One of the poster's dropped this SI link:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/l...

Check out how much (or how little) we rely on EJ in comparison to the other top Freshmen. Note: ITH guys, this could be an interesting topic to discuss.

As for today's game, it's about what I expected. Penn St played with a lot of emotion (and more importantly nothing to lose), so we got their best shot for 30 minutes. Our depth played a huge role (as it usually does) and the law of averages worked out as the Nittany Lions hot hand cooled off. Bottom line is that a young, talented team like this year's Hoosiers will typically have problems playing to the level of our competition. Tough to breed a killer instinct with so much inexperience

The team and crowd finally came to life with 10:00 left in the second half. They (finally) figured out a 2-3 zone and DJ got several easy baskets, plus EJ and Armon hit some more threes, and the Hoosiers took a big lead. Then Penn State switched to man-to-man with even worse results and the game was over.

All in all, a good win, this team showed off some of its offensive ability against a team that doesn't pressure at all on defense. But they also showed a lack of spirit (except DJ) and some more bad defense for the season.

46-46 with 13:26 remaining. Penn State shooting 51.5 percent from the field.

22-17 Hoosiers, 7:41 left in the first half.

Should be a relatively easy game to win. Oh and DJ pulls down 20 boards again.

Here is another link for you to follow along:

http://iuhoosiers.cstv.com/gametracker/launch/g...

http://noise.typepad.com/hey_joe/2008/01/indian...

I'm heading to BWs soon, but I'm going to bring my laptop so I can watch cstv's gametracker blog on ITH and prove just how big of a nerd I am by eating wings, drinking beer, and using their free wi-fi…all while cheering for the Hoosiers in Lafayette….Screw Purdue…

I'll post some updates in the comments here.