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If they don’t call targeting, I’d be getting kicked out of the game if I were Allen. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

That’s an easy effing targeting call. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Refs missed a hold though. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Gotta keep that QB contained... Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

And I admitted I was wrong. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I think we can be Arizona under his brother. Get to the E8 but just can’t get over that hump. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Because I believe his coaching ability will end up hindering the potential of the team unless he makes some big changes. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

It’s not taking 4 more years. At least if people return. We will be a Top 15 team next season. I don’t think we will be a 1 or 2 seed. But somewhere in the 3-5 area is reasonable while competing for the B1G Championship. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Crazy to think New Mexico has the #24 and #40 ranked players from the 2015 class. Carlton Bragg and Jaquan Lyle. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

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You just choose not to read. Because I clearly stated that Indiana should be a Big Ten title contender next season. Which is a pretty big jump for a team that isn’t expected to make the NCAA tourney this season. Is that not positive enough for you? Do I have to say Indiana is going to win a national championship and be the greatest team ever? That we are going undefeated? You stated some opinions of the team. I stated mine yet I’m wrong? We have no clue what Green will be like this season but you think he’s completely changed because of the end of last season? But I’m wrong because I believe that’s just part of his inconsistency issues? We are supposed to “wait and see” but you’re already predicting things? Or are we only allowed to predict things if they are positive? In case you didn’t notice, I kinda already did that for the 20-21 season. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Has the B1G been struggling in the lower half? Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

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He has to have it soon. With the predictions of not making the tourney, he’ll get a pass. With Glass even saying it’s a big rebuild, he’s getting at least 5 years. But next season there will be very high expectations if TJD, Al and Smith return. And especially if we get Garcia. We will be expected to compete for the B1G title and a Top 4 seed. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Paoli starts their season on Nov. 30th at home against Linton-Stockton. Junior Brett Bosley will be the star and should be expected to average about 20 a game. Problem is that the coach plays at a snails pace so a kid with his size and athleticism at such a small school is unable to be used. Hopefully they have a good season after the collapse in the state tourney last season. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

1. Green has a stretch his Sophomore season of good games. Didn’t carry over until the end of last season. So do I trust Green to be any sorts of consistent? Even throughout a game? No. Has he changed any under Archie? No. Same confident chucker that was recruited to Indiana. And if he’s out best player, this team isn’t getting far because Green just can’t lead a team that way. 2. We lost our best player due to injury that he had fought through all year. The team won a couple games in the NIT and were clearly out played and out coached against Wichita State(and no I don’t want their coach at Indiana and never have). We aren’t undersized like we were last season but this team still can’t shoot and I’m not banking on Leal to fix those problems. I don’t expect Galloway to really even play until he’s a Junior. No clue about Geronimo but all 3 are behind quite a bit of experience at the 2 and 3(assuming Smith and Al both stay). 3. Allen has surprised and has actually been able to win the games he was supposed to for once. Still 4 games to go though and 3 of them are likely to be winnable. No excuses now to not win 8 games. So we will see with him. 4. Archie’s job is to recruit the absolute best to fit his system. I don’t care where they are from. It means jack squat nowadays because the kids even in Indiana don’t understand Indiana’s past greatness. They just know they used to be good. And if a coach at IU has to “have Indiana kids” to get them to buy in, what’s that say about the coach? If we get the Mr. Bball every single year, great. If not? Hopefully we got someone better, it doesn’t matter to me. But as of now, we are just building to be a poor mans Michigan State(without the sexual assault). 5. My standards are Top 4 finishes in the B1G and Top 15 in the nation every single year. If Archie is on a 5 year plan to build continuity, then that shouldn’t be a problem if he’s as good as you say he is right? But with that, I still expect him to evolve as a coach. Meaning getting rid of the trashy offense that still comes up during games where Phinisee just dribbles from screen to screen and running the clock down. The offense has actually looked really good at times while the ball is moving and the team is playing at a quicker tempo than they have the past two years(am I wrong about that too?). Archie has to understand that he isn’t just competing on a conference based level like at Dayton in the A-10. You’re battling with a few conference foes on a national level. That’s what happens when you take the job at Indiana. You’re expected to compete big in recruiting battles, in the media(for good reasons) and winning. And Indiana fans are smart and they expect a smart and fluid offense. People may want to say how important defense is, which it is, but Indiana was great because of their offenses. They were good at defense because they hustled(probably so they wouldn’t get verbally body slammed in the locker room). But Knight has them running the most beautiful offense you can have when it’s ran correctly. Something Archie needs to take some notes on. Because without us having a legitimate #1 scorer and with little shooting, that’s an offense that would help this team and program because it fits with every roster. Another part of Archie evolving is becoming more relatable and social. He’s a robot and has about zero charm. And you need that a little because fans and recruits connect well with that(am I wrong there?) I’ve said on here, and you likely actively tossed it aside, that Indiana should be competing for the Big Ten title next season if Smith, Al and TJD return. Again, if you chose to ignore that, that’s on you. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I don’t expect instant satisfaction. I expect progress. I expect Archie to evolve and progress. Didn’t see it in the first two years as the offense was just terrible. So far this year, no clue as we haven’t played anyone yet. FT shooting has improved though. We can wait and see how the season turns out. But a prediction is based on opinion for the most part. And my opinion is that the only reason this team has a shot at the NCAA tourney is because college basketball is getting in quality of gameplay(a reason for the parity and probably due to the one and done rule and the pushing of athletes to leave college early), Big Ten is down, we have a weak schedule and standards for tourney teams have been lowered. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Arizona would actually be pretty fun right now with the brothers. A home and home and then a game in Phoenix and a game in Indy. But I’d also like to see games against Oregon, Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Baylor, LSU. Can we get one with Georgia you think? Would Crean ever want to return to Assembly Hall? Not sure he’d get the warm welcome that Mike Davis got but should get a good applause. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I’ve been alive for 26 years. A few months after Calbert had left. I haven’t seen much from IU basketball. But I was born and raised with it, just as I’m raising my son and will raise my daughter. So forgive me if I want a lot out of IU basketball. If Allen can keep it up, then awesome. 6-8 wins a year is what I want. I’ve been psyched into the whole “positive, positive, positive” before every season. But that’s when I was young and still learning a lot about the game. I was hyped before the 13-14 season and thought we’d be good. We weren’t. Thought we’d be pretty average during Blackmons freshman year and we were. Hyped before the 15-16 season which ended up really well even with a rocky and embarrassing start. Hyped before the 16-17 season and that went into the toilet. Figured we wouldn’t be good in Archie’s first season but didn’t except to get whooped by IPFW and ISU either. Last year wasn’t a surprise as I figured it’d be about like Vonlehs only season where we had no shooters. Which I was called a hater for even though I ended up right. I’ll go all happy and positive when there is reason. This year I see just another average team with some of the same problems that have hurt the past couple years and maybe that’ll get fixed by next season but I don’t expect it to be fixed by any of the newcomers with the experience that’s ahead of them. You can continue thinking I just don’t know anything or hate IU and that’s cool. I don’t really care. I know what I believe and how I feel. And it’s that Indiana has a long way to go and that Archie is just an okay coach and not a guy who will ever take us back to a Final Four because he’s yet to show he can evolve. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

