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BottomLine

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    BottomLine got a reaction from hoosierdogg in IU MVP vs Iowa   
    Al Durham.  Coming down the stretch, when IU was shooting under 50% from the line, he was automatic to clinch the win.
     
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    BottomLine reacted to Class of '66 Old Fart in Prediction League (Game 15 - @ Iowa 1/21/21)   
    Us 72
    Them 103
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    BottomLine reacted to Str8Hoosiers in Prediction League (Game 15 - @ Iowa 1/21/21)   
    We will slow them down a little bit... they have the #1 ranked offense but their Defense isn't very good.... maybe we get 1 of our random good shooting games?
    Probably not enough unfortunately...
    IU 70
    Iowa 81
     
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    BottomLine reacted to incrediboy in Prediction League (Game 15 - @ Iowa 1/21/21)   
    I should probably have my head examined, but I think this one goes into overtime. It's almost time for Iowa to start its late-season swoon (unfortunately the operative word is "almost"). Race did a great job guarding Garza last year, and while Bohannon can erupt into 3balls at any time...
    I'm afraid we'll come up just short again, but we WILL play better than we did against the toiletmakers. Alas my call is:
    Hoosiers 81
    Hawknoses 85
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    BottomLine reacted to Stuhoo in Prediction League (Game 12 - @ Wisconsin 1/7/21)   
    You may keep your revised prediction, but as punishment you must wear a silly hat during the game.
     
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    BottomLine reacted to Class of '66 Old Fart in Parker Stewart - B. Braun Sheffield Sharks   
    Zach Osterman -
    For those who have asked:  I'm told Parker Stewart has moved to Bloomington and is currently going through the intake process required before joining the team.  Same process athletes had to go through in the summer regarding COVID testing, etc.  My understanding is there's no clear resolution on his eligibility at this point. He'll have two seasons after this one. Question is just about the rest of this year.
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    BottomLine reacted to HoosierCoop in IU MVP vs Maryland   
    Race Thompson - 1st Half
    TJD - 2nd Half
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    BottomLine reacted to Golfman25 in Parker Stewart - B. Braun Sheffield Sharks   
    The web site is wrong or old.  Everything has been modified this semester.  They start online 1/18 and don't go back to until 2/8.  Registration is done, so he should be enrolled and I assume eligible to play.  
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    BottomLine reacted to LamarCheeks in Prediction League RESULTS Thread   
    I have to be honest, I don't even remember making that first pick. I guess that was fresh off the somewhat disappointing OT win over PSU. I just saw the thread yesterday and thought I had better get my pick in -- didn't even realize I already had made one ... Guess it's better to be lucky than good! 
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    BottomLine got a reaction from Str8Hoosiers in Prediction League (Game 11 - Maryland 1/4/21)   
    Knew you couldn't pick against the Hoosiers.
     
