Str8Hoosiers

Surprised and excited for the first half... Max looks great TB looks awful.. Overall defensive effort is great, multiple shot clock violations.. JBJ playing hard but ball hogs, gotta get his

SHOULD BE... Yes But I don't see it.... With there Defense being "decent" and our Defense making their offense look good I will be surprised if this isn't still a game with 5 minutes to go... hopefully our talent pulls away at the end but I don't think this will bring any peace of mind to the fanbase...

I will be watching this too, they are rated about 50 spots above us currently on defense... Would we (I) want their Defense will be a question I ask myself during this game...

Any changes today? Any new lineups? New emphasis? New Defense?   Or same as always and because of who we are playing it seems like we have turned a corner?   According to KenPom they are the 186th best Offense... Over under 69.5 pts?

Good: We had 6 TEAM rebounds Bad: TEAM led us in rebounds -- TEAM is when the shot goes out of bounds!

Sorry buddy... My brother in law is a Dukie too... And he thinks he is the coach.. He stands the whole game, jumps around in front of the TV, screams instructions to the players etc... And he is coming over tonight.. Not sure he will make it out alive... Hope my neighborhood doesn't plan on getting to bed early tonight with the both of us going crazy (hopefully I have something to go crazy about)

The 2nd team defensive effort/results were much better than the 1st team... That pressure defense backing into zone looked good with Hartman, Z, OG.... not nearly as good when Yogi, JBJ, ROJO came in

WHY OH WHY.... Why did I bench Sammy Watkins this week....?

And #20 falls again   So I pretty much assumed it was a given  with our performance in Maui that when the polls come out tomorrow we will no longer be included.... however with all these teams losing as well this week what are the chances we hang in around the 23-25 range?   I know polls at this point in the season don't mean much, but they DO to fans like me.... especially if UofL is one of the teams that breaks into the polls as we fall out.

Alcorn State?

37 spot jump... you guys at the top better watch out!

Oh yea definitely agree with that.   I know I have heard people before say that RMK grew to be more important that the name on the front of the jerseys type stuff... BS could come in and almost instantly have that same aura... and as long as he wins it would grow.   Sorry for the confusion.

Disagree.... I want Stevens as much as anybody else but if the administration is really worried about this we are in serious trouble!   If we were to pull Stevens he would come in God-Like already without ever doing anything, and if/when he is successful it will just continue to grow

I don't get how the fans booing is hurtful to the perception of the fan-base, or the perception of the University.   If you go to a game you are a Supporter.... if you boo you are letting your voice be heard, regardless if you are booing the Refs, the Coach, the players.... all of them deserve it at times so why is it so unacceptable? You Boo when Crean is introduced pregame and the players know EXACTLY who is being booed.... you boo when a bad call is made they know we are booing the ref... and if we boo when a bad play is made then the players know it is directed at them and hopefully will learn from it...   I am not advocating Booing specifically, but I just don't see the huge negative in it that apparently many others do?   You can say they are young kids, you can say they are amateurs, but in the end they do not need to be coddled... If they want the praise/cheers for doing great why can't they get the repercussions/boos when they do something bad? Crean has a long long long history of bad (per our IU Standards) and unless something changes he deserves all the boos... Much rather him get booed on national tv at a home game than his family get heckled in other places.

11, 14, 15, 18, 20, & 25 all go down yesterday (all but #18 is an upset).... College Basketball is crazy to start out this year.... doesn't make me feel any better about IU except that a lot of teams will have that bad loss when it comes to March.

I know it's been said 100 times but I had a UK fan tell me today he hopes Tom Crean stays at IU forever, also mentioned that he can't believe the talent level we have and the what could be...

IU 84 Mmmmm State 71

IU 90 A State 60

Don't really believe it but never pick against us... IU 75 DUKE 74

I disagree, I feel like he has been one of the best players on the court consistently all season.   Look at the Box Score & I look like a total fool! Look at any stats and I look so very wrong.... but if the eye test means anything he has been the best player on the floor. Constant hustle, constant defense (he may not have the best tools but for those saying defense is all about wanting a stop and effort I feel he gives 100% every possession), rebound position, diving for loose balls, shooting and decisions with the ball (he is not the one dribbling the air out of it every possession - he gets it and immediately moves it or shoots it.)

Part of his epiphany after D Davis/ Holt incident... Stop looking at negativity. Wife told him the family was ok... Blah blah blah

GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yep that is the kid... I can post it, DM it, Email it, text it.... Just let me know.

I do have it on DVR still but I don't see anything you describe... There is a kid in Candy Stripe pants and a 24 jersey, but no shirt underneath, no beads, & no glasses

After getting a little farther into the thread I think I have decided I don't want to know what the heck was going on.