RaceToTheTop

I forgot that there was a popular saying of ‘I don’t know anyone under the 25 year old who has ever sent an e-mail’.

But that’s not what you said. You said ‘I don’t know anyone under the age of 25 that has sent an e-mail.’

You are really bending yourself into a pretzel to try to come up with a way that 11-9 doesn’t get them in. Basically by hand picking these ‘wins’ to make IU’s resume look bad you are leaving IU with only losses for the season that are quad. That’s basically what an Oklahoma team’s resume was a co yo ole of years ago when they got left out EXCEPT they were 19-14 and not 20-11

I teach and you couldn’t be more incorrect.

The timeout call they gave msu that ended with underwood getting a tech was brutal.

Simply put….that’s not true. Too many guys are stuck not realizing what a resume looks like for the 10 and 11 seed teams in the tournament. An 11-9 finish would give IU 9 quad 1/2 wins and 20 games against quad 1/2 competition and zero losses below quad 2. As it stands right now, IU doesn’t have any losses that aren’t quad 1. While blow out losses are bad, the committee hates Q3/4 losses more.

A three or four game losing streak with a couple more blowouts likely ends any chance of making the tournament.

It does but I think ref homerism in Big is exemplified by games there.

Kathy has been on here to defend the board, NGW/Tyme are Woodson shills.

No, he replied to a couple of tweets after he scrubbed his history that asked him about it.

Expectations this year are much higher and last year we were coming off back to back tourney appearances. If it gets away this year it’s back to back Jon-appearances.

NGW and Tyme are the same person.

11-9 puts Indiana at 20 wins and likely with 5 or 6 quad 1 wins. 11-9 will put them in given the remains schedule

I know there is context, just saying that the list isn't accurate. I only looked at one season that wasn't mentioned and a game under Woodson that wasn't. I'm quite sure there are others that aren't on the list. Edit: In 2009-10, Crean's second year, IU had 32 and 28 point losses. So that would move all of Woodson's worst margins out except the 29 point loss to St. Mary's and I'm sure the chart is missing some other games since I've easily found quite a few. It doesn't make Woodson any better than he is, just saying that the 25 point back to back losses are horrible regardless of them not being in the top ten.

Seems very weird to me that IU only moved up one spot in NET with the win at Ohio State. Team sheet is showing good results based metrics (wins/losses) but not good predictive based metrics. Results based: KPI 28, SOR 35, WAB 35 Predictive based: BPI 61, POM 58, T-Rank 62 FWIW, Torvik's ten most recent resumes similar to Indiana's current resume saw five teams in the tournament and five teams miss. The ones that did make it were seeded 10 to 12 except for Boston College in 2009 which had a 7 seed (probably well over seeded). The teams in the last 10 years with the resumes most similar to Indiana were Arizona State in 2023 (11 seed, play in round, won play in game, lost round of 64); Michigan State 2021 (11th seed, play in round, lost); and TCU 2019 (missed tournament).

Update: non-power 5 teams in the top 50 in NET: Gonzaga (11) St. Mary's (31) Utah State (38) San Diego State (40) Memphis (41) UC Irvine (43) UC San Diego (47) Boise State (48) Of interest: the only power five team that would be a quad one game if you hosted them would be Gonzaga.

That list isn't accurate. In Crean's first year, Notre Dame beat Indiana by 38, St. Joe's beat Indiana by 34, Wake Forest beat Indiana by 25, Illinois beat Indiana by 31, Ohio State beat Indiana by 24, Michigan State beat Indiana by 28, and Wisconsin beat Indiana by 24. It also doesn't include Woodson's 29 point loss to St. Mary's in the NCAA tournament. Just adding in those losses alone, the top 10 would be: Minnesota by 50 in 1994 (Knight) Illinois by 48 in 1956 (McCracken Michigan by 48 in 1998 (Knight) Notre Dame by 38 in 2008 (Crean) St. Joe's by 34 in 2008 (Crean) Illinois by 31 in 2009 (Crean) Purdue by 31 in 1990 (Knight) Michigan State by 29 in 2000 (Knight) St. Mary's by 29 in 2022 (Woodson) Three 28 point losses, one by Miller, one by Crean, and one by Woodson.

Optics of the firing would have been good if it had been after the Illinois loss.

https://x.com/itsAntWright/status/1880459458679304499

Ohio State being NET 29 coming into this game at 10-7 is what is wrong with NET.

I've been defending Mgbako but I will say his defense was God awful tonight....worse than usual.

Kept scorebook at a game tonight so didn't see score from halftime until about 7 minutes left. Was getting some updates as I went home and then pulled over when IU was up 71-66 just hoping they wouldn't blow it. Yelled in my car when OSU tied it. Was shocked that they did win it in OT given they couldn't get a bucket in crunch time and had no momentum. Most of all, I'm hoping that this is a good parting gift for Woodson.

I've said this in the last few games, but I'm not sure why Woodson has lately had such a short leash for Mgbako. It's not like there are options that have been stepping up. His shooting has been off but his ceiling is much higher than guys he's getting pulled for. The best way for a shooter to lose confidence is to pull him if he's missing shots. The other night when he got pulled after few minutes when he was 0-7 and then sat the rest of the half was a horrible coaching decision. The looks weren't bad but he was ice cold. Pull him quick -- say 0 of 4 -- coach him up, get him shots going to the rim to get him some confidence -- but basically what you've told him by sitting him is you can't play unless you make shots.

I just don't understand if the move is already approved what good could come out of not moving on prior to the Ohio State game.

Cheaney doesn’t want to be in that spot anyway.