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BottomLine reacted to Golfman25 in Indiana Players Now In The Portal
The portal is primarily made up of two types of players. 1) disgruntled guys looking for playing time and 2) dudes looking to move up a level. Add a few who’s coaches got fired.
Very few are studs, and if they are they are looking to go to a winning team i.e.; Dickenson.
It’s going to be an uphill battle for mediocre mike.
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BottomLine got a reaction from JF87 in 2023-24 Prediction League - Game 32 vs Penn St Thu 3/14/24 9pm (about) BTN
I may be in second place but I'm not going to repeat as champion anyway. That contest is basically over. I'm too late with too little this year.
The smart bet here is to take Penn State. They have beaten us twice this year, and the scores were not that close. Still the Hoosiers are on a four game win streak and are starting to finally put the pieces together. Maybe.
Penn State shoots lights out from 3 - we lose
IU makes tons of stupid turnovers - we lose
We get in serious foul trouble - we lose
If Galloway doesn't play - we probable lose
We score more points than Penn State - we win
Notice there is only one way to win.
Hoosiers 75
Nitty Lions 74
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BottomLine got a reaction from JF87 in 2023-24 Prediction League - Game 32 vs Penn St Thu 3/14/24 9pm (about) BTN
I may be in second place but I'm not going to repeat as champion anyway. That contest is basically over. I'm too late with too little this year.
The smart bet here is to take Penn State. They have beaten us twice this year, and the scores were not that close. Still the Hoosiers are on a four game win streak and are starting to finally put the pieces together. Maybe.
Penn State shoots lights out from 3 - we lose
IU makes tons of stupid turnovers - we lose
We get in serious foul trouble - we lose
If Galloway doesn't play - we probable lose
We score more points than Penn State - we win
Notice there is only one way to win.
Hoosiers 75
Nitty Lions 74
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BottomLine reacted to LIHoosier in 2023-24 Prediction League - Game 32 vs Penn St Thu 3/14/24 9pm (about) BTN
Sorry, pick one or wait till close to tip when an official decision is made. I don't do what if stuff.
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BottomLine reacted to RoadRage in Prediction League RESULTS Thread
I was 2 points away from back to back wins….when I was young my Mother called me Nostradumbass, it hurt at the time, but now I know why!
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BottomLine got a reaction from HoosierHoopster in 2023-24 Prediction League - Game 30 at Minnesota Wed 3/6/24 9pm BTN
Stick a fork in the Hoosiers. We are about done. Right? Well, maybe not. It depends.
You can point a lot of fingers at what went wrong at IU this year but it basically boils down to three things. 1) we didn't pick up that extra shooting guard last summer and Newton was unable to play this year. That left us two bodies down to everyone else. 2).Our bench failed us big time. We have gone from mass substitutions at the beginning of the year to trying to find someone, ANYONE, that can contribute consistently off the bench. And, 3) with Johnson out twice this year with injuries, we have tried to take on most teams with 4 players against 5. This isn't a knock on Cupps. He plays defense and doesn't turn the ball over. However he is mostly worthless on offense. He doesn't look to shoot and doesn't produce many assists. There isn't a lot on the bench after him. If you want to blame all of this on the coach. so be it, but I'd dare anyone to figure out how to get more out of what we have. We are a one dimensional team.
This is the time of the year when games should be the most predictable. We have a lot of evidence to go on. Or do we? I'm not a big Xavier Johnson fan but when he plays well he can alter the outcome of a game on both ends of the court. Notice I said can and not will. Everyone, Vegas included, is judging the Hoosiers on our season performance. Most of the year we have been without Johnson. but, he will be there tonight and that can alter the results.
On paper Minnesota wins this game be about 7 at home and that is the logical pick. In every pick I make I try to be logical and consistent but tonight I'm going out on a limb and playing a hunch. Can Johnson have a 7 point impact on this game. That is basically taking away a 3 on defense and adding a couple of 2's to the IU offense. Not much but maybe enough.
I'm going with the upset. If I'm wrong I drop another 50 points behind in the standings. If I'm right I pick up 50 on a lot of people. My fingers are crossed that my gut reaction is right.
Hoosiers 75
Gophers 74
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BottomLine reacted to Dave from Dayton in 2023-24 Prediction League - Game 30 at Minnesota Wed 3/6/24 9pm BTN
BTownBannersBBallin' 79
Goofies 78
Continuing...in conclusion I have total confidence that I have no confidence in my conjecture, confidentially...
Wake up the bench, please. No not the players...the coaches.