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    BottomLine got a reaction from Str8Hoosiers in Prediction League (Game 10 - Penn St 12/30/20)   
    Here we go again.  This is another trip game for the Hoosiers.  We should own Penn State every year but that is not the case.  For some reason we always have trouble topping PSU and I can't see this year being any different than the past.
    IU has the better defense and that should make this a close one because we certainly don't have a dominate offense.  Jackson-Davis always manages to get his points, though he could have 10 more a game if he could learn to shoot the ball instead of throwing the ball at the basket and hoping for the best.  Franklin is starting to look like the real deal after three hot game in a row.  As to the rest of the Hoosier offense, your guess is as good as mine.  We need someone to start picking up the slack.
    The crystal ball is a bit cloudy here but we NEED this game and we are at home.  I'll take the Hoosiers 71-67 in a dog fight.  I have my fingers crossed that we will finally find someone that has the ability to finish at the end.
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    BottomLine got a reaction from Str8Hoosiers in Prediction League (Game 10 - Penn St 12/30/20)   
    Here we go again.  This is another trip game for the Hoosiers.  We should own Penn State every year but that is not the case.  For some reason we always have trouble topping PSU and I can't see this year being any different than the past.
    IU has the better defense and that should make this a close one because we certainly don't have a dominate offense.  Jackson-Davis always manages to get his points, though he could have 10 more a game if he could learn to shoot the ball instead of throwing the ball at the basket and hoping for the best.  Franklin is starting to look like the real deal after three hot game in a row.  As to the rest of the Hoosier offense, your guess is as good as mine.  We need someone to start picking up the slack.
    The crystal ball is a bit cloudy here but we NEED this game and we are at home.  I'll take the Hoosiers 71-67 in a dog fight.  I have my fingers crossed that we will finally find someone that has the ability to finish at the end.
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    BottomLine got a reaction from Stuhoo in Prediction League RESULTS Thread   
    Post Christmas and I have way to much time on my hands.  Let's call this highly unofficial but according to my count Woodson1980 has taken over the lead with 795.  Tomallenfan and Feathery have 790.  Str8Hoosiers is the only one with official numbers, but I think his numbers are all at his workplace so the holidays slow him up a bit.  Now on to the Penn State game.
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    BottomLine got a reaction from Stuhoo in Prediction League RESULTS Thread   
    Post Christmas and I have way to much time on my hands.  Let's call this highly unofficial but according to my count Woodson1980 has taken over the lead with 795.  Tomallenfan and Feathery have 790.  Str8Hoosiers is the only one with official numbers, but I think his numbers are all at his workplace so the holidays slow him up a bit.  Now on to the Penn State game.
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    BottomLine got a reaction from mamasa in milehiiu has passed away.   
    Sadly it feels like all the good guys are slipping away, one at a time.  74 is far too young to go. I'm 73.  I feel like I have lost a member of the extended family.  Wish we had met face to face to discuss the Hoosiers.  RIP
     
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    BottomLine got a reaction from mamasa in milehiiu has passed away.   
    Sadly it feels like all the good guys are slipping away, one at a time.  74 is far too young to go. I'm 73.  I feel like I have lost a member of the extended family.  Wish we had met face to face to discuss the Hoosiers.  RIP
     
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    BottomLine got a reaction from mamasa in milehiiu has passed away.   
    Sadly it feels like all the good guys are slipping away, one at a time.  74 is far too young to go. I'm 73.  I feel like I have lost a member of the extended family.  Wish we had met face to face to discuss the Hoosiers.  RIP
     
