Str8Hoosiers

The offense doesn't look good, but it is the defense on both sides causing that... It can be a low scoring game and at the end we are in the advantage because they have foul trouble... We just need to keep the intensity on both ends and I am confident we pull out the W.... Not every game is going to be a 21 point blowout from the start

Keep Drawing Fouls! I know there is nothing bet negative vibes in here today... but I like what I am seeing. Playing a Ranked team, down 2 with 11 minutes to go in the 1st half...

We are ok... still doing some things well... a few jumpers aren't falling yet but we are good... get them into some fouls, force some Turnovers (and take some unforced ones)....

How does this work? 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.

Thats ok.... you get to drop your 2 lowest scores anyway... so just in time!

Champions Classic games are tonight in Primetime.... didn't want the Winners Bracket games to compete against that for viewership...

This is a game we are going to be the underdog in, but if we come to play like we did today we will flip the script! IU 68 Texas 65

A few people predicted an IU loss here and that didn't work out so well for them... on the other hand nobody predicted such a lopsided victory so no large scores for this game! CURRENT GAME - Providence OVERALL RANK Entry Name Score RANK Entry Name Score 1 Bobman1 116 1 mamasa 246 2 CyberHoosier 114 2 tkbbn 245 3 Skrappy 114 3 Naturalhoosier 241 4 tkbbn 113 4 LamarCheeks 239 5 Woodson1980 113 5 CyberHoosier 233 6 LamarCheeks 112 6 Bobman1 232 7 mamasa 112 7 MoyeNeeded 232 8 Iufan_Charlie 111 8 Woodson1980 232 9 Naturalhoosier 111 9 jbell833 231 10 Stuhoo 111 10 Stuhoo 231 11 HoosierAloha 110 11 HoosierAloha 229 12 HoosierCoop 110 12 Feathery 228 13 jbell833 110 13 IUc2016 228 14 johnsoniu 110 14 LIHoosier 228 15 MoyeNeeded 110 15 Class of '66 Old Fart 227 16 BottomLine 109 16 johnsoniu 227 17 cappymo14 109 17 Skrappy 227 18 Crazy about IU 109 18 BottomLine 226 19 DChoosier 109 19 DChoosier 226 20 IUc2016 109 20 muttcs66 224 21 JaybobHoosier 109 21 HoosierCoop 223 22 LIHoosier 109 22 WayneFleekHoosier 223 23 muttcs66 109 23 tomallenfan 222 24 thebigweave 109 24 cappymo14 221 25 tomallenfan 109 25 Str8Hoosiers 221 26 Feathery 108 26 thebigweave 219 27 Str8Hoosiers 108 27 mdn82 218 28 Class of '66 Old Fart 107 28 IUsafety 216 29 IUsafety 106 29 ALASKA HOOSIER 185 30 mdn82 106 30 HoosierRobbie 164 31 WayneFleekHoosier 106 31 rcs29 164 32 ALASKA HOOSIER 87 32 Josh 148 33 HoosierRobbie 49 33 yogisballin 130 34 Josh 49 34 JHoosier914 121 35 rcs29 49 35 brumdog45 114 36 Barrell Rick 0 36 hper50 114 37 brumdog45 0 37 Iufan_Charlie 111 38 hper50 0 38 Crazy about IU 109 39 JHoosier914 0 39 JaybobHoosier 109 40 NRT137 0 40 NRT137 105 41 yogisballin 0 41 Barrell Rick -56

We are a few plays away from really being dominant in this game... a few made shots, a few less bad shots, a few more passes at the right moment and this game would be won pulling away instead of us beign nervous with 4 minutes to go if we can hold on or not.... That Franklin drive is the perfect example.... Race is leading us today, drive and dish to him, he was calling for it... let him finish it!

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If he is going to keep asking for it he HAS to finish!

GERONIMOOOOO!!!!!

Trey is my dawg!!!! Love that he isn't afraid to let it fly... he will shoot it, drive it, and he can finish well.... He seems to be all GO no low gear which is great to watch!

Seem to be pressing.... got a lead.... now trying to get their own...

How does this work? 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.

