Wish we had these guys at full strength. Since we don't have a signature win, even pulling out a W this afternoon is tainted. Nonetheless, we will continue winning the games we are supposed to win.

IU 82
UConn 70

I agree, but at least it'll still be a nice RPI booster....UCONN is up in the Top 50....

I've got IU by 8.

I love my job, golf pro in the winter. i can watch the game while i am working !!

iu 81
uconn 69

dj looks so small!

great start but another ticky tack foul for gordon... why ej why??

How was that a blocking foul?

This is the start that we want to have.
bc

Seems like Gordon is forcing some shots right now. Need to get D.J. some looks.

Gordon really seems to struggle with shooting off the dribble inside the 3 point line.

They should just have a college major called "NBA" ....general studies...come on DJ. I love ya...but...

kinda like how 80% of dukes players are "sociology"majors?!?!?!

Yeah I said the exact same thing when he was on the foul line and they showed that. They should just have "basketball".

I hate Billy Packer...shut up

Come on EJ, gotta quit forcing it.

Would like to see us pass the ball a couple more times on offense. Use that shot clock!

We have no offensive fluidity...surprise surprise...what's new

Oh, and I have a man crush on DJ White :)

Even after all these missed jumpers?

He has hit some also. Without DJ this is a 20/30 point blowout.

Terrible shot selection.

How many freaking layups and open looks can we miss?

IUs looks like a 7th grade girls team missing everything!!!

Oh come on De...2 layups in a row?

going to need to score more consistently. Defensive effort is really good right now though.

25%shooting. and still can get out of the half ahead

Can we? We look so awful, I don't know.

i think if we move a little more in transition and drive it to the basket it will help.

Not awful...just awful shooting...we're at home and it will get better.

Holy Cow...nice work by the crowd...lol

The lack of another big man besides DJ is killing us. We're one and out on every possession and they're owning the glass.

Wow we are getting killed out there. Lucky to be down only 5. I liked that crowd fake coundown that was awesome!

That was pathetic...and we're only down by 5....I don't know whether to cry and let the small glimmer of hope give me strength to make it through the rest of this game.

We not only missed jumpers...AT HOME...we blew easy layups....DeAndre, EJ, DJ....good lord...

And Bassett's up to his old tricks of getting in trouble by jumping in the air with no idea what he's going to do...DJ looks like he's TOO pumped up to shoot a mid range jumper and EJ looks like he's out-of-control....unbelievable

There's no offensive movement, there's not defensive teamwork...we're ONCE AGAIN letting teams screen us to death and we either don't switch fast enough or don't fight over the screens....I'm sick to my stomach.

Some timely threes have kept it close, other than that, this is a D- first half.

Two words for Deandre and Mike White

Mikan Drill

Enough of the UConn cheerleader, Megan Martz is back.

We scored nine points (all threes) in the first 3 minutes of the game. So after that....15 points in 17 minutes.....are you serious....I can't say enough negative things right now...I need to just shut up...but I'm fuming right now...this is not what I was expecting to see this afternoon...

Turn off the TV...this game's over....We made no halftime adjustments...

(nice no call on the goal tend)

i think we just need to run them and run them some more. their big cant move and they are already down 2 players. we have depth, just run it !

Not a bad idea at all. However, we still need to man up on the boards.

and guard somebody and box out, and get loose balls and hit shots and .... be thankful this is a non conference game...

i hate to say it but i think this would be a nice time to see crawford try and score the ball. ej has been taken out of the game

If we have learned one thing here today it is the fact that KS cannot coach. I dont give a S#@# what anyone says. If you have a player like Gordon and you are not setting screens you are a moron. This team is pathetic on offense. If I am a coach that recruits DeAndre Thomas and Jordan Crawford I need my head examined!!

At least I'll have a good reason to drink tonight (or right now)

Need to look for D.J. and if Thomas, Mike White or Stemler want to possibly show up for the game, that'd be great as well.

They are completely destroying us on the boards, and there isn't a thing we can do about it. Too much size.

i am telling you it looks like TUO might break it open for us

you are a prophet...those were wild uncalled for threes....but they went in...i mean the only reason he shot that first one was because the shot clock was winding down and he could say "shot clock winding down coach..had to shoot" ...but nonetheless...

Sweet...

Crawford....2 bad looks 2 hits. Unbelievable.

Steve you were saying about Crawford??? Take your negative a$$ and go cheer for some other team!!!

look i LOVE crawford in this situation.. IU looks tight and they are playing very scared but TUO just wants to take it over

yeah he definitely has no fear....so i hear what you're saying...let's just hope he uses some brains...which is what he's shown a major lack of this season..

Hopefully Sampson lets Ratliff play for more than 3 minutes.

