Penn St @ Indiana, Wednesday 6:30 on BTN - Official Game Thread

[mdn82 25,510]

Lol. Good point. Not sure why filter isn't catching it.


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Lol yeah had to edit my posts the last few days. Bad time for the filter to drop.


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[Stuhoo 80,463]

My opinion?
We're not a very good team right now, but if disappointment with CTC keeps y'all from enjoying a 3OT win, maybe it's time to step back and reassess what you think is enjoyable about IUBB for a bit.
Those players have some real limitations, but they gave every little bit they had and pulled one out of the fire twice. That was a weird, memorable, ridiculous, awful game, and I'm glad we won it.
Just my opinion.

[coonhounds 8,883]

I will take the win but that game put on display all of our problems. 20 plus turnovers not good. Blowing leads not good. This game delayed what i feel is the inevitable this season. If we can win the next two i will give them credit but i cant handle this style of play and other than effort i cant offer much else for last nights performance

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[Stuhoo 80,463]

I don't see us winning that many more B1G games. Maybe two or three more.

[maxwell 584]

9 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

Calbert wanting to come home? Lol

@calbertcheaney : Great win young men! Congratulations Coach Crean and staff! Way to fight to the absolute end!


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I saw that last night.  I appreciate this from Calbert.  I've read a couple of times the relationship between Calbert & CTC wasn't/isn't that good per disgruntled fans on social media.  It's good to know that Calbert respects the fight despite the noise from our fan base.

[Josh 12,621]

Was Hartman wearing warmups last night??

FIRE HIM! This is embarrassing

[VO5 8,272]

2 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

My opinion?
We're not a very good team right now, but if disappointment with CTC keeps y'all from enjoying a 3OT win, maybe it's time to step back and reassess what you think is enjoyable about IUBB for a bit.
Those players have some real limitations, but they gave every little bit they had and pulled one out of the fire twice. That was a weird, memorable, ridiculous, awful game, and I'm glad we won it.
Just my opinion.

I completely get this perspective and trust me I want the team to win too. But at this point I'm focusing on all of the constant negatives we see every year like turnovers, D, and half-court offense. And all of it is still there. 23 turnovers? 102 points? To penn state? It's just so hard to see positives with this coaching staff in place. I want the kids to win no doubt, but I feel like every win is one step closer to Crean keeping his job and settling for mediocrity for years to come. It's some real conflicting emotions, and it sucks. I find myself leaning towards Treesh's line of thinking quite a bit. 

[HB22 6]

I got an idea put TB where he is supposed to be..... in the post


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[Hoosier Guy 7,529]

7 minutes ago, VO5 said:

I completely get this perspective and trust me I want the team to win too. But at this point I'm focusing on all of the constant negatives we see every year like turnovers, D, and half-court offense. And all of it is still there. 23 turnovers? 102 points? To penn state? It's just so hard to see positives with this coaching staff in place. I want the kids to win no doubt, but I feel like every win is one step closer to Crean keeping his job and settling for mediocrity for years to come. It's some real conflicting emotions, and it sucks. I find myself leaning towards Treesh's line of thinking quite a bit. 

Completely agree man. I do want the players to win but it is hard to find positives when it's the same stupid crap over and over again. I feel that every win Crean gets from this point on will help him keep his job. Glass would come out and say that he did well considering the circumstances. And Treesh's line of thinking is absolutely right. And I've felt this way for 4 years now lol

[OliviaPope40 6,506]

Devonte at the line scares me because he is streaky. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,567]

You don't have to outrun the lion, you just have to outrun the slowest gazelle.    Kinda what we did last night don't ya think?

[Josh 12,621]

Devonte at the line scares me because he is streaky. 

Bryant had big misses at the line too. Deron Davis iced late free throws....again. He's done it a couple times before too.

FIRE HIM! This is embarrassing

[pumpfake 3,933]

Two stats they mentioned during the game that really hit home: 1) We had split the last six games with PSU, and 2) Most (all?) were decided by 3 points or less.  This is against a middle of the road B10 team after CTC has been here 6-9 years.  I guess the positive spin on it would be lots of close competitive games with the Nittany Lions?

Someone else mentioned that the Purdue game was preempted for the entire first half.  This is one of the reasons I'm planning to drop cable TV.  Games are scheduled every 2 hours and regularly mean missed coverage like what happened last night (albeit rarely an entire half).  My other beef is that I don't get all ESPN channels in my package - aside from there being times where a game (IU football or basketball) is on one channel I don't get, very frequently when these games run over they'll shift our game from a channel I DO get to one that I don't get - so it's effectively a black out.  Sorry for the rant, but I want to see my team play and should get what I pay for.

[Uspshoosier 45,572]

Was Hartman wearing warmups last night??

FIRE HIM! This is embarrassing

Not iu warmups.


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[Josh 12,621]

Not iu warmups.


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Thanks. I only noticed his top half and it looked like he was wearing our warmup shirt

FIRE HIM! This is embarrassing

[Uspshoosier 45,572]

Thanks. I only noticed his top half and it looked like he was wearing our warmup shirt

FIRE HIM! This is embarrassing

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[bleedhoosier 3,627]

The best moment of that game was De'ron knocking down game decision freebies like a vet. I mean, has anyone in recent years actually pulled that off for IU? Lol I love that guy. Might end up being my favorite player.

Interesting to see Newkirk go off against ok competition.

I just need IU to make it to the tournament. Anything can happen from there although I have zero confidence in this team, as a fan right now.

And no, I don't think Creans status changes just because we squeak into the tourney

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[WayneFleekHoosier 48,234]

The best moment of that game was De'ron knocking down game decision freebies like a vet. I mean, has anyone in recent years actually pulled that off for IU? Lol I love that guy. Might end up being my favorite player.

Interesting to see Newkirk go off against ok competition.

I just need IU to make it to the tournament. Anything can happen from there although I have zero confidence in this team, as a fan right now.

And no, I don't think Creans status changes just because we squeak into the tourney

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I agree with ALL the stuff at the top.

I don't agree Creans status comment.

-IU will NEVER fire a coach after COY and a tourney appearance (regardless of seeding)

-IU MAYBE will fire a coach after COY and then missing the tournament. Although I doubt this too.

I think if something happens this year it's Crean's decision based on pressure to succeed and personal life choices.

IU is happy with its results and wishes the fans would be happy too.


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[recker222000 1,010]

I agree with ALL the stuff at the top.

I don't agree Creans status comment.

-IU will NEVER fire a coach after COY and a tourney appearance (regardless of seeding)

-IU MAYBE will fire a coach after COY and then missing the tournament. Although I doubt this too.

I think if something happens this year it's Crean's decision based on pressure to succeed and personal life choices.

IU is happy with its results and wishes the fans would be happy too.


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Settlers.

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[HoosierAloha 30,067]

The best moment of that game was De'ron knocking down game decision freebies like a vet. I mean, has anyone in recent years actually pulled that off for IU? Lol I love that guy. Might end up being my favorite player.

Interesting to see Newkirk go off against ok competition.

I just need IU to make it to the tournament. Anything can happen from there although I have zero confidence in this team, as a fan right now.

And no, I don't think Creans status changes just because we squeak into the tourney

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Newkirk missed one, Bryant missed one, and Green missed two. I believe that was the second OT. Davis has been pretty clutch at the line.