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Forcing turnovers, giving up dunks.

'Sup, brfrad? You and me today and that's it?

Hammond sighting.

Great rhythm to this last two-minute period.

T on JM? Really?

Sigh. IU 79 NU 71

It's "Dererk," (with 2 R's, 28 points and 12 rebounds).

Demise or reversion to the mean?

Please be right.

Northwestern is not that good. It's going to be a tough year for us. Our effort has to be worlds better Saturday if we want to win. We can't watch Indiana drive by us then converge on the ball handler and leave a wide open put back by a player. Just think a freshmen playing in his 2nd game (that was not a higher rated recruit than Morrow) scores 28 points and 12 rebounds. Our 2 freshmen score 11 points and 4 rebounds. Probably a little sour grapes... but that was expected. I think you might just be overestimating how good we are. We made the tournament 2 years ago because we played defense and hit some big shots. This year's team is very poor defensively. We allowed Northwestern to shoot 50 % from the field. Maybe I am just frustrated but we allowed a TRUE FRESHMEN post playing in his second game to go off for 28 points and 12 rebounds. I will say that will be his career game (until he plays us again) Northwestern has shot well all year. Them shooting well had to be expected. That we struggled on D hurt yes, but they hit some big shots. They could shoot threes all day and something is going in. We are all frustrated, but to say that Northwestern isn't very good or shouldn't have shot that well is giving them a discredit. We are not a great team, but we are not a bad team either. The Big 10 is tough, but no one really scares me to the point where I don't think we can beat them. Will we have to play better? Yes, but we are not that bad. We have our deficiencies, thats for sure. Gosh, I hope you're right. Your general optimism is needed.

Most importantly, Northwestern has a 6-8 true frosh who's capable of going off for 28 points and 12 rebounds at any time.

Wow! Center? We don't need no stinking center! You probably want to re-think that.

What does it take to induce an honest-to-goodness post to sign with NU?

3-6 at home. 1-8 on the road. 4-14 overall. One and done in the tourney. 12-20 regression from last year. Sigh. Is there light at the end of this fugging tunnel?

"Pardon me while I Dererk on you."

When do we play Penn State, Minnesota, Illinois and Rutgers?

His name is "Dererk."I think our bigs just need to call him "Sir." Pardon me.

His name is "Dererk."

How many opponent banked-in 3's must we endure?

Oops. It's "Dererk" Pardon. Seriously.

Just like I said — this is going to be a showcase for Benny Parker and Derek Pardon. I did say that, right?

UPS just delivered my copy of "Nebrasketball: Coach Tim Miles and a Big Ten Team on the Rise" to my lonely Colorado home. Omen?

Let that thumb soar. Better than a sore one. Damn Grammar police! My badd.

Let that thumb soar. Better than a sore one.