Hey, if we're supposed to be so bad, how could you expect a performance like this, even against a D III school? I'd say it's a solid A performance for the first time out.

I think Jones has just enough size to hang in there, despite being so thin, Dumes needs to hit his shots, but his FT touch is nice, and Pritchard is solid. We need Taber back and healthy for a little depth upfront. After watching Roth at HH, he can shoot…so if we get him open looks, he'll be a nice option on the kick out. I'm still expecting more from Nick Williams.

This team hustled and is only going to get better.

I was quite pleased with Jones and Dumes, though Pritchard's late foul trouble worried me, and he needs to work on his rebounding. Jobe looked out of place at times, but when he did something right you could hear Crean yelling encouragement to him. Crean really did a lot of teaching on the sidelines, you could see it all game.

I think we all understand that this isn't last year's team, and that this game's score is what you're supposed to have against at DivIII opponent. But the team played with a lot of heart–smiling and congratulating each other, getting excited, diving for loose balls. I left the game last night feeling good about watching this team–and finally matched up walk-ons' faces to names.

Team passing was good, and they ran the floor well. I was impressed with Pritchard's hustle and ability to run the floor with the guards. He also had a nice block in the first half. Will have to watch foul trouble though.

Jobe, physically impressive, although I did not notice a tremendous amount of athleticism. I noticed him “standing” a bit, hopefully McLeod can develop some skills.

IU has another PG walk-on that is pretty solid on D…..