Smack

Jesus, refs.

lol, two on Davis

Two fouls on Hulls. Who plays PG?

It's already happening. They've blown two out of bounds calls and one incredibly blatant carry Missed foul on the drive Yep, on Zeller

lol, Barnes

Holloway getting zipped up.

Crean sold his soul to the devil, you will win. You really do think about Crean...a lot. Who doesn't? The man is a legend.

Crean sold his soul to the devil, you will win.

I'm not saying he's a bad coach. He's obviously been very good. It's just his style might rub Illini fans the wrong way. I think the consensus amongst you guys on this board is that you hate that style.

245th in the country in possessions per game, tied with Illinois, Colorado State and others. I think he's been in the 300 range before too hasn't he?

Doesn't he run a slow tempo offense? Would that sit well with the fans? Especially the ones that bitch about Bo Ryan all the time? Obviously winning trumps all of that.

Wait, I thought poopypants wasn't allowed to hire a white guy?

worst injustice since slavery. that was pre shot-clock era though, it doesn't count

Sappelt's good enough that Garza was forced to change numbers for him apparently.

damn you twitter for not keeping me informed

ahhh, ok, I hadn't heard that...

he is http://img.fannation.com/upload/truth_rumor/photo_upload/273/790/full/Matt-Garza.jpg

Matt Garza isn't even #22.

didn't we owe him money if we cut him?

Jerrance has been promoted and stated he wants badly to stay at Illinois. I know, I'm just passing along his tweet. He claims that one of the Kentucky assistants is leaving for a head coaching job at Duquesne (sp?).

Gary Parrish predicting Jerrance Howard to Kentucky after the season...

Good lord why? I've heard Tubby to SC rumors.

The top player in the state of Indiana's 2013 class (in the top 60 nationally by all services), Bryson Scott was not selected for the state's core All-Star team. Some guy not even in the top 150, and two IU recruits not nearly well regarded made the team. Brian Snow can't figure it out and most everyone with ties to Indiana basketball recruiting are openly mocking the state high school basketball coaching association. IU bias much?

Man does the Big Ten have this happen more than most conferences, or is it just I follow the Big Ten more? It seems to be happening a lot more recently. Purdue has a women's BB player and Robert Marve our starting QB coming back for sixth years next year. Hummel seemed like he was around for 6 years, but that was only 5.

Both sides of the rivalry do this. I've seen little to no evidence of this; mainly, because it would be almost impossible for IU fans to do this. I assume you're talking about IU fans wanting to ignore the pre-1940 records (or whatever cut-off date). Well, you can disagree with that logic -- and, frankly, I do too -- but it's not specious. Separating eras into "modern" and "historical/whatever" is not specious and occurs in various settings -- history, politics, music, sports, etc. Pre- and Post-NCAA Tournament -- or whatever cutoff you want here, integration, Bird/Magic game, 64(+) team tournament -- is a logical starting point. It is specious, however, to count games from 1902 but not 1987. There can be no logical rationale for that. Purdue won every game for three years, when that was brought up IU fans would 'point to the banners'. Purdue fans would say... that was nearly 30 years ago... and if you want to bring those up why not talk about the all-time series? Hell, there is a whole generation of IU fans in high shool and college that don't remember IU being a blue blood in anything but name. When do those banners lose some relevance? 40 years after the last championship? 50? Do I think IU will beat Purdue for the foreseeable future as someone suggested? Nope. Next year, assuming Zeller stays it will be difficult for Purdue to win one. After Zeller is gone things will be more even, based on the 2012/2013 recruiting classes. I also think Tom Crean is an embarrasment to humanity. Compare him to other blue blood coaches in appearance and public behavior.