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BottomLine reacted to Dave from Dayton in 2023-24 Prediction League - Game 28 vs Wisconsin Tue 2/27/24 7pm Peacock
Wisconsin Cheeze Zits 77
Help isn't on the way; stick a fork; Guards and Shooters Rn't Us; How do you spell defenz? IU 70
I am still cheering for a win for IU. Believe it or not. Losing or winning, the die is cast.
Do you know the difference between a badger and a skunk? It really doesn't matter.
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BottomLine reacted to LIHoosier in Prediction League RESULTS Thread
Hey, Barrel Rick didn't finish last! @HoosierHoopster wins with 131 pts, getting IU's score right.
Its a 3-way battle at the top of the overall leaderboard.
Overall Game 27 Rank 2023-24 IUBB Points Rank IU/Penn St Points 1 LIHoosier 2652 1 HoosierHoopster 131 2 Crazy about IU 2645 2 Scotty R 120 3 IUHoosierJoe 2634 3 LamarCheeks 119 4 BottomLine 2597 4 BottomLine 118 5 str8baller 2594 5 IUHoosierJoe 118 6 hper50 2576 6 Naturalhoosier 118 7 choosierred1 2572 7 Henryville Hoosier 117 8 Josh 2540 8 cthomas 117 9 taco corp 2539 9 choosierred1 116 10 Naturalhoosier 2538 10 taco corp 116 11 LamarCheeks 2532 11 Dave from Dayton 115 12 Rico 2511 12 Hoosierfan1901 115 13 johnsoniu 2495 13 Home Jersey 112 14 Henryville Hoosier 2493 14 Average 75-69 Penn St 112 15 Scotty R 2477 15 Crazy about IU 112 16 HoosierHoopster 2461 16 Adillac 112 17 WayneFleekHoosier 2453 17 Rico 111 18 Hoosierfan1901 2451 18 AKHoosier 111 19 Class of '66 Old Fart 2450 19 Class of '66 Old Fart 110 20 cthomas 2422 20 Napleshoosier 108 21 Stuhoo 2415 21 RoadRage 107 22 Home Jersey 2400 22 Stuhoo 105 23 craigyv88 2384 23 Josh 104 24 Dave from Dayton 2373 24 incrediboy 103 25 Napleshoosier 2361 25 LIHoosier 101 26 DChoosier 2313 26 cbp4iu 101 27 tkbbn 2302 27 johnsoniu 65 28 thebigweave 2287 28 JF87 64 29 incrediboy 2279 29 WayneFleekHoosier 61 30 muttcs66 2249 30 IU - Kaulie 60 31 IU - Kaulie 2222 31 tkbbn 60 32 Redcamaro 2173 32 DChoosier 59 33 mamasa 2153 33 mamasa 58 34 coonhounds 2082 34 hper50 55 35 ALASKA HOOSIER 2000 35 Barrel Rick 53 36 rcs29 1994 36 coonhounds 52 37 maxwell 1905 37 craigyv88 49 38 cbp4iu 1810 39 RaceToTheTop 1704 40 Stromboli 1699 41 Demo 1690 42 AZ Hoosier 1516 43 monskisprodigy 1501 44 IUHoosier5 1357 45 DoctorP 1355 46 RoadRage 1296 47 OGIUAndy 1287 48 Joe_hoopsier 1190 49 Kentuckysucks 1130 50 SamIam 1089 51 Mopladysman 819 52 Hornsby 800 53 HoosierTrav 634 54 HoosierCoop 632 55 JF87 627 56 tyappleg 533 57 jefftheref 527 58 realTomCrean 518 59 Woodson1980 419 60 AKHoosier 386 61 Adillac 386 62 Loaded Chicken Sandwich 282 63 TTT 268 64 mike vannice 213 65 HoosierFan1994 114 66 Hardwood83 113 67 MikeRoberts 108 68 triple 107 69 rayl456 106 70 CookHallGymRat 96 71 IndyResident16 74 72 IUBBx5Banners 61 73 Barrel Rick 53 74 OldBuddy67 47 -
BottomLine reacted to Class of '66 Old Fart in 2023-24 Prediction League - Game 27 at Penn St Sat 2/24/24 Noon BTN
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PSU 75
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BottomLine got a reaction from HoosierHoopster in 2023-24 Prediction League - Game 25 vs Northwestern Sun 2/18/24 3pm FS1
I tossed a coin and it came up heads. Then I tossed it again and it came up tails. So I tossed it again and it came up heads.
