Shooter

Embarassing loss. Just one of those nights. For most of the season we have run really nice offense against mediocre to bad teams, and been completely overwhelmed by good teams. Have to hope it's a roster limitation issue more than a scheme issue.

Widest in a Purdue win perhaps. But we beat them in Mackey 97-60 in 2013

Currently fighting the urge to buy a ticket and walk into Mackey tonight wearing national champions gear from head to toe

Right on. My expectation to call season 1 a "success" was to make the tourney comfortably. Meaning, when Selection Sunday rolls around, we are just watching to find out our seed. Not whether or not we make it. Even if it's an 8 or 9 seed, that's acceptable for season 1. We are currently on track to hit this goal.

These last 5 years are maybe the best stretch in Purdue basketball history. And amongst the worst for IU. And still, over those 5 seasons Purdue is only 4-5 vs Indiana. Please let us win this game, it would be so fun.

Are these stats looking at ratings after the season is over, or where the teams stood before the tourney started?

I'm not sure why that distinction matters. I'm not discounting May's success by pointing out his roster is very expensive. If he raised the money himself, great. Just saying a roster with an NBA guy, three transfers who were contributors on other teams with top 25 resources, plus a 5 star freshman, plus retaining your other guys etc was very expensive. It reminds me of Cignetti. Year 1 he had lower half Big Ten resources, but still made the playoff with JMU and MAC guys. As a result he gets solid NIL for year 2. Wins a title, and now our football NIL is outstanding and we're hosting some of the top guys in the portal. Devries can get there too. Win and the money will follow.

Cadeau started almost every game at UNC, including on a NCAA 1 seed as a true freshman. Former 5 star recruit. I guarantee his NIL is significantly higher than guys like Enright and Conerway

I bet it's significantly more than us. Yaxel was a projected first round pick and they paid him enough to skip that. Other transfers who were contributors last season at North Carolina, Illinois, and UCLA. But to your point, Dusty has built himself a reputation where he is likely to win out on guys if the money is close.

Purdue is still a very good team, but they look far from the preseason #1 they were billed as. That's twice this season they've been dominated on their home court.

Do "barely" wins not count? IU's tourney chances would be would be very different if we didn't barely beat UCLA and Wisconsin. Iowa is well within the cut line as of today. Could they fall out if they lose most of their remaining games, yea of course. Same as a lot of teams.

I would consider making the tourney year 1 at a place with below average resources for the B1G a good first season. You are right that the season hasn't fully played out yet, but he's going to make it unless they just collapse. (This is not a comment on McCollum vs Devries, just assessing Iowa's season in a vacuum.) I'm not sure they are trending down too much - they've won 6 of their last 8. Lost one game they shouldn't have, yes.

Not discounting your experience, just adding another data point. I was at the Kansas away game, and the ND playoff game. Plus the Peach Bowl, National Championship, many other home basketball and football games over the last several years. I've never seen a fight, near fight or anything I'd consider over the line. Worst experience was a couple of college aged Michigan State fans in Assembly Hall clapping obnoxiously loud all game directly in my wife and I's ears. We both had headaches and tinnitus for days after. Hard to say anything because how do you get on someone for clapping, but they knew what they were doing.

Style of play is overrated if you win. It worked fine for Tony Bennett. McCollum has had a good first season, we will see in the long run.

Enright has really grown on me over the course of this season. His defense and effort were never in question. But it doesn't feel like we're playing 4 on 5 on offense with him anymore.

That's what I'm saying man. IU should have gone and brought Dusty home, and we didn't. But it's water under the bridge. Nothing to do now but support the guy we have, and enjoy the ride.

IU whiffed on Dusty May. That is not debatable. I was also screaming to move on from Woodson and go get May. Even when much of this board was focused on "established" guys like Bruce Pearl. That being said, Devries had nothing to do with that decision. He should be compared to not just May, but all of the guys hired by major programs in the past few seasons. And he's pretty much right on track with most of that group.

Yea, I'll be a bit worried if we get to 10-10 by just holding serve on the easier games. That'd leave us 2-12 in Quad 1, which will be an easy talking point against us. Per Kenpom: - Chances that we win all three easier home games: 53% - Chances that we win at least one of the other four games: 75%

Right now we are projected to make the tourney as a 9 seed or so. There is a big difference between "this is as good as it gets" and "this is acceptable for a new coach in year 1".

Oregon is 1-11 in conference, and had lost 7 in a row by double digits until today. We need to take care of business Monday.

This team made it to late January before playing a single really close game. The kind of game that could truly go either way in the last two minutes. Now we've had 4 in a row.

Tucker is still a really good shooter when he's open and set. Hope this gets him going.

Yea we've traveled at least 3 times with no call. Did anyone else catch what Enright said to Boyd after taking that charge... LOL.

Massive game today... not necessarily a "must-win", but close. Hopefully we have someone ready to pull the fire alarm again if things are looking bad in the second half.

Surely some of you guys played and were shooters. I have zero problems with good shooters taking a deep catch and shoot three a few feet behind the line, if they are balanced and in rhythm. It's not that hard of a shot. In fact, it's a lot easier than some of the fadeaways Devries takes coming off screens and not being set. I am not in love with the 26 footers off the dribble when moving laterally. That's a hard shot. Lamar is really the main offender here. Then again, Lamar is also around 40% from three so coach may not think it's worth it to tone down his aggressiveness.