DISQUS

BrianK · 1 year ago

Whats up with that logo? Looks like a bad cheesy Olypics Logo or a State Fair Logo. Anyway. I hope they got a little bit of thier stuff together because this should definately be a win. I liked DD's comments abotu teh Ellis suspension about how he leads in kids transferring and sending him laters back saying their sorry because it was a bad decision. he said e is doing it for the kids best interests but its his way or the highway. That was good to here maybe he's putting his foot down finally. (Still don't want him as HC). Let's see if theres been a spark lit tonight. I say IU by 8

JamesHardy · 1 year ago

The exterior "saw blade" looking things are the 11 Big 10 teams' colors. Other than that...maybe someone did too much acid..who knows?

ALH_00 · 1 year ago

I can't see the Gophers getting IU in Indy. The only possible way that happens is if Coleman can get DJ in foul trouble (he's very good around the basket), Gordon continues his shooting slump and can't get to the line, and McKenzie and Co. light it up from distance. Minny has too much stacked against it in this one...despite IU's recent problems.

At the risk of putting the cart before the horse, I sure hope PU gets the win today, both because I really want IU/PU pt. 2 (even though in all fairness the game should be played at Mackie) and because I don't want to play IL again.

More than anything, I want to see IU's talent shine this weekend. If they can play three games in three days, maybe they can get back in some rhythm.

HoosierSmitty · 1 year ago

Is Tollackson going to play? I heard he might not.

Either way, I think IU has enough juice to pull this one out and take on the Boilers tomorrow.

Alex · 1 year ago

Not sure, I'd say it's 50/50 at this point.

Nick · 1 year ago

I don't know what to think about tonight. I was gonna go down to Conseco and watch the game but decided not to spend the money since I'm not sure what team is going to show up!!! On paper it should be like an easy home win, but IU hasn't had one of those since the fiasco that was KS! Everything has been tight and difficult since that day! I think with a few days off and DD putting his foot down on Ellis that something will give and maybe that spark will come back, but realistically, this is a lost cause! I can't see how this team can rally behind DD because they're too hung up on KS! I understand how they feel, but as a former college baseball player, coach or no coach I played to win . . . but kids don't seem to feel that way anymore. It's all about their future NBA contract and shoe endorsement and what "I" can do for "me"!!!

Ryan_Btown · 1 year ago

Damn Big 10 network...another game I have to go somewhere else to watch...IT'S THE BIG 10 TOURNEY! MINNESOTA V. NORTHWESTERN WAS ON TV FOR GOODNESS SAKES!

BrianK · 1 year ago

What a score in the Michigan/Wisconsin game! How can you score just 34 points?

ALH_00 · 1 year ago

You can ask MSU that same question (@ Iowa)...sounds like a HS girls game. But, Wisc. always plays (and wins) the low-scoring games.

BrianK · 1 year ago

Would love a 2nd game against PU and third time hopefully the charm against Wisconsin

JamesHardy · 1 year ago

So let me get this straight...Ellis gets suspended...comes back...and STARTS??? WTF????

BrianK · 1 year ago

game suspension was punishment not losing position also.

IRISHP1MP · 1 year ago

Alright listen up guys, I have the solution for the next coach at IU....ERIN ANDREWS..Think about it it's a win win for everyone. 1st What 18-22 year straight male wouldn't want to see that every practice, thus we get the top recruits in the nation. 2nd during games it makes listening to Steve Lavin and Musberger tolerable to listen to, because they sweat her as much as I do. 3rd when she has to bend over to pick up her clipboard during timeouts, I can pause my DVR at just the right time and swoosh I win.....see guys it's a nobrainer we need to see her walk the sideline every game....Good luck Erin..hope to see you soon

B (MD) · 1 year ago

That's not a bad idea.

I'll tell you one thing, after watching Pitt-Marquette I have taken Tom Crean and Jaime Dixon off my wish list. Neither was at the top, but they were on the list. It has nothing to do with their coaching skills or style of play. They might be the two most annoying coaches to watch. Dixon is halfway onto the court most of the time and Crean is constantly running up and down the sideline with his hands behind his back.

As someone that played college basketball (D2, not claiming to have been on the same stage as these guys) there is noting more annoying or distracting than hearing your coach screaming the whole game and acting like an idiot on the sideline.

TimEOBrien · 1 year ago

Score? Anyone? I'm stuck in an apartment in NYC.

