Prediction League RESULTS Thread

[BottomLine]

4 minutes ago, johnsoniu said:

I suck. Being behind Josh is one thing, but being behind Natty has me questioning my very existence 

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[Naturalhoosier]

57 minutes ago, johnsoniu said:

I suck. Being behind Josh is one thing, but being behind Natty has me questioning my very existence 

Oh Tiny. You like looking at my @$$. Stop playing. 

[choosierred1]

Hey, chooiserred1, how is the view from up there on the top of the hill?  Hearing footsteps behind you?  That's me, only five points down and sitting in the catbird seat.  Defending champion, you know.  Not giving up the title without a fight.  Good luck!  Lots of games to go.

No worries. I want the ball in my hands at the end of the game. Straight baller, shot caller!

Sent from my SM-S916U1 using Tapatalk

[LIHoosier]

2 hours ago, johnsoniu said:

I suck. Being behind Josh is one thing, but being behind Natty has me questioning my very existence 

[Josh]

Look at all you Below Average dorks.  Us massively largely above average studs laugh at you.

 

[Josh]

24 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

More like these two

 

[Dave from Dayton]

It is not that we sux.  IU is terribly inconsistent and unfocused at times.  Erratic and sloppy perimeter play and lack of defense hurt the team.  And we here trying to predict and anticipate all of that...are behind the curve.  Especially on the road.

But the positive side of all of this is that they and we have a lot of the season to go.  I can't pull out much more of my hair.  

The biggest question is not if this is a flawed team...because it is.  The question is can Coach Woody and his staff fix it or at least figure out how best to use it and position it to win?  Uh...well...ugh...

(And then recruit better and use the portal better.)

[BottomLine]

11 hours ago, Dave from Dayton said:

It is not that we sux.  IU is terribly inconsistent and unfocused at times.  Erratic and sloppy perimeter play and lack of defense hurt the team.  And we here trying to predict and anticipate all of that...are behind the curve.  Especially on the road.

But the positive side of all of this is that they and we have a lot of the season to go.  I can't pull out much more of my hair.  

The biggest question is not if this is a flawed team...because it is.  The question is can Coach Woody and his staff fix it or at least figure out how best to use it and position it to win?  Uh...well...ugh...

(And then recruit better and use the portal better.)

Dave, I should restrict these comments to the end of the year but your comment struck a note.  Not everyone is having difficulty predicting the performance of this team.  I suspect that most who are struggling are picking with their hearts on their sleeve.

I come at this from the position of a professional gambler, Horses not sports.  One of the first thing that I learned a long time ago is that you can not will the outcome of any event.  Your feelings in no way have an impact on the outcome.

Secondly, most people who are struggling, vastly over react to the last performance.  Scoring 100 points against a team with a horrible defense lulled a lot of fans into over predicting our performance against Nebraska.  Overall performance is a much better predictor.

Finally the same can be said about individual performance.  One career night does not mean that the player is not going to revert to normal in the next game.

Time off between games, distance traveled, and location of the game also has a major impact.

I probably sound like an obnoxious know it all, so feel free to ignore me.  I try to adhere to the principles that I have listed above and I almost always explain my reasoning when I list my picks.  Doesn't mean that I'm always right.

Then I root like hell for the Hoosiers when they play.  The prediction League is only a fun game.  Being a IU fan is serious business.

[Dave from Dayton]

12 hours ago, BottomLine said:

Dave, I should restrict these comments to the end of the year but your comment struck a note.  Not everyone is having difficulty predicting the performance of this team.  I suspect that most who are struggling are picking with their hearts on their sleeve.

I come at this from the position of a professional gambler, Horses not sports.  One of the first thing that I learned a long time ago is that you can not will the outcome of any event.  Your feelings in no way have an impact on the outcome.

Secondly, most people who are struggling, vastly over react to the last performance.  Scoring 100 points against a team with a horrible defense lulled a lot of fans into over predicting our performance against Nebraska.  Overall performance is a much better predictor.

Finally the same can be said about individual performance.  One career night does not mean that the player is not going to revert to normal in the next game.

Time off between games, distance traveled, and location of the game also has a major impact.

I probably sound like an obnoxious know it all, so feel free to ignore me.  I try to adhere to the principles that I have listed above and I almost always explain my reasoning when I list my picks.  Doesn't mean that I'm always right.

Then I root like hell for the Hoosiers when they play.  The prediction League is only a fun game.  Being a IU fan is serious business.

