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bellj833

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  1. bellj833

    Post-Butler Frustration Thread

    I really don't think we'll be losing as much as we thought going into this season. Of OG, Blackmon, and Bryant, I would bet that we only lose one if any at all so we should be even better next year IMO and with a lot more experience. As for Freddie there is no way he should be playing high major D1 college basketball. He's an athlete and that's all. He has very minimal basketball iq and his skill set is very limited. If he didn't have a 40 inch vertical he wouldn't even be playing D2 ball in all honesty. He's a HUGE project that won't have any time at all to develop....whoever said that he was a panic recruit was spot on. Will never understand it.
  2. bellj833

    Post-Butler Frustration Thread

    On the bright side NOBODY on this team will be leaving early for the draft after this year and we should be loaded next year. OG may have the opportunity because of his athleticism but I don't think he's confident enough or is in any hurry to turn pro as his family is already loaded
  3. bellj833

    Post-Butler Frustration Thread

    Not sure why everyone is going overboard here....Butler is not a bad basketball team at all. They're gonna be top 15 next week and I honestly won't be surprised if they win the Big East. Yeah we got out coached but we fought back and gave ourselves a chance after digging too deep of a hole. We're not going to win every game...nobody is for that matter but we have played good basketball the first 2 months and have huge wins over UNC, Kansas, and IMO we'll have another big win vs Louisville. At least wait until halfway through big ten season to start freaking out. This team is still young and still gelling. These games will go along way in helping us later in the season so let's just all chill out and at least get to big ten season before we go off the deep end
  4. bellj833

    Post-Butler Frustration Thread

    We'll be ok...dug ourselves in too deep before we started playing similar to Fort Wayne. We'll bounce back with a couple of cupcakes at home and Nebraska followed by a big win against Louisville...Mark my words
  5. bellj833

    Post-Butler Frustration Thread

    Too little too late....can't turn the ball over 15 times vs Butler and expect to win
  6. bellj833

    Post-Butler Frustration Thread

    Too bad we don't have a coach that can make halftime adjustments...I called it after the Fort Wayne loss we'd lose to Butler but still beat UNC and we will beat Louisville by double digits as well. We just can't compete with high iq teams who slow it down and play half court basketball. We're still gonna be ok and have a chance to compete with Purdue for the B1G I think tho
  7. bellj833

    Post-Butler Frustration Thread

    Nope...we've historically shot poorly in Indy which is why I thought coming in we'd have a small shot of winning this game. Gonna be a tough climb back up this hill. Get down by double digits at the half and we're pretty much done. Butler doesn't make mistakes
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    College Bball Thread

    Hate to say it but won't surprise me one bit if Purdue wins the B1G. Good shooting, play smart ball and limit turnovers, solid defense (usually), and Painter knows how to make adjustments unlike some coaches...
  9. bellj833

    College Bball Thread

    I think I had that worded wrong I wasn't saying they were all Indiana kids but have Indiana kids on their roster and like you guys had mentioned those kids ALWAYS get up to play Indiana it seems. Butler fans will show out for that game as usual and we never seem to shoot well in Indy. I know we play Louisville in Indy as well but we don't have to play perfect to beat them as they aren't that intimidating to me. They seem to shoot a lot of bad shots and don't have much of an offense. If Purdue was smart and decided to go to Swanigan early in that game (only 1 shot in first half)...Purdue wins in Louisville easy.
  10. bellj833

    College Bball Thread

    I'd say those are 3 good wins...a true road win at Utah is solid and beating Arizona on a neutral court is good. Vandy is down but Northwestern win is a great win as I think this'll be the year Northwestern finally goes dancing. They're gonna be a tough out in Evanston this year imo. So yes....they've played good teams AND BEAT good teams. Any time you're playing a team of Indiana kids (especially Butler) , it's always gonna be a tough game....and if you don't think so you're probably not from Indiana or know very little about basketball.
  11. bellj833

    College Bball Thread

    I actually won't be surprised if Butler beats us. They're a well coached team who doesn't make many mistakes and plays smart basketball aka true Indiana basketball. They always seem to get up for us just like most Indiana schools as a lot of players wanna show Indiana what they're missing out on. I called it before the Ft Wayne game we'd lose to Fort Wayne and Butler but beat UNC, Kansas, and Louisville. Hope I'm wrong but I just have a bad feeling about that game especially without OG or a banged up OG. Gonna have to play perfect basketball versus Butler to win that and we're still very young so I guess we'll find out soon enough.
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    College Bball Thread

    Tune into FSN Midwest to watch 2 IU transfers go against each other in Emmit Holt (Providence) and Stan Robinson (Rhode Island). Holt looking like he's beefed up a bit...very solid player for Providence. Always had liked him and thought he could've been a great player and major contributor at IU.
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    Prediction League: Indiana @ Michigan

    Michigan 31 IU 21
  14. bellj833

    Prediction League: PSU @ Indiana

    IU 27 PSU 21
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    Prediction League: Indiana @ Rutgers

    IU 38 Rutgers 27
  16. bellj833

    The Walking Dead Thread 2.0

    Abraham gets the initial Lucille kiss of death and Daryl tries to intervene and Glenn is killed as punishment. Glenn is 100% gone though as he's been working on a movie in Japan over the last few months. I got a chance to visit Senoia, GA (Woodbury & Alexandria) this summer and got a little bit of the low down and got to see the live filming location...this is just what the "rumor" was surrounding the area so who really knows...we'll just have to wait and see.
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    Prediction League: Nebraska @ Indiana

    IU 28 Nebraska 20
  18. bellj833

    Prediction League: IU at OSU

    IU - 28 OSU-27
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    Prediction League: MSU @ IU

    IU 35 MSU 31
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    Prediction League: Wake Forest

    IU 31 WF 20
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