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It was the best of halves, it was the worst of halves, it was the age of 3-point shooting, it was the age of foolish fouls, it was the epoch of turnovers, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was……….Indiana basketball.

That's our Thomas!!! https://youtu.be/s5IS9ZQAKwM?si=yKgkUf6plD1EnV-O

Some of you wonderful people need to chill the hell out. Let’s review: Siena is pretty good. Siena was awful in the first half and we took advantage of it. Siena adjusted but we’re up 22. That is all.

2 home games with one being against a top 12 NET team and a winnable road game to start out. They will have every opportunity to start out good in the B1G

Nah, we do irrational WAY better than rational on here! Lmao!

Was up 26 at half and came out of the half like they were up 26 in the last game before break. They cut it to 15 at some point and then IU stretched it back out to over 20. Gave up 4 garbage points at the end and ended up winning by 21. 8 out of the 10 wins have been by 20 or more points. Lone one being Incarnate Word who IU won by 8. They have done everything you would want them to do to Q3 and Q4 teams and even beat a Q2 team by double digits. IU hasn’t taken advantage of their Q1a opportunities but both of them were away from home. Looking forward to see how the respond in those Q1 home game opportunities

Football is number 1 right now and rightfully so. Once the season is over, I assume bball will get more attention since that is the only major sport being played. With that said, low post scoring is an issue - We virtually have none, which is why we shoot so many threes -- "Live by the 3, die by the 3", will be a good statement for this team. I'm a fan of CDD, but Bailey was a major miss, and I think a lot of Hoosier Nation had the same doubt as the Transfer Season Portal was winding down...Is Bailey really going to be an adequate post player in the Big Ten? We aren't a very balanced roster, and I think we're in for a rude awakening playing the bigger more talented teams in conference, i.e., Michigan, MSU, if our 3 point shots aren't falling. Just a thought...I see some schools signing players to be added to their team for the 2nd semester. Would it be worth looking at grabbing a big man? Just a thought as I see Illinois, USC, BYU etc..all adding to their teams. We don't need a scorer necessarily, just someone who can rebound and won't get pushed around physically.

Not exactly what I wanted to see. Wilkerson looked Great. Conerway had a nice 2nd half. I feel like Dorn Is going to make every 3. More confident in his shot than DeVries now. Enright is a liability despite the few positives he offers. Our bigs are just inadequate including against like mid major types. Sisley seems to have fallen out of favor after demonstrating the inability to make a free throw. Gotta play Dorn, DeVries, Wilkerson, Conerway a LOT imo and space the floor. Shoot 3s and pray. The long stretch with no games really stinks. Will begin having withdrawals right around the time the football team is ready to take the field.

In about 12 days when the B1G schedule starts in earnest. It's about to get real, y'all.

We are at our best with Dorn and Wilkerson sharing the floor IMO

The B10 season is going to be ugly I'm afraid.

Wishing you great bunch of IU fans the very best for the upcoming holidays and for 2026. IUFB and our btb site back up and running smoothly. A great way to end the year.

In case you were wondering:

https://jmusports.com/sports/football/roster/joseph-simmons/22634 In the portal. I know a few guys who would know if he's cut out for this level.

They haven’t played with good effort in the 2nd half in a few games, but we’ve also seen them come out of half time with good adjustments and play strong. Don’t see any real reason for concern at this point, it seems more like people look for reasons to be upset when we’re comfortably winning and shooting 38% from deep.

And his dad played at IU. This kinda has IU written all over it

IU finished it non conference part of the schedule last night and will enter January 10-3(1-1). They missed out on 2 Q1a games away from home and a winnable Q2 road game. Moving forward they will have plenty of Q1 and Q2 opportunities at home and away. IUs predictive metrics are solid. Average around the 20s. Ius results based metrics are lower around the mid 50’s. Sos- 175 Non con-173 for an at-large team those are respectable numbers. If your non con sos is in the high 200’s or 300 then that could become a problem. IU didn’t do anything to hurt their resume however they didn’t do much to improve their resume either. They did get a win away from home which always helps( at large team usually needs 4 wins away from home to feel safe). They also didn’t earn any Q1 wins up until this point. Good news is that they play in the B1G and will have chances to get multiple Q1 wins. If you were expecting IU to compete with the upper level teams for a B1G title this year then in my opinion you are going to be disappointed. They don’t have the roster this year for that. In my opinion Sparty, Michigan, Purdue and Illinois are a step above the rest this year (Maybe Nebraska but I can’t go that far). IU has 6 games against the top 4 (2 home games). That leaves 12 games against the rest of the league which are more winnable games. Not saying they won’t win against those top 4 but those should be looked at as bonus games. Ius most important games will be against the other teams fighting for an at-large outside the top 4. IU gets Nebraska and Iowa at home and do not have away games against those 2. Those 2 games are probably the most important games on IUs schedule for now. Most on here and nationally said IU making the tourney would be a good start for Devries in his first year. That’s easily still on the table. Reminder even teams that are tourney locks (8-11 seed) always have flaws. 8 seeds are considered teams that are comfortably in the field and not on the bubble however if you look at some 8 seeds resume you are good to see a lot of red (losses). Are losses coming to IU? Yep but in my opinion some wins will be coming as well biggest surprise of the year so far for me IUs KenPom offensive efficiency-56 IUs KenPom defensive efficiency-16