I thoroughly understand and could 'predict' a lot more accurately than my Prediction Thread shows.  But, I don't really care about who or why someone is more 'objective' than I post in this game.  I never put $$ on sports gambling.  I grew up within walking distance of a parimutuel horse racing venue and loved it.  But never have I put more than $2 on a horse.  So professional gambling, in my opinion, is for other people to get their dopamine hits.  Not me.  Play the lottery...you have got to be kidding me.  Why do I want more money?  I have enough.  

I also do not hang a hat on any player's career night impacting the next games.  So the premise in the above post is not necessarily correct about that.

I could see, and posted early on this site, that IU needed guards and shooters much before this season started.  The 'fix' has been missed.  So IU is dependent on the inside game.  This gives opponents an opportunity to shut down IU's offense more easily.  

Back to the Prediction Thread.  It gives me some pleasure to be involved in discussing the pros and cons of IU's team's performance in advance and during the games.  Not so much after the fact.  I do not get any satisfaction from posting that IU should lose to OSU tonight.  Hope springs eternal.  Never, ever, should any team come to SSAH and win over IU.  Not ever.

What really pisses me off is that the coaching staff is missing the boat.  The X's and O's are not putting IU in position to take advantage of matchups and other opportunities during the game.  

B.L.  Glad that you are 'professionally' able to predict.  Good on you.  But, I do not care about that.

I care only about this team, the coaches and them doing their best.  They are not even close.  That is the issue.  Notice, I am not saying that they have to win each and every game.  Just that they need to grow up and do better...all..of...the...time.  

Sure, I wear my heart on my sleeve.  I like that placement much better than any 'satisfaction' others get picking an OSU tonight.  How dare you? ! /s  Pick against MY HOOSIERS.  ...  As they say in New Joisie...Get outa heya!!  /s

 

I do really like this site.  And I appreciate the hell out of those that give time and effort to make it better, interesting and moderated.  Love the discussions.  Some need to be shorter and to the point.  Not run on and on.  (looks in mirror.  Oh.)

[Josh]

Serious discussion in this thread?

 

 

RIP @ccgeneral

[BottomLine]

7 hours ago, Dave from Dayton said:

I thoroughly understand and could 'predict' a lot more accurately than my Prediction Thread shows.  But, I don't really care about who or why someone is more 'objective' than I post in this game.  I never put $$ on sports gambling.  I grew up within walking distance of a parimutuel horse racing venue and loved it.  But never have I put more than $2 on a horse.  So professional gambling, in my opinion, is for other people to get their dopamine hits.  Not me.  Play the lottery...you have got to be kidding me.  Why do I want more money?  I have enough.  

I also do not hang a hat on any player's career night impacting the next games.  So the premise in the above post is not necessarily correct about that.

I could see, and posted early on this site, that IU needed guards and shooters much before this season started.  The 'fix' has been missed.  So IU is dependent on the inside game.  This gives opponents an opportunity to shut down IU's offense more easily.  

Back to the Prediction Thread.  It gives me some pleasure to be involved in discussing the pros and cons of IU's team's performance in advance and during the games.  Not so much after the fact.  I do not get any satisfaction from posting that IU should lose to OSU tonight.  Hope springs eternal.  Never, ever, should any team come to SSAH and win over IU.  Not ever.

What really pisses me off is that the coaching staff is missing the boat.  The X's and O's are not putting IU in position to take advantage of matchups and other opportunities during the game.  

B.L.  Glad that you are 'professionally' able to predict.  Good on you.  But, I do not care about that.

I care only about this team, the coaches and them doing their best.  They are not even close.  That is the issue.  Notice, I am not saying that they have to win each and every game.  Just that they need to grow up and do better...all..of...the...time.  

Sure, I wear my heart on my sleeve.  I like that placement much better than any 'satisfaction' others get picking an OSU tonight.  How dare you? ! /s  Pick against MY HOOSIERS.  ...  As they say in New Joisie...Get outa heya!!  /s

 

I do really like this site.  And I appreciate the hell out of those that give time and effort to make it better, interesting and moderated.  Love the discussions.  Some need to be shorter and to the point.  Not run on and on.  (looks in mirror.  Oh.)

I'm sorry if you took any of my comments personally.  I intended to be of a more general nature.  I was reacting to your comment on the Hoosiers being inconsistent and unpredictable and I and others have not found that to be the case.  It all depends on how you look at the situation and many on here are always wearing rose colored glasses.  The reality is that we are not a very good team at present and it shows in our record.  We are outclassed by good teams and struggle against "lesser" teams.

We are almost completely in agreement as to the reasons why.

