HoosierHoopster

Don’t give DeVries any Diet Coke

100%

There are people on this board who’ve probably never seen one of those lol

I'll be snarky! Come on BtB get your stuff together, we need you!

2 shining lamps in the ugly fog of a game

I’m not in the sky is falling camp. That was a horrendously sloppy game, 28 TO’s. That’s not a norm it’s an outlier. Lots to clean up and part of that is the team learning to play fast. Yeah could be a year where 20 wins is the ceiling, but a 28 TO game is not the yardstick

IU - 97 UW- Mil - 71

Crazy early 'bracketology' - IU a #9 seed https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2026-march-madness-men-field-predictions Other B1G teams early projections PU #1 (Noooo Waaayyy) UM #2 Ill #3 MSU #5 UCLA #5 OSU #7 Ore #8 Wisc #6 USC #9 Iowa #10 On the current rankings: Watch list Indiana coach Darian DeVries has a history of producing quick turnarounds at previous stops and is hoping to pull another one off in his first season in Bloomington. The Hoosiers looked good in the first week of the season, blowing out Alabama A&M and Marquette to inch closer to being ranked. Indiana next has two games that won't exactly move the needle -- against Milwaukee and Incarnate Word -- but could find itself ranked if the early-season jumbling continues. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/46918594/no-1-houston-leapfrogs-purdue-ap-top-25-poll

When you build a team around shooting, free throw shooting will be there

Yeah it’s opposite- there hasn’t been a formal statement Acimovic is redshirting as far as I know but it looks like it

If you build it they will come

Any program in any sport anywhere?? Nope. Resources, foundation, facilities, general program recognition, media coverage/tv/web, recruiting base— connections to HS/AAU coaches/programs. Your perception of IU as the opposite of whatever special is, is crazy negative, couldn’t be less true. We’ve been run to ground by Miller and Woody, clearly. While you choose to deflect and ignore it, that Crean was able to do what he did - B1G championships and multiple SW16 runs despite being a mediocre coach is directly due to his “it’s Indiana” mantra. He rebuilt the program from nothing after Sampsongate into a successful program because of what IU is. Now we have what I think is clearly a strong HC/basketball mind and staff again, and because of IU’s historical program stature, resources, facilities etc and all that comes with it, the path “back” is right there, not just “any” program anywhere. That’s not rose colored glasses, that’s reality

SIAP - in addition to the ESPN game broadcast, which bodes well for recruiting etc., the game writeup still appears under the NCAMM Top Headlines - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/46908832/tucker-devries-leads-indiana-marquette-chicago This used to be routine (back in the day). Think we'll be seeing more of it going forward

So this is actually a clip of your new apt...

My understanding is he was cleared to play against Marq. Not sure why he didn't see the floor at the end

SIAP but 8 assists and 2 steals by Wilkerson to go with his 23 points, most of which came in the 2nd half. That’s the guy who shined out here for SHSU — special player. Devries went all in for him— and landed a Hell of a plater

So you’re saying if I stood with those girls I’d be tall enough to start— nice!

I’d bet on their making the tourney.

Biggest takeaway for me, we finally, truly have a strong basketball mind again on the sideline, who knows how to team build. I don’t want to use the phrase “we’re back” - but we are back to good Indiana basketball, and with DeVries I think that’s going to be true going forward for a long time. The last 8-9 years of bsd basketball is over.

It’s been a looong time coming

Guys — we have a good ball club run by a good coach. Trying not to get too high on this game, but very, very encouraging. The early worries about how the “ mid major all stars” as someone dubbed them should have been seriously tempered today. Balanced O, spread floor, open lanes, weak-side exploited, running, scoring team that limits TO’s including when pressed, transition D, man to man and zone D, players who take pride in D, players who compliment each other across the floor, experienced, winning players, a coach and staff who know how to use them and develop cohesion and chemistry quickly. Ahhhhhbmy beer tastes better

So glad I recorded this game. Fun re-watch coming

100!

We have 8 TO’s against Marquette. And maybe score 100. Outstanding

Pretty assist to weak side