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We got a tough stretch coming up but the last six games all look winnable. Now I doubt we win them all but if we are 6-6 we could finish off strong hopefully in the last 6 games. One can dream I guess.
 
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They all look equally losable too though. If we finish anywhere close to 12-6 I'll be shocked.


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Definitely an interesting year but way be better playing a little smaller and quicker overall. It's obviously not going to happen at this point but if we could just get freaking Newkirk or Green OR ANYONE to have a light go on from 3, it would help on a good scale. I mention Newkirk because it seemed he ended the last several big ten games, last year, hitting 3s at a decent clip, like 40% or so.

 

Or somehow get Rojo playing more pissed off. He has a good drive game really. Not super crafty but uses his strength well. He really needs to just utilize a 5 foot jumper but I understand trying to draw fouls too.

 

And I realize I'm a bit off topic lol

 

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Looking through the schedule, it is completely reasonable for us to finish 12-6. However, it is also completely reasonable that we could finish 7-11. I believe that last Saturday may have been a turning point win. I'm still skeptical but I think with each win their confidence has grown and I also think it was HUGE for them to follow up Saturday's win by coming back and grinding out a win against a really good defensive team.

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1 hour ago, Brass Cannon said:

And just a reminder for anybody disheartened at the thought of a 9-9 season. 

It took Crean till his 4th season to get 9 wins. 

Different situations.  Crean inherited a nuclear disaster site.

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Just now, Brass Cannon said:

Still shouldn't take 3 years I'm sorry

Oh I've made my opinion known that year 3 was an underachieving year, if not a big underachievement.  Just pointing out that what Miller inherited isn't comparable to Crean, I'd expect Miller to reach 9 wins before Crean simply because he inherited a better situation.

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5 hours ago, JSHoosier said:

Oh I've made my opinion known that year 3 was an underachieving year, if not a big underachievement.  Just pointing out that what Miller inherited isn't comparable to Crean, I'd expect Miller to reach 9 wins before Crean simply because he inherited a better situation.

IMO Miller inherited a team similar to Crean's year 3 team. This team also reminds me of the Vonleh team.

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23 minutes ago, HoosierAloha said:

It's tough to gauge how this team and our future opponents will be playing.

I'd probably go

Highly unlikely:
@MSU, pu, @O$U

Unlikely:
MSU

Possible:
NU, Maryland, @Ill, @Rutger, Minn, Ill, @Iowa, @Neb, O$U




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Kinda how I see it. So 4 probable losses. 

9 possible wins probably even favored in 5 or 6. 

We might pull off one of the 4 but equally likely to give it and another back in the 5 or 6. So I'll say 8-7. 

Wrap then 3 possibles left. Upper limit of 11 games. 9 or 10 wins more likely. 

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I expect us to have one WTH loss in the B1G. It happens to (almost) every team (almost) every year. I believe we get one of those unlikely wins too, either pu or MSU at home.

9-9 would be a solid Big Ten season and the two WTF noncon losses to ISU and IPFW will be the reason we don't dance.


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4-2 in first third of the conference schedule. A bad loss to Wiscy and a no show at Michigan. Four wins against teams combined for a 8-16 record.

The next stretch is infinitely harder.
@MSU
Maryland
@Ill
pu
@O$U
MSU

Teams for a combined Big Ten record of 22-12 (remove Ill and its 22-7).

I would be happy with a 3-3 record n the next 6 with wins over Maryland, @Ill, and either pu or MSU at home. 4-2 by protecting home court (Maryland, pu, MSU) and a win at Ill would be amazing.


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10 minutes ago, HoosierAloha said:

4-2 in first third of the conference schedule. A bad loss to Wiscy and a no show at Michigan. Four wins against teams combined for a 8-16 record.

The next stretch is infinitely harder.
@MSU
Maryland
@Ill
pu
@O$U
MSU

Teams for a combined Big Ten record of 22-12 (remove Ill and its 22-7).

I would be happy with a 3-3 record n the next 6 with wins over Maryland, @Ill, and either pu or MSU at home. 4-2 by protecting home court (Maryland, pu, MSU) and a win at Ill would be amazing.


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3-3 would be fantastic at this point. 

2-4 honestly wont have me upset just disappointed. 

The final third of the season we could potentially go 5-1. By the looks of those teams

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