B (MD) · 1 year ago

down 5 with 1:49 to go.

peaychris · 1 year ago

pathetic.... this is retarted... this is going to be the way its is for the next two years..maybe i am just a little depressed

TimEOBrien · 1 year ago

Remember when this team had national championship hopes? cause i don't

B (MD) · 1 year ago

10 seconds left down 2 with the ball.

peaychris · 1 year ago

no btn and this is killing me!

TimEOBrien · 1 year ago

0:11 57-55 INDIANA Indiana 30 Second Timeout.

WHY DOES THE BTN EXIST FU<KFU<KFu<KFU<KFU<K!

B (MD) · 1 year ago

I know I'm in Maryland and ESPN News is on three ESPn channels and SportsCenter is on ESPN, but I guess they don't have rights to look-in live to Big Ten games...Sucks

TimEOBrien · 1 year ago

0:03 57-57 INDIANA D.J. White made Two Point Layup.
0:04 57-55 INDIANA D.J. White Offensive Rebound.
0:04 57-55 INDIANA Eric Gordon missed Free Throw.
0:04 57-55 INDIANA Rebound
0:04 57-55 INDIANA Eric Gordon missed Free Throw.
0:04 57-55 MINNESOTA Foul on Lawrence McKenzie

How can anyone say Gordon is a better player than DJ. Gordon is anti clutch on so many levels

B (MD) · 1 year ago

DJ White tipped in Gordon's missed free throw to tie game with 3 seconds...

peaychris · 1 year ago

:) i love dj he so tough!

peaychris · 1 year ago

but ej is just like the oasis song... GAS PANIC!!

TimEOBrien · 1 year ago

if gordon makes the first and then DJ tips in the second we win, or makes any of his late game FT misses GRRRR

peaychris · 1 year ago

looks like DJ missed one too!

TimEOBrien · 1 year ago

How? and WEAK!

TimEOBrien · 1 year ago

I've doubled the comments since i've come haha

B (MD) · 1 year ago

You could argue that I started it with my post:)

Since we can't see the game, I guess this is the next best thing.

TimEOBrien · 1 year ago

We did it, B, WE did it

peaychris · 1 year ago

ok up 1 with 2 sec left. we dont deserve the win... no butch bank shots!!!

TimEOBrien · 1 year ago

up by 1 with 2????!!!!1!!one!eleven

peaychris · 1 year ago

i cant beleive i am watching varsity blues while a game like this is going on

B (MD) · 1 year ago

Minnesota scored in 2 seconds...What!?!?!

peaychris · 1 year ago

classic... 5 12 upset here we come!!!

TimEOBrien · 1 year ago

0:02 59-58 MINNESOTA Blake Hoffarber made Two Point Jumper.

NOOOOOO

how has no time run off the clock?

B (MD) · 1 year ago

That pretty much summed up the season right there. A glimmer of hope, things are starting to look good, then bam it all ends badly.

Chris · 1 year ago

I cannot believe that just happened.

TimEOBrien · 1 year ago

I hate IU athletics Football and basketball will both blow for the next 2-5 years. A great time to be a hoosier! When does soccer and Men's Swimming/diving start

jgongora · 1 year ago

I can't wait till this f*%^ing season is over. I wish I could be more poetic, but thats how I feel.

peaychris · 1 year ago

ok i am living here in alabama and i have to conciede that the sec is a superior conference in everything. this big ten is for the birds. i would love for illinois to win the big ten so everyone here can tell me how shitty the big ten is. i cant beleive they have their own f..ing TV station!

CoveyDale · 1 year ago

is that the same conference that Kentucky went 12-4 in?
yeah, the SEC is totally legit.

TimEOBrien · 1 year ago

i'm too depressed to go drink, I'm going to bed

peaychris · 1 year ago

not me i just cracked open a miller light!

dabig · 1 year ago

On the bright side, there's only one more loss I have to swallow until November. I mean, I don't think they're bad enough to lose a game after the season is over. Are they?

BrianK · 1 year ago

Well ladies and gentlemen, we have our Christian Laettner moment. Poor ass shooting. Was good to see the way they were coming together and how excited they were towards teh end but we could of used that the whole game

Doug · 1 year ago

Thanks Kelvin for making those extra couple of phone calls and three way calls. Really fucking worth it. I can't wait til this season is over. I only feel bad for DJ, but my God make a freakin free throw.

Don D · 1 year ago

What a great coaching job DD did tonight. The same thing that got us beat at Penn State got us beat again tonight. Does this coaching staff have the guts to tell Eric Gordan stop shooting the 3 point shot? Maybe since the university decided to fire KS no one would be disappointed if they fired the team. Get this bullshit over now and hire new coach, AD and wait until next season.

