Game Thread: Indiana State Friday 7pm BTNplus

[Feathery 4,005]

13 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

How did Rojo play so much then. 

Bc DG, JN, and CuJo were bad as well. Al was the only guard that didn't look disinterested. I don't think you go to walk ons in game one. You need the film of your guys looking to be in the rotation. 

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,067]

We are soft. We've been soft for a while. Archie wants some dogs. Go get some dogs Archie. Go get some dogs.

He sounds like me. BTW, I watched some Michigan State. Big, Strong, Athletic, competitors, take pride in defense. Ugh.


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[A.j. Nigh 1,000]

23 minutes ago, Hoosier1984 said:

I️ wonder what all of our signees at the game tonight were thinking


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I’m not worried about what the signees are thinking....I’m worried what Romeo and Darius are thinking!

[Feathery 4,005]

1 minute ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

We are soft. We've been soft for a while. Archie wants some dogs. Go get some dogs Archie. Go get some dogs.

He sounds like me. BTW, I watched some Michigan State. Big, Strong, Athletic, competitors, take pride in defense. Ugh.


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Al and Hartman might be the only dogs, as of now. We will see how it goes and who emerges. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 8,944]

I don’t see how you can say IU for sure wins this game with Crean. IU doesn’t win this game with anyone the way they played tonight

Agree

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[LamarCheeks 18,290]

6 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

We are soft. We've been soft for a while. Archie wants some dogs. Go get some dogs Archie. Go get some dogs.

He sounds like me. BTW, I watched some Michigan State. Big, Strong, Athletic, competitors, take pride in defense. Ugh.


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That was one of the things that frustrated the bejabbers out of me about Crean. He spent several years with Izzo, yet while MSU was tough and physical and played defense, we were soft and played no D. And while Izzo was always able -- even after so-so regular seasons -- to get his teams to peak in March, Crean's always seemed to fade out. I guess he didn't learn much. 

[Alford Bailey 12,364]

Well, my gut feeling after HH is looking correct. We have a whole team of guys that should be the 3-4 option on offense and a bunch of guys that Crean recruited that have no interest in defense. Gonna have to wait on Archie to get His guys im afraid.

[coonhounds 8,845]

This wont be easy but i have no doubt this coaching staff will succeed eventually. This season may get rough as heck but if archie is the type of competitor i think he is this will be humbling learning experience for him and some of are young players. Have faith friends and pray like hell we get some star recruits because we need them now more than ever it seems

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[ccgeneral 38,084]

 

[Demo 19,688]

9 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

We are soft. We've been soft for a while. Archie wants some dogs. Go get some dogs Archie. Go get some dogs.

He sounds like me. BTW, I watched some Michigan State. Big, Strong, Athletic, competitors, take pride in defense. Ugh.


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You are right on all points. That's why I wanted Akinjo so bad. THAT kid is a dawg. Not sure Garland's that, though maybe his talent would overcome it.

And, yeah, MSU is just a complete team. They can win any kind of game. A pleasure to watch.

[Alford Bailey 12,364]

Our guard play was terrible tonight. Got totally outplayed on the perimeter. No pride on D. Gave up 17 threes on your home court? We dont have a go to guard on the whole team.

[Hoosier Guy 7,529]

I hope Chris isn’t in an alcohol coma

[goonaha 2,972]

51 minutes ago, azguybob said:

listening online...shut it off about 12 minutes into the game....no more IU BB for me...looks like a 15 - 20 loss season coming up....

Thanks for checking in.

[mdn82 25,510]

I would love to come in here and say I am proud of our seniors that saw the floor tonight. I am not at all. They looked lost and worse than our Freshmen. When your freshmen are trying to pick up the Seniors there is a problem. They better do some soul searching because that was unacceptable on another level.


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[goonaha 2,972]

54 minutes ago, Iugradman said:

The worst part about a loss is all of the pathetic whiny trolls that come out to make things miserable for everyone.

A lot of guys with 2 digits post counts coming out of the woodwork for sure.

[MikeRoberts 6,943]

There is way too much talent to come out on game one and play like this. We cannot start this "wait until Archie gets his own guys in" crap. IU needs to do a lot more with the current group, too much talent not to. No reason we should ever lose like this to a team like Indiana state. Loses will happen but this was horrible


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[Alford Bailey 12,364]

5 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

There is way too much talent to come out on game one and play like this. We cannot start this "wait until Archie gets his own guys in" crap. IU needs to do a lot more with the current group, too much talent not to. No reason we should ever lose like this to a team like Indiana state. Loses will happen but this was horrible


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I agree we shouldnt lose a game like this. But I question the talent level. Who is our best player? At what positions can we compete against the talent level of a MSU? We have a whole team of guys who should be the 3-5 option.

[kbhoosiers 163]

You have to start wondering if playing these small Indiana schools is a good idea. I like the idea of it and think it’s great for the state but not sure the pros outweigh the cons if you’re IU. Playing IU is the biggest game of the year for ISU or IPFW so they are going to bring everything they got. If IU wins, no one will bat an eye but if they lose, then it is a back breaker. I know a lot of people like that idea of adding even more of these games to the schedule each year (Ball St, Evansville, etc.) but these games are no cake walks. I’m hoping in a couple years this is a moot point and CAM has IU working like a well oiled machine but I guess time will tell.


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[cljones1979 740]

I agree we shouldnt lose a game like this. But I question the talent level. Who is our best player? At what positions can we compete against the talent level of a MSU? We have a whole team of guys who should be the 3-5 option.

I agree. We are young and not very talented. All of our scoring left besides rojo and he has his head up his ### right now.

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[AKHoosier 6,759]

Our roster just isn't very good.  Granted we're better than a team that gets blown out at home to Indiana State, but we just don't have enough guys right now.

I don't think Hartman is going to make that much of a difference.

We'll get better eventually, and when we do, the roster is going to look a LOT different than it currently does.