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    BottomLine reacted to Str8Hoosiers in Prediction League RESULTS Thread   
    ALL 30 predictions correctly predicted the winner of this game!!!
    CONGRATS to @Naturalhoosier for taking over the Top Spot on the Leaderboard
    CURRENT GAME - North Alabama   OVERALL RANK Entry Name Score   RANK Entry Name Score 1 mdn82 118   1 Naturalhoosier 474 2 muttcs66 118   2 Woodson1980 471 3 Bobman1 118   3 tkbbn 468 4 LIHoosier 117   4 LamarCheeks 467 5 MoyeNeeded 117   5 BottomLine 465 6 Naturalhoosier 117   6 MoyeNeeded 464 7 Str8Hoosiers 117   7 Bobman1 462 8 HoosierAloha 115   8 HoosierAloha 460 9 Woodson1980 115   9 LIHoosier 458 10 LamarCheeks 115   10 Feathery 456 11 Stuhoo 115   11 mdn82 456 12 Class of '66 Old Fart 114   12 DChoosier 456 13 Josh 114   13 mamasa 453 14 Feathery 114   14 hper50 453 15 rcs29 113   15 Class of '66 Old Fart 452 16 CyberHoosier 113   16 tomallenfan 451 17 BottomLine 113   17 Str8Hoosiers 449 18 IUc2016 113   18 johnsoniu 448 19 IUsafety 112   19 IUc2016 446 20 WayneFleekHoosier 112   20 IUsafety 444 21 hper50 111   21 Josh 427 22 tomallenfan 111   22 rcs29 426 23 JaybobHoosier 111   23 WayneFleekHoosier 418 24 tkbbn 111   24 CyberHoosier 416 25 johnsoniu 110   25 Stuhoo 412 26 HoosierCoop 110   26 muttcs66 411 27 incrediboy 110   27 HoosierCoop 402 28 DChoosier 108   28 cappymo14 399 29 mamasa 107   29 thebigweave 392 30 ALASKA HOOSIER 89   30 JaybobHoosier 376 31 Iufan_Charlie 0   31 ALASKA HOOSIER 366 32 HoosierTrav 0   32 incrediboy 330 33 cappymo14 0   33 Iufan_Charlie 291 34 Crazy about IU 0   34 jbell833 288 35 thebigweave 0   35 Skrappy 227 36 theriverpilot 0   36 HoosierRobbie 214 37 HoosierRobbie 0   37 Crazy about IU 201 38 yogisballin 0   38 yogisballin 178 39 jbell833 0   39 JHoosier914 121 40 Skrappy 0   40 brumdog45 114 41 Barrell Rick 0   41 theriverpilot 111 42 brumdog45 0   42 HoosierTrav 111 43 JHoosier914 0   43 NRT137 105 44 NRT137 0   44 Barrell Rick 0  
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    BottomLine got a reaction from Str8Hoosiers in Prediction League (Game 5 - @ Florida State 12/9/20)   
    Fla State probably thinks that we owe them one after last year.  Glad no fans for this game.
    FSt is big, really big.  Kinda reminds you of Texas.  Gulp.  That can't be good.
    Spent 18 years coaching on the sideline and in practice I loved to scrimmage the Bigs against the Smalls.  The Bigs had to learn how to handle the ball and how to deal with speed.  The Smalls had to learn how to play against size.  More often then not the smalls came out on top.  Thought about that for this game because the size difference is significant.  Can we make FlaSt play small or will they force us to play big?
    To win this game our bigs need to stay on the floor and our guards will need to out quick and out shoot the guards from the other side.  Those are two big ifs.  Not feeling good about this one but I'm going to string along with the Hoosiers.  We need to play our best game on offense (no repeat of Texas please) and fight on defense.  And we need to make the last basket in the game.
    IU 73 FlaSt 71
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    BottomLine got a reaction from NRT137 in Prediction League (Game 4 - Stanford 12/2/20)   
    My head is still spinning after watching the IU-Texas game.  The comparative scores just don't make any sense.  NC over Stanford by 4, Texas over Davidson by 2, Providence over Davidson by 1, IU over Providence by 21 and then losing to Texas by 22 in a game where IU was favored by 1.5.  It just isn't very logical.
    So what happened and can it happen again?  From my vantage point it looked like Texas just beat IU up.  Texas was called for 29 fouls and probably could have been called for at least 10 more.  Think about that 29 fouls is enough to almost four 6 players out of the game.  Every time IU went to shoot the ball we were physically intimidated. Why only 11 baskets for the whole game?  That is what happens when you are intimidated and expect to get hacked and throw the ball at the basket instead of shooting the ball positively.  Can Stanford bring that kind of intimidation?  I don't think so,
    On the other had IU is now in a pickle.  We are paying the price for only having 11 scholarship players.  Brunk and Durham are now gone and we are down to 9, and that includes 4 freshmen.  I'm guessing that either lander or Galloway will get the start today.
    Common sense says that IU loses this game.  Gut feeling is that we will snap back and play well.  I'll take IU over Stanford 70-63.  Go Hoosiers!
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    BottomLine got a reaction from NRT137 in Prediction League (Game 4 - Stanford 12/2/20)   
    My head is still spinning after watching the IU-Texas game.  The comparative scores just don't make any sense.  NC over Stanford by 4, Texas over Davidson by 2, Providence over Davidson by 1, IU over Providence by 21 and then losing to Texas by 22 in a game where IU was favored by 1.5.  It just isn't very logical.
    So what happened and can it happen again?  From my vantage point it looked like Texas just beat IU up.  Texas was called for 29 fouls and probably could have been called for at least 10 more.  Think about that 29 fouls is enough to almost four 6 players out of the game.  Every time IU went to shoot the ball we were physically intimidated. Why only 11 baskets for the whole game?  That is what happens when you are intimidated and expect to get hacked and throw the ball at the basket instead of shooting the ball positively.  Can Stanford bring that kind of intimidation?  I don't think so,
    On the other had IU is now in a pickle.  We are paying the price for only having 11 scholarship players.  Brunk and Durham are now gone and we are down to 9, and that includes 4 freshmen.  I'm guessing that either lander or Galloway will get the start today.
    Common sense says that IU loses this game.  Gut feeling is that we will snap back and play well.  I'll take IU over Stanford 70-63.  Go Hoosiers!
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    BottomLine got a reaction from NRT137 in Prediction League (Game 4 - Stanford 12/2/20)   
    My head is still spinning after watching the IU-Texas game.  The comparative scores just don't make any sense.  NC over Stanford by 4, Texas over Davidson by 2, Providence over Davidson by 1, IU over Providence by 21 and then losing to Texas by 22 in a game where IU was favored by 1.5.  It just isn't very logical.
    So what happened and can it happen again?  From my vantage point it looked like Texas just beat IU up.  Texas was called for 29 fouls and probably could have been called for at least 10 more.  Think about that 29 fouls is enough to almost four 6 players out of the game.  Every time IU went to shoot the ball we were physically intimidated. Why only 11 baskets for the whole game?  That is what happens when you are intimidated and expect to get hacked and throw the ball at the basket instead of shooting the ball positively.  Can Stanford bring that kind of intimidation?  I don't think so,
    On the other had IU is now in a pickle.  We are paying the price for only having 11 scholarship players.  Brunk and Durham are now gone and we are down to 9, and that includes 4 freshmen.  I'm guessing that either lander or Galloway will get the start today.
    Common sense says that IU loses this game.  Gut feeling is that we will snap back and play well.  I'll take IU over Stanford 70-63.  Go Hoosiers!
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    BottomLine got a reaction from Str8Hoosiers in Prediction League (Game 3 - Texas 12/1/20)   
    No big deal.  We drop the two lowest scores.
     