After winning this league last year I made some comments about my background and some people took exception.  I spent 18 years as a basketball coach.  I think I have a pretty good understanding of team dynamics and chemistry as well as the Xs and Os.  I'm not going to apologize for that.  It is what it is.  I also was employed for 21 years as a public thoroughbred handicapper for a Chicago area newspaper.  I have a lot of experience in separating emotion from the process of making predictions.  Again I'll not apologize for that either.  It is just a fact and I've always tried to pass on what I've learned to others.

I have been to a casino twice in my life.  I never play the lottery.  I've never wagered on sports events.  I do not gamble on anything except the things that I understand, which is horses.  I have not made a wager on a horse race in years.  It just doesn't interest me any more and it is really hard work to do it well.  I've moved on. However, as long as someone keeps score and maintains maintains standings, I'm going to do the best that I can, and use whatever talents and insight that I have.

Sorry that I've run on so much.  I also spent 43 years as a U.S History teacher.  Being verbose seems to go along with the gig.  I can't help myself.

Good luck over the rest of the season.  I hope the guys finally give us something to make us happy.

[BottomLine]

6 hours ago, Josh said:

Serious discussion in this thread?

 

 

RIP @ccgeneral

Why oh why do you pretend to be such a harda**?  We all know that inside you are just a softie.  BTW hilarious picture.  Family member?

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

7 minutes ago, BottomLine said:

  BTW hilarious picture.  Family member?

Selfie!

[Josh]

10 minutes ago, BottomLine said:

Why oh why do you pretend to be such a harda**?  We all know that inside you are just a softie.  BTW hilarious picture.  Family member?

Upgrade from your iPhone 1 old man.  It's actually a gif.  A representation of what's been spreading here lately

[BottomLine]

1 minute ago, Josh said:

Upgrade from your iPhone 1 old man.  It's actually a gif.  A representation of what's been spreading here lately

What is an iPhone?  Does it come with a rotary dial?

[LIHoosier]

Damn you Xavier Johnson and your occasional making of free throws!

@mamasa called a perfect game with @IUHoosierJoe getting IU's score and @incrediboy @Joe_hoopsier and @LIHoosier getting OSU's score.

@str8baller takes back the top spot overall.

	Overall				Game 15
Rank	2023-24 IUBB	Points		Rank	IU/Ohio St	Points
1	str8baller	1475		1	mamasa	145
2	choosierred1	1457		2	LIHoosier	133
3	BottomLine	1453		3	incrediboy	122
4	hper50	1446		4	str8baller	120
5	Rico	1444		5	tkbbn	119
6	Henryville Hoosier	1434		6	cbp4iu	119
7	Crazy about IU	1430		7	hper50	118
8	IUHoosierJoe	1429		8	Napleshoosier	118
9	taco corp	1424		9	Scotty R	118
10	Josh	1419		10	Joe_hoopsier	118
11	LIHoosier	1414		11	Josh	117
12	Naturalhoosier	1407		12	WayneFleekHoosier	117
13	DChoosier	1404		13	Henryville Hoosier	116
14	johnsoniu	1393		14	Stuhoo	116
15	tkbbn	1387		15	Crazy about IU	115
16	HoosierHoopster	1386		16	Rico	115
17	Stromboli	1380		17	RoadRage	115
18	cthomas	1378		18	Average 75-72 IU	114
19	Redcamaro	1376		19	cthomas	114
20	Demo	1371		20	DChoosier	114
21	maxwell	1360		21	Demo	114
22	rcs29	1359		22	RaceToTheTop	114
23	AZ Hoosier	1345		23	rcs29	114
24	craigyv88	1345		24	Redcamaro	114
25	Home Jersey	1344		25	Dave from Dayton	113
26	Dave from Dayton	1342		26	taco corp	113
27	WayneFleekHoosier	1342		27	craigyv88	112
28	Scotty R	1341		28	HoosierHoopster	112
29	Stuhoo	1334		29	johnsoniu	112
30	mamasa	1331		30	thebigweave	112
31	Napleshoosier	1325		31	IUHoosier5	111
32	Hoosierfan1901	1324		32	maxwell	111
33	LamarCheeks	1316		33	DoctorP	110
34	incrediboy	1316		34	IU - Kaulie	110
35	muttcs66	1301		35	muttcs66	110
36	thebigweave	1287		36	Kentuckysucks	110
37	coonhounds	1270		37	AZ Hoosier	109
38	Class of '66 Old Fart	1268		38	monskisprodigy	107
39	RaceToTheTop	1265		39	OGIUAndy	105
40	IU - Kaulie	1264		40	coonhounds	99
41	IUHoosier5	1259		41	realTomCrean	97
42	DoctorP	1226		42	IUHoosierJoe	73
43	ALASKA HOOSIER	1201		43	LamarCheeks	64
44	Joe_hoopsier	1138		44	Stromboli	63
45	SamIam	1089		45	BottomLine	62
46	cbp4iu	953		46	TTT	60
47	OGIUAndy	852		47	choosierred1	60
48	Mopladysman	819		48	Naturalhoosier	58
49	monskisprodigy	607		49	Class of '66 Old Fart	57
50	Kentuckysucks	587		50	Hoosierfan1901	53
51	tyappleg	533		51	Home Jersey	52
52	realTomCrean	518
53	HoosierTrav	517
54	HoosierCoop	472
55	Woodson1980	419
56	Hornsby	336
57	Loaded Chicken Sandwich	282
58	RoadRage	280
59	TTT	231
60	mike vannice	213
61	AKHoosier	168
62	jefftheref	159
63	HoosierFan1994	114
64	Hardwood83	113
65	MikeRoberts	108
66	triple	107
67	rayl456	106
68	CookHallGymRat	96
69	IUBBx5Banners	61
70	OldBuddy67	47

