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We're ranked! But only in the coaches poll -- No. 25. We're No. 27 (two spots out of Top 25) in AP. That Incarnate Word triumph musta opened some eyes! Coaches poll AP poll

I blame this on @Uspshoosier No more attendance for you at SSAH

The staff did not stick with Tayven Jackson; here's why: They saw him every day in practice and decided he wasn't the guy. If we don't bring in a likely starting QB, it will be because the staff sees Alberto Mendoza every day in practice and has decided he is the guy. I cannot imagine there is anyone that doesn't completely and unequivocally trust this staff's judgement at this point. Also, for filing under FWIW; In his post-game presser after the Wisconsin game, Fernando stated that Alberto is regularly outperforming him in practice.

This game only worries me if its a trend, and so far its way more of an outlier. Our defense was fine, we just didn't make the shots and free throws we normally. Not great for the metrics, but most teams have a game like this. Just can't make it a trend.

A very mature effort by a team that couldn’t hit an open shot against a team that they let get red hot. We will lose some games against top competition when shots don’t fall, of course, but overall I did not see any problems from this game.

Don’t be too harsh. Perhaps the young man just went to class

Anyone notice Coach Devries when handed the stat sheet for his post game interview, he crushed it up in frustration?

I was pretty close on my predictions but not perfect. Great draw and first game will be a rematch with a team IU has already beaten. When I saw San Diego announced at the nine seed early, I was fairly confident Hoosiers would get that Top-8 as I knew Bryant was falling beyond 10 with their poor metrics despite elite RPI. With tournament regionalized and them announcing UK and SLU above IU first as the feed in game, I was very confident that IU was being put at 6 before the official announcement. Also, having mid-majors powers all the way through or a home game in Elite Eight is ideal. That first game with rematch is almost certainly toughest game of the tourney until College Cup if IU makes it. Taking on the aforementioned paper tiger Bryant in Sweet 16 is ideal if they make it that far but could be upset by Seton Hall who is probably a better and more tested squad (doubt Sienna is good enough to go anywhere if they beat Seton Hall). Elite Eight in worst case scenario a trip to a mid-major power in Princeton (who is a legit mid-major unlike Bryant but still rather play them then an ACC, Sunbelt, Big East or Big Ten squad again which are the power conferences in soccer). However, an upset by Akron which is possible, or one of the unseeded squads (Duke, Notre Dame, FDU Duke) allows Hoosiers to host if they make it that far as Tigers draw is brutal compared to IU. One thing to note is if IU gets this far and gets to host the Elite Eight, fitting a game in between volleyball's likely NCAA hosting, and IU's games against Ohio State and Louisville in football and basketball on that Friday or Saturday will be quite the juggling act for Indiana but one no one would complain. While anything can happen, this is first time since 2022 when they lost in national title game where I can easily see a path to College Cup without anything crazy happening. Having that guaranteed second home game with victory for the first time since 2019 is also huge. As I have said, I could see offense winning IU a title or the lack of goalie or defensive play causing a loss to UK or SLU which I will continue to believe is toughest game until the College Cup given the familiarity and draw. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ As for how it was seeded compared to what I thought I was close but not perfect with Top 16 (parenthesis is actual seed): 1. Princeton (3) 2. Vermont (1) 3. Virginia (2) 4. SMU (5) 5. San Diego (9) 6. Maryland (4) 7. Georgetown (7) 8. Portland (8) 9. IU (6) 10. Bryant (11) 11. Akron (14) 12. UConn (13) 13. Stanford (12) 14. Seton Hall (No Seed, Highpoint was 10) 15. NC State (15) 16. Marshall (No Seed, Furman) They used Top 16 to a tee for seeds which is rare and was wrong about the bumping of Highpoint and Furman out which were the big misses by me. Biggest other miss was over seeding San Diego by four spots. Thought their metrics were excellent and they won their conference tourney so surprised they fell. Everything else is within a couple of seed lines or so and pretty much what I thought.

I agree with your comments but Fernando saying Alberto outperforms him sounds like Fernando being Fernando (I don’t mean that negatively)

#6 seed! we will play winner of SLU/UK

CDD was more or less his usual self in the presser. But as we’ve noticed during the game he is irritated and it looks like he will handle this more internally vs via a public ripping. I prefer this style assuming it works. Unless a trend develops I won’t worry too much about tonight.

DeVries had a lot of good looks from the three point line. He just didn't make them.

Or they found the keys to the Woody Wine Warehouse

Let's quickly forget about last night's performance. Thankfully, the men's and women's games are not on the same night let alone at the same time this week. Trying to simultaneously follow 2 games was almost too much for this Old Fart to handle. Lindenwood 2-3 on the current season after last year's 16-17 record. Live Stats Radio - Varsity Network Radio - WHCC

FWIW Raby reported Karvala's mother signed her necessary paperwork Sunday night.

Most coaches had their SID fill out their ballots and were eating dinner by the time we fell apart against the mighty Incarnate.

