2022-23 IUBB Schedule

[hper50]

3 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Anyone have an idea on what the odds are of getting Kansas tickets for a reasonable price on either the primary or secondary market? Looking to make the pilgrimage. 

I'm wondering the same.

[Brass Cannon]

6 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

I was given two for a reason and I think I found that reason.

Lol pretty sure I might have to sell one when I try to go to IU games in all the big ten venues. Maybe both 

[Brass Cannon]

Game is the day after classes are over. You might get lucky with that. 

[TheWatShot]

17 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

Dang murderers row.  4 Quad 1 games out of conference. With only 1 being a home game. 
 

Win 2 - Got the job done

Win 3 - Feeling pretty good 

Win 4 - We gonna get silly after the board recovers from its crash 

 

We would have the inside track to a #1 seed if we won all four. A win at Kansas would shock the college basketball world to its core. 

[dwtaylor1055]

44 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

I’ve been to a couple of our games at the Garden and also the one at the Brooklyn Center. Just amazing to see people wearing Candy Stripes walking down 8th Ave in Manhattan and getting off the subway stop in Brooklyn. I’m guessing the players really like playing in those arenas.

When we were last in NY, we wore IU gear just not candy stripes.  May have to change that if we make the trip for the game next fall

[Brass Cannon]

We would have to win our two big ten games as well I think or they would find some excuse to give it to somebody else 

[NashvilleHoosier]

15 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

We would have the inside track to a #1 seed if we won all four. A win at Kansas would shock the college basketball world to its core. 

I will be in Lawrence. I plan on witnessing a shock to the college basketball world's core. 

[Whoozhers]

Too lazy to look at previous posts. Does anyone know when the Las Vegas tickets will go on sale? That’s sounds like a great venue and good time to watch the Hoosiers.


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[Honkyman]

15 hours ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

We would have the inside track to a #1 seed if we won all four. A win at Kansas would shock the college basketball world to its core. 

First, of all, IU could easily lose all four of these pre-conference games so it might be prudent to temper expectations. Even if we do, we will likely still be very good and among the top 4-5 in the Big Ten Conference. Secondly, a win at Kansas would be news but hardly "shock the college basketball world to its core." Beating North Carolina, even at home, would be a much bigger story since North Carolina is ranked number one. BTW, I saw IU beat Kansas in Allen Field House. Different era. Bobby Knight was IU's coach. IU's star player was center Steve Downing and its starting point guard was a freshman named Quinn Buckner. IU went to the Final Four and Kansas wasn't very good (8-18) that season.

[Southside]

23 hours ago, btownqb said:

Make it nasty. Add the Lakers. 

Nah man, at least give me a playoff team lol

[Southside]

On 6/28/2022 at 6:16 AM, Brass Cannon said:

True. Guess we could invite butler lol

I'd love to see some creative "classics" in our future. I don't care if it's PU, Butler, ND, or Ball State lol. 

Heck, take all the IN teams (4 above) and do a classic with the B12 (future B12). You could do Houston, Cinci, Kansas, KSU, Baylor, TTU, etc.. Or do an all IN vs all TX classic. I've been wanting an SEC matchup classic as well. 

With Gavitt coming to an end, wouldn't be surprised to see something in the works. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

24 minutes ago, Southside said:

I'd love to see some creative "classics" in our future. I don't care if it's PU, Butler, ND, or Ball State lol. 

Heck, take all the IN teams (4 above) and do a classic with the B12 (future B12). You could do Houston, Cinci, Kansas, KSU, Baylor, TTU, etc.. Or do an all IN vs all TX classic. I've been wanting an SEC matchup classic as well. 

With Gavitt coming to an end, wouldn't be surprised to see something in the works. 

Or no classics... And just schedule games one 2-3 year basis and never be tied down. 

[Southside]

12 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Or no classics... And just schedule games one 2-3 year basis and never be tied down. 

Classics and Challenges don't really tie you down if you don't want them to. We're doing the Empire Classic (formerly 2K classic) next year with no long term tie downs. 

And they don't have to keep you from scheduling other big games. We're in two this season and still scheduled Kansas and AZ.

Next season, we'll have the ACC/B10 Challenge, the Empire Classic (either TX, Louisville, or UConn), and Kansas. 

If we partner and  create our own, we'll have more control as well (compared to a conf sponsored event). 

