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A. Dakich is an idiot.  Plain and simple. edit for: The whole MSU thingy.  

B. I stayed up and watched the show "A Taste of Coaching."  Steve Lavin hosts, and it had Gene Keady, Bo Ryan, Mike Davis, and Tim Miles.  I found it rather interesting/enlightening listening to them talk and interact.  Makes me look at Miles a little differently.  Usually happens when I remember to watch "The Journey" as well.  Find new respect for the opposing players and or coaches.

C. Yay baseball! 

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52 minutes ago, Hoosier Guy said:

Pretty good Wisconsin-Michigan game. Go Badgers! We don't want Purdue to have a chance of getting at least a share of the B1G Championship

I think they're getting it this year. Wisconsin just looks beat. I know they're playing without Koenig tonight, but they just haven't had a good performance in weeks. It all started when they shot like 20% against Rutgers and needed an epic choke by Rutgers to win. 

 

At least we got to share the Big Ten titles lead for a year...

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31 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

I think they're getting it this year. Wisconsin just looks beat. I know they're playing without Koenig tonight, but they just haven't had a good performance in weeks. It all started when they shot like 20% against Rutgers and needed an epic choke by Rutgers to win. 

 

At least we got to share the Big Ten titles lead for a year...

Yeah Purdue will probably win at least a share now since Wisconsin lost tonight. The Badgers haven't looked good ever since that Rutgers game. They even looked like crap against IU at home lol. That should tell you something right there

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3 minutes ago, Hoosier Guy said:

Yeah Purdue will probably win at least a share now since Wisconsin lost tonight. The Badgers haven't looked good ever since that Rutgers game. They even looked like crap against IU at home lol. That should tell you something right there

Also thought it was telling how good Northwestern looked against them the other night. In 4 games without their top scorer, NU won that game, and they were ass in the other three. Like I said earlier, the Badgers peaked in January. 

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8 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

Also thought it was telling how good Northwestern looked against them the other night. In 4 games without their top scorer, NU won that game, and they were ass in the other three. Like I said earlier, the Badgers peaked in January. 

Nebraska, Northwestern, Indiana, Michigan and Rutgers games were just god awful games. They won three of those but damn they were ugly. I think the committee was right not having them as a top 4 seed in any region

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Article about Caleb Swanigan's recruitment that talks about why he picked Purdue, and why he started off with MSU:

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2017/02/15/caleb-swanigan-purdue-boilermakers-player-year

 

Basically, he wanted to go to California, but Barnes wouldn't let him. Barnes pushed Purdue because it gave him the best chance to play power forward instead of center. Swanigan had sworn off Purdue due to their continued lack of interest in him during his early high school years, and wanted to play at Cal because he knew a couple guys there. Barnes insisted he go to Purdue, so to compromise, Swanigan picked MSU. Barnes wouldn't give in, and Swanigan finally chose Purdue. 

 

I remember speculating on TOS at the time that it seemed odd a guy would drop MSU for Purdue, and wondered if Barnes had anything to do with it. Of course Boiler being Boiler, threw his usual hissy fit and said there was no way that could have happened. Looks like it did. 

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