[BottomLine]

Wow!!!!  Way to go Mamasa for an incredible 145.  You are my hero.  You now have well earned bragging rights.  And, as to LlHoosier, you were robbed by Xavier's exhaustion at the end.  He played a ton of minutes for someone that has been out for weeks.  Great job - both of you. 

[DChoosier]

7 hours ago, BottomLine said:

What is an iPhone?  Does it come with a rotary dial?

I’m guessing you could find a rotary dial app. :)

 

[LIHoosier]

@LamarCheeks wins the Rutger game with 132 pts, getting the Rutger score right along with @DoctorP @Home Jersey @hper50 @LIHoosier @Rico and @Stuhoo.

@hper50 vaults to the overall lead.

	Overall				Game 16
Rank	2023-24 IUBB	Points		Rank	IU/Rutger	Points
1	hper50	1576		1	LamarCheeks	132
2	LIHoosier	1544		2	hper50	130
3	IUHoosierJoe	1542		3	LIHoosier	130
4	str8baller	1541		4	DoctorP	129
5	taco corp	1540		5	Stuhoo	128
6	choosierred1	1538		6	Hoosierfan1901	122
7	Josh	1523		7	rcs29	117
8	BottomLine	1522		8	taco corp	116
9	Crazy about IU	1521		9	craigyv88	115
10	Rico	1515		10	Class of '66 Old Fart	114
11	johnsoniu	1496		11	IU - Kaulie	114
12	Henryville Hoosier	1494		12	IUHoosierJoe	113
13	rcs29	1476		13	Napleshoosier	112
14	DChoosier	1469		14	WayneFleekHoosier	107
15	Naturalhoosier	1465		15	Josh	104
16	Stuhoo	1462		16	muttcs66	104
17	craigyv88	1460		17	johnsoniu	103
18	WayneFleekHoosier	1449		18	Kentuckysucks	103
19	LamarCheeks	1448		19	monskisprodigy	102
20	HoosierHoopster	1447		20	Rico	71
21	tkbbn	1446		21	Home Jersey	66
22	Hoosierfan1901	1446		22	str8baller	64
23	Stromboli	1443		23	choosierred1	63
24	Napleshoosier	1437		24	incrediboy	63
25	Redcamaro	1436		25	Average 70-67 IU	61
26	cthomas	1435		26	HoosierHoopster	61
27	Demo	1429		27	Scotty R	60
28	maxwell	1417		28	Redcamaro	60
29	Home Jersey	1410		29	Crazy about IU	60
30	AZ Hoosier	1408		30	Henryville Hoosier	60
31	muttcs66	1405		31	IUHoosier5	59
32	Scotty R	1404		32	tkbbn	59
33	Dave from Dayton	1400		33	Stromboli	58
34	mamasa	1385		34	Dave from Dayton	58
35	Class of '66 Old Fart	1382		35	Demo	58
36	incrediboy	1379		36	thebigweave	57
37	IU - Kaulie	1378		37	coonhounds	57
38	DoctorP	1355		38	cthomas	57
39	thebigweave	1344		39	Naturalhoosier	57
40	coonhounds	1327		40	DChoosier	55
41	IUHoosier5	1318		41	mamasa	54
42	RaceToTheTop	1265		42	maxwell	54
43	ALASKA HOOSIER	1245		43	BottomLine	53
44	Joe_hoopsier	1190		44	Joe_hoopsier	52
45	SamIam	1089		45	AZ Hoosier	52
46	cbp4iu	953		46	OGIUAndy	52
47	OGIUAndy	904		47	RoadRage	46
48	Mopladysman	819		48	ALASKA HOOSIER	44
49	monskisprodigy	709
50	Kentuckysucks	690
51	tyappleg	533
52	realTomCrean	518
53	HoosierTrav	517
54	HoosierCoop	472
55	Woodson1980	419
56	Hornsby	336
57	RoadRage	326
58	Loaded Chicken Sandwich	282
59	TTT	231
60	mike vannice	213
61	AKHoosier	168
62	jefftheref	159
63	HoosierFan1994	114
64	Hardwood83	113
65	MikeRoberts	108
66	triple	107
67	rayl456	106
68	CookHallGymRat	96
69	IUBBx5Banners	61
70	OldBuddy67	47

