Thoughts on Last Night

Looking back at last night, things went just about according to how I thought they would.  Linsanity raged on, as Jeremy Lin had 10 points and 13 assists in 26 minutes in a blowout win at MSG against the Kings.  He still turned it over a bunch, but he realized his role as a distributor and did a great job getting all of his teammates involved.  With the possibility of Carmelo Anthony returning tomorrow, we may see more distributing from Lin, but I still think he will get his points.

The Indiana Hoosiers their 20th win of the season last night with a 71-66 win over visiting Northwestern, who needed a win to bolster their resume and give them a shot at making the tourney for the first time ever.  Cody Zeller played great, and many other guys pitched in to pull out the victory late.  Verdell Jones III stepped up big late despite nagging injury.  This has been an outstanding turnaround for the Hoosiers as Crean has done a wonderful job in Bloomington.  Indiana fans have always been loyal, but they become downright wild when their team is winning.

Regarding DePaul, they lost 80-54 to UConn, a team desperate for a win and hoping to take it out on the Blue Demons.  DePaul was only down 10 at the break, but they got sloppy in the second half and again could not finish a game strong.  Melvin went scoreless for the final 17 minutes and the Blue Demons just got waxed.  I read an article from the Chicago Tribune the other day interviewing Oliver Purnell.  He feels the team is making progress and is close to turning the corner, but I need to see more to indicate that.  He needs a great recruiting class to survive in the Big East or else DePaul will continue to toil in poor play on the court.