Hoosierfan2017

That sucks. Outscored by 27 from 3. Trayce really stepped up in the BTT, though. 31/10 today. Xavier and Race too. Scored 62 of our 77 points.

Liver King is feeling it!

Trayce packed for 4 days.

Trayce has a jumper after all!!

We’re talking about two role players, and as far as I can tell, there was little overlap between their two absences. Few teams go through a season without any injuries. We’re not talking about TJD or Race missing chunks of the season. They’ve played every game. If you think it should count as something that’s fine, but from an objective, committee-perspective, I think that’s outweighed by our injury luck with our starters.

This seems like a weak argument for us to make, honestly. Might as well make it, but we’ve been very fortunate with injuries this year. Race, Trayce, and Kopp have played all 31 games. Xavier and Parker have played 30 of our 31 games. The only game they missed was for a suspension. I don’t know how many other teams have had none of their starters miss any time for injury.

So are we in the tournament now? Huge game for Trayce. 24/8 and 4 blocks on 59% from the floor. He must’ve seen the games that he can’t play well against bigger players. Hope he does it again this morning.

Our inability to shoot plays a big part in a statistic like this. Teams sag off our players when they’re behind the arc, both because we can’t hit 3s and because our two best players are post guys. It seems like almost every 3 Xavier takes is uncontested. Same thing happened with Rob against Minnesota.

Why would people even want Fife as head coach? Seems like another guy folks want because he’s an “IU guy.” We’re trying that with Woodson. If he doesn’t work out, no reason to replace him with another underqualified “IU guy.” The fact Fife hasn’t taken a shot at a mid-major job yet is a little odd to me.

Boheim should have retired a while ago but wanted to coach his sons. He’s had a couple of nice tournament runs recently but he hasn’t finished higher than T-6th in his conference since 2014. And Woody won’t have Nike shoveling him recruits like Coach K did.

Fortunately for you, no one will be confusing IU for a pro team anytime soon. Players have been getting paid this season and it’s the last thing on my mind when I watch a game.

Why does it matter so much to you? You’re not the one footing the bill.

almost every fanbase claims that they’re clean anyway. We just do it while also sucking. Go to Rupp Rafters and they’re acting holier than thou. They act like Calipari is clean and moan about how dirty teams like Kansas and Duke are. Everyone is the hero in their own story. These things are done in the shadows. Nothing would stop fans from riding their high horse while still bending the rules.

I don’t think there is a better summation of our season than that finish right there. WTF. We have no idea what to do in end of game situations, and this is the second game in a row we screwed ourselves with our timeout management.

Need Xavier back in asap

Oh no not Xavier..

He always plays hard. He doesn’t always play smart, but he’s never given me dgaf vibes.

Do you disagree that IU basketball has been feeding its fanbase a **** sandwich for the better part of the past two decades? Unless we win today and sneak into the tournament, we’ll have had more than twice has many losing conference seasons (9) as we’ve had tournament appearances (4) since we hired Crean. We’ve finished higher than 6th place in the conference 3 times during that period, and we’ve finished higher than 5th place twice. Top 4 in the big ten twice in the past 14 seasons. Maybe we’re stupid for coming back for more at this point. Maybe I’m just a glutton for punishment. Idk.

I don’t know how much UCLA was offering. They’re paying Cronin about $4 million a year, which is closer to like $3 million when you account for taxes and COL. Duke hired an assistant because that’s what Coach K wanted. They even hired that particular assistant over a different one because it’s what he wanted. Brad Stevens literally quit coaching, so I don’t read much into him turning IU down. Money talks. Saying no one wants a job is just talk. Going to a guy and offering to double or triple his salary will catch his attention. And heck, I think Woodson could do fine enough here if we untied his hands. Look at Sean Miller at Arizona. Just putting out better talent than your competition can make a difference. You might not win a title or go to a final four, but you’ll be a regular tournament team.

Thanks man! Yeah I like it a lot. The amount of skill it requires is crazy. I started getting into hockey when I was in law school. My school has a real solid team and the games were always a blast to go to. I wish IU had a varsity team. With the sizable east coast student population I feel like it’d be well supported.

They make the elite 8 every other year while we fight and claw our way to the bubble. The solution to our problem is so simple, imo, which makes it all the more frustrating. Pay $6+ million a year for an elite coach, look the other way and let him engage in the recruiting game, and then win. You can’t sit here and tell me it wouldn’t work. You may not want to do it that way, but it would get us back to the top. Instead, we handicap ourselves and toil in mediocrity.

I finally live in a state with a team so I feel like I have to at least try to root for them haha. They don’t make it very easy, though. The last game I went to they got destroyed by the Maple Leafs.

Devils/Rangers tonight at the Gahhden. Go Devils!

You said “now we act like spoiled brats because we are no longer elite.” IU fans are incredibly mild compared to how fans of Kentucky, Duke, etc. would act if they went through 20 years like we just have. They would burn Rupp Arena to the ground. Frankly, the fanbase is the best thing the program has going for it at this point 20 years of extreme mediocrity yet fans keep showing up.

I really wish there was an eye roll reaction. Those darn spoiled brat IU fans and their anger toward not making the tournament since 2016 and only making it four times since 2008. They need to get over it and accept their rightful position as a below average Big 10 team.