Doug · 1 year ago

Amen!

Nick · 1 year ago

I couldn't agree with you more! Could we get rid of everyone and start fresh with a coach that will do the simple things (I hate to say it, but like Matt Painter) AND RECRUIT THE GOOD PLAYERS FROM THE STATE OF INDIANA!!! This is f***ing ridiculous. One player on our team acts like he gives two squirts of piss if we win while I'm watching Kramer and Hummel for PU dive all over the place!!! WTF??? I would rather watch an IN high school game on TV than this run-another-thug out there team!!!

Don D · 1 year ago

Never say have a Purdue person coach at IU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Things are not good however to see a Purdue grad on the IU side line is like having Bob Knight coach at Purdue.

Nick · 1 year ago

No, I said someone like him! I would shoot myself if IU hired a Purdue grad to coach at IU!!! But what about someone like Mike Brey!!! IU didn't even recruit Harengody (not sure on the spelling)! What a front line that would be with DJ and Luke!!!

BrianK · 1 year ago

What was up with substituting Crawford for Taber after the first missed freethrow? I understand it was for offense but he was obviously going to try to miss and if Taber would of been there he had the height to of gotten it.

kelin · 1 year ago

Dabig...you said a mouthful and I agree.....
Only one more loss to go for the MOST frustrating, dissapointing, flirtaceous season in my IU life time. I hope I NEVER see Kelvin Sampson on a sideline again coaching ANYONE....which reminds me to tear up the autographed picture he signed for my son that hangs in his room....I am sure that is a violation also know KS.

Doug · 1 year ago

I hate Bruce weber

kelin · 1 year ago

Check this out people....and give me credit when it happens.....

IU....8 seed, maybe a 9

Doug · 1 year ago

probably a six should be an 11

Doug · 1 year ago

This makes me want to beat the crap out of something

Don D · 1 year ago

Start with Adam Herbert - then Rick Greenspan - and move on to Kelvin Sampson.

Don D · 1 year ago

Be realistic - They don't deserve in be in the NIT.

Doug · 1 year ago

Were you watching the same game I was watching tonight?

Don D · 1 year ago

How difficult should this game have been for the Hoosiers tonight. Second game in a row where a starter was not able to play and we still loose. IU basketball has never been at this level. Remember the UConn game were the two players were suspended and we still lost? If it wasn't for the early easy schedule our record would have not been this good. I'm thinking about Butler. They do it right and are fun to watch.

Doug · 1 year ago

I don't know even what to say. This is basically a microcosim of the leadership of this entire university. I graduated in 2003 and there has been no leadership whatsoever, and it is an absolute embarassment. Athletically we are a great basketball school, and what I have seen over the last 5 to 6 years with the exception of 2002 is ridiculous. This is such a great institution with a proud basketball tradition, and all of that the last few years has gone down the drain with the complete lack of leadership. Its time to clean house starting with Greenspan.

Jay · 1 year ago

Agree completely. Nicely said.

Chris · 1 year ago

I cannot believe that just happened.

Nick · 1 year ago

You know what . . . we may have never gotten these recruits (would've had Vaden and DJ cause Davis recruited them as an assistant) when RMK was here but at least we'd still be watching respectable Indiana basketball. There will be 4 IN teams in the tourney: PU, ND, Butler, and IU and I would rather watch any of the other three than my favorite team. They all play ball like we grew up playing it here in the great basketball state of IN, but the Hoosiers DON'T!!!

Doug · 1 year ago

Thats a good but sad point. Pretty damn sobering.

Nick · 1 year ago

Think of the players from the state of Indiana right now that are at other schools (not just Purdue). To name a few: Deante Vaughn, Dominic James (did you see his effort for Marquette tonight???), Luke Harengoty (however you spell it), etc. There's so many more and players that Sampson and Davis didn't even recruit but Painter and Mike Brey have no problem recruiting them. I've said all along that IU should try to pry Brey away from ND. He knows how to recruit the state and has built a solid program at a football school!!!

JamesHardy · 1 year ago

Brey's teams are...dare I say...TOO INCONSISTENT!

1. I just puked AGAIN! for the third time after watching that shithead hit the game winner in his HIGH SCHOOL GAME!

2. If IU gets a 6 seed or better, I will buy drinks during their opening round loss...er..game (sorry!)

3. I like the idea of watching Erin Andrews coach our boys! At least THAT'S WORTH WATCHING!

4. I played pick-up basketball tonight...I'm 6' tall and weigh 205 pounds. I smoke....and play NO DEFENSE whatsoever...plus, I stand outside the 3-point line waiting for a pass...GODDAMN!!! I'm the next 4 star recruit for Bloomington!

