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@Jim Coyle

Took a 1-0 lead early and held onto it for the win against Iran.

I've always had respect for Coach Boeheim going back to the championship game Smart won for IU. However, I lost a great deal of respect after reading the article in SI today. In short, Jim B is complaining about the Big Ten's lack of tournament success in recent years when compared to the ACC (in terms of the number of NCAA tournament bids per conference). My quick Google search reveals the following results for Syracuse in head-to-head games with Big Ten foes:

2017 - 2018 def Maryland by 2
2018 - 2019 def Ohis St. by 10
2019 - 2020 loss Penn St. by 21
Loss Iowa by 14
2020 - 2021 loss Rutgers by 10
2021 - 2022 def IU by 2 in 2OT

Syracuse has not exactly dominated the Big Ten in regular season play. To infer otherwise based on NCAA tournament results is bs. I did not check the number of games (above) Syracuse played at home vs away; nevertheless, Coach B is out of line on this one. Seems he is concerned his mediocre teams may be on the verge of sitting out when he should be coaching them up to be certain they make it in. I expect the same IU. Go Hoosiers !!!

Here is the list of visitors for tonight's game against No. 18 North Carolina, confirmed by TheHoosier.com:

IU signee Gabe Cupps

IU signee Jakai Newton (senior year official)

2024 five-star forward Flory Bidunga

2024 four-star guard Jonathan Powell

2025 five-star guard Meleek Thomas

2025 four-star guard Jalen Haralson

2025 four-star forward Trent Sisley

2025 four-star guard Trey McKenney

Kelldog fun fact. I got some PT my freshman year at the old Carmichael arena. Shit was so backwards, the scoreboards were flip top on all floor corners……😳

Anyone else spew their drink laughing when Bilas discussed UNC’s difficult path, including final exams next week? Yeah, right.

Now it starts

After I joined the discussion. Just sayin'

Former players in the stands supporting the program.

going to be a tough game, kopp needs to step up

Wish the lead was bigger.

Refs have kept it closer than it should be.

Don’t like that we’re only up 6 with them not hitting basically any thing in the first half.

We should beat them though. We’re better than them.

They should not only be knocked out of the Top 25, but also kicked out of Indiana and possibly, even the U.S.😉 (lol). Florida St is only about 1/2 step above Louisville this year and may be the only team in ACC (or any other "Power 5" conference) that the Cardinals might have a realistic shot of beating.

Dear ESPN, Please ask Vitale to retire. He spends 75% of his time talking about things other than basketball. So glad he is not doing our game tonight!!

From opposing announcers per Don

What doctors wish patients knew about healthy aging​

“Healthy aging is about prolonging the length of time you are aging without disability, the length of time you are able to do all the things you want to do and reducing the length of time you are aging with physical or mental challenges,” said Dr. Boyer.

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“A key focus of healthy aging is prevention and making healthy lifestyle choices in your 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s so that your 80s and 90s are healthier.”

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I know a lot of it has to do with matchups and who is playing at home, but this challenge is all but over before IU even plays.

Before the game Ft Wayne Blackhawk dedicated to court to Coach Marc Davidson who died this year from cancer. The first points scored on the newly christened court were by his son Jimmy Davidson. Marc's dad was his high school coach in Aurora IL and talked about how his son scored 2300 pts and pulled down 1900 rebounds during his career. Marc still has the rebounding record. Fort Wayne North made special bracelets that were given to players,coaches and cheerleaders in honor of Coach Davidson which I thought was a very classy thing to do. For those who don't know Matt Roth is the new coach there. I thought they looked pretty good as they won the game against Ft Wayne North. Their best player last night was a 6'8" sophomore named Kellen Pickett. He is noticeably bigger than he was last season. He was a decent freshman, but you can tell he has taken a big step forward in his abilities. Here is the game if anyone is interested. All in all it was a touching night.

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For some reason, I think this is going to be an ugly game. Tons of good players on both sides, so it shouldn't be...but there's going to be a ton of energy in the building. UNC will be effected by the crowd as well. I think it'll be an intense, ugly game. Probably would bet the Under...and pick an IU moneyline win, not the points.

IU 68
UNC 64