It shouldn’t be one of our better games. And I don’t think we should play Butler very often. It is only a boost for them to play and possibly beat Indiana and be on top of what is supposed to be the best program in the state. Butler just hasn’t been a win-win for us. ND is debatable. They are good most years but not great but we could replace that game with another marquee matchup on the schedule. It hasn’t helped Indiana in the long run. If you look at it as a whole, what’s it done for Indiana? For the most part all the teams have been somewhat average most years. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

That’s the one game I want to have every single year. I want a mid December, on a Sunday at 3 o’clock on CBS. Because that feels nostalgic for some reason and I don’t really know why. Outside of that I think we can pull off series with other teams(like we did with UofL). I think we could do the UK annual along with 1 more marquee series that happens earlier in the season. Which gives us flexibility for tourneys and maybe just a random game or two against decent to good teams. The big thing with the UK game is where it happens. At this point I don’t care where it is. I see no problem with playing in Indy, Chicago, Memphis, Atlanta, Brooklyn, Dallas, LA or wherever. It doesn’t even matter anymore, it just needs to happen. But now with the Gavitt Games along with the 20 game conf schedule, flexibility is slim to none. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Oh yay Kenpom. So 2011 we beat ND while we were ranked #18. ND ended up a 7 seed that year. So not a bad win. 2012 we lost to Butler while we were #1. That Butler team ended up being a 6 seed but a game that never should have been close against a mediocre team. A game like that does nothing but hurt Indiana. 2013 lost to ND. We sucked and they sucked as they finished the season 15-17(6-12) but apparently they were the #36 team in the nation right? 2014 we beat a Butler team that that ended up a 6 seed. So not a bad win but not a win that’s going to rock the world. 2015 we beat ND who ended up being a 6 seed so another Butler situation. Just an good win that doesn’t pop. 2016 lost to the best team we’ve played in the event which was a Butler team that went 25-9 on the year and was a 4 seed. 2017 we beat ND in that awesome finish while they were ranked 18th but they ended going to the NIT so the win didn’t mean much but they were the 27th best team in the nation right? 2018 we beat Butler with another awesome finish but that team ended up being bad and finishing 16-17(7-11) but they were the 20th best team in the nation right? Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Now I know they aren’t getting rid of the ACC Challenge or the Gavitt Games. I don’t think Glass is smart enough to pull out of the Crossroads Classic. Just my opinion that more flexibility would be best for Indiana. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Playing Notre Dame and Butler does nothing for Indiana. It only helps Notre Dame and Butler. Indiana takes a loss in the whole thing. The years we’ve won, it’s ended up being against meh teams. The B1G/ACC Challenge might guarantee us a game but it’s a game we can easily replace and removing it gives us even more flexibility. The Gavitt Games is about the least exciting event we could do. Outside of Fox Sports no one really cares. It would be much better for the B1G to do short stints with multiple conferences but only 1 conference at a time. Which allows the Indiana, MSU, UM, OSU to go out and schedule multiple big games like teams do in football. Because in football teams don’t have that kind of thing holding them back. And teams hands are even more tied now with 20 conference games. Indiana in some years is tied up with Butler/ND, a BE team and an ACC team and then it’s cream puffs because there isn’t any wiggle room. Or we could have a schedule 2 big games and only have 1 predetermined game against a team ACC for 3 years then another team from a conference for 3 years. Obviously playing the PAC or Big 12 some teams would have to sit, but those are years where the team would have the availability for a tournament or another marquee game. We don’t have that now. We have no say in who we play for 2-3 games a year. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Because he was a white kid dunking on people. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app