Wow, couldn't have agreed with him more.

Indiana wins a tourney game,
Their home grown Indiana kid stayed to play in March, and had 29,
And one of their former players and great coach Mike Woodson, coached them to the win.

Said it was a great night for the Stae of Indiana

How stupid is that?

Congrats on your first NCAA win.

Reporter: If you could give your mentor one message after winning a tournament game as the head coach of Indiana what would it be?

CMW: "I love the hell out him. He's probably the greatest coach that's probably ever graced the college floor".

Well done Coach Woody! We love you man!

Glad we won. TJD & Geronimo played good
The rest of the team was awful. On to Portland

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Opening this up a little early.

Indiana vs Wyoming in the First Four of the NCAA Tournament in Dayton.

Tip is approximately 9:10 pm ET.

Already a lot of red filling up the arena. Keegan, Jim and myself are here.

Kentucky got a homer from the leadoff batter in the 1st to start the game. A ground out, walk, a flyout, and two more walks load the bases with two outs. A triple scored all three walks which is something all too familiar from the Troy series, and IU has themselves in a big hole already at 4-0 and we haven't even had a bat yet. A flyout ended the T1st. Kentucky's lineup is loaded with juniors and seniors with three juniors and six seniors, but I don't know how many are their normal starters. IU has a really serious problem with their pitching staff giving up free passes, and the walks seem to always find homeplate, at least lately.

In IU's 1st, Doanes led off with a double and Glasser then doubled to score Doanes, so IU is off to a good start offensively. A single by Whalen put runners on the corners with no outs. Ellis then hit a 395 ft 3-run homer to tie the game with no outs. Tibbetts grounded out, Pyne struck out, and Colopy flied out to end the inning with the game tied at 4-4.

Both pitchers have struggled in the 1st, Hayden with control problems and Logue simply got hit hard.

This is the best and the way it should always be!
We got on a great run in the BTT that was upended by a fluke bank shot. Time to get on another run today!
Here we go....

This is a must win....truly.

Kind of surprised with one or two on the list.

First team: Keegan Murray, Kofi Cockburn, Johnny Davis, Ochai Agbaji, Oscar Tshiebwe

Second Team: Drew Timme, Jaden Ivey, Chet Holmgren, Jabari Smith, Benedict Mathurin

Third Team: Paolo Banchero, EJ Liddell, Collin Gillespie, Walker Kesseler, JD Notae, James Akinjo

He said Wyoming basically throws the ball to Maldonado and he starts backing in. He will throw it to the big guy to see if we double and then go from there. He mentioned, more than once, Wyoming doesn't have a PG.

I am not sure if the Big Ten has a great team. I think that they are all about the same. I don't think any will make the Final 4 and maybe not even the Sweet 16, but it was fun to watch them battle each other where pretty much any team could beat any other team. Iowa has no defense. Illinois has no bench. Purdue is inconsistent and Ivy is a street baller. OSU fell apart and MSU has no offense and Wisconsin has no bench and it doesn't help that Johnny Davis is hurt. Nobody has four players you can trust. Maybe the Hoosiers will make a run, but to do that Koop, Galloway, Phinesse and Stewart need to all step up. I hope that happens. Galloway needs to also curb his enthusiasm. He almost tries too hard and his four big mistakes in the last three minutes against Iowa hurt a lot and no, I am not blaming him for Bohannon 's lucky shot but his errors gave Iowa the chance to get lucky.

Everybody else gets two or more on all four of my brackets.

and what are we drinking tonight?

Well, well, well. The last time I did one of these for an NCAA Tournament game was March 25th 2016. #1 North Carolina was our opponent that day and we had already beaten Kentucky along the way. It seems like ages ago, but we are now back!

I know a lot of people are upset that we're in the First Four, but I don't care. We're back in the Big Dance, that's all I care about.

Wyoming seems like a team that is very similar to us- they focus on scoring inside rather than from the perimeter. The biggest difference should be that our size allows us to protect the rim and limit what they want to do. That and the fact Wyoming is flying across the country on short notice to play us in our neck of the woods should bode well for us.

We've played 4 physical and emotional games in a week so we need to muster up both physical and mental energy to win this game and move on. Like Coach Woodson said, they're 20! I think we come out guns a blazing and take down the Cowboys.

IU 72
Wyoming 62

Ten Ninety Angry Dragon for me tonight.

What say you Hoosier fans?

GO HOOSIERS!!

A hot UK team, UConn, and NC State. Ouch.

we need better competition and they need to be seen more nationally pre conference. They don’t get the challenge during their conference so they are always looking for more visible high caliber games.

But what in the world are the Reds doing? Are they pulling a Jedi mind trick or something?

- A concerned Cubs fan

Two examples, Scott May and his arm. George McGinnis turning pro early. I think if we had both,2 more banners.

Perhaps it's wishful thinking, but I have IU losing in the S16 to Baylor. How is everyone's bracket shaping up as it relates to the Hoosiers?

Mike Woodson says he thinks Jordan Geronimo will play tomorrow vs Wyoming. Says he did ‘a little bit today’ but he’ll know more in the morning.

Jordan Geronimo is moving very smoothly. Looking good for him to play tomorrow night.

Here was the full quote from Mike Woodson yesterday RE: injures.

Obviously a quick turnaround for the Hoosiers so Jordan Geronimo may look to be a game-time decision.

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"Well, I think -- I don't know about Jordan, I think Trey is going to be fine. We've just got to -- listen, we weren't one of the schools that was thrown in there where we played Friday or Thursday, they give us three or four days to prepare. Hey, they put us where we've got to play our way in, and it's Tuesday.

"Mentally I've got to get these guys -- I just met with them, and hey, it's a quick turnaround. We've got to get ready to play Wyoming. It's just that simple."