DISQUS

Lots of weird seeding issues - Butler a 7, Drake a 5, Xavier 3

At least it doesn't focus solely on the face...

It's bad but I don't know if it'll ever beat the dark days surrounding the end of the RMK regime.

As for our performance on Sat., I think the guys will come out prepared and hopefully with a little chip on their shoulder over what they have had to deal with this past week.

McCallum has only been with KS since 2004

If he's not spending $400 dollars on hair cuts, I don't want him as my coach.

Is there anything more powerful than breasts in the sports industry?

You know shortly after that photo, Kelvin walked into the locker room and said:

"I put it to you, Indiana University, as we spend our final game together, be proud of who you are!Look at me Ma, I made it! I'm okay!"

As DJ and EJ slowly roll a fridge into the Indiana University locker room...

This the only time we have the spotlight on the program? Seriously? That's ridiculous. The spotlight was on this program from the get-go because of fantastic freshman, Eric Gordon and Big Ten player of the year candidate DJ White. The spotlight has only gotten brighter as those two have solidified expectations and in DJ's case he's blown them out of the water with the way he is playing.

While the current situations at IU have certainly turned up the spotlight at IU to an almost unbearable level, let's not kid ourselves thinking this is the first time the spotlight has been on this program this year.

I'm going to have nightmares after reading that NY Daily News headline - thanks!

Wait...is it a rumor or rumors?

This just gets more disappointing the more you hear about it...

I absolutely hate the notion of Bobby Knight ever being hired back to coach Indiana University again, but I can't help but shudder at the 'big brother' aspect that story brings to Assembly Hall. If true, that's sad and a little dis-heartening.

But of course, we are IU fans. You don't expect us to be rational or fair about anything do you?

It's the mob mentality at this point. I think anything less than a burning at the stake won't appease many of the fans.

You wait until the end of the season and then re-evaluate his position and the University's position.

No sense in jumping to conclusions, oh wait...

Relax, take a deep breath. It's not the end of the world. It's not the end of IU basketball. All we have are the allegations outlined.

So far, no punishments have been handed down. A lot can happen between now and June.

Suck it Illinois!

I think IU needs some inspiration, perhaps Salma could provide some?

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1058/690284560_7...

E, Frazier didn't play in the first meeting - he was injured.

Wow, you're not a complete a$$ at all.

I expect DJ to have his typical double-double against the Illini. I'm guessing somewhere around 15 points and 11 boards. I fully expect Gordon to get around 20 or more points. Sure it'll be hostile environment but lest we forget - this is Eric 'Freakin' Gordon donning the Indiana jersey for his home state team.

I hope we see more points from Bassett. He needs to be that outside threat for IU to be effective inside.

I don't see the Illini scoring a lot of points, so if IU can get solid points from some of their role players (Bassett, AJ, Crawford) I envision IU winning by a 10 point margin. Of course that may depend on how shored up the interior defense is.

I always felt the best time for a freshman who has yet to play any significant minutes this season is to all of a sudden give him serious minutes on the road in one of the most hostile games the Hoosiers will play away from their home court. There is no way that strategy will not end well.

But I am intrigued by the prospect of seeing IU playing some zone. But that may just depend on how well the Illini are shooting the ball.

Kind of how IU fans rushed the court when they beat Wisconsin a year (or was it two years) ago?

While I respect the diversity of the photographs on this site, might I recommend a more symbolic photo of Ms. Andrews (found below) as she walks away and out of the lives (at least for Thursday night) of the Illini and Hoosier fans and onto a football field, wait what? ...

http://www.sidelinehotties.com/stills/erin-andr...

Bob Knight spent many years building up the IU program to a National Championship caliber team. Unfortunately, I was too young to have many memories of those early years. In the same way that he built up this team, he also brought it down - whether it was his anger, his childish behavior, or something else he did/didn't do. For all the talk about how great a basketball coach was, he was routinely getting out-coached in the postseason towards the end of his career at IU and even times before the exit (Pepperdine, Colorado - Chauncey Billups destroyed IU).

Maybe he stayed too long, maybe he lost his coaching touch. I don't know. For all the good that Knight has done at IU (and he has done a lot), for me, it will never overshadow the public image that Knight routinely trotted out for the rest of the nation to witness.

The angry, angst-filled, sometimes-violent Knight that we saw far too often in his later years, unfortunately is the Knight I will remember.

Unfamiliarity is breeding breakdowns left and right.