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BottomLine

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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.

    Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

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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        
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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        
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