HoosierFan1994

I'm thinking this: Starting 5: Rob, Devonte, Al, Justin, TJD (We agree) I think Devonte and Rob make all Big Ten Team this year. TJD is up there for FOY. Off the bench: Armaan, Joey, Damezi I REALLY like the way Armaan and Damezi played. I expect them in a reserve role. Race, De'Ron, and Jerome will play, they just may be up and down roles (may play a lot one game and may not another. Depends on the matchup). My prediction for this year? I say 23-12 (11-9), 6th place in the Big Ten, they make the dance and win a game in the first round. Momentum into next year.

If this version of Justin Smith shows up we will be pretty good. (It is against Gannon though)

I read somewhere he doesn't like his role right now with the program.

I hope in two years we have a backcourt of Phinisee, Franklin, and Lander.

Went to USI-Evansville exhibition tonight.Great game! USI was a final four team last year in D2 and the Aces have had a lot of hype (doesn't mean squat). Evansville won 71-68 in OT. Was really disappointed in the Aces. Evansville has two top 100 recruits and two starters from other mid major teams that transferred in. That plus their leading scorer and a few key reserves from last year returned. USI was without their two best returning players from last year and lost 4 key guys due to graduation. Aces look to be the mid-major version of the Browns. They have a long way to go. They play Kentucky in two weeks.

How confident does everyone feel on BTown Banners about Garcia? I'm thinking 75%ish.

Sounds like the visit is going well from what I read. He would be a nice piece for years to come. Would make me being okay with losing out on Furst in 2021.

I'll eat my crow about Tom Allen. Well done. He turned this season around. It could have gone south after OSU. Really the Penn State game is the only loss I see. They can win the rest to go 9-3. Keep the momentum going.

Love this time of the year..NFL and College football seasons are getting good and college hoops starts.

More positives than negatives if you consider the top two guards were out. Need to improve FT shooting and limit turnovers. Glad Jerome played 14 minutes.

Archie got a T lol

Solution- hire a better coach. They are capable of doing so.

Just from seeing them in person or on TV, Archie is a no BS kind of guy. Allen is a clown. He's just too much. I usually say most of the time you know by year two if you hired the right coach or not. Look at Kirby at Georgia or Saban at Bama. Hope that's not the case with Archie. He's said and recruited the right way.

Pat is exactly the kind of guy IU needs to find. Dude should be in the NFL coaching by now. Northwestern bowls before Pat: 6 Bowls with Pat: 9

I hope we aren't saying that for basketball!!

Agree with baseball. But Tom Allen took a team that went to back-back bowl games (really good for IU!) to back-back 5-7 seasons losing to our rival in the last week. Outside of UConn and Rutgers find me another win. I see 4-8. That would make Tom 14-23. Yikes. I have no faith in him. He can kick all the trash cans he wants and give all the rah rah speeches. He's a good coordinator not a head coach.

And I really do think IU (not Fred) can hire the right guy. Some young hungry assistant coach would love to turn this program around. All I'm asking for is 6 freaking wins.

Sorry guys, rant coming- There is no excuse. Indiana can win in football. Purdue was trash three years ago, they have now made back to back bowl games. Northwestern was terrible in football. They've done pretty well. Why? They have the right coach. I said this last year and got ripped by a few people. Tom Allen isn't the answer. Sure, I didn't like Wilson either. But at least they were trending in the right direction. This program has gone down since he took over. I thought this was a 4-8 team before the season and I still do. They have some nice players but the Big Ten is tough. Everyone was so excited over the past recruiting classes. This is where they stack up in the Big Ten according to ESPN 2019: 9th 2018: 11th 2017: 12th That's not good folks. Average of 11th place. 11th place doesn't make a bowl game in the Big Ten. I don't get why people are even surprised. Purdue has even had a top 25 class.

He hopefully learned from Keion.

And hopefully one of them can shoot it!

Yeah they way Archie talked about him just makes me think he is starting.

I think our top 7 in minutes will be (no particular order) Rob, Al, Devonte, Justin, TJD, Joey, De'Ron.

I think Rob, Devonte, Justin, and TJD are the starters. Would probably throw either Brunk or Durham in there for the last spot. Archie's comment about Al handling the ball more this year makes me think 6th man?

If this lineup works then I think that is VERY good for IU. Smith at the 3 and TJD at the 4! I do think someone could leave due to lack of PT.

I still am too. I said when he was hired that it was going to take some time. I thought getting Romeo would speed the process up. No doubt this is a big year for him. But if they can get in the tournament they have some momentum going into next season and a very good 2021 class on the horizon.