Maryland at IU Game Thread

[bleedhoosier 3,627]

So glad we pulled another grinder out in the face of some incredibly suspect calls toward the end. Watching this Ilinois and Mich St game, we need to be clicking I think. Illinois defense looks like it's no joke

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[MikeRoberts 6,837]

Illinois is a must win, much like today was. Morgan is a beast!


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[MikeRoberts 6,837]

I was just thinking, how amazing was that 3 man class of Morgan, Anunoby and Bryant? Three studs, with no duds. If Crean could have done that every year he would still be here


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[HoosiersLoveBanners 797]

Is it too early to be excited about Juwans senior year? 

[HoosierAloha 29,898]

Good win and much needed. After Illinois we hit a our toughest stretch of 3 games, that could see us go 0-3. 

Win at Ill to get to 6-3 would be fantastic. The home game vs pu, @O$U, and hole to MSU will be tough but provide opportunities. If IU could somehow go 2-2 in the next four...


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[Magnanimous 4,399]

7 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

I was just thinking, how amazing was that 3 man class of Morgan, Anunoby and Bryant? Three studs, with no duds. If Crean could have done that every year he would still be here


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Crean gets a 5* star center and has him play behind the arc half the time.....

As talented as that class was, as I pointed out before other threads, only one player staying beyond two years. Crean's best class was 2010, Vic and Will, and he didn't even intend for it to be.

[HoosierAloha 29,898]

Crean gets a 5* star center and has him play behind the arc half the time.....
As talented as that class was, as I pointed out before other threads, only one player staying beyond two years. Crean's best class was 2010, Vic and Will, and he didn't even intend for it to be.

Morgan would be playing out beyond the arc if FCTC was still here. He would not be having the year he is if there wasn't a change.

As an article pointed out in the off-season, IU will start winning close games under CAM. Now, if we could have done something about those instate cupcakes..


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[MikeRoberts 6,837]

If IU doesn't lose to ipfw and isu, we are a bubble team I would think


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[Hoosierfan2017 19,912]

14 minutes ago, HoosierAloha said:

Morgan would be playing out beyond the arc if FCTC was still here. He would not be having the year he is if there wasn't a change.

As an article pointed out in the off-season, IU will start winning close games under CAM. Now, if we could have done something about those instate cupcakes..


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4-0 in games decided by 5 points or less this season. 

[Uspshoosier 44,334]

You want some entertainment go to Maryland 247 website and look at their game thread comments be advised profanity is not censored.


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[Brass Cannon 24,068]

9 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

4-0 in games decided by 5 points or less this season. 

Wow thats sexy

[Brass Cannon 24,068]

15 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

If IU doesn't lose to ipfw and isu, we are a bubble team I would think


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Yep. If we hadnt lost to wisconsin too i think we would be in

[ElectricBoogaloo 4,295]

Just finished the recording. Wow that was a fun (and frustrating) game to watch. 

Newkirk! Why have you betrayed us! Ohhhh and then totally redeemed yourself!!

[ElectricBoogaloo 4,295]

2 hours ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Only gave up 29 points in the second half. 

Only scored 29 too lol. 

[Hoosierfan2017 19,912]

10 minutes ago, ElectricBoogaloo said:

Only scored 29 too lol. 

Lol true. I can live with offensive struggles as long as we're getting it done on defense though. 

[Hardwood83 4,512]

18 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Yep. If we hadnt lost to wisconsin too i think we would be in

Agree- those are the 3 that IU SHOULD have won. Few others coulda, but those 3 hurt. Imagine 15-5/6-2? Only losses to @Seton Hall, Duke, @Louisville, @Mich & @MSU.  In this year's B1G that would be good for a bid, most likely. 

[Magnanimous 4,399]

40 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

If IU doesn't lose to ipfw and isu, we are a bubble team I would think


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We need to win at least 6 of our remaining conference games and I think we may get in. 

@Illinois, @Rutgers, Minnesota, Illinois , @Iowa, and @Nebraska are all winnable. 

If we win one of the tough three coming up after the @Illinois game we can afford to drop one of these and an end of the season loss to OSU. If we don't win any of those three, we'll likely need to win five of those six and also end the season beating OSU.

It's certainly doable, especially since we play a lot of weaker teams on the road and have our big games mostly at home, but obviously nothing should be taken for granted with this squad. Going 11-7 in the conference would be huge and likely garner at least a 5th place finish, but it'll be the quality win argument being held against us, especially if we don't hit 20 wins prior to the BTT. It should be an interesting stretch to wrap up the season. If we get our share of wins, the @Nebraska game may be the biggest game of the year.

[HoosierAloha 29,898]

You want some entertainment go to Maryland 247 website and look at their game thread comments be advised profanity is not censored.


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I've long thought Turgeon was in a similar mood to Gottfried and Crean mold. He's an above average recruiter, especially with the UA connection, and an average coach.


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[DChoosier 7,056]

13 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

Agree- those are the 3 that IU SHOULD have won. Few others coulda, but those 3 hurt. Imagine 15-5/6-2? Only losses to @Seton Hall, Duke, @Louisville, @Mich & @MSU.  In this year's B1G that would be good for a bid, most likely. 

If, if ,if ...reminds me of every year of IU football.

[DChoosier 7,056]

1 hour ago, A.j. Nigh said:

 

Because neither Newkirk or Green are any better? I don’t disagree with you, but what other options does CAM have when Newkirk is in foul trouble, and Green was horrible as well?


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Thats the issue. We do not have any consistent guards (although Robert has been getting better) With 4 or 5 minutes to go we could have put the game to bed and Green made mistake after mistake....Terrible bounce pass to McSwain, forcing shots etc.  Shoring up the backcourt next year by getting both RP and Romeo would be huge.