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http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2016/01/04/hoop-thoughts-stock-watch-kentucky-kansas-north-carolina-duke Seth has a buy or sell stock in teams and has indiana as a buy

@JayBilas Tomorrow's game v. LSU, Ben Simmons (9pm ESPN) will be first time Kentucky has faced the #1 overall recruit since Harrison Barnes, UNC.

Im excited for the big boy matchup tonight with Oklahoma at Kansas. This is a must watch for hoops junkies. i love the fact that these 2 teams are top 5 and have gone about it different ways. Kansas has so much talent that they can afford to play 2 five star kids just 10 min each and still smack Baylor around. They have developed talent over 4 years as well (Ellis and mason) but most recognize Kansas with 5 star players. Oklahoma on the other hand has gotten to be top 5 without a single starter that was a top 100 recruit. Kruger has done an excellent job developing players (so has self). Oklahoma has the seniors you see at mid major schools that make a run in the tourney. I think Kansas wins at home but hopefully it will be close.

should make for a fantastic march madness I can't wait

Colorado wins an entertaining game at Stanford. Colorado is an under the radar team that people might not know about. Only losses are on road to Iowa st, smu, and California

@JonRothstein Not sure if I've ever seen a season where rankings are more meaningless in college basketball. Polls will fluctuate all season long. I was saying in another thread I didn't think there was much separation between teams in 15-40 range. Looks like Jon agrees

Good game at the yum center Louisville is up 1 on Wake with 6 min to go

Thanks Pap As someone who follows recruiting closely in all of college basketball, I appreciate all of your hard work

Good one in Columbus, Ohio st up 3 on Illinois with 6 min to go

the next 7 games are extremely important in my opinion for us to start building a resume. If you are a ken Pom guy 4 of the next 7 are against ken Pom top 62 teams and another agaisnt Illinois (122). The 2 Minnesota games are must wins to avoid a bad loss( and to gain another road win). If u are an rpi guy( not enough data for it to be used yet) , which the committee will use 5 of the next 7 games are against too 100 teams (Illinois in top 100)

if that happen at least you would be watching a top 15 team

in my opinion there is not that much separation from teams ranked from 15 through 40. Most teams that fall in this category have flaws they need to improve. If iu was to win the next 7 games like he pointed out then it would not be a stretch to see them in the top 15-25. For me I'm not concerned with what ranking is beside the name I'm more concerned about the team improving as the season moves on. The one ranking I do look forward to is the one at the end of the year when the committee shows their s-curve seed ranking ( ranking the teams in the tounament 1-68)

@dandakich Coach Knight used to read letters/telegrams to us from people all over the state explaining that "These are the people we represent" 1/2 So assuming Coach Knight really felt that way I'm guessing he will be there.. I put this in this thread because I'm sure it's the most viewed

@JonRothstein Indiana has a combined 37 turnovers in its first two Big Ten games. Hoosiers need to take better care of the ball. Averaging 15 TPG. #iubb

Oklahoma and Iowa st in a good one. Oklahoma has been down most of the game but are up 4 with 4 minutes to play

they have beaten Vanderbilt (ken Pom 17), Florida (ken Pom 24), and Pittsburg ( ken Pom 26 on the road) but I agree they still suck

While I was at the forum tipoff classic at southport I went up and talked to Fran before the Fort Wayne Snyder game ( Fran was tracking Malik Williams) I wished him luck in the B1G and asked how he liked his team heading into the conference season. I told him I thought they were underrated compared to the rest of the upper tier teams, he smiled and said he loved the toughness of this years team and didn't mind being overlooked. His team showed toughness today. I will root for them a little more this year when we are not playing them just because he took took time out of his day to talk some college and high school basketball with a Hoosier fan

This is where Iowa lost to iowa st. They couldn't inbounds the ball in the last minute. Let's see if they have learned from their past mistakes

14th in ken Pom

Iowa is legit they beat Michigan st, should of beat Iowa st on the road ( had a 20 pt lead in 2nd half) and have came back from a 19 pt deficit to Purdue on the road and have a chance to close it out for a huge road win

Iowa up 6 with 2:20 to go and have the ball

i do not like the offense that iu runs like many others on here however the numbers as well as former coaches and professionals in the buisness praise the offense all the time. I would be willing to bet that every team in the top 10 in adjusted offensive efficiency have been favored by at least 20 points in at least 5 games this year Regardless of how weak our B1G schedule is we will still play over 10 games against top 100 competition. Last years team which is the same offense and players as this years team ( add Bryant for hanner) finished 9th in adjusted offensive efficiency and had the 23rd ranked sos( rpi sos which the committee uses). Again I'm with many on here and do not like the offense that is ran but i will not deny the numbers or opinion of ex coaches in the business.

http://www.insidethehall.com/2015-2016-indiana-basketball-schedule/ The Rutgers game was on espn2, I think you mean Nebraska. If you look at this schedule breakdown 10 of our 18 big 10 games are on ESPN networks with the Maryland game tbd so it will be on ESPN or cbs and 2 others on cbs. So 13 of our 18 games in the B1G are not on BTN For comparison, Michigan state has 6 conference games on the BTN compared to our 5 games on the BTN

@AndrewVcourt James Blackmon Jr. is still being evaluated, and will make the trip to Nebraska tomorrow. #iubb

Didn't want to start a new thread for this so I put it in here http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015/12/28/straight-no-chaser-indiana-hoosiers