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Now, it’s in his head… he drives and throws up a crazy shot instead of taking the open 3.

Obviously, CMW hasn’t given up on him, but you’d think he’d get lucky and make a basket by accident sooner or later.

Too amped Sr. night

Man, we take ourselves out of so many runs with sloppy play.

It should have been. He shoved him down with both hands.

If Purdue chokes this away, they could be playing themselves out of #1 seed in the NCAAs.

So hard to beat a really good team three times in a row.

Agree 👍

I know, he’s a Sophomore. He has two years of eligibility left. I have no idea if he’ll leave, but since he put his name in the portal last year, it makes you think he might try again. Just one to keep an eye on, since we’re losing both TJD and Race.

With TJD, Kopp, Thompson and XJ all graduating, and JHS likely gone, we‘ll have no choice, but to be very active in the portal this off season. Since we only have 2 commits coming in next year, we’re looking at 3-4 transfers at a minimum, and maybe more depending on how many transfer out.

Let the speculation begin! I’ll throw out Payton Sparks (6’9”/240) from Ball St. as a great pickup, if he were to enter the portal. He put his name in last year, but decided to stay when Lewis was named the coach, so I doubt he leaves, but you never know.

That’s what I thought, but you never know, he might do it again.

Watching the Ball St/Toledo game and I’m very impressed with Payton Sparks. He’s only a Sophomore and would be a great pickup, if he entered the portal - 6’9” and 240. I’m sure Coach Lewis will pull out all stops to keep him, but he’s certainly one to keep an eye on.

I just hope our guys are laser focused on what they need to do, because if we don’t win all the conversation about seeding and a double bye won’t matter.

Ok, sounds reasonable.

How are we ahead of NW at 11-8 when they beat us twice?

Yeah, and we’d be on our way to undefeated immortality!

And you didn’t even mention Race’s injury.

I agree, there’s so much parity now because of the portal, it’s hard to put a long streak together without having a let down like the other night. You have to be ready every game, because all these teams are capable of playing like Iowa, if they get hot.

Exactly, percentage wise at 38% we’re one of the top teams in the league shooting 3s, but take the fewest shots in the league. Hard to win when your opponent is taking 20-25, and making more than we take the entire game. Our guys won’t shoot unless they’re wide open. Players on the other teams take step back and in your face 3s all game long, and then blow us a kiss on their way to a blowout. Of course, that can backfire when they’re aren’t going down, but when they are, we have no answer.

9. Too soon to tell about next year, because we probably bring in at least 3 transfers and maybe more, depending on how many transfer out.

The year isn’t done yet.

Understand, and hopefully we bounce back big against Michigan on Sunday, but just saying the last five games, with exception of Purdue, haven’t been pretty. We barely beat Illinois at home, and they were without their best player. We need to get on a roll going into the post season. Right now we’re on a roller coaster.

Based JHS’s performance tonight, he would be wise to come back next year, but the NBA drafts on potential, and he showed plenty of that against Purdue. He’s more than likely gone, but it sure would be nice to have him back, and let him and Reneau go to work.