6. Do you think the NCAA would let DJ transfer to Purdue where they STILL play basketball the way it was meant to be played???

6. and AMEN to the guy earlier who echoed these thoughts..."I HATE BRUCE WEBER!!!"

7. Oops...sorry....just vomitted AGAIN! That's just plain sick! FIRE DAN DAKICH DOT COM! HIRE ERIN ANDREWS DOT ORG!!!!

Jay · 1 year ago

Honestly - not joking here - don't you think Erin Andrews could out coach, and out recruit, Dakich? I do.

JamesHardy · 1 year ago

um...yeah! I know i'd play for those...I mean, her ANY day!

Jay · 1 year ago

I met her at the UW-IU game in Madison. She walked into the building in jeans and 6-inch heels. Even the wall pictures of former players turned their heads and stared.

BTOWN40 · 1 year ago

TUne in right now and see Washington State on Fox Sprts channel.....They move without the baall and run sort of a motion offense....They probab;y wont win, because they can't matchup with the Lopez twins from Stanford. Just seeing 5 guys moving on the court at the same time is something I haven't seen since 2002 at IU. Again this is why Tony Bennett needs to be coach..2 20+ win seasons in a row at WSU first time that has happened in 66 years, and he is doing this with no all stars, nothing but TEAM play

Nick · 1 year ago

I'm fine with that! I watched them last night and couldn't agree more. He would probably recruit the solid guys here in the state and steal some big recruits because of the name "IU" and I would love to see that type of coach and that type of play again!!!

JamesHardy · 1 year ago

"TEAM"???? that's still alive and kickin at the NCAA level...wow...who woulda thunk it?

kelin · 1 year ago

I think IU should one of two things......

Accept a bid to the New Post season tourney the CIB I believe, then have KS come and coach them in that....

or

Accept a bid to the NCAA tourney and let DJ and Kyle Tabar go by themselves, they seem to be the only two that are doing anything right now.

People if you think this a low point, BRACE yourself...not for the first round exit...but for this....

Rick Greenspan- Hi I am here today to announce our new coach the man who will lead IU into the future.

Coach Tim Floyd come on out.........

Coach Tim Floyd- Thanks Rick. I am here today to continue to drive away Indiana kids to Purdue, ruin more players, and secure the firing of Rick Greenspan by this time next year. At this time I will take some questions......

IU Student Paper: Coach Floyd....ummm what is your plan to field a team next year given the graduation and transfer of 93% of the team.

Tim Floyd...Look Don't underestimate Kyle Tabar and Finky, as we call him, they will surpise some people....Next question....

Indystar: Umm coach how do you plan to bring IU nation together, given most people booed you when you can in and there is a new website called bringbackmikedavis.com that has gone up in the last 15 minutes....

JamesHardy · 1 year ago

NICE...finally something to make me laugh!!! LOVE IT!

Nick · 1 year ago

I gotta go to bed! These guys aren't worth the wasted time to talk about anyway, excluding the only player on the team, one DJ White!

JamesHardy · 1 year ago

I just O.D.'ed on Tylenol PM...wake me when it's selection sunday...nope never mind...Hoosiers get the 7 seed out west....play USC and OJ Mayo shows EJ how to play the game as a TEAMMATE...and Hoosiers lose by 67 points. Good Night....

oops...just threw up AGAIN! I think I'm allergic to something I WATCHED!

John · 1 year ago

Let's get rid of Dakich now!! Then, maybe the players will want to be out there and we'll have a chance to get out of the first round!!

Chris · 1 year ago

I was at the game. I wanted to shoot myself. "D" played great and was incorrectly ruled for a foul which should have been on DJ. But other than those two, everyone stunk. And it's not a good stink. It's the kind of stink where you feel that they don't care, they have attitudes, and the whole season was worthless and perhaps the next several regardless of who comes in. Every time I turn around there's a new coach, AD, or president at IU. Nothing has gone our way since 2002. I thought the last tourney in Indy was bad w/Wilmont missing the game-winner. This is the worst loss, based upon the improbability of everything in the last 4 seconds, that I have ever seen in my life. We have the most talent in the Big Ten, maybe the country, but we'll be lucky to win a tourney game. No heart and mainly no basketball intelligence.