HoosierAloha

Hate to say it but we're just a Thomas Bryant made dunk after a great take to the rim or a Yogi not jumping around Hayes play at being 9-0 in conference. Last nights game at Michigan has B1G fans wondering if IU is for real. I still think Iowa drops a wtf game.

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This year has been absolutely nuts for ranked teams.  Just tonight 4 lost.   #25 South Carolina #20 Kensucky #13 Iowa State #11 Providence   I believe 3 lost yesterday too.

  Only a few ways dreams could beat that performance...  great showing by IU tonight ON THE ROAD!

I'll take my massive plate of crow!   Great, great win on the road.  After IU settled down IU owned them.  This is how we can play, which is scary.

  The kittykats losing would almost guarantee a win for the Hoosiers. 

  If college drops to 24 I will start to worry.  30 seconds seems to be a happy medium from stall ball 35 seconds allows and the faster paced dribble drive of the NBA 24 seconds.  I agree with you that I don't follow pro ball like in years past.  I think it has to do with more than just the shot clock though.

Most important factor on each end of the court   Offense - take care of the ball Defense - defend the 3   Michigan can get blistering hot from outside and when that happens they can play with anyone in the country.  Our offense is solid unless we are turning it over and then we can let anyone in the country hang around.  We should pound it inside early and often which should free up our shooters and slashers.  TB is a willing passer out of the post and when they start to clog the lane I hope our shooters let it fly with confidence.  This is a huge opportunity to get back on track in the B1G.    HOO HOO HOO..

  Can't hate on that.  Wish his mom recovers and he has a great career in college.

      They're plotting against us...

IU - 69 Other - 75

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O$U lost the game at the line.  10 missed FTs

54-53 Maryland with about 3 and a half to go.  Ugly game but O$U is hanging around.

If O$U can somehow pull out a W over Maryland today that would be huge. 

How many layup airballs does Troy have on the year?  That has to be a stat he leads in.  He's just so out of control and falling away from the basket doesn't allow for him to even come close sometimes.  I hate ragging on him so much but the kid has so much potential to be a great college player.

  Maybe so, I would take their best OOC win (Texas, rpi 21) over ours (Notre Dame, rpi 36) and their best conference win (Maryland, rpi 7) over ours (Wisconsin, rpi 66).  They went 9-3 OOC with an OOC SOS of 109 while we went 10-3 OOC with an OOC SOS of 215.  They're also 30th in RPI while we are 39th.  I guess we'll see how it plays out Tuesday.

Michigan and soft schedule like us....?  Michigan had Xavier, UConn, Texas, NC State, and SMU in their non-con schedule.  They've had pu, Maryland, and Iowa in the B1G.  I guess you could say they're schedule is "same same but different."  We can play with Michigan at AA, hopefully Max gets them fired up for a little payback.  We will need to be hitting from outside though because you know UM will be. 

And is the opposite true?  If we go into Michigan and hand them an L going away are we suddenly back to great basketball?  They've only lost two B1G games this season, both on the road and to top 20 teams.  Michigan might be without Lavert but they're a solid B1G team AND the game is on the road. 

  Lose to a Michigan team that has played well recently and only has 2 losses in the B1G?  I don't think that will lone loss would mean trouble the rest of the way.  They beat a pretty good Maryland team at home. 

Watson from Nebrasketball would have been a god pickup for us.  He's going to be big time as an upperclassman for Nebrasketball.

Troy needs to stop falling away from the basket on his layups.  I know Troy is programmed one way and it will be hard to fix but he would have a lot better chance of 1) making the layup and 2) getting fouled with a chance at an and one.  It frustrates me to watch him try to get those layups to go while he is falling to the sideline. 

UNLV is #7 in KenPom AdjD so if he could correct our defense I would gladly take him as an assistant. 

Struggle city.  Glad to see Yogi hit those clutch FTs.