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Do we storm the court in a win? 

76-63 IU

Jay Williams is the man after that!  Nobody outside of a few fans on this board thought IU had a chance.  I will be the first to admit.  I had us losing by 15.  I was shocked how that Wisconsin team let us get to the rim at will.  I was equally shocked we stormed the court, but that is for another day…  Today, the only thing that matters is that W against a team who had owned us in our previous 12 games.  Outside of a Crean out of body experience thinking Austin Etherington for Noah Vonleh made sense, he pushed the right buttons to get this team to play.     As a team, we had 9(!) Turnovers to their 10.  That is easily the story of the game.  That stat alone kept us in it.  We out rebounded Wisconsin 33-28.  We also shot 51.6% in this one in spite of taking 14 3 pointers.  On a night where we could get to the rim at will, that team should run sprints for taking 14 3 pointers.  That stat almost cost us the game.  We had 14 assists against their 13.  Ultimately, we won every winning category.  They shot better than us when they weren't shooting 3's.     Individually, I know everyone wants to discuss Yogi Ferrell.  I am going to start by talking about Stanford Robinson.  That kid was the best Freshman on the court for us.  Noah Vonleh is our most talented, but this kid is improving by leaps and bounds.  It seems to have clicked for him, and he has played at a level on both ends lately few can match on this team.  He ended up with 13 points and 5 boards.  I was equally impressed with Will Sheehey.  He has been hit and miss this year.  Today, he hit a home run.  He had 13 huge points with 6 boards and 3 assists.  He like Stan showed up for 40 minutes today.  Yogi had 25 and 4 assists, but took 24 shots and a benching to get there.  Ultimately, he needs to realize when he can get to the rim at will, he needed to score 35 on the amount of shots he took.  Noah had 10 and 5 with 4 blocks.  Evan had a solid 8 points, 6 assists, 4 boards, and a pair of steals.     In the end, this was a win we needed.  For a team lacking a signature win, we had to win at least 1 against one of the best if we were to have a chance at making the tournament.  We will savor this for today.  Tomorrow, we will have to answer why a team who was ranked #1 for most of the year last year stormed the court at home agains the #3 team in the country.  That move by the student body really minimized that win for me.      

I think in the right game it makes sense.  Beating UW at home after being #1 last year is weak.  That UK game was the perfect example of when you should do it.  I don't think it should be a common occurrence.  If it is, that is like saying you never expect to win, but somehow do.  It was a great game.  I am glad the kids won that for themselves.  I agree with JS.  It was like the OSU game.  They weren't #1.  We won.  We built on that, but the kids didn't rush the court.

The problem with court rushing is the fact it makes you look like you did not expect to be in the same building as that team you faced.  You look weak.  I don't think we should have won that game, but we were #1 last year.  We are Indiana.  Rushing the court vs. #1 Kentucky on a last second 3 vs. beating #3 UW is different.  There is a reason you don't see UNC, Duke, Kentucky, Syracuse, Louisville, or Kansas fans rush the court.  At home, you should have an advantage.  IMO, last night in that regard was embarrassing.  In NCAA Football, that is a huge fine.  I hope NCAA Basketball gets there. 

They just minimized that win by doing that.  IMO.  Not the time for that.  

F'ing storming the court…  

Crean take a TO?  Lol.  

I wouldn't mind seeing someone streaking to our end of the court instead of taking the easy foul.   

That dude walked.  

Don't know in what universe Crean thought that was a smart move.  That was terrible.  

Collective cringe by the crowd…  

Gotta hit this Stan.  

Such a smart play by Stan.  

Go to the rim and we win.  

Let's do this 

F*** Bo Ryan!!!

We need to get to the rim.  No jumpshots the rest of this game and we will win.  

Wow.

We should be doing that every time.  

Difference in teams.  They are struggling shooting, and they go to the rim.  We are struggling shooting and we keep shooting.

Really like how we are all of the sudden extending on the zone.  That open 3 was allowed due to us letting Gasser get to where they wanted.  It was weak in the middle.  We have to do something to keep confusing them.  

Such a smart move by Gasser.  

We are tied fellas…  

The momentum just isn't there for that yet.