IUBB @ Duke- 11/27 @ 9:30

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It’s UC-Davis and UT-Arlington. Yes it’s important to treat every game with the same importance but the team’s not gonna come out with the same intensity in those games as they do against the Marquette’s and Duke, they’re just not going to. While it would’ve been much more pleasing to see the Hoosiers come out and win by 30, it didn’t happen but a double digit win still happened. We were undermanned and had a looming matchup vs Duke; the team turned it on at the end and won. I for one, have moved on from those games and have looked at Arkansas, Duke, and Marquette as a sample size to grade this team.

Archie’s got as much talent as anyone in the Big Ten this year and we can all say that we were at least satisfied with his coaching job last season. Relax and let’s take it to Northwestern on Saturday. I have a feeling a lot of us will have a much better attitude towards this team after we blow the doors off the Wildcats in Assembly Hall.


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13 hours ago, Maedhros said:

UC Davis played four games in just six days. They played an overtime game in Arlington against TAMCC on the 17th, then had to get right back on the court the very next day for UT Arlington. They had just one day off to travel from Texas back to California for a home game on the 20th, then had to fly to Indiana for a road game on the 23rd.

Sure, our rotation is shorter than theirs due to injuries, but that's a marginal difference of a few minutes per game. At best I'll look at that schedule and let you call it a wash. It certainly doesn't make me think one team being fresh and well rested is the reason why UC Davis was able to hold onto a lead for over 30 minutes of a game in Assembly Hall.

UCD played 11 guys. Their bench accounted for 27% of minutes vs IU. IU played 8, and our bench 11.5%. 

UCD played at least 10 guys in each of those games. IU played 7-8 in the 3 leading up to Duke.