That Smith kid for Purdue…

[SaratogaBoiler1]

I've not kept up on Catchings. Is he playing badly? I liked him a lot when he was at Brownsburg.

Last I heard he wasn’t even starting anymore

 

[Chicago-bound Hoosier]

I have two sons 15 and 18 who have never seen IU win - think about that for a minute - and then ask yourself why anyone would seek validation from a program which last won a championship when Reagan was President.

Remind the class who was president when Purdue last won a championship?

 

[Harry Hondo]

He's a real PG ... what he lacks physically, he more than makes up for with court sense and IQ. Teams that don't blitz or hedge him get carved up. Got to take the ball out of his hands as much as possible and make others make the plays.

They're playing well enough to make the tourney and lose in the first round. That team will be exposed by quickness. It's a Purdue tradition.

I was watching some SEC basketball games yesterday and it was apparent that they are playing a superior game than the B1G. Good news for IU is that they are now in a conference where it won’t be hard to go to the top with the right coach. That is if they can lure some top level players into the B1G.

 

[Hatchets7times]

The best bounce passer I’ve seen in college basketball in a long time. He was like watching a different sport. Stockton like.

I'd take Nash over Stockton..In all phases of basketball..
Both top shelf though..

 

[wi_hoosier]

I was watching some SEC basketball games yesterday and it was apparent that they are playing a superior game than the B1G. Good news for IU is that they are now in a conference where it won’t be hard to go to the top with the right coach. That is if they can lure some top level players into the B1G.

Part of the superior game is due to the awful, "that's Big Ten basketball," officiating we see year in and year out.

 

[VanPastorMan]

Last I heard he wasn’t even starting anymore

Maybe he will need more time. I did see a lot of talent on the young man

 

[Warison]

I mean, at the end of the day, does their current success have any real meaning or importance if they never win a championship? I think the answer is a resounding no. Without a championship or championships, it doesn’t matter how much success they have right now or how far IU falls from grace. The one has no impact on the other. Champions are immortal and will be remembered throughout the annals of history. No one gives two shits about the Buffalo Bills, Utah Jazz, or Purdue Boilermakers of the world and they never will.

This is quintessential Nebraska Football mentality.

 

[SaratogaBoiler1]

Maybe he will need more time. I did see a lot of talent on the young man

Maybe - or like many others with his talent has been told his whole life how special he is and he doesn’t have to earn PT

 

[Big Red Crimson Buffalo]

I will be rooting for Woody though

Woody’s tenure at IU is only slightly better than Gene’s final seasons at Purdue. That was absolutely bottom of the barrel for the university . I remember when IU presented him a plaque during his last game at Assembly Hall and it was a pitiful sight. Woody’s done. It won’t get to that point.