go iu bb

I was going to say something similar, now I don't have to.

They've already reined it in a bit. There are now shorter windows in which to enter the portal for immediate eligibility the next season. This is different because he's a grad transfer. So maybe a grad transfer could do as you say (I'm not sure, there might be rules against that already) but this wouldn't apply to the majority of athletes, if so.

I'm going to keep a close eye on that 15th team this whole season.

Negativity sells, I guess. Or maybe they just don't care about the B1G/IU. Probably a combination of the two.

THAT is getting screwed by the officials.

I'm shocked by this. Absolutely floored. Really. Wait, what? Have money lined up NOW for when they fire him in a few YEARS but not money to fire him? It doesn't make any sense to wait to start to make upgrades to facilities as those aren't coach dependent. I'm confused. Just another indicator at why IU football sucks.

From an ESPN post game article about UNC: "That UNC is one unusual preseason No. 1. According to ESPN Stats & Information research, it is just the fourth such team in 62 years to lose three consecutive games." https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/35153223/is-panic-former-no-1-north-carolina-three-consecutive-losses

We were very lucky to hit that contested 13 point shot at the buzzer to win by 12. Oh, what's that? There is no 13 point shot? In that case, a double digit win can't be considered "lucky."

I didn't realize that until reading these last few posts. That makes his contract look sooo much worse than I already thought it was. The big buyout is only so that IU won't fire Allen, not to keep others from poaching him. So it's just protecting the coach, not the school, in essence. Such a terrible contract. With moves like this, IU deserves to suck at football.

I think if a player on a team the committee is looking at is injured towards the end of the season, they take into account whether that player will be available for the NCAAT. I think this happens only if they're unsure whether that team should be in the tournament or not and/or seeding purposes. For example, if one of a team's starters is injured in February, the committee might take into account that if that player is expected to be back in time for the tournament or not as far as evaluating where that team deserves to be. I'm pretty sure they don't go through a team's whole resume and evaluate who was or wasn't available to play on each team for each and every game. I have a hard time believing in March that they'll look back at the IU/UNC game in November and discount it because certain players were injured. The NET, which the committee uses, does not care who does or doesn't play.

I don't care what people say on social media. At the end of the year, the computers and selection committee won't remember or care whether they played or not, just who won the game. That's what really matters. Just get the win.

UCLA needs to do a lot of work before they'll be battling for 4th. They haven't been consistently good for some time now.

Off topic by why do you always refer to it as "Big 1.o"?

Breaks my heart.

Even when they are expected to lose and do, IU football still finds ways to disappoint. How very IU football of them.

The only thing that keeps me in any way interested in IUF during this offseason is to get rid of Allen. That's not happening. At least this train wreck of season is over. 9 more months before we start what will most likely be another 2-3 win season and that much closer to a buyout IU might be willing to pay.

Not anymore.

At least some of that is due to the line being slightly closer on the corners. It's not so much closer that there is that much of difference between the corners and the top of the key, though, so there must be some other factors. I guess in the corner the players might be more likely to be set and shoot in rhythm. Transition threes and others off the dribble might be more likely from the top of the key.

I can see that. If only he had Bailey's shooting, as well.

Good point. I sometimes forget others don't care as much as IU fans. Not that even they care enough to assault opposing players.

I haven't seen a reason given but since the teams were supposed to play this weekend I assumed it was because of the rivalry.

WTF, it's just sports. This is crazy.

Leal is getting walk-on minutes this year. I expected him to not play much but I thought he'd get a few more minutes during blowouts early in the season. I guess not.

That seems to have been a trend this year.

Whatever the emphasis happens to be each season, the refs seem to stop emphasizing it after the first 2 or 3 weeks of the season. After that it tends to revert back to same old, same old. Unless the refs want to influence a game later on, that is. Then they seem to all of a sudden remember the emphasis.