NashvilleHoosier

So a little under 8 minutes until we find out if we hit the panic button?

I laughed quite hard at this.

What does Vandy have to do? Auto-bid or bust? I tried to tell my buddy that a recent win streak isn’t enough and that 3 quad 3/4 losses is killing them. They have a chance to close the regular season with another Q2 win which would make their Q 1/2 record 9-10. He brushes aside their NET ranking in the 80s and the bad losses and seems to be leaning on the recent win streak and possibly finishing 3rd in a conference that could get 8 teams in, thinking that should be enough.

http://bball.notnothing.net/big10.php?sport=mbb This seems to confirm that. But if we've learned anything the past few days, every other game going as planned is nearly impossible. Based on some travel next week, the most likely, and maybe only chance I'll have to watch on Friday would be if we're the 3 seed. So they need to do this for me.

I’ve been wondering about the possibility of a medical redshirt. Not sure it’s possible b/c he played in 11 games. I believe you have to have played in less than 30% of games. Not sure if that includes the postseason. If not, he’s definitely over 30%. If it does, math isn’t my strong suit but I think we’d have to play 37 games to keep it under 30%. So 6 games between the BTT and the dance. Not impossible, but…

This is a blatant attempt to get USPS to get us all drinking early on a Wednesday and I’m here to say…eh, why not?

Theeeeere we go. That’s it. Perkins is pretty good. I mean, hardly what you “simply said” (see previous comment about running for office!) but we landed the plane. Perkins is pretty good.

Make dumb argument. Leave nuance and context behind. Double down regardless of what’s real or not. When called out, get petty and name call. You should run for office! You’re taking the loss hard. Have a drink or something. Punch a wall maybe.

Fixed.

Lol. I had no idea what the response would be but you driving home the point that you’re basing your opinion off of one single game is just….ahhhhh…chef’s kiss.

Exactly. People don’t understand sound logic. If we’d have had Perkins instead of Gallo we’d have only lost by 17 instead of 22.

Calls themselves bleedhoosier and takes the time to come to a message board to make sure people they dont know are aware that they often fast forward or don’t watch because they don’t really care is one helluva flex.

Sometimes I wonder if I need to get a grip myself. Nah, just visit a game thread after a loss. The ability to just entirely lose the plot is off the charts.

Been wondering this myself. Did he get called on his shtick too much to show up tonight? At least be consistent and own it!!

That should be it. Sit em.

I just hope we are practical about this. Maybe give it until the under 8. Unless we are within 15, let’s sit TJD and JHS for whatever rest they could benefit from (don’t take this as a “the team is gassed” comment, I simply refuse to believe that nonsense) and not risk injury.

We’re out of time for wake up calls this season. Michigan will be desperate for a win on Sunday. We had that peaking at the right time momentum for 3 days. What happens from here is just a complete mystery.

I know this can be said of a lot of teams. We could get to the final four. This game is a reminder that we are equally as likely to get bounced in the first round.

Dumb question…is there not a weekly updated top 16 reveal until selection Sunday?

Watching the movement in NET rankings is fascinating to me. If I remember correctly they saw a decent jump when they beat us on Tuesday. Interesting that us losing there could end up being a big catalyst to us a gaining a Q1 win if they can jump at least 3 more spots. With ILL @ 31, Sparty @ 33 and Rutgers @ 35, we aren’t that far from having 8 quad 1 wins.

I’m most happy that we simultaneously allowed TJD to play 33 non-burdensome, somewhat restful minutes while also taking the narrative that this team is gassed and throwing it the garbage where it belongs.

I don’t care what anybody says we need to storm the court.

I have a feeling this means we should be up by 13.

I want to win very badly. Would be incredibly fun. I’m also not terribly mad if TJD gets in foul trouble and is only able to log 10-12 minutes.

Ah, what great points!