Str8Hoosiers

How this works!!! Each week I will create Prediction League threads for the weeks game(s). It's a simple concept: Each week you start with 100 points (only if a prediction is made, otherwise 0 points for the week) +25 PTs if you guess the winner -25 PTs if you pick the loser +10 PTs if guess IU score correctly +10 PTs if guess Opponent score correct -The # of points different between the actual and predicted score of IU (over/under doesn't matter) -The # of points different between the actual and predicted score of opponent (over/under doesn't matter) *** Reminder if you post a prediction and want to change it, please just POST a NEW Prediction, do not edit a prior post as I may miss those edits. The person with the most points (MINUS 2 LOWEST GAMES) at the end of the season wins.

Haven't you been paying attention? It doesn't matter why they are on ESPN it definitely still counts.... Especially with Recruits because they don't change channels, they only watch what ESPN spoon feeds them.... Only real basketball people would watch if it was on other channels but since it is on ESPN all recruits nationwide will have all eyes on us and it could help or hurt our perception.

The fact that almost 50% of our shots are under 8 feet I would say it is the offense itself creating those shots and not the other team giving us free looks. The reason our slot selection is so good is because we drive the lane and post up so often.... The defense has to defend that heavily because that is what we are trying to do, which makes the outside shots more wide open so they also count as a good shot.... and one contrived based upon on offensive sets.

UofL vs Clemson makes IU look ELITE offensively... this game is hard to watch

Is that even an option? I was under the impression that a Booster couldn't earmark a donation like that.... unless it is something like naming rights to a building or something.... can a booster come in and say ok I have $15 million dollars that I will give you right this moment if you Fire Archie now... these funds are only to be used to pay for his Buyout, the Buyout of "Oats" (just as an example), and to pay "Oats" salary for the 1st year of his new contract.... Is that something that could conceivably be done? I get that boosters may have some influence, may have the ear of the university/AD/President.... but do they really have a final say in anything? OR is it something like I donate $15 million dollars every year, and I go tell them I am not donating anymore until Archie is gone... type situation?

$10 Million is not much different from $14... it is still a hard thing to come up with.... there is a lot involved... like you are pointing out we "may" not have to pay Archie the full $10 Million up front, but we will still be paying him something..... on top of paying the buyout for whoever we choose (unless you are a proponent of Thad Matta type who isn't currently coaching) + you have to pay the $4 Million for the new coaches salary at IU.... I am sure there is a lot more to it than even that, concessions, moving expenses, assistant coaches. etc... It is not a cheap option to get rid of Archie this year... after this year his portion goes down but all the other portions stay the same, therefore it makes a big difference.

I get your point... but the other side is.... IF we fire Archie we will be better.... that to me is just as big an If as any of the others mentioned.

We can stop their offense, but can we score on them? IU 69 Illinois 72

I think they should be made up, and the team that didn't cancel should get priority in setting the date and time.... otherwise just cancel the whole season and be done with it... (I DON'T really want that, but with the way we are playing I don't really care as much either LOL). The thought of making them forfeits is one thing, but the committee isn't going to view a forfeit victory as anything special on anybody's resume. Michigan canceling at least 4 games and that is with 0 positive tests! Any Coach or AD can just manipulate the system to whatever seems most advantageous to them... that's crap, make them make them up, and make them do so on other schools schedule and if it means they have to play 4 games in 7 days or something then so be it!

Thanks @LamarCheeks @rcs29 I have deleted your prediction as I changed the title of the thread to the Illinois game instead.