Unfortunately OL is also the toughest group to get transfers. There has to be good internal development and hope to get 1 or 2 good ones in the portal. Think it could still be a couple years before we aren't concerned about OL. On the bright side there are about 120 other schools who are annually concerned about their line.

The interaction and relationship between the men's and women's programs is totally opposite of what it had been. A most pleasant change.

I’m honestly not sure I see us making a huge splash at QB. I’m sure we bring in a veteran to compete, but everything I’ve heard says the staff really likes little Mendoza. who knows though, Cignetti might have some great prospects lining up to play for him.

I saw that and recorded it. Glad to see that while his words seemed tame in the interview he was likely more pissed than he let on. IMG_7923.mov

Team was fun to watch, and performed well, against Marquette at a neutral site. I think we will blow away the spread next game.

I think everyone needs to calm down for now. It was one stinker offensively. Guys weren't hitting shots and UIW made some big buckets in 2nd half. Overall I can let this one go. If we struggle with Lindenwood then feel free to freak out.

We're gonna open as underdogs to Lindenwood!

List of positives tonight: 1) we won 2) see 1

Tucker doing a Gallo impresssion at the free throw line.

Much respect for the IU women tonight. Could have just thrown in the towel when they got down by 9 but they battled back several times and are rewarded with a 76-72 win.

Can Brian Butch call all our games that they normally schedule Hummel for?

BTN flashback for tonight: IU's funeral. F*** off

And there it is. Good summary from The Hoosier Huddle on the whole process: https://hoosierhuddle.com/2025/11/16/hoosiers-flip-2026-wide-receiver-lavar-keys-from-penn-state/

I had minor nasal surgery this morning. Maybe it’s the drugs, but I have NO FREAKING CLUE what any of these posts mean. Seriously.

Monday night radio show with CTM and Lenee as special guest. 7:00 ET https://iuhoosiers.com/watch/?Live=4904&type=Live

Glad he got paid. Those knees were probably never surviving a long NFL career unfortunately.

Smith will be interesting (and it'll be a good conversation to have during all of our upcoming time off) because Dane Brugler has him as a top-50 player in this draft class in his updated rankings from last week. And it's being billed as a weak tackle class overall, so if he thinks he'll test well he could really quickly find himself in the 1st round.

Selection Show 1pm today on NCAA.com Expect IU to be the 8-10 seed. RPI is ten. Top seven based on metrics will likely be in some order: 1. Princeton 2. Vermont 3. Virginia 4. SMU 5. San Diego 6. Maryland 7. Georgetown These seven have top nine RPI's and metrics in the top 40 with their SOS and OSS and all but Virginia and Maryland won their conference tourney. The eight, nine and ten Seeds will almost certainly come down to: 8. Portland, IU, and Bryant That coveted eight seed and second guaranteed home game will likely come down to Bryant's six RPI but 38 SOS and 83 OSS, vs. Portland's eight RPI but 50 SOS and nine OSS, and IU's 10 RPI but four SOS and 13 OSS. None won their conference tournaments. Objectively, if I had to predict Portland's metrics are the most balanced but its close so I would go: 8. Portland 9. IU 10. Bryant (Note they could fall a couple spots lower even but only other team who has case for top eight) Note they may flip Portland and Georgetown for geography with Georgetown having RPI one spot higher. Rest of top 16 will likely be based on metrics: 11. Akron 12. UConn 13. Stanford 14. Seton Hall 15. NC State 16. Marshall Furman and High Point despite being Top 16 in RPI will likely be bumped and replaced at 17 and 18 by Seton Hall and Marshall due to much better metrics. We will see soon if I am right: https://rpiupdatemenssoccer.blogspot.com/

Agree. I think you posted that some of our IUBB players go the women's games too. And of course everyone goes to football games now. On this note, I saw Bryant Haines had these posts over the weekend. It seems to me Scott has assembled head coaches (and the staffs they hire) with a similar mindset that has led to some mutual support and admiration. Exactly how beneficial this is I don't know, but it feels like a healthy organization in the athletic dept., and that's definitely good.

Line is what I’m curious about. We need more depth there. Mendoza has been getting assaulted the last 3 weeks I feel like any recruit is gonna ask about that

