He is a secret Hoosiers fan…awful!’

We won a game primarily when Cliff was not in the game against a terrific if not AA center.

We need Cliff. But we extended the lead when he was out. Awesome team play.

The RAC advantage has become downright unfair to visiting teams. We’re asking you to show some decorum and ‘keep it down in there’.

We can’t overreact to one game or even a couple of games. It’s about trends.

Moving forward IN THE SHORT TERM, assuming Paul is healthy enough to start, here’s how I see the rotation:

1 - Paul
2 - Cam
3 - Caleb
4 - Mag
5- Cliff

First guard/wing off the bench - Simpson
First “4” off the bench - Hyatt
First “5” off the bench - Reiber OR Woolfolk (depending on matchups)
Defensive specialist at guard/wing (only as needed) - Miller

It’s basically an 8-man rotation, with the eighth man being the Reiber/Woolf two-headed backup center, so really a 9-man rotation.

I’m not willing to give up on Cam as a starter yet. He’s getting pretty good looks, so, for now, I’m attributing his difficulties to a shooting slump rather than lack of ability against tougher competition.

But, with Simpson’s coming out party, Cam should be on a shorter leash. If he’s hitting shots like we think he can, he gets more playing time. If he continues to struggle, we’ll then I’m considering inserting Simpson into the starting lineup.

At the 4, we have a large enough sample size from Mag and Hyatt to realize that they should basically split time and then we go with whoever is playing better in individual games to dictate who gets more playing time in the 2nd half.

There will also be bigger opponents where we will need to play Reiber or Woolf together with Cliff.

You know you’ve turned a corner when you play a ranked team at home and you expect to win. Crazy it was IU -4. in the past we have won some of those games, but that was the “season”. This is now just another Saturday afternoon!

Great job! Keep rolling.

An aside - is IU really the 10th best team in the country. I don’t see it. But I haven’t watched lots of other teams yet.

He recorded the day after going to a basketball game. I'm considering starting an a cappella group....

Or is Dylan more of a 2 guard?

The potential of them both in the backcourt starting for a couple 3 years had me excited.

I think they may be interchangeable??

I know it's nuts. When we played Michigan 2022, we beat them for a half. 17-10 RU was in the stands, it wasn't luck. We crumbled in the second. Grow, expect to win.

Some comments from national media.

to Dylan Harper.

You are the player we need if we ever are going to beat Rutgers...


I kid, I kid...

FU MadChuck

Another great contribution by the crowd tonight. Such a tremendous home court advantage for us.

One is already in the portal (unofficially) so how many more will we have in your opinions?

Rebounds..... McConnell 10, Omoruyi 9, Mag 9

Major major props to Pike and the players for today’s game plan. Robbie Hummel kept mentioning that RU’s game plan was to flood the paint defensively and get physical in the paint when IU had the ball down low. It worked perfectly. Outside of Kopp, IU didn’t have any outside shooters to combat our D. A+ effort by everyone all around.

That's not good for recruiting.
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I just loved how he rode the hot hand in the second half and just completely shortened the bench in the past we would have a run and then he would make substitutions but today he just rode the hot hand!!

He's the glue guy whose value to his team doesnt show up on the stat sheet.

We got out toughed tonight


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