hoopsta007

Good performance from the team. One thing I would add on the fan issue is the team deserves support but also the game day experience from IU is sorely lacking. Former season ticket holder until recently. This year I made it to the FIU game and parking was chaotic, concessions ran out of food by halftime, and the PA system was blaring music most of the game and completely eliminated the college atmosphere. That won’t stop me from getting back to another game but it does need a lot of work

Like clockwork every single first down!

Pumping up Coach Cig for a bit to show how impressive his start has been, we haven’t trailed in any of the first three games and have had a lead for over 90% of the time. Regardless of the schedule that is an amazing stat to me

You google him

Refs bet UCLA

He said he was committed to USC “for now”

Did we cool on him or him on us? At one point I remember hearing how he couldn’t wait to be recruited by Woodson

Yes, if I remember right he told Purdue he wasn’t coming last year and then his family promptly re committed for him.

I think the only thing I’d disagree with is that it will work great vs the cupcakes. They seemed to be pretty competitive against a Woodson system last season

I’m guessing 8 wins. We’ve had the talent to compete but have minimized their abilities and the players weren’t set up to succeed. With an experienced coach and staff I think everyone will be pleasantly surprised. We haven’t had a coach with head coaching success since Hep and he was turning things around.

Yes I agree with you that it shouldn’t have happened but it did. You could also make the argument that if the officiating had been equal we would have been in the bonus and would have shot free throws off of the rebound as opposed to in bounding the ball.

Good comment and completely agree.

I agree with you that we shot ourselves in the foot but it would be naive to think that game wasn’t significantly altered by the officials. Whether it is a few soft calls to give Boston free throws during a Pacer run, a few no calls allowing Boston to stop a Pacer scoring, the refs control everything that occurs on the court. And even after that bad inbounds play it doesn’t change the fact that Boston set an illegal screen to get open on the three to tie the game (which they called on Turner earlier in the night and all series against New York). Selective enforcement of the rules is another element of how they control the games. If you are going to watch the NBA you just have to understand that you are watching WWE in the 80s and approach it as such

Except that officials are always relevant until the game ends. Lots of contact on the inbound play and a textbook illegal screen to get the tying 3 pt shot off. Can’t use the argument that they never call it because they nail Turner at least once a game. Kudos to Boston for hitting their free throws though

Watching Purdue this year it would be