I assume RF and KL are still out, but any chance Galloway plays?

He was the man in the Maryland game including draining 3 pointers. Personally think we go as far as he takes us. Most important player on our team but it’s certainly been an adventure with him.

And what are we drinking today?

We finally win a game and now we hit the road, heading to an always tough place to play, even if the host team isn't all that good this year. For us, as always, it all depends on which team shows up. More specifically, which Xavier Johnson. If the Xavier Johnson we saw play against Maryland is on the floor today, we'll have a good chance of coming home with a W. If 3-16 and 5 turnover Xavier Johnson is playing today, that's bad news.

I have a feeling we're going to go on a little mini-run here before our season finale in West Lafayette. We eke out a close one at The Barn today:

IU 71
Gophers 67

Pipeworks Dunkel for me this evening.

What say you Hoosier fans?

GO HOOSIERS!!

very interesting. Qualified or not his SCOTUS pick is clearly a far left pick. He ran as a unifying centrist and pulled a bait and switch as a far left liberal in the eyes of many voters. It'll be interesting to hear what tenor he adopts on Tuesday and whether he disavows himself from the failed policies of the far left or continues to push BBB etc. Energy will be interesting too

Got replaced by Loyola who gave 102 to Northern Iowa. This is what irritates me when 2nd and 3rd teams in nobody conferences get in over real conferences. Loyola would literally be last in the B10 this year.

Edit: Just win baby.

Things to watch leading up to today's game --

Obviously IU has had some injury luck lately.

It's been a month and a day since Rob Phinisee was hurt against Penn State (1/26). He hasn't had a boot or a scooter the last week or so and has been progressing and a month was thought to be the rough timeline for him as we really got into things. We will see if he goes through warm ups today. No idea if he will or not or even if that means he will play. But, just something we will be looking for. If he does come back in the last 3 games, will be a very welcomed sight.

Trey Galloway and Khristian Lander are the other two injuries that have impacted IU over the last few weeks.

This is the time when you want to be healthy or get healthy and IU needs at least two of those guys to be healthy in the next game or two.

I’m watching Russia/Ukraine coverage right now and a guy is making a plea for additional aid.

And it got me thinking about the Afghanistan withdrawal. We supported the Afghan government, they lost in spectacular fashion when we left, and the government got run over the coals for leaving billions in equipment there for the government that got taken by the Taliban.

I highly suspect that if we don’t support Ukraine with material and they lose, the administration will be criticized for not supporting them. If we do provide more stuff for them and they lose they’ll be criticized for “giving” equipment to Russia.

Classic damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

Game two of the must wins happens tonight. Minny is the second worse team in the league, and has no real reason to play with us tonight. We see a continuation of our last performance. Would be great to get a few more guys in rhythm. Parker and Miller both should have open looks tonight. 40%+ from beyond the arc is what I want to see.

All Aboard!

In 6 months or less. Just as they forgot about Afghanistan. Perhaps a little longer because it's on Europe's doorstep. Americans have a very short attention span. A lot of flag waving from individuals who could not point to Ukraine on a map. And no we should not enforce a no fly zone. I think banning Russia from swift is a serious error and the dollar's dominance will continue to be chipped away. American power is on the decline and we are moving to a multipolar world. With each additional sanction on Iran, Russia, etc they slowly lose their effectiveness as these countries will begin to operate completely in their own bubble. Be careful what what sow.

Score 62 pts in two halves. Yes, only two.

Future NBA HOFer Kessler with 8 pts and 5 rbs, just shy of his season average of 12 pts/game.

Unstoppable.

lol

Edit: Tenn scored 67 in the competition.

Puts the tourney talk into perspective.

Senior point guard for Liberty University. Was Atlantic Sun Player of the year last season and will likely repeat this season. Scored 47 tonight. Excellent shooter, lightning quick and 44” vertical. He’s only 5’ 9”, but dynamic player who is schooled in the Tony Bennett style of defense. Curious if he will play a 5th year, and if so, will he hit the transfer portal. Woody is no doubt aware of him.

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Great size, athletic, great shooters very solid defensively & needless to say we’ll-coached!
41 pts in first 12 mins against Syracuse

When pUKe and PUke lose on the same day.

Not a good day to be in top 10.

1 - Zags: Who cares?
2 - Arizona: Loss
3 - Auburn: Loss
4 - Purdue: Loss
5 - Kansas: Loss
6 - Kentucky: Loss
7 - Duke: Win
8 - Villanova: Lost 2/22
9 - Texas Tech: Loss
10 - Baylor: Win

The tourney is going to be wide open!

Watching him play on what will be the Big East champs tonight and just thinking why he chose to leave IU. I got caught up in the faux Bradmania at the time and didn’t really pay attention. Not sure how’d he fit with this yr’s IU squad but he made his decision around the time CAM got the boot so doubt he ever sat down and talked with future CMW. Kinda sucks that his last memory wearing an IU uniform was getting booed off the court.

Guitar covers. Had YouTube been around in the mid 80’s, I might actually be a decent guitar player by now.

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They beat Purdue at home this week they are champs. Unbelievable. They’ll probably lose their second game of the ncaa tourney, though. Badgers have the B1G figured out, but not so much, nationally.

Purdont. Starting to think the big is not as good as i thought.

Purdue and Kentucky lose!

Of having walk-ons, specifically guards, who are not good enough to play in games?? To up the team GPA? Have any of our walk-on guards played any minutes?

Can't IU find any decent walk-on guards who can play some minutes to help us out when we are depleted? wtf??

SUEY!

Multiple applications relevant to today's results

IU has outhit ULL, 7 to 2, and ULL already has 3 errors in the game. Matthew Ellis has a homer and Carter Mathison has a double and two RBIs at this point. Jack Perkins is on the mound and has given up two hits and one earned run through three innings, and has 4 Ks and one BB. The first seven batters in IU's batting order have all got at least one RBI.

My three favorite teams are IU and whichever teams are playing against Purdue and Kentucky. If Purdue and Kentucky are playing against each other, I'm for Kentucky.