IU 74 Providence 70

Simple Answer is YES Yes we are better than last year. And I am one who thinks it isn't just marginally... I think we are significantly better than last year. The Top 5 seed in the tournament, playing against a Play In 12 seed type team. As somebody just mentioned this is the first time in a long time I can watch and not dislike somebody on the floor (now that may very well change as the season goes on LOL). I was a HUGE DGreen supporter and that is a big loss with nobody really going to be able to fill that on the court.... however we are better without him off the court according to what many say.... The freshmen are exciting after 1 game, considering our Mr Basketball gave us the least impact. I know everybody says it was Tennessee Tech and that they hung with us for 30 minutes... and I know some will not like this argument to that because they think we shold be foot on the gas 100% of the time, but it is competitive nature to not go all out when up 30 points... or even to start a game against a team you know you are(should) beat by 30 points.... There are a LOT of really good basketball players in the country, and only a small fraction of them can play D1 basketball... no they shouldn't be a threat to IU but they alos aren't a bunch of scrubs picked up at the local YMCA before the game.... they have dedicated most of their life to getting better as well. But to me the biggest reason we are going to be so much better is that we were still young, and now we are not.... Durham has improved every year and his SR year will be his best, TJD is getting big hype, Rob, Race, & Jerome finally healthy and will be big contributors... Franklin showed flashes last year and will be more consistent this year.... Brunk can do some good things, and he will be a smart calming factor when he is on the floor.

Thanks for the heads up, I don't go back and look for edits usually... This moves you down to Old Fart territory, but no worries, still well ahead of Alaska....

IT IS A START OF A NEW SEASON.... WELCOME BACK BASKETBALL FANS!!!!! This year there are no gimmies, no exhibition practice games... we get right into it quickly... Game 1 went about how most guessed it would and we had a few people get within 1 point of a PERFECT SCORE. Congrats to @mamasa for correctly predicting IU's Score (Nice revision), and congrats to @LamarCheeks, @Naturalhoosier, @Stuhoo, @tkbbn, & @yogisballin for correctly predicting Tennessee Tech's Final Score. And now the moment you have all been waiting for!!!! The first rabbit of the season.. .the guy we are all chasing after.... (Well actually it is a tie) CURRENT GAME - Tennessee Tech OVERALL RANK Entry Name Score RANK Entry Name Score 1 mamasa 134 1 mamasa 134 2 Stuhoo 134 2 Stuhoo 134 3 tkbbn 132 3 tkbbn 132 4 Naturalhoosier 130 4 Naturalhoosier 130 5 yogisballin 130 5 yogisballin 130 6 LamarCheeks 127 6 LamarCheeks 127 7 MoyeNeeded 122 7 MoyeNeeded 122 8 jbell833 121 8 jbell833 121 9 JHoosier914 121 9 JHoosier914 121 10 Class of '66 Old Fart 120 10 Class of '66 Old Fart 120 11 Feathery 120 11 Feathery 120 12 Woodson1980 119 12 Woodson1980 119 13 HoosierAloha 119 13 HoosierAloha 119 14 LIHoosier 119 14 LIHoosier 119 15 CyberHoosier 119 15 CyberHoosier 119 16 IUc2016 119 16 IUc2016 119 17 BottomLine 117 17 BottomLine 117 18 WayneFleekHoosier 117 18 WayneFleekHoosier 117 19 johnsoniu 117 19 DChoosier 117 20 DChoosier 117 20 johnsoniu 117 21 Bobman1 116 21 Bobman1 116 22 rcs29 115 22 muttcs66 115 23 muttcs66 115 23 rcs29 115 24 HoosierRobbie 115 24 HoosierRobbie 115 25 hper50 114 25 hper50 114 26 brumdog45 114 26 brumdog45 114 27 Str8Hoosiers 113 27 HoosierCoop 113 28 HoosierCoop 113 28 Str8Hoosiers 113 29 tomallenfan 113 29 Skrappy 113 30 Skrappy 113 30 tomallenfan 113 31 cappymo14 112 31 cappymo14 112 32 mdn82 112 32 mdn82 112 33 thebigweave 110 33 thebigweave 110 34 IUsafety 110 34 IUsafety 110 35 NRT137 105 35 NRT137 105 36 Josh 99 36 Josh 99 37 ALASKA HOOSIER 98 37 ALASKA HOOSIER 98 38 Barrell Rick -56 38 Barrell Rick -56

How does this work? 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.

Good point, I didn't even think about that aspect while I was reading the comments.... so 8 includes the 4 freshman that he doesn't see why wouldn't see the floor? I am sure your list of 8 (possibly 9) is the real deal...

To me it sounds like he says 8 guys + the Freshmen.... so basically everybody plays? 12 man rotation? Obviously that won't be the case, but from his coach speak that is the way I took it.

IU 96 TT 64

OH NO... has our defense gotten worse? You have upped the "Them" score....

Maybe the reference to most productive was Green?