And again we have a game that not 1 single person correctly predicted the Outcome. Congrats to @Class of '66 Old Fart & @DChoosier for correctly predicting IU's Final Score CURRENT GAME - Rutgers OVERALL RANK Entry Name Score RANK Entry Name Score 1 Class of '66 Old Fart 77 1 Josh 1406 2 DChoosier 76 2 Class of '66 Old Fart 1402 3 rcs29 68 3 johnsoniu 1381 4 Stuhoo 67 4 LamarCheeks 1379 5 HoosierAloha 67 7 DChoosier 1375 6 Str8Hoosiers 67 5 Woodson1980 1369 7 cappymo14 66 6 Bobman1 1364 8 johnsoniu 66 8 MoyeNeeded 1344 9 WayneFleekHoosier 66 9 BottomLine 1341 10 muttcs66 66 10 tkbbn 1339 11 MoyeNeeded 65 11 IUsafety 1321 12 LamarCheeks 65 13 HoosierAloha 1320 13 Naturalhoosier 65 14 Str8Hoosiers 1315 14 BottomLine 64 12 LIHoosier 1308 15 tkbbn 63 15 Naturalhoosier 1286 16 Bobman1 63 16 HoosierCoop 1269 17 incrediboy 62 17 CyberHoosier 1263 18 hper50 62 18 cappymo14 1255 19 Woodson1980 62 20 WayneFleekHoosier 1234 20 IUc2016 61 21 mamasa 1227 21 Crazy about IU 61 22 Stuhoo 1224 22 mamasa 60 19 tomallenfan 1184 23 Josh 59 23 rcs29 1181 24 Loaded Chicken Sandwich 54 24 IUc2016 1155 25 LIHoosier 49 25 muttcs66 1151 26 ALASKA HOOSIER 40 27 incrediboy 1128 27 CyberHoosier 0 28 hper50 1095 28 IUsafety 0 26 mdn82 1075 29 craigyv88 0 30 ALASKA HOOSIER 992 30 HoosierCoop 0 29 Feathery 975 31 HoosierRobbie 0 31 Crazy about IU 852 32 Feathery 0 32 thebigweave 748 33 tomallenfan 0 33 JaybobHoosier 552 34 mdn82 0 34 HoosierRobbie 351 35 thebigweave 0 35 Iufan_Charlie 291 36 JaybobHoosier 0 36 jbell833 288 37 Iufan_Charlie 0 37 Skrappy 227 38 HoosierTrav 0 38 yogisballin 178 39 theriverpilot 0 40 Loaded Chicken Sandwich 175 40 yogisballin 0 39 JHoosier914 121 41 jbell833 0 41 brumdog45 114 42 Skrappy 0 42 theriverpilot 111 43 Barrell Rick 0 43 HoosierTrav 111 44 brumdog45 0 44 NRT137 105 45 JHoosier914 0 45 craigyv88 92 46 NRT137 0 46 Barrell Rick 0

How this works!!! Each week I will create Prediction League threads for the weeks game(s). It's a simple concept: Each week you start with 100 points (only if a prediction is made, otherwise 0 points for the week) +25 PTs if you guess the winner -25 PTs if you pick the loser +10 PTs if guess IU score correctly +10 PTs if guess Opponent score correct -The # of points different between the actual and predicted score of IU (over/under doesn't matter) -The # of points different between the actual and predicted score of opponent (over/under doesn't matter) *** Reminder if you post a prediction and want to change it, please just POST a NEW Prediction, do not edit a prior post as I may miss those edits. The person with the most points (MINUS 2 LOWEST GAMES) at the end of the season wins.

I agree on Rob & Race and it is hard to pick... I guess Rob based on points and leadership.... When they started pressing at the end Franklin gave it up, Al was hurried, but Rob was calm and collected no issues... When we started Rob hit a few shots and NEVER let up on defense. Race was a monster all night and Garza wanted nothing to do with him.... I thought some of the fouls called against him were pretty weak and if he wasn't in foul trouble Garza may not have ever scored (tic)... I get that TJD does some good, but he was nowhere close to the MVP race last night.... he scored some points only because he is the focal point of our offense but I thought he was terrible all night long.... couldn't hit a FT, seemed timid and scared of Garza to start, had 1 really nice spin move and immediately started trash talking... then 4 straight possessions forced terrible "shots" (he actually got the ball and hurriedly threw it at the rim/backboard, I wouldn't even call them shots)…. He makes some big plays and when he does it is big time motivation to get the rest of the team going but....

