Uhhhh, he hit 50% from the field and led us in rebounding with 8 in just over 20 minutes.

He's "scared"? Huh? I suspect you never played the game beyond the age of 10.

He did a lot in 10 minutes. But the negative was fouling out .... can't pick up 5 in 10.

I stated FACTS. As opposed to the poster who shot from the hip with an emotional outburst. The game is 40 minutes ...

WHO was our leading rebounder?

What was Ivo's % from the field?

Don't answer .... and you I know never played b-ball at any level. Being an Ozoner doesn't make you knowledgeale of the game. Although you may think otherwise ...

I forgot that if you played basketball, you're an expert of the game.

Now I know why Isaiah Thomas and Jordan have had incredible success in management . . .

Mark Twain: "Statistics are like ladies of the evening: once you get them down, you can do whatever you want with them." 

Just got back.

— Ball State is bad, but the defensive effort in the first half was wonderful. Complete effort in the first half. No dogging at any time from anyone on the defensive end.

— Showing Majok Majok shooting free throws  on a loop to a prisoner of war is considered a violation of the Geneva convention.

— As for the Ivo argument, I actually thought he played really well...except his hands were made of stone tonight. It was just one of those night's where he couldn't grip the ball. To be honest, everyone on both sides had butterfingers tonight.

Ball State is bad.

—That three from the corner that Kellogg hit right in front of his dad was needed. He needs to get his shot back and you could tell Christian was going to leave him out there until one went down for him. Hopefully it's part of a turnaround. I don't think anyone thinks he's going to keep struggling to shoot the ball too much longer.

Ball State is bad.

— Walt was nails. Bounced back from that Akron game nicely. Loved to see him do it in Indiana, too.

Ball State is bad.

— David McKinley's terrorizing of opposing defenses in the final minute of the game continued. And Goff shots. Nothing but Goff shots.

Ball State is bad. Like, really bad.  Like, a Ball State fan next to me said the YMCA six year olds at halftime were going to score more than Ball State in the second half quality of bad.

— And I'd take that 10 minutes of quality play from Hall, even if it meant he fouled out every game. He was a difference maker in his short time out there.

Brian, keep in mind that this "bad" Ball State team nearly won at Akron and beat Miami by 20 on the road.  They've had their moments this season.

We throttled a team on the road with Coop only playing 25 minutes and scoring 5 points.

We can try to overanalyze this one.  But I see no reason to do so.  If anything, this game is showing us how spoiled we're becoming.  We're trying to find things to complain about in a 27 point victory.

My view:  Don't talk to me about games we absolutely should win (that's 3 of the last four road games, right?!).

Talk to me about the games in which a W is not so certain.



Is any particular insight really gained from overwhelming Ballie on the road?

Akron has struggled much more to put these kind of teams away and its come close to biting them a couple times. I'm glad Ohio has had a killer instinct to put away inferior teams early.