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    BottomLine got a reaction from HoosierAloha in Prediction League (Game 2 - Providence 11/30/20)   
    Man this is a toughie for early in the season.  IU and Providence are closely matched and the game is basically a tossup.  The over/under on the game is between 139 and 140.5, depending on the sources.  IU is favored by either 1.5 or 2.5, again depending on the source.  That means that the implied for the game should be about 71-69 in favor of the Hoosiers.  Providence is picked to finish 3rd in the Big East and IU is picked to finish 8th in the Big 10.  But the Big 10 is probably the better conference again this year.  Both teams had blowout wins in their season debut.  Providence lost a lot of scorers from last year.
    My gut says the the over/under is a bit low and that IU can cover, if we can hit our free throws.  That is a big if.
    Give me the Hoosiers 80-73
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    BottomLine got a reaction from HoosierAloha in Prediction League (Game 2 - Providence 11/30/20)   
    Man this is a toughie for early in the season.  IU and Providence are closely matched and the game is basically a tossup.  The over/under on the game is between 139 and 140.5, depending on the sources.  IU is favored by either 1.5 or 2.5, again depending on the source.  That means that the implied for the game should be about 71-69 in favor of the Hoosiers.  Providence is picked to finish 3rd in the Big East and IU is picked to finish 8th in the Big 10.  But the Big 10 is probably the better conference again this year.  Both teams had blowout wins in their season debut.  Providence lost a lot of scorers from last year.
    My gut says the the over/under is a bit low and that IU can cover, if we can hit our free throws.  That is a big if.
    Give me the Hoosiers 80-73
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