IUBB @ PUke - Friday, 02.20.26 @ 8:00 on Fox-TV

[Napleshoosier]

2 minutes ago, FortWayneHoosier said:

I can’t wait for the day Trey Kaufman Ren moves on from basketball and becomes an insurance salesman. This dude literally only draws fouls and shoots freethrows…..the only game he has 

Back to Sellersburg to work for State Farm!  

[LamarCheeks]

I know Tucker is very unathletic and has about a 2-inch vertical, but why is he so averse to driving to the hole. 

You don't have to go all the way for a layup, but damn --  you're 6-foot-7. Shoot a little teardrop or a little floater or a little pull-up jumper. 

Smith makes a living on those pull-up jumpers and he's 5-foot-2. 

[DChoosier]

We were called for 15 fouls in the first half….LOL

[cbp4iu]

Halftime highlights 

Purdue at the free throw line

indiana missing open shots.

our shooting has been horrid lately. Outside of Wilkerson the last couple of games…. It has vanished. 

[realTomCrean]

3 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

I don’t think anyone shows fouls beyond 10, fwiw. 

[Asha’man]

1 minute ago, IUHoosier5 said:

I don’t think Purdue was stopped but one time in the final 12 minutes of the half. Yes, they’re shooting lights out but this defensive performance has been downright terrible. 

Haha. Hard to play defense when they called 15 fouls on IU. Not calling travels on Purdue and bailing them out. 

[RoadRage]

Painter needs to talk to Keady about a combover….dude was the master, but now he wears a hat!

[HoosierDevils]

Dorn had is only FG attempt of the half waived off. Quite a game for the starting 5 to just not show up, Tucker aside. Really hope that next season we can stop penciling in 20+ point losses any time we play a top tier team. 

[Home Jersey]

Tucker definitely made the right read passing to Dorn, he was just a quarter of a second too late. 

[Asha’man]

1 minute ago, Napleshoosier said:

Back to Sellersburg to work for State Farm!  

McDonald’s. Looks like he knows his way around some fries. 

[JF87]

2 minutes ago, Five Prime said:

With the 2-3 zone being perhaps the worst defensive display 

Unfortunately, that's not Kenny Payne on Purdue's bench. 

[Hoosier987]

3 minutes ago, HoosierDevils said:

Dorn had is only FG attempt of the half waived off. Quite a game for the starting 5 to just not show up, Tucker aside. Really hope that next season we can stop penciling in 20+ point losses any time we play a top tier team. 

I hope Devries has a portal Haul because we are far off from being a legit team. Good teams don’t consistently get blown out on the road against above average teams

[IUHoosier5]

4 minutes ago, Asha’man said:

Haha. Hard to play defense when they called 15 fouls on IU. Not calling travels on Purdue and bailing them out. 

Too many fouls, definitely. Not sure who to blame - officials or IU being in poor position. 

[hoosierdogg]

First three Dorn hits in a month and its late.  The officiating in that half was blatantly one-sided.  Game is not being called the same way on both sides.  PUke players flopped at least three times.  Whatever happened to that emphasis on calling flops from a few years ago. The toiletmaker flop fest that first half matched some of the best Duke "performances" from a few years back.  

[newcastle12]

6 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

 

I didn’t expect to win these last 2 games…but damn, getting blown out in both of them doesn’t help our tournament chances 

actually losing games we are supposed to doesn't hurt your resume.  and the 20ish point blow outs in games you were supposed to lose is only a few metric point difference.  IU needs 3 wins realistically at this point and they are in.  One of the last two would have been nice though.  

[Asha’man]

9 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

I hope Devries has a portal Haul because we are far off from being a legit team. Good teams don’t consistently get blown out on the road against above average teams

Purdue is a legit sweet 16/elite 8 caliber team. They are better than above average. Not national title elite, but in the group below that. 

[realTomCrean]

1 minute ago, IUHoosier5 said:

Too many fouls, definitely. Not sure who to blame - officials or IU being in poor position. 

Saw this from former IUFB Mitchell Paige on X: IU is losing bc Purdue is very good. We are all losing bc B1G referees. True 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Very predictably pathetic.  Was clear we didn’t have a chance in this one.  

we don’t deserve to dance.  Maybe we will, maybe we won’t, but we should not get the chance.  

I truly hope DeVries and company learned something this year.  
 

For the love of all things, put together a better roster next season.  A top 25 roster. 

 

[RoadRage]

DeVries gets zero respect in the B1G from the refs….

[HoosierDevils]

3 minutes ago, newcastle12 said:

actually losing games we are supposed to doesn't hurt your resume.  and the 20ish point blow outs in games you were supposed to lose is only a few metric point difference.  IU needs 3 wins realistically at this point and they are in.  One of the last two would have been nice though.  

What’s wild is that this is true and the mood I’m in all I can think about is how easy it is for a high major team to make the tournament! You don’t even have to be very good, just mediocre…and yet it’s been such a struggle for 10 years