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PSU and Michigan know how to beat IU. Keep the ball out of the lane, force IU to shoot 3's, and shoot 60%+ from 3-point range. Of course, that formula can beat anyone. Betting PSU doesn't catch lightning in a bottle twice in a season. IU - 71 PSU - 61

Who starts isn't really very important. What is important is how soon coach goes to the bench and who finishes.

Missing last 3 games actually. I only track the top dozen or so, so this is totally unofficial. NaturalHoosier 1788 Craigy88 1748 JohnsonIU 1744 Cybergates 1722 BottomLine 1714 Stuhoo 1710 The IU-Purdue game caused a big shakeup.

Hoosier win 73-65

Who is this idiot! What does he know about basketball? How can he be so wrong? (At least for one game)

Kills me to pick against the Hoosiers, but we have a lot going against us. Don't expect Jackson-Davis to be 100%. Point guard play will kill us down the stretch. The Purdue winning streak will put a hex on us. On the other hand we are at home and Coach WILL BE WEARING A SUIT. IU - 73 Purdue - 74

Don't see much hope at point guard. Johnson - Terrible shot. Overly emotional. Every wild shot, drive into traffic, off balance beg for a foul from the refs is a turnover. Phinissee - Can handle the ball against the press but can't shoot a lick. Been trying to get the job done for 3 1/2 years. Gonna suddenly get the job done now? Wouldn't bet on it. Landers - On the way to being a bust. This team is begging for a point guard and he can't get off the bench. That just tells you something. Galloway - He is a wing pressed into service as a guard. Pressing him into service as a point guard is asking far too much. The handle just isn't there. Against the press he is a deer in the headlights. Outside shot is also suspect. Leave him on the wing where he can slash and dish or shoot that drop shot. Bates - Is the only one that might have the chops. Offensively I think he might be an improvement on what we have. Don't know about the defense. I'd give him more time and see if any thing develops. Can't see any other way out of this problem. Who would have thought that losing Durham and Franklin would hurt us this much.

IU - 77 Nebraska - 68 We have problems on the road, but this is Nebraska.

Can IU win this game? Yes! Will I be pulling for the Hoosiers? You betcha! Am I going to pick them? Nope! Despite our much improved defense, we are going up against the #3 offense in the country. We have yet to prove we can win on the road and we will certainly be facing a hostile crowd. We are going to slow Iowa down but the question is whether our offense is good enough to catch up. See this game looking a lot like the Penn State game where we end up saying, "Don't these guys ever miss?" Hope I'm wrong. IU 74 U of I 77

IU 73 Them guys from up north 66

It comes down to Johnson. He plays smart we win. If he plays "hero ball" or puts up crazy shots we lose. Indiana 73 OSU 72

#1 IU is better than PSU #2 IU never plays well at PSU #3 Been a while since we have played IU 69 - PSU 67

Indiana 80 Sacrificial Lamb 57

Notre Dame has defeated - Cal St Northridge, Hight Point, Chaminade, and Kentucky. That tells you something about how bad Kentucky is this year and not how good Notre Dame is. Hope we don't get sluggish after pulling all-nighters during finals. Hoosiers 75 Them Irish guys 67

How in the world do you pick this game? We play like the first half a Wisconsin we win by 60. We play like the second half and we lose. IU 76 Civil War Confederate ironclad 52

I don't have time to read 34 page of rants so I'll just add my 2 cents and be on my way. 1. For those who wanted to see Lander at the end, I think coach has seen enough for now. Couldn't get a pass off or a shot at the end of the 1st overtime at Syracuse and then made the foul at the end of the 2nd to cost us the win, when Jackson-Davis was in position to block the shot. Not plays made by a gamer. The trust is gone. 2. Johnson can be our best point guard but he flat out lost this game for us and coach let him do it. Very disappointed. From the time he reentered the game for the last time all he did was play 1 on 5 glory ball. He just kept crashing into the lane and throwing up crazy shots. Coach shouldn't have put up with that ****. If Johnson didn't want to take on the responsibility of a point guard Coach should have put his a** back on the bench. The message should have been plain. Do it my way or don't play. Phinisee may not be as good as Johnson but at that point in the game he would have been looking for the open man instead of trying to be a hero. Rant over.

Boy I hate this - my heart against my head. We never win up there. Wisconsin has played a stronger schedule. We can win this one and I'll be on my knees in front of the TV trying to urge the Hoosier on. However, my head says not this year. Wisconsin 73 Good Guys 66 Still rooting for the upset.

Against chump of the weeks we play great defense. Against anyone else we don't do so well. Nebraska is probably somewhere in the middle. Offense is starting to come around. Home cooking. Home calls? Something to prove. Hope we aren't looking ahead. Take 'em one at a time! Hoosiers 81 Them Guys 68

Where are results for Marshall game?

First away game. The curse of '87. This should be a close one and to this point only 3 brave prognosticators have picked the Orangemen. You are all a bunch of homers - me too. 74-72 Hoosiers

82-66 IU

77-55 Hoosiers

Hoosiers 77-63

This game could cause my head to explode. 40 minutes of hell press from St John's could lead to racehorse basketball or a game of sloppy basketball. St Johns averaging 105 points/game and shooting 48% from 3. Can our defense slow them down? Will our offense be up to the task. I think we will win but a loss wouldn't be a shock. Like where our heads are. 79-70 Hoosiers

Can't win this one. Can't lose this one. B.S. Indiana 1969. M.S. Northern Illinois 1976. Northern hasn't been good in basketball for several decades. The football team could probably beat the Hoosiers in a down year. OTOH a lot of schools could make that claim. Look for both the offense and defense to improve on our first game. I figure 78-60 Hoosiers.