Only 3 people correctly predicted an IU Victory last night... Great Change up by @cappymo14 LOL Congrats to @incrediboy for correctly predicting IUs Final Score CURRENT GAME - Iowa OVERALL RANK Entry Name Score RANK Entry Name Score 1 cappymo14 114 1 Josh 1347 2 mamasa 109 2 Class of '66 Old Fart 1325 3 ALASKA HOOSIER 100 3 johnsoniu 1315 4 incrediboy 69 4 LamarCheeks 1314 5 Stuhoo 55 5 Woodson1980 1307 6 HoosierAloha 54 6 Bobman1 1301 7 tkbbn 54 7 DChoosier 1299 8 CyberHoosier 54 8 MoyeNeeded 1279 9 hper50 54 9 BottomLine 1277 10 BottomLine 53 10 tkbbn 1276 11 IUsafety 52 11 IUsafety 1269 12 Str8Hoosiers 52 12 LIHoosier 1259 13 johnsoniu 51 13 HoosierAloha 1253 14 MoyeNeeded 51 14 Str8Hoosiers 1248 15 craigyv88 51 15 Naturalhoosier 1221 16 Woodson1980 50 16 HoosierCoop 1221 17 Bobman1 50 17 CyberHoosier 1210 18 LamarCheeks 50 18 cappymo14 1189 19 IUc2016 50 19 tomallenfan 1184 20 Crazy about IU 49 20 WayneFleekHoosier 1168 21 Naturalhoosier 48 21 mamasa 1167 22 WayneFleekHoosier 47 22 Stuhoo 1157 23 LIHoosier 46 23 rcs29 1113 24 DChoosier 45 24 IUc2016 1094 25 HoosierCoop 45 25 muttcs66 1085 26 HoosierRobbie 45 26 mdn82 1075 27 Josh 44 27 incrediboy 1066 28 muttcs66 44 28 hper50 1033 29 rcs29 42 29 Feathery 975 30 Loaded Chicken Sandwich 38 30 ALASKA HOOSIER 952 31 Class of '66 Old Fart 32 31 Crazy about IU 791 32 Feathery 0 32 thebigweave 748 33 tomallenfan 0 33 JaybobHoosier 552 34 mdn82 0 34 HoosierRobbie 351 35 thebigweave 0 35 Iufan_Charlie 291 36 JaybobHoosier 0 36 jbell833 288 37 Iufan_Charlie 0 37 Skrappy 227 38 HoosierTrav 0 38 yogisballin 178 39 theriverpilot 0 39 JHoosier914 121 40 yogisballin 0 40 Loaded Chicken Sandwich 121 41 jbell833 0 41 brumdog45 114 42 Skrappy 0 42 theriverpilot 111 43 Barrell Rick 0 43 HoosierTrav 111 44 brumdog45 0 44 NRT137 105 45 JHoosier914 0 45 craigyv88 92 46 NRT137 0 46 Barrell Rick 0

How this works!!! Each week I will create Prediction League threads for the weeks game(s). It's a simple concept: Each week you start with 100 points (only if a prediction is made, otherwise 0 points for the week) +25 PTs if you guess the winner -25 PTs if you pick the loser +10 PTs if guess IU score correctly +10 PTs if guess Opponent score correct -The # of points different between the actual and predicted score of IU (over/under doesn't matter) -The # of points different between the actual and predicted score of opponent (over/under doesn't matter) *** Reminder if you post a prediction and want to change it, please just POST a NEW Prediction, do not edit a prior post as I may miss those edits. The person with the most points (MINUS 2 LOWEST GAMES) at the end of the season wins.

UofL is right back to landing top tier classes.... for now... but they have yet to receive their punishment... they punished themselves... and the NCAA took away a banner, but the real legs of the punishment haven't been seen yet and I believe they are going to be major (as do all my UofL friends down in this area)…. Rules / Cheating is definitely part of the issue with Cal.... but it isn't the whole reason I wouldn't want him. As I said I don't think he would win here... I don't think IU could be turned into a 1 and Done Factory like UK allowed him to do... I don't think the administration or the fanbase would let that fly... my few UK fans tell me at the beginning of every year that they can't talk to me about their team yet because they don't even know the players names from 1 year to the next... for me that is NOT OK... To me Cal thinks he is the program... he always wants the spotlight on him... if he loses the players aren't buying in but when he wins he is upfront at the NBA Draft, and his recruiting pitch is I GOT THESE GUYS TO THE NBA (nevermind most were going regardless). There is a specific type of coach that to me (personal opinion) scream sleazy and I wouldn't want anything to do with any of them no matter the wins (Calipari, Pitino, Pearl, Alford to name a few) I want a coach that WINS, not just on the court but in the family living room, in the interview, in the locker room! WINS EVERYWHERE, no matter what he is doing... has the look, the talk, and the action! WINS

Agree 100%, and most of the same people that wouldn't be ok with Calipari or Alford also wouldn't be ok with Knight currently.... I love what he means to IU, but I wouldn't want those optics right now either... even given the wins...

I for 1 don't think Cal would win at IU as a first point.... 2nd there is a large portion of the fan base that cares about the optics, and the HOW..... the WHOLE fan base wants to win, but not the whole fan base wants to win no matter the cost.... some things in basketball (and life) are more important than winning.... A priest wants to go to heaven.... but is he willing to sell his soul to the devil to do so? (Not calling Cal the Devil, just an analogy)

IU 73 Rutgers 69

I am very barely hanging on.... I like his demeanor (I know some have this as a big negative), I like his defensive scheme, and I actually am in the camp that the offensive scheme isn't bad.... (we get the open looks, and I don't think that is schemed by the opposition to let us have them).... BUT we have to Win! And that is something he hasn't been able to do consistently enough to keep me fully on the train. I put a lot of it on the players, I put some on the other staff (Weight training etc), but as the Head Coach he has to get some (a lot some)... This thread is the first I had heard of the players not really liking him (aside from some of the guys I considered trouble guys that he inherited)... but if the kids he is recruiting end up not liking him, if he is not approachable by his team, his guys, then that is a very big problem and would be enough to push me out of his camp.