I spoke too soon. Unbelievable.

Our lack of intelligence is baffling....

-DJ needs to learn how to use the glass on that little turn around jumper
-Everytime I feel like driving to bloomington and strangling crawford he does something to calm my nerves
-If we continue to play this nba style offense and do not move the ball, and make cuts this team will go nowhere.
-I am happy to see the team's defense improve almost every game. If they were playing the same defense they were at the beginning of the season, we would be down by 20.

I thought the NBA crap went with Mike Davis...but we look just horrible...we're being exposed as the Top 10 frauds that we are...and if there was ever a "Timmy" wake up call..maybe this will be the game..it's non conference and won't cost our Big Ten title chances....we better start planning for Wisconsin now cause this game is toast...

I'm usually not this negative but this is the most pathetic display of "basketball" I've EVER EVER EVER seen in my 27 + years of life on this planet.

Too bad there is a shot clock or I'd just say hold it IU so we can be put out of our misery

13-46 (28.3%)


enough said

how often do you shoot better than 50% from 3 and be getting you ass kicked??

its over

yep this is horrible...I seriously question Sampson's coaching ability....at least with this group of players...every timeout we come back on the court looking worse...

Is this the worst game Gordon has played this year?

No, this is the worst game he has played in his life.

I almost want to call Stemler "The One" because that's all he's good for..THE ONE big shot....lol.....keep hope alive ...i'm going to take a shot of whiskey now...

Four fouls on EJ...take him out and let AJ come in and miraculously take over the game with Crawford!!!

they have no rythm. it looks like they have the crimson jerseys on and they are playing on the road. i like crawford better in this situation than a EJ that has no flow

NO URGENCY!!!!! WALKING ALL THE TIME!!!!! I HATE THIS

Maybe. Why is he swiping at the ball like that? Awful.

So this is the second "good team" we've played and the second time we've gotten embarrassed...interesting..

Uh Oh...a timeout....IU's going to get KILLED off this....Calhoun v. Sampson...yeah...let's see how that coaching battle turns out....

This is ridiculous...all the naysayers of IU are being proven right today and it's just infuriating...

foul?

to little to late... this is the team we will be next year... look its like EJ and DJ werent even in the game!

Let's foul the best foul shooter again... i think that's what I'd say

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY ......we have no intelligence.......not even the tiniest bit....

I have to agree with you there. I can understand trying to get a foul but we need 3 pointers, not 2.

Here's a wild thought...

We've sucked at twos because we try and change our shots in the lane....SO DO NOT TRY IT...

We've been awesome at threes and we need all the points we can get...HMMMM>>>>SHOOT A THREE????

What did we do the last two possessions....? Drive to the lane and PRAY that something good happens....

Thanks Bassett..let's make it look good

Was this the Mike Davis memorial offense?

well this doesnt look good for the "overrated in everything" big ten does it?

dont want to be negative but the only two NCAA Tournament-caliber teams IU has played so far this season (Xavier, UConn), they've lost to.

this team has a looong way to go and isn't even in the same area code as some of the Final Four favorites like Memphis.

Well I am now going to to two things. One of which rarely ever happens, and the other happens rather frequently. Watch the Purdue v Wisconsin game and root for Purdue. The other one being DRINK LOTS OF BEER!

The offense looks like 5 guys playing pick-up down at the Y. There's very little help side defense. And I don't even want to think about how bad the defensive rebounding is.

The solution to our offensive problems are simple SET A SCREEN FOR A SHOOTER. All of this one on one shit is killing me. The only reason why we have won this year is because most of the opponents have no athleticism. Gordon needs to watch some old tapes of Alford moving without the ball.

This one is clear....TODAY IU WAS OUTCOACHED.......
1. Thabeet is 9ft tall and gets tired thinking about running, yet we may have had 4 fast break points.

2. The last time this team hit a 3 was when Rip Hamilton was there...why not a zone?

3. I would say EJ for the season may have had 5-7 screens set for him...TOPS.

4. DT and DJ could play together better if .....they actually worked together. DT cannot score often with just moves, but if we actually used (dare i say it) screens to help get him open...it might just work.

5. for future reference....we need a pure point guard.

6. Interesting thought, what is Matt Roth going to do at IU? Maybe he BYOS (Bring your own screeners)

* Tough loss, a good win at Wisconsin could help, still happy (not satisfied) where we are now in the season.

* Billy Keller Pacer ABA great said here in Indy on Friday, EJ is a great great player and shooter but needs to work on the .....Mid Range game and ball handling. Welcome to your sophmore year EJ.

I just Googled "motion offense basketball" and got 91,000 hits. Just a suggestion . . .