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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!

Never daunted fans are the ones I like ! This is a good group of fans in my view. Yeah, we didn't shoot well and seemed out of sync on offense to boot. It looked to me like every player on the Illinois team was bigger and stronger than just about anybody we had. Throw in a "let 'em play" group of officials (except when IU sets picks), and it was all set up to be a long night. We're mid pack in the best basketball conference in the NCAA. No disgrace there is there?

Well, that was about as much fun as a trip to the dentist. But I guess we move onward and upward. Thank goodness for Ciezki. I felt like she basically put the entire team on her back and carried them to the finish line. Charlie Creme's "way too early bracketology" has IU as an 8 seed (Iowa 7), with THIRTEEN BigTen teams in the dance. As I say, way too early to really know anything Watched a little Maryland-USC last night. WOW! ps. thanks for this forum.

How come so many gloom-birds come here to roost? Lots of whining and complaints about the best women's basketball coach IU has ever had. We just beat a good Penn State team with a whole bunch of girls hurt. Don't worry, be happy! Compliments to the positive folks!

Proud of Chanel and the IU-Student Athlete's Bill of Rights. Chanel was able to graduate at IU, I suspect due to the Bill of Rights. Good for her, and for IU!