It seems like Bryant was at IU 15 years ago but he is still only 28 years old. At the end of this year he will have earned $37,443,000 in the NBA. Not shabby for a 28 year old.

Had seen this reported previously but now coming from Talia Goodman, lends it credence. Australian women’s basketball commits Callie Hinder (Arizona) and Zoe Jackson (Indiana) are both joining their respective teams this semester, but both plan to redshirt the season, sources confirmed to On3.

At the end of the day I'd call getting Brohm a win if I was a UM fan.

Why am I not surprised? SMH

It's making things messy. Plus they don't have a President either, and it sounds like they may not have that person appointed until mid-2026. That's another key person the new coach won't have clarity on. UM is a good job with a lot of resources, but the uncertainty with the President and/or AD is an issue. Also, there is just something a little off about UM football. I can't really explain, just a sense. Several coaches have struggled there. Hoke and Rich Rod are two that got fired. And Sherrone's on-field performance wasn't good, he was probably gonna get fired for performance after next year or so. So that's three coaches that didn't do well there, that doesn't indicate UM is an easy job. As for Jim, it took him six years to get it going, and once he did, they did win big, but they also got in a lot of trouble that cost UM $30M+. I'm just not sure it's an easy place to win for whatever reason. That said, this is all good with me!

Brohm is next in man up according to Michigan Insiders. If they don't land Brohm, you really got to question if Michigan is an attractive job at the moment with all the issues going on.

Still up for debate.

The Chicago State thread is all yours, my brother.

@IUHoosierJoe wins the Siena game with 174 pts; just shy of perfection getting IU's score right. @mamasa got Siena's score right along with your overall leader heading into 2026, @Josh. Overall Game 13 81-60 IU Rank 2025-26 IUBB Points Rank IU/Siena Points 1 Josh 999 1 IUHoosierJoe 174 2 IUHoosierJoe 951 2 Josh 144 3 Pipedog 937 3 mamasa 142 4 5fouls 937 4 HoosierHoopster 122 5 CrossboneIU22 937 5 BottomLine 121 6 Dave from Dayton 932 6 Naturalhoosier 121 7 Rico 922 7 RaceToTheTop 121 8 Scotty R 922 8 Dave from Dayton 120 9 LIHoosier 921 9 Old Friend 120 10 incrediboy 919 10 HoosierCoop 119 11 Stuhoo 908 11 Parakeet Jones 119 12 DChoosier 906 12 Home Jersey 118 13 HoosierHoopster 897 13 Average 84-64 IU 118 14 Redcamaro 888 14 BannerVille 118 15 choosierred1 886 15 DChoosier 118 16 WayneFleekHoosier 882 16 incrediboy 118 17 Naturalhoosier 881 17 LamarCheeks 117 18 AZ Hoosier 880 18 TadQueasy 117 19 BannerVille 876 19 LIHoosier 117 20 Jeff Flabjohns 874 20 cbp4iu 117 21 Henryville Hoosier 869 21 Class of '66 Old Fart 116 22 Napleshoosier 869 22 Napleshoosier 116 23 LamarCheeks 868 23 AZ Hoosier 115 24 HoosierCoop 867 24 CrossboneIU22 115 25 mamasa 866 25 Henryville Hoosier 115 26 taco corp 864 26 tkbbn 115 27 BottomLine 863 27 Stuhoo 113 28 RaceToTheTop 861 28 5fouls 113 29 RoadRage 856 29 taco corp 113 30 Class of '66 Old Fart 854 30 WayneFleekHoosier 113 31 str8baller 853 31 Redcamaro 112 32 TadQueasy 853 32 Scotty R 112 33 Old Friend 847 33 Jeff Flabjohns 110 34 jermhoosierfan 843 34 str8baller 110 35 Parakeet Jones 842 35 Pipedog 107 36 tkbbn 838 36 Crazy about IU 106 37 Home Jersey 836 37 Rico 106 38 thebigweave 815 38 RoadRage 105 39 Crazy about IU 806 39 jermhoosierfan 103 40 ALASKA HOOSIER 795 40 ALASKA HOOSIER 91 41 Dhop 755 42 Demo 742 43 johnsoniu 723 44 hper50 621 45 cbp4iu 543 46 Hoosierfan1901 500 47 Coach Robby 446 48 HoosierDaddy87 440 49 JF87 385 50 OKHOOSIER 311 51 Kentuckysucks 295 52 IUFootballHappyHappyJoyJoy 121 53 JaybobHoosier 116 54 AH1971 113 55 Evariste Galois 113 56 sirhoosierlot 112 57 coonhounds 110 58 Gnet550 104

