Uspshoosier

Olympics actually start today. Soccer and Rugby today to start it off on USA network. I love these next 2 weeks where I get to watch some sports I would usually not watch. Favorite one to watch during the Olympics is Handball

Plenty of Power 5 schools schedule home in homes with other major schools. Mostly programs that are comfortable with where they are. South Carolina doesn’t even get a return home game. Basically that’s a buy game for IU if they are paying them to come play

Torvik and WAB(wins above bubble) are now on the team sheets

Actually just looked the true seed list up they were last team with the bye. They were 1 spot away from last 4 in. Remember the 10 seeds were the play ins this year

My 2 cents on the schedule. As a bracketologist I understand why you hey did it. As an IU fan that views IU as a program above just being another program I don’t like. This is what it comes down to. If IU is just another middle of the pack power 5 team that hasn’t experienced winning and advancing to the second weekend of the tournament then putting a schedule together that gives you a possibility of playing Arizona and Zags on neutral court as your highlight games then you play the system. Schedule South Carolina as your marquee home game. Destroy the bad teams and handily beat the upgraded mid major teams and you have a working schedule. However if you view the program as special and one of the premier programs you kind have to schedule that way especially after making a big deal about we are IU we will play anybody. Programs that are rolling challenge themselves in the non con. If a coach is confident in his team he will load the non con up and let the chips fall where they lay. IU isn’t quite there as a program to where the staff is confident in their program. The results over the last couple years tell that same story. Not ready to be a upper tier program.

Yeah personally was not a fan of the non SOS they had however I figured the committee would boost them up for those high level wins. I had them as a 9 but that was what I thought the committee would do. They still lost to Chicago St at home. I would of had them closer to last 4 in if it was up to me

Beating the #1 overall seed was like having bonus points. Even though they were home games they beat Purdue and Illinois at home. 2 teams that ended up going to the Elite 8. 5 wins against tourney quality teams. They basically gave them a pass for losing to Chicago St. even if IU wins a Q1a game like you are saying that would have only been their 3 win against a tourney quality team. They would have been closer to the cutline but still not enough in my eyes to move to the right side of the bubble unless that win was @Purdue or UConn.

Depends on how many of the Q1 wins were Q1a. Neither

Ok man.

No. They still wouldn’t of made the tourney

You said nobody and i give you an example of someone who did. So good for me also

Josh did

Josh did

3 possible games against Q1/Q2 could end of being 3 possible games against Q2/Q3 games depending on how the bracket ends up. Programs can schedule however they want. It’s worked out loading up on cupcakes for some teams to make the tourney however for teams that want to compete for titles challenge themselves regardless of the outcome. Alabama and Purdue last year scheduled like teams that knew they were going to be good. Purdue rolled its non con and Bama struggled however they challenged themselves. Worked out for them they both made the finals 4. BYU played the system and played a soft schedule and had a good NET however didn’t get the results in the tourney.