Northwestern will have the best player on the floor. Indiana is playing at home. Shrug. Scratch head. Pull hair
Indiana 73
NW 72
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BottomLine got a reaction from JF87 in 2023-24 Prediction League - Game 22 vs Penn St Sat 2/3/24 Noon FS1
Why are Indiana basketball teams always made up of the walking wounded? Hard to make a prediction here when you don't know exactly who will be playing. Still there are two factors that should sway this game. First it is a home game and secondly Penn State is pretty pathetic, especially on the road. Could this be a breakout game for Sparks? Just throwing the dice and hoping everything comes up positive.
Indiana 78
PSU 71
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BottomLine reacted to Dave from Dayton in 2023-24 Prediction League - Game 22 vs Penn St Sat 2/3/24 Noon FS1
PSU 71
IU 74
I feel a great disturbance in the Force. Like thousands of PSU fans are to be suddenly silenced.
No one else needs to predict. I've got this.
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BottomLine reacted to IUHoosierJoe in 2023-24 Prediction League - Game 21 vs Iowa Tue 1/30/24 7pm BTN
Fran will come into our huddle, stare X down for 30 seconds, and X will be called for a Flagrant 1.
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BottomLine reacted to Class of '66 Old Fart in 2023-24 Prediction League - Game 21 vs Iowa Tue 1/30/24 7pm BTN
I think we should consider adding a sub-contest to the main prediction league competition. Specify the time in the game that X will be assessed a tech.
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BottomLine reacted to Dave from Dayton in 2023-24 Prediction League - Game 21 vs Iowa Tue 1/30/24 7pm BTN
Frangibles bend over 74
Indiana starts winning streak 76 (at home)
Xavier shoots well. A veritable bullseye. Flagrant 2. Fran yells: "The ball got bigger and bigger. Then it hit me."
Fran hits level 4 in the first half.
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BottomLine reacted to Dave from Dayton in 2023-24 Prediction League - Game 19 at Wisconsin Fri 1/19/24 8:30pm FS1
IU turns it around.
IU 75
Budgies 73
I graduated from these two great universities. The Hoosiers are much better in my dreams.
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BottomLine got a reaction from ALASKA HOOSIER in Prediction League RESULTS Thread
What is an iPhone? Does it come with a rotary dial?
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BottomLine got a reaction from ALASKA HOOSIER in 2023-24 Prediction League - Game 16 at Rutger Tue 1/9/24 7pm Peacock
This is another tough game to pick. I think IU will have a lot of these tossup games this year.
We have a better record than Rutgers but that doesn't mean that we have played that much better. Way too many close games against teams we should have outclassed. Thankfully we have ended up on top in all of those.
Playing on the road in the Big10 is a nightmare. Ask Ohio State about that. Without taking match-ups into consideration I think the road team has about a 25-30% chance of winning. That looks bad for the Hoosiers and good for Rutgers. We usually play at Rutgers like we are having a root canal. Their defense can make most games a brawl. How tough are we?
The X factor here is Xavier Johnson, no pun intended. He was the difference against Ohio State, where he played under control, unlike Nebraska. How is he going to respond Tuesday after a short turn around between games and a trip to New Jersey? He has the ability to make this team better than we have been to this point. How much better? That is the real question. Especially if he starts playing out of control hero ball.
On paper I make this one about a 3 point Rutgers victory with the scoring in the low 70's. However, now we have the Xavier factor. I rated the Ohio State game a toss-up and IU won by 6. Johnson? I'm going to fudge my prediction here by 6 points and make this a 3 point IU win. This is getting way too complicated.
Hoosiers 74
Rutgers 71
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BottomLine got a reaction from ALASKA HOOSIER in Prediction League RESULTS Thread
Why oh why do you pretend to be such a harda**? We all know that inside you are just a softie. BTW hilarious picture. Family member?
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BottomLine got a reaction from ALASKA HOOSIER in Prediction League RESULTS Thread
Dave, I should restrict these comments to the end of the year but your comment struck a note. Not everyone is having difficulty predicting the performance of this team. I suspect that most who are struggling are picking with their hearts on their sleeve.
I come at this from the position of a professional gambler, Horses not sports. One of the first thing that I learned a long time ago is that you can not will the outcome of any event. Your feelings in no way have an impact on the outcome.
Secondly, most people who are struggling, vastly over react to the last performance. Scoring 100 points against a team with a horrible defense lulled a lot of fans into over predicting our performance against Nebraska. Overall performance is a much better predictor.
Finally the same can be said about individual performance. One career night does not mean that the player is not going to revert to normal in the next game.
Time off between games, distance traveled, and location of the game also has a major impact.
I probably sound like an obnoxious know it all, so feel free to ignore me. I try to adhere to the principles that I have listed above and I almost always explain my reasoning when I list my picks. Doesn't mean that I'm always right.