A quick and dirty transcription of this Q&A: Q: What explained the slow offensive start early? A: Can’t say for sure what caused the offensive slow start. Them starting in zone got us out of our normal rhythm and we got stagnant. When they went man, thought we did decent at times but ball just didn’t move the way we like it to tonight. Ball stuck in guys hands, a lot more 1 on 1 tonight. Not what we are designed to do on offense, at our best when we cut and move side to side. Have to watch the film. Thought we had some good 3s and missed but looks may not have been as clean as we’re used to because the ball wasn’t moving the way we wanted it to to get high quality shots. Q: Asked if you flush it and move on or really study this… A: It’s both. 30 some game season, we have good shooters. We’re built to make 3s, on nights you don’t shoot it well you have to find a way to win so I’m glad we did that. But there’s plenty to look at as to why it happened. The reality is you’re going to have off shooting nights and tonight was one of them. That’s where you have to rely on defense, rebounding and taking care of the ball. In first half, reason our lead built up even though we weren’t shooting well is our defense was good. 1st half they shot 20% from field, second half 18 point lead evaporates because they shot 54%. That’s the learning opportunity - it’s a 40 minute game. Something we’ll take advantage of. I like learning after wins much better. We’ll take it for what it is, learn from it and move on. Q: What was the difference on defense in the second half? A: They got into the paint to start, a few mid-ranges. Those are shots that came off cleaner than we’d like. Then they made a few 3s. Give up a few baseline drives and now you're in rotations and they’re spraying it on the back side. So it always starts on the ball and then the connectivity behind it is where it’s at. But you have to be good on the ball first then build it out from there. Q: Sam Alexis led you in scoring tonight, how important is he? A: He’s playing great. Brought good energy and physicality. Handful of possessions in second half where he switched onto a guard and did as well as anybody. Q: Did IC throw new wrinkles at you? A: The 1-3-1 we saw a little of on tape but not a ton. We worked it and talked about it but spent more time on 2-3 and man. We certainly knew it was in their package and thought guys did for the most part fine against it, just slowed us down a little bit. Q: At one point in the second half, looked like you wanted more energy, did you have the juice you wanted? A: Even with veteran teams, sometimes when you’re not making shots your energy is not where you want it to be. That’s fighting human nature and that’s what we can’t be. So that’s where the learning comes in. Hey, as an offense shots aren’t going in - you got to continue fighting. And the first half we guarded well, so that’s something we’ll take and build on. But that energy is something we HAVE to play with. Have to be a spirited, physical, tough minded group every night for 40 minutes. That’s how we’re going to win.

@choosierred1 wins the Incarnate Word game with 142 pts mainly by getting Word's score right. The closest to IU's score was 20 away. @Rico holds the overall lead which reflects the best 3 of 4 scores so far; so for most of us didn't change at all. Overall Game 4 69-61 IU Rank 2025-26 IUBB Points Rank IU/Inc Word Points 1 Rico 379 1 choosierred1 142 2 Josh 375 2 johnsoniu 100 3 choosierred1 368 3 Stuhoo 98 4 LIHoosier 367 4 Coach Robby 97 5 Stuhoo 362 5 RoadRage 95 6 HoosierHoopster 358 6 hper50 95 7 IUHoosierJoe 347 7 WayneFleekHoosier 95 8 Napleshoosier 341 8 BottomLine 93 9 Henryville Hoosier 338 9 taco corp 93 10 Scotty R 338 10 Demo 92 11 AZ Hoosier 336 11 incrediboy 92 12 BannerVille 334 12 RaceToTheTop 92 13 Dhop 332 13 Old Friend 91 14 Demo 332 14 Hoosierfan1901 91 15 incrediboy 332 15 mamasa 91 16 taco corp 331 16 Average 100-64 IU 91 17 HoosierDaddy87 330 17 HoosierHoopster 91 18 Class of '66 Old Fart 329 18 LIHoosier 91 19 Pipedog 328 19 LamarCheeks 91 20 johnsoniu 328 20 BannerVille 90 21 tkbbn 328 21 Dave from Dayton 90 22 ALASKA HOOSIER 328 22 Home Jersey 90 23 Dave from Dayton 326 23 HoosierCoop 90 24 thebigweave 326 24 tkbbn 90 25 Naturalhoosier 326 25 Redcamaro 89 26 Dchoosier 325 26 thebigweave 89 27 5fouls 322 27 AZ Hoosier 89 28 BottomLine 322 28 str8baller 89 29 WayneFleekHoosier 322 29 OKHOOSIER 89 30 Parakeet Jones 320 30 JF87 89 31 CrossboneIU22 320 31 Pipedog 88 32 Home Jersey 319 32 TadQueasy 88 33 mamasa 319 33 5fouls 87 34 jermhoosierfan 317 34 Class of '66 Old Fart 87 35 hper50 314 35 Napleshoosier 87 36 HoosierCoop 314 36 Parakeet Jones 86 37 str8baller 313 37 Scotty R 86 38 Old Friend 313 38 Dchoosier 85 39 OKHOOSIER 311 39 Henryville Hoosier 85 40 RoadRage 310 40 jermhoosierfan 85 41 Redcamaro 310 41 Rico 85 42 Coach Robby 309 42 IUHoosierJoe 84 43 LamarCheeks 306 43 CrossboneIU22 83 44 TadQueasy 304 44 Crazy about IU 83 45 Crazy about IU 303 45 Dhop 82 46 Hoosierfan1901 303 46 Josh 80 47 RaceToTheTop 299 48 Jeff Flabjohns 296 49 cbp4iu 212 50 JaybobHoosier 116 51 AH1971 113 52 sirhoosierlot 112 53 coonhounds 110 54 Gnet550 104 55 JF87 89

He was at the ISU and Ipfw games. Just saying

This dude is Woody's wet dream; drive to the basket and hit mid range all day.

This has been a terrible watch.

Nice - looking like a really solid road win

That’s me! Lol

Sorority party last night?