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I find it amusing that when you look at the ISU roster (on their website) it lists the high school of each player followed by the university they attended before coming to ISU.

I'm picturing a scene out of Hoosiers, except in reverse.

I would be really surprised if Purdue made it in with 18 wins, that would mean a losing record in conference. Why are you worried about Purdue anyway? ISU has a much better resume at this point. Your worst loss (Drake) is pretty much a wash with our worst loss (Butler), but you've got wins against Kansas, Texas, and Kansas St. which are all better than our best win to this point (Temple?). Losing @ Penn St. really hurts Purdue too. If Purdue had those two games back and had beaten bad Butler and PSU teams they would only be worrying about seeding right now.

that right there gets you like a 2 seed in the tourney. Nah, IF we make the tourney we won't be better than a 9 seed and there is a lot of work left to even make the tournament. To get a 9 I think Purdue would need to win 2 of MSU/@Illinois/@Michigan/@IU and win the games they should at home Penn St./Nebraska. If they win 1 of those 4 and beat Penn St. and Nebraska I think they're in as a double digit seed. If they lose all 4 of those which they easily could I don't think they make the tourney unless they make a run in the B1G tourney.

Uh, he clearly slammed the basketball down after the foul call. They fixed the blown charge call but that doesn't change his reaction. Plus he threw an elbow at Barlow and would've been ejected in the first half if he hadn't missed. He barely even touched the ball. Yeah, I know. He only used one hand. Think maybe he had it coming and the refs were waiting?

Uh, he clearly slammed the basketball down after the foul call. They fixed the blown charge call but that doesn't change his reaction. Plus he threw an elbow at Barlow and would've been ejected in the first half if he hadn't missed.

Oh, and Drew Crawford is a bitch.

Alone in 6th place baby, woohoo!

Both teams are trying to build a brick house in the first half, haha. It's painful to watch. Purdue has a big rebounding advantage, because they're missing so many. Of course we shot like 60% losing to OSU.

Purdue shooting the lights out again. Missing 12 in a row and shooting 20%.

What a terrible shot choice.

Glad to see JJ playing well but it would be nice if it was against someone else.

Purdue was 3-7 against IU when I was there. At least I got Drew Brees and Kyle Orton.

It also seems that the most obnoxious IU fans were either not alive the last time they won a championship, or at best were small children. edit: we should do a poll of the IU fans! How old were you guys in 1987? I remember the 1987 team quite well. Which is to say, I remember most of Purdue's disappointing early exits under Keady too. The Cheaney teams were pretty damn good too, the slippage under Knight didn't really start until 1993-94 and even then, that team made the Sweet 16. Once the Patterson/Reed/Miller/Hodgson class hit town, it was all downhilll from there. * - although technically I don't think Hodgson even played a game for IU, he transfered to Rutgers IIRC. I was 7 and don't remember crap about either Purdue or IU basketball as a 7 year old. You get my point though. Princeton has 28 National Championships in Football, you think anyone cares about those anymore?

It also seems that the most obnoxious IU fans were either not alive the last time they won a championship, or at best were small children. edit: we should do a poll of the IU fans! How old were you guys in 1987?

Worth it to secure Harris's commitment. Do you think Tom Crean showing up to see him unexpectedly, like a freakish stalker, had a negative impact? The real question is will Purdue beat Indiana again in this decade? I'm not too sure about that one. :-k Well, if you look at the numbers Purdue hasn't had much difficulty beating Indiana throughout the series. Hell, IU could win every game for the rest of the decade and Purdue would still have the series lead.

First, IU has finished dead last for one year running in basketball (last -- next to last -- last over the previous three seasons). Second, as to IU's punishment -- which was deserved -- please compare and contrast the infractions and on-court/field repurcussions for Memphis basketball, Ohio State basketball, USC football, Ohio State football, etc. I think you'll find IU suffered severely for its sin -- and more severely for some more egregious infractions. (Lest we also not forget that Purdue was not banned from post-season play for arranging an improper $4,000 loan to a recruit.) Sorry, thanks for correcting my statement. IU has only averaged the worst finish in the league over those years, while finishing last most of the time. Also, you're bringing up one isolated issue from 1995? Really? I mean it's only been 17 years and it pales in comparisson to Sampson and what IU wilfully brought on themselves. Ostensibly paying a player to secure his commitment pales in comparison to hiring a coach that makes too many phone calls (then that coach making too many phone calls)? Sorry, can't agree. Further, the Sampson debacle was the one infraction IU has had in the modern era of basketball. IU had been the cleanest (competitive) major college basketball team for over a half century. The hiring of Sampson was the anomaly, not the norm. I'm just dissapointed we allegedly cheated to get Luther Clay instead of Eric Gordon.

Worth it to secure Harris's commitment. Do you think Tom Crean showing up to see him unexpectedly, like a freakish stalker, had a negative impact?

Also, lol. http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/36567/what-in-the-world-was-tom-crean-thinking

First, IU has finished dead last for one year running in basketball (last -- next to last -- last over the previous three seasons). Second, as to IU's punishment -- which was deserved -- please compare and contrast the infractions and on-court/field repurcussions for Memphis basketball, Ohio State basketball, USC football, Ohio State football, etc. I think you'll find IU suffered severely for its sin -- and more severely for some more egregious infractions. (Lest we also not forget that Purdue was not banned from post-season play for arranging an improper $4,000 loan to a recruit.) Sorry, thanks for correcting my statement. IU has only averaged the worst finish in the league over those years, while finishing last most of the time. Also, you're bringing up one isolated issue from 1995? Really? I mean it's only been 17 years and it pales in comparisson to Sampson and what IU wilfully brought on themselves.

It's because they have have completely different schemes both offensively and defensively at home and on the road. Duh.

Shocking, IU with the biggest FT advantage at home and it's not even close.

And Iowa!! REMARKABLE IU has finished dead last in both major sports for what, four years running? They didn't do anything fast. If the NCAA had balls the penalties for IUs cheating would've lasted longer. Let's not forget the basketball program was in the dumps because they hired a known cheater, and he *gasp* cheated again.

Forget the numbers. Did you watch the game? How many fouls should IU have had called on them to that point? Not saying Illinois should have had 7 called on them, but it was inevitable for a team that couldn't stop Jordan Freaking Hulls from getting to the lane every trip down the court. Careful, that's Steve Nash you're talking about.

u mad bro? BANNER UP