Then I root like hell for the Hoosiers when they play. The prediction League is only a fun game. Being a IU fan is serious business.
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BottomLine got a reaction from ALASKA HOOSIER in Prediction League RESULTS Thread
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BottomLine got a reaction from ALASKA HOOSIER in Prediction League RESULTS Thread
Goodbye, didn't like your ball anyway.
This site has been way too quiet this year anyway.
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BottomLine got a reaction from mamasa in Prediction League RESULTS Thread
Wow!!!! Way to go Mamasa for an incredible 145. You are my hero. You now have well earned bragging rights. And, as to LlHoosier, you were robbed by Xavier's exhaustion at the end. He played a ton of minutes for someone that has been out for weeks. Great job - both of you.
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BottomLine reacted to LIHoosier in Prediction League RESULTS Thread
Damn you Xavier Johnson and your occasional making of free throws!
@mamasa called a perfect game with @IUHoosierJoe getting IU's score and @incrediboy @Joe_hoopsier and @LIHoosier getting OSU's score.
@str8baller takes back the top spot overall.
Overall Game 15 Rank 2023-24 IUBB Points Rank IU/Ohio St Points 1 str8baller 1475 1 mamasa 145 2 choosierred1 1457 2 LIHoosier 133 3 BottomLine 1453 3 incrediboy 122 4 hper50 1446 4 str8baller 120 5 Rico 1444 5 tkbbn 119 6 Henryville Hoosier 1434 6 cbp4iu 119 7 Crazy about IU 1430 7 hper50 118 8 IUHoosierJoe 1429 8 Napleshoosier 118 9 taco corp 1424 9 Scotty R 118 10 Josh 1419 10 Joe_hoopsier 118 11 LIHoosier 1414 11 Josh 117 12 Naturalhoosier 1407 12 WayneFleekHoosier 117 13 DChoosier 1404 13 Henryville Hoosier 116 14 johnsoniu 1393 14 Stuhoo 116 15 tkbbn 1387 15 Crazy about IU 115 16 HoosierHoopster 1386 16 Rico 115 17 Stromboli 1380 17 RoadRage 115 18 cthomas 1378 18 Average 75-72 IU 114 19 Redcamaro 1376 19 cthomas 114 20 Demo 1371 20 DChoosier 114 21 maxwell 1360 21 Demo 114 22 rcs29 1359 22 RaceToTheTop 114 23 AZ Hoosier 1345 23 rcs29 114 24 craigyv88 1345 24 Redcamaro 114 25 Home Jersey 1344 25 Dave from Dayton 113 26 Dave from Dayton 1342 26 taco corp 113 27 WayneFleekHoosier 1342 27 craigyv88 112 28 Scotty R 1341 28 HoosierHoopster 112 29 Stuhoo 1334 29 johnsoniu 112 30 mamasa 1331 30 thebigweave 112 31 Napleshoosier 1325 31 IUHoosier5 111 32 Hoosierfan1901 1324 32 maxwell 111 33 LamarCheeks 1316 33 DoctorP 110 34 incrediboy 1316 34 IU - Kaulie 110 35 muttcs66 1301 35 muttcs66 110 36 thebigweave 1287 36 Kentuckysucks 110 37 coonhounds 1270 37 AZ Hoosier 109 38 Class of '66 Old Fart 1268 38 monskisprodigy 107 39 RaceToTheTop 1265 39 OGIUAndy 105 40 IU - Kaulie 1264 40 coonhounds 99 41 IUHoosier5 1259 41 realTomCrean 97 42 DoctorP 1226 42 IUHoosierJoe 73 43 ALASKA HOOSIER 1201 43 LamarCheeks 64 44 Joe_hoopsier 1138 44 Stromboli 63 45 SamIam 1089 45 BottomLine 62 46 cbp4iu 953 46 TTT 60 47 OGIUAndy 852 47 choosierred1 60 48 Mopladysman 819 48 Naturalhoosier 58 49 monskisprodigy 607 49 Class of '66 Old Fart 57 50 Kentuckysucks 587 50 Hoosierfan1901 53 51 tyappleg 533 51 Home Jersey 52 52 realTomCrean 518 53 HoosierTrav 517 54 HoosierCoop 472 55 Woodson1980 419 56 Hornsby 336 57 Loaded Chicken Sandwich 282 58 RoadRage 280 59 TTT 231 60 mike vannice 213 61 AKHoosier 168 62 jefftheref 159 63 HoosierFan1994 114 64 Hardwood83 113 65 MikeRoberts 108 66 triple 107 67 rayl456 106 68 CookHallGymRat 96 69 IUBBx5Banners 61 70 OldBuddy67 47