance. I would feel better if we beat OSU, MSU, or Maryland. Since 2 of those 3 are here, I don't think it's impossible to steal one. Do that, and I feel very confident we're in the BigDance. Which is a big deal.

I think it looked more like a thousand tops. Pretty sad for a team as good as Michigan. This one REALLY hurt. Just a few more threes and we walk away winners.

I personally don't think Moren calling Lilly out publicly is a very good strategy. Lilly is not the only problem. She's shorter than either Garzon or Parrish, not very stout, and to expect her to bang around with 6'5 and larger really strong women is a lot to ask. Her stats are very close to Stripling. Holmes spoiled us. Not many girls the size of Lilly or Holmes play center well in the big10. We're overly dependent on 3 point shooting. When they're falling, we're tough. When they're not, it's tough for us.

Watched every second. We are very lucky to be down ONLY 2. With the exception of one quick 11-2 IU run, our offense has been stuck in the mud. Lots of bricks going up. Several shots went around the rim several times and somehow came out. Garzon, Parrish, and Meister are 1 for 14 combined. Surely we can start moving the ball and making some shots.

Can't help but notice Lilly's +\- was PLUS 16. Pretty good I'd think. I loved the play where she got the block, flew down to the other end of the court and made a layup. What a great win for the Lady Hoosiers. May make the NCAA tournament yet!

I'm exhausted. What a CRAZY game. Quarters 1 and 3 combined, IU 51-31. Quarters 2 and 4 combined, IU 22-39 Thank God for Garzon!