but honestly i do like Rafferty – much more than seven cats getting shredded in a lawn mower.

I love Roth also, I hope he works on his ballhandling….he is a SHOOTER! I hope they start setting some screens for him….

That all being said I must say you sound like a University of Kentucky fan the way you want to throw this guy under the bus. Living close to the border I hear their diatribes all the time and try to keep from falling under their influence. Keep it in perspective, keep it real, keep it clean. Yeah I did not have faith with the 20 point lead because I saw what they did with it the last time they were up……….but we were in the game…………….we were close to a win…….we were where we could dream of a victory. This year is a total do-over and we need to remember that as the disappointments continue to happen. They looked so much better in the last two games than they have during the pre-conference schedule that I acutally have hope that sometime this year we may actually steal one.

Be an IU fan, realistic, not a UK fan – a total ……….

We're up 3 points with possession and freshmen all over the place. As soon as Pritchard makes that skip pass and we cross half court CALL TIMEOUT!!!! These guys need to be TOLD how to close it out.

Then with a tied game and 20 seconds on the clock with possession, he calls tiemout with 7 seconds left? That's not enough time to run a set.

Don't get me wrong. CTC is our boy I know that. But these decisons affected the outcome of the game.

How about the one in the second half where somebody (Verdell?) drove to the bucket from the left wing, and just dissapeared off the screen. And all the while, Hamilton is going on about what a great shot it was.

That all being said your post sounds a whole like what I hear from UK fans that I am surrounded by down here in Southern Indiana. Praising a player or crucifying him depending on how he played the last game (or the last half) is a part of their DNA. It is something IU fans should be careful to avoid.

This whole year is one big do-over. We knew that going in. We expected a few bright moments but knew for the most part it was going to be a year to want to forget. In the last two games this team has played so much better than it did in the pre-conference games that it actually gives me hope that we might steal one down the line. But let's be realistic……there is a really good chance that even with the faith and zeal of CTC this team is liable to slowly but surely begin to fold under continuing disappointment. Don't want to be one to praise them where it is not deserved but I really don't want to be a post where they will be trashed when they make the decisions we expect this group of young players to make. Of this group how many do you really think would be getting major time on an established top level D1 team. Keep it real…….they are playing way over their head and being put into situations where they will most likely fail.

I think Devan at times trys to be “the man” for this team and show some leadership but tries to do it in the wrong way, we always don't need the big shot or big play…..

Again without Dumes, we are losing to Michigan and some other teams alot worse….