[LIHoosier]

@Napleshoosier wins the Mini Soda game with 131 pts, getting IU's score right along with @Crazy about IU @Dave from Dayton @Hoosierfan1901 @maxwell  @thebigweave and the Average. Go...Team? @RoadRage got the Gophers score right.

@hper50 still leads overall.

	Overall				Game 17
Rank	2023-24 IUBB	Points		Rank	IU/Minnesota	Points
1	hper50	1695		1	Napleshoosier	131
2	LIHoosier	1663		2	Crazy about IU	130
3	IUHoosierJoe	1656		3	Dave from Dayton	129
4	str8baller	1654		4	Average 74-69 IU	128
5	choosierred1	1653		5	Hoosierfan1901	128
6	taco corp	1652		6	thebigweave	128
7	Crazy about IU	1651		7	RoadRage	127
8	Josh	1640		8	maxwell	126
9	BottomLine	1637		9	LamarCheeks	122
10	Rico	1633		10	Kentuckysucks	120
11	johnsoniu	1611		11	WayneFleekHoosier	119
12	Henryville Hoosier	1611		12	LIHoosier	119
13	rcs29	1592		13	muttcs66	119
14	DChoosier	1582		14	hper50	119
15	Naturalhoosier	1580		15	tkbbn	119
16	Stuhoo	1574		16	Rico	118
17	Hoosierfan1901	1574		17	Stromboli	117
18	LamarCheeks	1570		18	monskisprodigy	117
19	craigyv88	1568		19	Henryville Hoosier	117
20	WayneFleekHoosier	1568		20	Demo	117
21	Napleshoosier	1568		21	Home Jersey	117
22	tkbbn	1565		22	Josh	117
23	HoosierHoopster	1560		23	incrediboy	116
24	Stromboli	1560		24	Class of '66 Old Fart	116
25	cthomas	1547		25	rcs29	116
26	Demo	1546		26	choosierred1	115
27	maxwell	1543		27	johnsoniu	115
28	Dave from Dayton	1529		28	BottomLine	115
29	Home Jersey	1527		29	Scotty R	115
30	muttcs66	1524		30	Naturalhoosier	115
31	Scotty R	1519		31	IUHoosierJoe	114
32	Class of '66 Old Fart	1498		32	DChoosier	113
33	incrediboy	1495		33	HoosierHoopster	113
34	Redcamaro	1493		34	RaceToTheTop	113
35	thebigweave	1472		35	str8baller	113
36	AZ Hoosier	1464		36	cthomas	112
37	IU - Kaulie	1439		37	Stuhoo	112
38	coonhounds	1437		38	taco corp	112
39	mamasa	1434		39	coonhounds	110
40	RaceToTheTop	1378		40	craigyv88	108
41	IUHoosier5	1357		41	OGIUAndy	106
42	DoctorP	1355		42	ALASKA HOOSIER	105
43	ALASKA HOOSIER	1350		43	IU - Kaulie	61
44	Joe_hoopsier	1190		44	jefftheref	49
45	SamIam	1089		45	TTT	37
46	OGIUAndy	1010
47	cbp4iu	953
48	monskisprodigy	826
49	Mopladysman	819
50	Kentuckysucks	810
51	tyappleg	533
52	realTomCrean	518
53	HoosierTrav	517
54	HoosierCoop	472
55	RoadRage	453
56	Woodson1980	419
57	Hornsby	336
58	Loaded Chicken Sandwich	282
59	TTT	268
60	mike vannice	213
61	jefftheref	208
62	AKHoosier	168
63	HoosierFan1994	114
64	Hardwood83	113
65	MikeRoberts	108
66	triple	107
67	rayl456	106
68	CookHallGymRat	96
69	IUBBx5Banners	61
70	OldBuddy67	47