NashvilleHoosier

Chris, obviously you haven't read the thread. We lost a game. Time to move on to next season where (fingers crossed) Kyle Tabor gets granted a COVID year and will be leading the line. It's bleak.

Yeah the team the committee said is the top #4 seed 3 days ago….with work still to do and maybe they’ll have a shot at a decent seed.

Seems there’s always a point in every season we start talking about being gassed. I can see TJD showing some fatigue after carrying the team for this stretch. But are we more tired than other teams? We play the same amount of games. Are we really gassed, like more than the teams we are playing who play the same teams in the same conference?

How many times can Bilas drool over a guy taking 2 or 3 extra steps and calling it great footwork?

Noticed Illinois beating Minnesota last night dropped them 5 spots in the NET (i'm sure there were other factors) and our home win is now Q2. But man am I glad that we've put ourselves in the situation where it's a nice to have instead of hanging on to every outcome of our quality wins hoping they'd stay a Q1 or Q2.

Has he ever actually gone through pregame shoot around/practice since the injury? I know he's been out on the floor getting shots up, but I can see this being the next step....practice jersey on going through pregame shoot around, but not ready for game speed action. Still a good sign.

Yeah very weird to plan this event….expecting?…the team won’t be playing that day. And isn’t it In Minneapolis? Edit: NM…Minneapolis next year.

Well if that's what he said it ruins my entire post so I'm gonna have to stick with "I got a look..." :-)

This compelled me to go watch the presser. I thought it was funny that at the 1:45 mark he says, unprompted, "I got a look at the technical on Coleman...that's just energy and passion..." then at the 8:45 mark he's asked what he saw on the technical on Coleman and he says "Taunting I guess....I haven't seen it..." He says some version of not having a chance to see it yet multiple times. It was a garbage technical, for sure, but interesting flip flop there.

We let it ride!!

I’m on an absolute heater today. Hitting everything. As gambling goes I’ve clawed back everything I lost during a miserable stretch this week but nevermind that part I’m riding high and my stream of luck is flowing faster than these A-OK IPAs. That doesn’t make sense, I agree. But nonetheless, the heater stands. My question. I’ve hit the first 4 legs of a 5 game parlay with the last being Michigan on the moneyline. Should I cash out and sail off into the sunset? Or do we let it ride?!?

You can check the first few posts on this thread from a couple days ago. I’m not just making it up as we go.

I had a really bad feeling about this game.

This was a fun exercise. Since I always expect the worst, I projected us to lose out, and lose the first game of the BTT and it would still project us as the top 8 seed. Which is pretty unreal that we are in that position. But let's not try to find out if that's true.

Not sure if it’s been said, but very cool move for Michigan to wear the MSU shirts.

The sting of last night ramps up as we simultaneously missed a shot to be 1.5 games out of first while falling into effectively a 5 way tie for 3rd (counting ILL and MSU as 9-6 since they are only missing home games against Minnesota). Our next 2 might decide our shot at the double bye.

So what you're saying is they are desperate for a high quality win and a sleepy early tip off on the road against a team that embarrassed them on their home floor is the perfect opportunity. I've not yet successfully re-programmed myself to not expect the worst outcome in huge moments for IU hoops. The Archie years (and beyond) did a number on this fragile soul ;-). This may or may not be a cry for help.

Feels like every game is a little more important than the last. I hate that this game is a noon Saturday tip after the gut punch from last night, and against a team that will desperately be seeking payback. A sleepy early tip off/another poor start first half and we're staring a possible 4 game losing streak and another middle of the pack finish in the face. I feel like this team is better equipped than any in recent memory to turn the page quickly and turn last night into fuel. Let's do that, please.

I thought the refs were bad. Really bad. We also did ourselves no favors digging that big of a hole. Both can be true. Very poor effort in the first half, regardless of calls made. We can’t control the refs, we can control the effort. I hope that letdown doesn’t linger. Need to move the focus to Illinois real quick.

This will never happen but if we don’t make a solid dent in their lead by the under 8, give TJD a rest.

You expected something different?

Trayce looks absolutely gassed. NW came to prove a point. Didn’t expect an absolute no show.

Completely useless fact of the day....the highest ranked team with 7 or more losses. Carry on.

I can help with that b/c a buddy sent me a screenshot beside himself that there wasn’t a big 12 team on the 1 line (but no reaction to IU on the 2 line)

I don’t know. Just rewatched it 4 times and nothing about what Dickinson was doing made it look like he was expecting the ball. And extra shout out to Kopp. Absolutely glued to Howard the whole possession.