No not all... although that would also be a true statement. He specifically said "College basketball, as with every sport, will be GUARANTEED to have a record every season of exactly a .500 winning percentage. No better, no worse. " So not every team in the world, but in College Basketball the overall record is always .500 You tried to add in stipulations making an assumption he was only saying D1 teams.... but admonish others for adding stipulations that it is what the committee considers, or for SOS, or whatever else....

It is not false it is 100% true. And it has to be... Every game has a winner and a loser, therefore overall the record of EVERYONE is .500 Don't add stipulations that some play D2 games, because D2 teams are part of college basketball as well... every one of their wins and losses count too... he didn't say D1 is always .500 he said ALL of College basketball is .500 every year.

Give Jeff Walz a call.. he currently makes $1.5M per year... is only 49.... has great personality, fire, emotion.... Completely changed the view on UofL Womens Basketball...

We will slow them down a little bit... they have the #1 ranked offense but their Defense isn't very good.... maybe we get 1 of our random good shooting games? Probably not enough unfortunately... IU 70 Iowa 81

WELP..... Only @Josh correctly predicted a Purdue Win... and that moves him to the TOP Spot on the Leaderboard. Congrats to @Class of '66 Old Fart & @DChoosier for correctly predicting IUs Final Score CURRENT GAME - Purdue OVERALL RANK Entry Name Score RANK Entry Name Score 1 Josh 119 1 Josh 1282 2 DChoosier 71 2 LamarCheeks 1261 3 Class of '66 Old Fart 67 3 Class of '66 Old Fart 1260 4 HoosierAloha 62 4 johnsoniu 1254 5 johnsoniu 61 5 Woodson1980 1249 6 rcs29 61 6 Bobman1 1243 7 HoosierCoop 60 7 DChoosier 1236 8 IUsafety 59 8 MoyeNeeded 1228 9 BottomLine 58 9 tkbbn 1220 10 Woodson1980 58 10 BottomLine 1219 11 WayneFleekHoosier 58 11 LIHoosier 1212 12 Str8Hoosiers 58 12 IUsafety 1210 13 Naturalhoosier 57 13 HoosierAloha 1199 14 Bobman1 57 14 Str8Hoosiers 1190 15 tkbbn 56 15 tomallenfan 1184 16 Stuhoo 56 16 Naturalhoosier 1173 17 mamasa 55 17 HoosierCoop 1169 18 CyberHoosier 55 18 CyberHoosier 1156 19 cappymo14 54 19 WayneFleekHoosier 1117 20 LamarCheeks 53 20 Stuhoo 1102 21 hper50 53 21 mdn82 1075 22 incrediboy 52 22 cappymo14 1075 23 Crazy about IU 51 23 rcs29 1070 24 MoyeNeeded 51 24 mamasa 1058 25 IUc2016 46 25 IUc2016 1044 26 craigyv88 41 26 muttcs66 1041 27 ALASKA HOOSIER 32 27 incrediboy 997 28 LIHoosier 32 28 hper50 979 29 Feathery 0 29 Feathery 975 30 muttcs66 0 30 ALASKA HOOSIER 852 31 tomallenfan 0 31 thebigweave 748 32 mdn82 0 32 Crazy about IU 742 33 HoosierRobbie 0 33 JaybobHoosier 552 34 thebigweave 0 34 HoosierRobbie 306 35 Loaded Chicken Sandwich 0 35 Iufan_Charlie 291 36 JaybobHoosier 0 36 jbell833 288 37 Iufan_Charlie 0 37 Skrappy 227 38 HoosierTrav 0 38 yogisballin 178 39 theriverpilot 0 39 JHoosier914 121 40 yogisballin 0 40 brumdog45 114 41 jbell833 0 41 theriverpilot 111 42 Skrappy 0 42 HoosierTrav 111 43 Barrell Rick 0 43 NRT137 105 44 brumdog45 0 44 Loaded Chicken Sandwich 83 45 JHoosier914 0 45 craigyv88 41 46 NRT137 0 46 Barrell Rick 0