HoosierHoopster

Yeah UVA is crushing Baylor, impressive

Agree all around, and very happy with this road win

Last i checked it was 1.5, but def a pickem regardless

The let Kopp play no matter what is a little concerning to me but it’s just 1 game, experience helped in this road game, same applies to Race i guess but his offense was def off

Yeah he started bad in this one, Bates too, they’ll bounce back

This was a pickem game for betters, the line was like 1.5, and we were over the projected point total by a good bit, and overcame horrible officiating and a rough 1st half against a good Xavier team. That’s a good start to the real games

Refs were auditioning for Wisconsin

It’s a road win and yes of course we have the depth, pronouncements of lack of depth after one tough road game, sigh

That’s how you do it!

Ren says, yup

Yeah, nice run, Zebras, shut up already

Geronimo minimally provides good interior D and rebounding, and energy. Bates wasn’t on 1st half doesn’t mean he won’t be in the 2d, Kopp is not scoring and his D is absolutely lacking, and Race wad just off. Ren got 2 quick fouls, questionable, but not surprising, he was fouling against inferior bigs, reality check as good as he is this is a big step up and he’s a frosh, he’s going to go through learning not to foul better, experienced front court college players. But we need him offensively

2-point game at half after we looked sluggish, fell behind poorly but the got right back in it. Rust. I think we’ll see a better 2nd half. Would like to see the type of contribution we expected from the second unit. We need stronger D on the floor. We should have momentum and focus now

TJD 7-7

And 1 point game

Meh. We’re down 6 and it’s still the first half. Chill out lol

IU 99 That other Miami - 69

I'm going with a conservative pick on this one as it's a road game and Xavier is good too, it's a real test early on, but think our guys are ready IU - 73 X - 69

I did some dumb stuff in college due to … I was in college

OG 13-18 for 32 and 10 boards tonight to lead Toronto to the W over Miami. Dominant, when he needs to be.

It strikes me as kind of similar too except here we're coming in ranked 12/13 and Xavier is not ranked (receiving votes in both polls though). I don't really remember what the national consideration was for that IU team at the time we played NC State. I'd rather not be the favored, ranked team coming into this first road test but I do think our guys are 'ready.' The last game was against a bad team, but man we played well and a complete game on both ends, and we seem to now have good on court leadership, with a really good second unit. Let's see them step up!

Early thoughts, I think this is going to be a close fight in the first half, and that our second unit is going to come in and open things up. Still thinking about the final score (for the prediction thread), and I can see Xavier winning the game at home, but I think our guys are now pretty well gelled and finally have discovered the arc and a significantly improved offense. I think we'll pull it out in the 2nd half.

Been waiting for the day when IU Men's/Women's do what UCONN did for a while with top Women's/Men's teams, and ours looks like it's a lot more sustainable. Moren is an absolute home-run hire, she's legit top flight, and Woodson looks to be settling into his groove, both growing their futures here with lots of reason for optimism on the continuing growth (and for the Men resurgence) of both programs.

You can't lose what you never had :)

OG slashing dunk - sweet https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/35028837