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... not really part of this but looks like Iowa learned to play defense in the offseason (39-28 over #14 Oregon at half). Been a pretty good week for b1g basketball so far....

...considering I'm literally in rochester every day you'd think I'd have paid more attention to this thread.

Pulled ahead even further on sagarin

That's exactly right. And he's a good enough shooter that when he's hot we can make some very quick 10-15 point runs against good teams. Our defense should make that stick. Even against good or great teams. Allen goes 4 of 7 or 5 of 9 from 3 and we will win the vast vast majority of games (he will have that happen or similar a couple times this year... when it does it will be similar to what happened when jpj got hot last night -- the lead exploded).

Their fans seem fairly positive overall. Basically saying that we were a hard matchup (top 30 senior laden team) and they'll get better. I'd love that.

We shouldn't be favored. But if you asked me whether we'd lose both at the barn and at clemson... right now I'd say we have good odds of splitting those games. And right now... today... I think we beat Missouri state and usc/tech. Tech hasn't been impressive and usc lost to Vanderbilt at home. it'll be almost a home game against either tech or usc. These games are games we should win all things being equal. What's that mean? We've got a pretty decent runway and it's on us to perform. At this point I would be disappointed if we lost more than one game in this stretch. But two would still put us is an ok position... just disappointing.

That's scary. In a very fun way.

looks to me like he's trolling for a fine so it'll stop getting called so blatantly. probably worth it to him too given the circumstances.

getting to the line when they're calling fouls virtually every time -- and then making free throws -- makes up for a bad shooting night (most likely caused by a decently good defense). We took what was there. we will play better.

We should take at least 1 of 3... i think. but if i were betting i'm not sure i'd bet.

eh he can afford the fine. if it keeps the refs honest when calling those nitpicky (or non existent) fouls on roby for the rest of the year it's worth every penny.

Heiman due to all of the above. Yet after all that, he stepped up against a solid interior and did passably (which was all we needed). He could be pretty darn good in a couple years. LONG way to go and some growing pains yet but for another night anyway he looked good.

Indiana is spanking #24 marquette by 21 with 12 minutes left Lots of B1G will be ranked in upcoming weeks.

Let's put this one in perspective. we just ho-hummed a 22 point win over a top 50ish team with roby barely doing anything. yeah, it was at home. yeah jpj put on a clinic after his first 7 shots or so... but well... we just ho-hummed a 22 point win over a top 50ish team with roby barely doing anything. we are legit, guys. looking forward to monday.

Jpj is just good. All b1g good. Nothing to be ashamed of having him heat up They arent a bad team.

Destruction about over... Huge conference win

When is he going to get them in a game to see how they do? Next few weeks are filled with teams like this. It is a good test against legit size. I'd rather see it sooner than later personally. You want their first exposure to good players to be at the barn in december (im exaggerating.. kinda... but still)?

They're still kenpom top 50. And we are handling them with our questionable bench playing a lot. Take it. Yeah they ain't Duke. So what.

Might as well let them play to see how they do while you have a lead. For this game? Cost us a few points. Maybe. Might make our season by the end though...

Makes you wonder if miles let Roby sit longer than he might have so we could see how borchardt and Brady did... Seems like they held their own to me.

Struggling. One player getting hot would probably be enough for an 8-10 ten point run. Look what happened when palmer finally made a shot.

I will take another one tonight and smile. We will play better than this during the year. Just take care of this one first.

62-35 with 8 minutes left...

Point proven. He heated up and we go on a decent run.

No, it can't.