Final : Indiana 75 - Minnesota 71 | RoJo Career High

[OliviaPope40 7,436]

Now it is Penn State at home.

[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

It is especially tough to win in the Barn and ANY win on the road in the Big Ten is great. Way to go Hoosiers! As ticked as I was after Wiscy-They made up for it tonight against a better team. Go Hoosiers!


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[Stuhoo 88,348]

We should win this game


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And we did.



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[Hoosierfan2017 24,525]

 

[Uspshoosier 53,543]

I had a bad feeling that those last 3 minutes or so of the first half was going to be our undoing, but the right guys played and kept playing hard.  It also felt like this team really liked the pace the game was played at.
Question for anyone who knows: Is the Hurt kid that plays for MN the brother of Matthew (who I hope was there)?

Yes it is his brother and yes he was there watching both teams since both are active in his recruitment


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[Ranger78 1,293]

We need D Carter type players ...


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[JSHoosier 22,185]

When it came to winning time, Newkirk and Green were riding pine.  Those two simply aren't that good.

[Josh 13,209]

Archie deserved his criticisms in the blowout losses, and he deserves praise after a road win. Great win guys!

[Brass Cannon 25,344]

57 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

 

Somebody tweet him to make sure to look after his brother and make sure he ends up at IU

[HoosierX 1,762]

26 minutes ago, Josh said:

Archie deserved his criticisms in the blowout losses, and he deserves praise after a road win. Great win guys!

Fine, feel free to criticize.

But what he doesn't deserve after a loss is people questioning if he is the right guy for the job.  It's just way too early for those kind of judgments.

[Alford Bailey 13,189]

Big win. Super excited about Smith. I thought he was the best player in that class and he really showed something tonite.

[Magnanimous 5,359]

These next two games are big. We have Penn State and Northwestern, both at home. We win those and we're suddenly sitting at 4-2 in the conference. The rest of the conference slate should be hit or miss, but win these next two and tighten up our lineup with Smith getting heavier minutes, and we may just finish this season on a positive note. Could you imagine if we got nine conference wins this season? Crean didn't win his ninth conference game until his fourth year...

[Hoosierfan2017 24,525]

One thing I really like about Archie is that he isn't afraid to play players heavy minutes. Crean would often have his top players only getting 27-28 minutes and it would drive me insane.  

[HoosierAloha 30,102]

These next two games are big. We have Penn State and Northwestern, both at home. We win those and we're suddenly sitting at 4-2 in the conference. The rest of the conference slate should be hit or miss, but win these next two and tighten up our lineup with Smith getting heavier minutes, and we may just finish this season on a positive note. Could you imagine if we got nine conference wins this season? Crean didn't win his ninth conference game until his fourth year...

1) the Big Ten is DOWN
2) 4-2 would be awesome
3) we could end up 2-4 or 4-2. I wouldn't be surprised if we went 0-3 or 3-0 in our next 2 home games
4) the bumps aren't over
5) energy and effort can win a fair amount of games the rest of the way. I'm not sure intelligence can be injected into this bunch. (See: 10 second call without pressure)


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[Magnanimous 5,359]

11 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

One thing I really like about Archie is that he isn't afraid to play players heavy minutes. Crean would often have his top players only getting 27-28 minutes and it would drive me insane.  

The thing I really l like about Archie is that he keeps in players who are playing well and benches those who are not contributing. Crean would often bench players when they were scoring to put in non-contributors and it would drive me insane. 

[HoosierX 1,762]

7 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

One thing I really like about Archie is that he isn't afraid to play players heavy minutes. Crean would often have his top players only getting 27-28 minutes and it would drive me insane.  

I think it's easier to play guys more minutes when you're coaching a basketball game rather than a track meet.

[ElectricBoogaloo 4,319]

Two of our starters with zero points and we still won (Newkirk and McBob). I’ll take it. 

[MikeRoberts 7,885]

Can't believe we pulled this one out. Great job by 3 guys:)


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[Stuhoo 88,348]

Two of our starters with zero points and we still won (Newkirk and McBob). I’ll take it. 

McBob had zero points.
And seven rebounds.
And three assists.
And four steals.

In other words, he had a great stat line while doing some serious McBob things.



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[Brass Cannon 25,344]

52 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

Big win. Super excited about Smith. I thought he was the best player in that class and he really showed something tonite.

Honestly next year him, Morgan and McRoberts might be the only players getting minutes along with the freshmen.