Enright wide open nobody guarding him passes up the shot.

I like when Conerway drives it to the rim, he usually finishes strong, could use more of it!

Does Enright ever look at the basket?

Tell you what, Siena is not all that bad. Sub 200 KenPom team that’s 9–3. And tonight has been really really good.Just saying,

Couple of comments from today's Zoom presser. Curt Cignetti says emphasis for Indiana "was on the '27 team, retention and needs" before IU knew its Rose Bowl opponent. Hoosiers are in Alabama prep now, but he's got a firm idea of what the majority of his contributors' long-term intentions are. Curt Cignetti on handling 3 weeks off before playing Alabama: "Before we knew our opponent, we treated it like two bye weeks. And now we have almost two weeks to prepare for the opponent. "Would I like to play earlier? Yeah, I would, to be honest with you." Curt Cignetti on filling Stephen Daley's role at edge rusher: "We'll find the best solution that gives us the best chance to be successful." Curt Cignetti -- with a smirk -- on what IU will do to replace Stephen Daley's production on defense: "You'll see what we decide to do when we play the game, right?" Curt Cignetti on new deals for Bryant Haines, Mike Shanahan: "Bryant had some calls, had some people very interested in him... We also wanted to lock Mike up, who is very deserving. Very glad we did. As the season goes on, we'll work on locking up the rest of the staff."

i'm winning..... in life

Checking in on our old pal Chris Beard: He got a new contract and another resource bump for this season. Top five NIL in the SEC now per CBS. But so far this year Ole Miss is 7-5 and around #60 in KenPom (started #24). Also, looking at his previous six seasons since that title game run, he hasn't done much, just one game over .500 in conference and a few tourney wins. Maybe he turns it around this year, but this isn't a great start for a guy given even more hefty resources than he had. Not too good. Perhaps he wasn't a miss in our last hiring process.

And apparently was JMU’s best and most P4 ready offensive lineman. Hoosier? Yes—Hoosier.

https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2025/12/goodman-the-coach-who-nick-saban-thought-was-crazy.html?outputType=amp

Big win. I think that dude is really good and the difference between Brohm and Moore is the difference between shooting a bullet and throwing it. Needs to stay at the alma mater.

@ronzo4IU more on the status of Josh Harris. His return was discussed this afternoon on 247 and the gist of the response regarding his return was January is a possibility. To me, that wasn't a ringing endorsement and I would continue to recommend you not hold your breath.

This is the spot on analysis of where we are right now, thanks. Notwithstanding the negative noise especially following the UK game, the team is in good position to win and move up starting with the B1G. Now we'll see how they play against conference talent at home and going forward.

Spent last week in Vegas, sporting the colors of course. A lot of people rooting for us and many positive comments about the team. Except for one Ohio St fan, he was a dick

Enjoy the moment of where we're at right now, hard times are coming. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas.

LSU 39-45 from the line against Prairie View. Refs getting paid by per whistle tweet.

Geez my prediction was 83-61, 1 basket / free throw off. Now we have to listen to more of Josh, God help us all

Where does losing the second half go in the win/loss column?

It was a foul, but the ref that was in position didn't call it.

I think some of this can be contributed to the lack of an on-floor leader on this team.

This second half slide is not going to fly in the Big.

This team is so frustrating to watch.

Enright needs to shoot it. There’s a decent chance we end up with a significantly worse shot when he passes up open 3s.