Game Thread: IU @ Louisville(University-6)

[Feathery 4,005]

  On 12/9/2017 at 9:17 PM, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Doing fine versus being good enough to beat high major teams are 2 different things.


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I’d expect Al to be the starting PG next yet. Get Romeo and the backcourt is looking solid to me. The front court is already solid. Deron needs to hit FT’s. With Romeo we are a NCAA team easily, IMO. 

[WayneFleekHoosier 50,973]

  On 12/9/2017 at 9:15 PM, Bailey7878 said:

Last year's team was no fun and neither is this one. It's painful to watch.

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I genuinely wonder what our recruiting class would look like with Crean still here.

I think we would have had Mark Smith on this team. I think we would have had Musa Jallow. I honestly don't know where we would have ended up. It would have been interesting to know.


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[TXHoosierDaddy 1,375]

  On 12/9/2017 at 9:21 PM, ebridges24 said:

We're better than 0 for the second half on 3's

I am sure we will win some games at home in conference but I have little confidence that we can do much on the road with the way we shoot the ball. 

[TXHoosierDaddy 1,375]

  On 12/9/2017 at 9:23 PM, WayneFleekHoosier said:

I genuinely wonder what our recruiting class would look like with Crean still here.

I think we would have had Mark Smith on this team. I think we would have had Musa Jallow. I honestly don't know where we would have ended up. It would have been interesting to know.


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We wouldn't have had any of the guys from 2018. No way we would be close to the level of talent we have coming in. 

[ebridges24 2,522]

  On 12/9/2017 at 9:24 PM, TXHoosierDaddy said:

I am sure we will win some games at home in conference but I have little confidence that we can do much on the road with the way we shoot the ball. 

i believe we were 0-12 in the 2nd half and L'ville had guys hitting them that aren't supposed to. You have to be able to hit something from 3 to have a chance.

[Old Friend 8,655]

Our seniors are sometimes just Godawful.   Johnson is an offensive liability right now.   Make a shot.  Any shot. When we need a bucket, who do we turn to, now?   Not him.  And it needs to be him.  Our offense is bad sometimes.

[Brass Cannon 25,345]

  On 12/9/2017 at 9:13 PM, WayneFleekHoosier said:

They aren't though. That's why Archie is playing them. Our roster isn't good.


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True although at this point I would rather play the young guys who could develop.  

[KYHoosier 404]

I think Al Durham will be a good player for us and has been a pleasant surprise this season but I just don't think he is ready to be the primary ball handler yet like some of you want (which would be a lot to ask of him).  

I know DeVonte can be a complete mess with the ball at times, but dang I think he needs more minutes. He is a good ball handler, excellent at getting the ball into the post, and is probably the best (streaky, I know) shooter on the team. He provides offense at the guard position. I wish he could just be smarter out there and play within the flow of the game. 

We really have no offense outside of Juwan and De'Ron. 

[ebridges24 2,522]

  On 12/9/2017 at 9:29 PM, Old Friend said:

Our seniors are sometimes just Godawful.   Johnson is an offensive liability right now.   Make a shot.  Any shot. When we need a bucket, who do we turn to, now?   Not him.  And it needs to be him.  Our offense is bad sometimes.

Couldn't agree more about Rob, he just disappears.

[TXHoosierDaddy 1,375]

  On 12/9/2017 at 9:30 PM, KYHoosier said:

I think Al Durham will be a good player for us and has been a pleasant surprise this season but I just don't think he is ready to be the primary ball handler yet like some of you want (which would be a lot to ask of him).  

I know DeVonte can be a complete mess with the ball at times, but dang I think he needs more minutes. He is a good ball handler, excellent at getting the ball into the post, and is probably the best (streaky, I know) shooter on the team. He provides offense at the guard position. I wish he could just be smarter out there and play within the flow of the game. 

We really have no offense outside of Juwan and De'Ron. 

Al and Smith will be great eventually. 

[dbmhoosier 851]

I really don't know what everyone was expecting.  Louisville was preseason top 15.  We were preseason top 60.  It was on the road against a much more talented team. We lost by single digits and were in it most of the game.  If it's at a neutral site it goes to the wire.  At home we win. 

