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IUWBB @ Purdue - 01/16/22 @ 2:00 on FS1

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3 minutes ago, Todd41 said:

This is what top teams have done to us in the past. Now this time we are the  great team doing it to another. 

That had the potential to be a program-changing win for them and we snatched it right out from under their noses. It's so refreshing to see an IU team do that to someone else for once. 

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What a game!

IU is so lucky how mediocre the Big Ten is outside Michigan, Maryland, and maybe Iowa. OSU, NW and Neb are decent but far from great, PU and MSU are mediocre at best and Rutgers, PSU, Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin are about the worst teams you will ever see.

Even if Holmes is out a month lets say, IU can survive without her as they have games with MSU, PU, Minnesota and Illinois at home and Illinois on road as well. The tough ones in next month are Michigan and Iowa on road. Even if you lose those though and head into four game gauntlet (@Neb, NW, Iowa, @Maryland) to close season at 11-2 you are in great shape from both a chance to win Big Ten Title and get top 4 seed to host NCAA Tournament games.

Need NCH as her defense and point guard play are irreplaceable. I love Moore-McNeil but that's a huge drop off. However, fortunately Health and Safety Protocols should put her back by next Sunday @Iowa at the very latest. Holmes could be longer, but you can survive without her, using a combination of Brown and Gulbe at center for the time being and should focus on getting Mac healthy for March.

Also Patberg rolled her ankle today but I think she is ok.       

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16 hours ago, Aaron said:

What a game!

IU is so lucky how mediocre the Big Ten is outside Michigan, Maryland, and maybe Iowa. OSU, NW and Neb are decent but far from great, PU and MSU are mediocre at best and Rutgers, PSU, Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin are about the worst teams you will ever see.

Even if Holmes is out a month lets say, IU can survive without her as they have games with MSU, PU, Minnesota and Illinois at home and Illinois on road as well. The tough ones in next month are Michigan and Iowa on road. Even if you lose those though and head into four game gauntlet (@Neb, NW, Iowa, @Maryland) to close season at 11-2 you are in great shape from both a chance to win Big Ten Title and get top 4 seed to host NCAA Tournament games.

Need NCH as her defense and point guard play are irreplaceable. I love Moore-McNeil but that's a huge drop off. However, fortunately Health and Safety Protocols should put her back by next Sunday @Iowa at the very latest. Holmes could be longer, but you can survive without her, using a combination of Brown and Gulbe at center for the time being and should focus on getting Mac healthy for March.

Also Patberg rolled her ankle today but I think she is ok.       

The Big 10 has 6 of the top 28 teams in the NET rankings as of today (Indiana #10, Nebraska #12, Maryland #18, Michigan #21, Ohio State #26, and Iowa #28).  It's not quite the best conference in the country, but it's far from "mediocre."

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