IUHoosierJoe

Been going to games for over 40 years, so I don’t really need to tell myself anything. Yeah, as I said, it’s not like it used to be. Our fans don’t totally show out unless the team is unusually good or a championship contender. That’s the way it’s always been for all sports.

I think that depends on who you hang around with and what you’re interested in. My son is a student there and has been to almost every game, as has a lot of people he knows. Is it like it used to be? No, it isn’t. But it’s not near as bad as some people want to portray it.

Indiana 74, Minnesota 66

The big selling point DeVries used to recruit this team was playing in front of a great fan base. That’s recruiting pitch went out the window today for a kid today.

Yeah. Right. I’ll tell you what…I understand there probably aren’t enough smart people still around to make up a smart fan base, but surely you can figure out that booing your own players with recruits in the stands is program suicide, right? You can call me whatever you want and pretend whatever you like, but you understand that a high level recruit, even if he’s from this state, has a lot a better choices than what he witnessed today, right?

lol. How many recruits do you think we’re getting when they’re sitting in Assembly Hall listening to our “fans” boo our own players? Is it really that difficult to understand? I guess it must be.

Yeah, POS fan base. Thanks for the additional evidence. Maybe the “I’ll do whatever I want crowd” should learn that has consequences. Consequences like chasing off a good recruit.

Yeah, no it’s not fair game. We had a big time recruit there today. Why the hell do you think he’s gonna come play for this POS fan base after experiencing that today? So good luck with all the recruiting you guys want to do.

The women's program has won 25 games in a season exactly twice in its history. I think when people are setting standards for that program, maybe that is something to keep in mind, along with the fact that Teri Moren is the person responsible for people having that kind of standard.

Yeah, there are legitimate and specific reasons why 3 coaches and at least 1 player did not follow DeVries here. All the “concern” I see about that is pretty much nonsense.

Michigan St 74, Indiana 70

This guy looked like a can’t-miss superstar coach before Kentucky hired him. Turned around a couple Texas programs that were basically dead, and made them big winners. I can’t help but note that Chris Beard’s career is eerily similar.

Looking at this year's bubble teams is why I'm so against expanding the tournament field. In fact, I'd like to see it go back to 64. There just aren't that many teams deserving to play in a championship tournament.

Indiana 79, Northwestern 70

Purdue 81, Indiana 71

I’d throw Gonzaga in as the 8th and slide Purdue down to 9th. I’d slide Connecticut out.

For those biting their nails about IU getting in the tournament if they lose 3 more games, I give you this: Joe Lunardi still has IU as a 9 seed in his latest bracket this morning, same as last Friday, even with the 20-point loss to Illinois. Moreover, consider this: Last Friday, Virginia Tech was either in Lunardi’s first 4 out or next 4 out (I can’t remember which). Over the weekend, they lost 92-69 on their home court to a Florida State team that came into the game with an 11-13 record. Today, Virginia Tech still appears as one of Lunardi’s next 4 out. Moral of the story: bubble teams are very flawed, and IU will not have to be even close to perfect to get in.

Illinois 83, Indiana 72

I know I’ll be in the minority here, but if you’re gonna have 24 teams in, I think every FBS conference champion should get an automatic bid, just like FCS. Otherwise, you’re gonna have 4- and 5-loss at-large teams getting in sometimes, which I think is ridiculous.

Because the refs would magically see and call those fouls, and we have too short of a bench to have a bunch of players foul out.

I think Wilkerson just knocked Edwards out of the top 4, because Edwards made 81 in 1988-89.

Alford is the best shooter I’ve ever seen in my life. Still remember his semi-state performance for New Castle against Broad Ripple (I believe that’s right). They full-court pressed him and beat the crap out of him the whole game, and he went 16-26 from the field (no 3 pointers then, but most of his shots were from that range) and 25-25 FTs for 57 points.

I have met several Iowa fans. I’d guess a lot of them are still at home shooting nasty emails off to Steve Alford. And I’m only half joking about that.

Indiana 80, Oregon 67

I never saw any metric produced by anybody that supported leaving them out.