[TXHoosierDaddy 1,375]

  On 12/9/2017 at 9:32 PM, dbmhoosier said:

I really don't know what everyone was expecting.  Louisville was preseason top 15.  We were preseason top 60.  It was on the road against a much more talented team. We lost by single digits and were in it most of the game.  If it's at a neutral site it goes to the wire.  At home we win. 

Who is acting like we were supposed to win? 

[Ajwhitis 705]

It's amazing how everyone hops off the ledge after any game or any performance. We lost to a talented, long, Louisville team by a small margin on the road. Yes, we could have won the game without a doubt and wasted opportunities killed us, but let's take a breath and understand that we went head to head and played a tough team close. Defensively this team was solid today, and it seems to get better every game. I still think this team will be pretty solid come February or March. This fan base is something else sometimes, I swear to god.

[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

The cheaters won today—but they are still the losers in my book. I am OK with the slow build as we are not that far off from where we need to be. I still think this team will look different when Regular Big Ten season rolls around and even better when post-season time begins. Go Hoosiers!


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[ebridges24 2,522]

  On 12/9/2017 at 9:15 PM, Bailey7878 said:

Last year's team was no fun and neither is this one. It's painful to watch.

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At least the expectations aren't nearly as high as they were with last years team.

[TXHoosierDaddy 1,375]

  On 12/9/2017 at 9:33 PM, Ajwhitis said:

It's amazing how everyone hops off the ledge after any game or any performance. We lost to a talented, long, Louisville team by a small margin on the road. Yes, we could have won the game without a doubt and wasted opportunities killed us, but let's take a breath and understand that we went head to head and played a tough team close. Defensively this team was solid today, and it seems to get better every game. I still think this team will be pretty solid come February or March. This fan base is something else sometimes, I swear to god.

Don't think that's how it is at all. Everyone is frustrated and that's understandable. At the same time, everyone also understands this isn't on Archie. It is just hte hand he was dealt. It will be a season of highs and lows. If folks don't have that expectation then they are clueless. 

[Ajwhitis 705]

  On 12/9/2017 at 9:36 PM, TXHoosierDaddy said:

Don't think that's how it is at all. Everyone is frustrated and that's understandable. At the same time, everyone also understands this isn't on Archie. It is just hte hand he was dealt. It will be a season of highs and lows. If folks don't have that expectation then they are clueless. 

Unfortunately, we're a part of a clueless fanbase 

[ebridges24 2,522]

  On 12/9/2017 at 9:33 PM, Ajwhitis said:

It's amazing how everyone hops off the ledge after any game or any performance. We lost to a talented, long, Louisville team by a small margin on the road. Yes, we could have won the game without a doubt and wasted opportunities killed us, but let's take a breath and understand that we went head to head and played a tough team close. Defensively this team was solid today, and it seems to get better every game. I still think this team will be pretty solid come February or March. This fan base is something else sometimes, I swear to god.

And it was on their floor

[Old Friend 8,655]

Are some of you truly too soft and doughy that you can't read a postgame chat board with fans who are frustrated with a team that has played this poorly two of the last 3 games?   With seniors who disappear and don't make plays this team needs to win?

Do you really think people are jumping off a ledge?   You really think the Indiana fan base is clueless?

Fellas....take a good hard look at yourselves, at history, at expectations (and I don't mean results); and understand where you are.   And capitalize God while you're at it.  

[TXHoosierDaddy 1,375]

  On 12/9/2017 at 9:42 PM, Old Friend said:

Are some of you truly too soft and doughy that you can't read a postgame chat board with fans who are frustrated with a team that has played this poorly two of the last 3 games?   With seniors who disappear and don't make plays this team needs to win?

Do you really think people are jumping off a ledge?   You really think the Indiana fan base is clueless?

Fellas....take a good hard look at yourselves, at history, at expectations (and I don't mean results); and understand where you are.   And capitalize God while you're at it.  

100%^^. I don't agree with you on the football side of things often but couldn't agree more with this.