 

[HoosierHoopster]

2 hours ago, Honkyman said:

First, of all, IU could easily lose all four of these pre-conference games so it might be prudent to temper expectations. Even if we do, we will likely still be very good and among the top 4-5 in the Big Ten Conference. Secondly, a win at Kansas would be news but hardly "shock the college basketball world to its core." Beating North Carolina, even at home, would be a much bigger story since North Carolina is ranked number one. BTW, I saw IU beat Kansas in Allen Field House. Different era. Bobby Knight was IU's coach. IU's star player was center Steve Downing and its starting point guard was a freshman named Quinn Buckner. IU went to the Final Four and Kansas wasn't very good (8-18) that season.

UNC's at the top, but that's still a home game and we have a better shot at that game than beating KU on its floor, don't see a home win over UNC, if we get it, as a much bigger story than somehow beating KU at the Phog. They're 292-16 there and last lost there in 2018 after 2 decades of going undefeated there, not to mention they're the defending NC, Wilson, Harris and Yusefu returned, they got McCullar from Tech, have a top 5 recruiting class with 3 McD boys, and are themselves pre-season ranked in the top 5-10. A win at the Phog would be big time, whatever label someone wants to put on it.

[Honkyman]

17 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

UNC's at the top, but that's still a home game

I disagree. Beating number #1 is always a bigger deal than beating number 8 or whatever Kansas is. Besides, Indiana plays North Carolina before they play Kansas (IU also plays Arizona before they play Kansas). If IU beats UNC and Arizona, they likely will go into Allen Field House as even odds to win. If IU loses to UNC and beats Kansas, it is a big deal except IU has already lost to Number One at home. 

[NashvilleHoosier]

3 hours ago, Honkyman said:

First, of all, IU could easily lose all four of these pre-conference games so it might be prudent to temper expectations. Even if we do, we will likely still be very good and among the top 4-5 in the Big Ten Conference. Secondly, a win at Kansas would be news but hardly "shock the college basketball world to its core." Beating North Carolina, even at home, would be a much bigger story since North Carolina is ranked number one. BTW, I saw IU beat Kansas in Allen Field House. Different era. Bobby Knight was IU's coach. IU's star player was center Steve Downing and its starting point guard was a freshman named Quinn Buckner. IU went to the Final Four and Kansas wasn't very good (8-18) that season.

Well what you quoted was not my comment, so I'm not sure how it's attributed to me. But I most definitely have very tempered expectations of this coming season. I agree that "shock the college bball world to it's core" is strong to quite strong. But given the state of both program...KU being defending champs, virtually never losing at home, and IU being the one program that people love to debate whether we belong as a blueblood or not....it win would be one hell of a statement across the college hoops world. KU will most definitely be much better than the 8-18 team you witnessed IU beat. 

[HoosierX]

3 hours ago, Honkyman said:

First, of all, IU could easily lose all four of these pre-conference games so it might be prudent to temper expectations. Even if we do, we will likely still be very good and among the top 4-5 in the Big Ten Conference. Secondly, a win at Kansas would be news but hardly "shock the college basketball world to its core." Beating North Carolina, even at home, would be a much bigger story since North Carolina is ranked number one. BTW, I saw IU beat Kansas in Allen Field House. Different era. Bobby Knight was IU's coach. IU's star player was center Steve Downing and its starting point guard was a freshman named Quinn Buckner. IU went to the Final Four and Kansas wasn't very good (8-18) that season.

I'd say we have a 50% chance or better of winning in 3 of those games (sans Kansas), so I don't think I'd say we could easily lose all 4. Unless you would also say you could easily see us win all 4, which honestly is probably more likely (although also not very likely).

[Southside]

Beating Kansas or UNC would both be huge for us. 

One is the defending NC and preseason #6, the other a preseason #1 and runner up in the Dance.

Neither will be easy lol. Winning either would likely shock some, not all. 

[Honkyman]

13 minutes ago, HoosierX said:

I'd say we have a 50% chance or better of winning in 3 of those games (sans Kansas), so I don't think I'd say we could easily lose all 4. Unless you would also say you could easily see us win all 4, which honestly is probably more likely (although also not very likely).

Pre-season polls have IU ranked behind two of the four (UNC & Kansas) but barely ahead of Arizona which would make that game a toss up (unless IU beats UNC). It is more likely that we lose all three of those than win all three. Xavier is ranked a bit lower but still a top 30 team by most pre-season polls. Since we play Xavier on the road, that game is likely a tossup. I'm just saying let's keep our expectations in check. These will all be tough but hopefully winnable games.

[Stuhoo]

For those four games, three of them are oddsmaker coin flips, and for one we will be a underdog.

That equates to an expectation of about 1.75 wins for those four games. Therefore, two wins would be a success and three wins would be a strong overachievement.