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Just turrrribul... I finally lost interest in the 2nd half. I got my hopes a few times when we cut it down, but we just couldn't get over the hump, and couldn't stop shooting ourselves in the foot with a cannon.

IU 61 OSU 59

Agreed. And I'm not sure why they do a cut down either. I guess there still could be some unexpected stuff happen, like outbreaks at the conference championships. Going to be really fun if it stays 64/68 IMO. I could see several small conference schools going deep.

I just hope the players realize the bolded above. IMO, there's only a few teams we can't play competitively against (if we're doing the little things right and being consistent). Just really frustrating. Sometimes I feel like we're playing above our ceiling and talent, other times I think we're underachieving. Still haven't figured it out. Very odd. Do you think the very good road/neutral "pro" outweighs the con of the bad home record. Such a strange year, at both the macro (national) and micro (team) level. There's a lot of strange resumes out there too. The list of traditional blue bloods outside the top 25 is really twilight zone stuff too. I just hope they stick with 68/64 this year instead of cutting the at large teams and going 48 or even smaller. Should be a great year for upsets.

https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/30302581/the-varying-states-ncaa-tournament-bracketology Latest from ESPN. "in" in the 68/64 team bracket "out" (last 4 out) in the 48 team bracket. Also, reminder, 1st bracket preview will be tomorrow. NCAA March Madness Bracket Preview When: Saturday, 12:30 p.m. ET TV: CBS and CBS All Access Streaming: fuboTV (try for free) Note: At 1 p.m. coverage of the "NCAA March Madness Bracket Preview" will continue on CBS Sports Network (stream with authentication) with a 30-minute show as Gumbel, Kellogg, Davis and Palm will provide more in-depth conversation and project out the remainder of the 68-team bracket, analyze bubble teams and highlight key storylines as March rapidly approaches. https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/ncaa-march-madness-bracket-preview-to-reveal-official-2021-ncaa-tournament-early-top-16-seeds-saturday/

I'd take Sampson back in a heartbeat. I know the bridge is burnt, but I'd sign up...

I think right now we're good. I think we can play with any of the teams on our remaining schedule except Michigan. I could be way off, but I think we'll give OSU fits. I think we'll take either PU or Rutgers. It's just a really screwy year. And we're so inconsistent I could see us tanking most of the games, or I could see things coming together and getting on a little run. Not saying playing in Indy for the tourney is a huge advantage for us, or that home state really makes a difference this year, but it would be a real shame if we missed the dance this year. It's such a weird year all around. Would anyone ever think we'd ever see a year where UNC, Kansas, Duke, KY, Louisville, etc. were all out of the top 25? I think we'll see some strange stuff when the dance starts. It would be really nice to be able to get on a run right now and take that into the post season.

Since we're heading to TX to create chaos, can we stop by Houston's board too?

I think we're in if we beat MSU, MN, both at home, and one of PU or Rutgers on the road. Anyone know if they are going to make up the postponed AT Michigan game?

pretty sure more sarcasm lol

and they were 7/13 from 3.... they carried us. TJD came on in the second half a bit though. IMO, it was one of 3 "can't lose" we had left on our schedule. The other 2, MSU and MN.

So just looking at the remainder of our schedule from a Quad perspective... Sat, Feb 13 @4 Ohio State 12:00 PM Wed, Feb 17 vsMinnesota TBD Sat, Feb 20 vsMichigan State 12:00 PM Wed, Feb 24 @25 Rutgers TBD Sat, Feb 27 vs3 Michigan TBD Sat, Mar 6 @24 Purdue PLUS the postponed game at Michigan if we make that up???? Quadrant 1: Home 1-30, Neutral 1-50, Away 1-75. - At OSU (6) At Rutgers (26) Michigan (3) At Michigan (3)?? At Purdue (23) Quadrant 2: Home 31-75, Neutral 51-100, Away 76-135. Minnesota (52) Quadrant 3: Home 76-160, Neutral 101-200, Away 135-240. Michigan State (83) Quadrant 4: Home 161-353, Neutral 201-353, Away 241-353. NA

Current NET has NW at 85 I think, so should be a Q2 since it was on the road. I think the loss was NW, but was Q3 since it was home.

so that was a quad 2 win, correct?

Yeah I guess lol... Durham and Franklin, A+. TJD, B+ for the second half and double double. The rest was pretty painful.

0-3/0-2

Huge non-loss for the NET lol....

well it certainly wasn't pretty

Thanks man, but I was being sarcastic lol

is Jackson Davis playing tonight?

ooof...

So LOL IU FG 24.1% 3pt 30.8% FT 25.0% NW FG 30.0% 3pt 21.4% FT 50.0%

what fun....

Or Red Bull. Seems they have wings.

IDK. He can be as uncool as he wants to be so long as he keeps slamming the rock down the hole though.