Game Thread: Indiana at Iowa 2 PM ESPN

[Gahoosierfan]

Our guard play still leaves a lot to be desired. The turnovers will kill us against good teams. 

[cljones1979]

Our guard play still leaves a lot to be desired. The turnovers will kill us against good teams. 

Archie praised our guard play in his interview. I think he said 10 assist to two turnovers and 47 points.

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[Brass Cannon]

10 hours ago, TheWatShot said:

I'll probably get crap for this, but I'd rather make a run in the NIT with this team. We're (hopefully) not going to be in this position very often, so I'd like to make a run in it when given the opportunity. I also have this weird appreciation for the unusual twilight-atmosphere that exists in non-NCAA postseason basketball games. 

 

Also, it would be funny as hell if Purdue's season ends in mid-March and we're still playing games two weeks later.

Why not just make the tourney and have our season last longer than purdues

[Whoozhers]

Lol!..... y’all won’t believe this but ......I dreamt Freddy caught a sweet on the money blind pass from DeVonte and he laid it in like he was an old hand at it! Isn’t that CRAZY?!? That’ll be the day..... Right? [emoji15]


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[Aaron]

A couple things:

1. First off Sean in his first year had a horrible non-conf going 6-6 than had Arizona playing really well down the stretch and finished 10-8 in conference. They than used that as a springboard to 30 wins the following year and have maintained at that level since. So far at least the first year looks exactly the same for Archie as for Sean. Now we need to follow up each year after the same as Sean.

2. Archie's 9 wins in Big Ten play ties 2014-2015 as the most in conference for any year in Crean's tenure save for our 3 excellent years with him. Also the 3 road wins tie 2011-2012 and 2014-2015 for 3rd most in Crean's tenure. Lastly the 2 game sweeps of Iowa and Minnesota are the only time we have 2 game sweeps of 2 different teams in the same year outside of the 3 really good years (only other 2 game sweeps in Crean tenure were Rutgers in 2014-2015 and PSU last year). This team is less talented than any Crean had besides his first 3 years yet Archie is doing things in conference Crean was hardly ever able to. Most importantly we are playing well down the stretch which is something we did only in 2 of Crean's 9 years.

[HoosierHoops1]

5 hours ago, Whoozhers said:

Lol!..... y’all won’t believe this but ......I dreamt Freddy caught a sweet on the money blind pass from DeVonte and he laid it in like he was an old hand at it! Isn’t that CRAZY?!? That’ll be the day..... Right?


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Haha! Only thing more unbelievable is if it was a game winner!

[theriverpilot]

I'll probably get crap for this, but I'd rather make a run in the NIT with this team. We're (hopefully) not going to be in this position very often, so I'd like to make a run in it when given the opportunity. I also have this weird appreciation for the unusual twilight-atmosphere that exists in non-NCAA postseason basketball games. 
 
Also, it would be funny as hell if Purdue's season ends in mid-March and we're still playing games two weeks later.

Oddly, I’m with you here. I’d like to see a deep NIT run this year than a 1 and done or 2nd round loss in the NCAA tourney. I can see where this team would really benefit from the extra games


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[HoosierHoops1]

If we get to the NIT I'm for winning it, but I always prefer a chance at an NCAA Final Four.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

If we get to the NIT I'm for winning it, but I always prefer a chance at an NCAA Final Four.

Yep, NCAA for me all day everyday. I'd rather lose in first game than win the NIT.

 

That's for me......

 

But for our underclassmen, a deep run in the NIT would be much more beneficial.

 

I think. [emoji23]

 

 

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[rebelhoosier848891]

NCAA for me any day—but I agree we’ll take a deep run in the NIT. Would love to play longer than Purdue —their fans were so loud and arrogant when they were number one in the Big—not so much anymore! Stay humble Little Brother!


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[HoosierHoops1]

20 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Yep, NCAA for me all day everyday. I'd rather lose in first game than win the NIT.

 

That's for me......

 

But for our underclassmen, a deep run in the NIT would be much more beneficial.

 

I think.

 

 

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Interesting point, did our 1979 NIT Championship help our 1981 title run? Did our 1985 NIT runner-up help our 1987 Title run?