IU vs St Mary’s - Thursday: NCAA Round of 64- 7:20 pm ET on TBS

[kreigh8 2,055]

Race has not been good at all in several straight games. So disappointing as he usually provides that toughness, but he's been off. Sick I guess in Dayton, but looks the same tonight

[RaceToTheTop 25,767]

Solid point on the first four.

Time to end it always being in Dayton.  Have it at the sites where the teams are going to feed into.  Get rid of traveling across the country.

[HoosierTrav 7,886]

3 minutes ago, coonhounds said:

Again tired is ridiculous! It's a great excuse I guess but I don't think it is a factor. We're just getting beat need to ramp it up first 5 of second half and then settle in.

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Dude I bet you couldn’t handle a 5 hour flight and have juice to play a game, let alone the amount of games and travel this squad has had to deal with in a weeks time.. 

[iubb 2,558]

Guess tired doesn’t exist last week when they packed for 4 days. 
 
NCAA dance is less meaningful I suppose. 

Packing doesn’t mean anything when you have to switch planes because someone At the NCAA failed math, which causes you to land at the crack of dawn.


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[HoosierAloha 30,068]

3 minutes ago, HoosierTrav said:

He’s gassed. Just look at the whole team when a shot goes up and how they are guarding. They’re out of gas. It’s obvious. 

It's as much a mental gassed as physical gassed. How many rebounds did we give up when we had the numbers and our players just stood there? This goes back to a trend. We played hard for a few days in Indy and thought that was enough.

[coonhounds 8,940]

We're more mentally tired imo because of st marys play. Come out second half a fight back you will see energy increase if that happens. I don't believe we're physically tired however iu alway seems to be sent to the farthest reaches of the earth for ncaa tournament

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[pumpfake 3,940]

6 minutes ago, MoyeNeeded said:

Fatigue is an issue. You can see it especially on defense. Getting killed on the boards.

Yep.  Several times we had position but just didn't move/jump.  Like concrete shoes.

[Five Prime 1,093]

They are experienced and disciplined but not all that athletic outside of Johnson.  I guess I'd classify good differently than others on here.  They are an average ncaa tourney team imo.

[Trish 11,566]

Maybe our AD should’ve spent more money on a seperate plane for the players the other night. 

[HoosierAloha 30,068]

Not even a half to bust out the excuses. I'm glad we don't have people on here that actually had to travel and do work that really mattered. Goodness.

[RoadRage 1,849]

The Marys are full of confidence...it is going to take a nearly perfect half of basketball to pull this one out!

[LIHoosier 26,203]

1 minute ago, brumdog45 said:

Solid point on the first four.

Time to end it always being in Dayton.  Have it at the sites where the teams are going to feed into.  Get rid of traveling across the country.

The original play-in game was only in Dayton in cuz that's where the overall #1 seed that year was selected to go. I wonder how much if any UD or the city of Dayton pays to keep that spot every year.

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,370]

Wonder what’s up with Race? Disappointing end for him. It’s an illness? He should be able to dominate their 4 man.


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[Hovadipo 56,182]

The excuse police is on the scene!

[RaceToTheTop 25,767]

6 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Gonzaga got beat for 35mib by Georgia st. This isn’t last years Gonzaga team

Gonzaga got beat for 35 minutes?  They were up 22 with five minutes left.  They are a 1 seed, ranked #1 on Pom and are the Vegas favorites to win the tournament.  Do you really want to go with Gonzaga's not that good?

[Blackmon_for_3 1,533]

I figured this silver lining in losing to Iowa was the extra day of rest. I guess that wasn’t the case. 

[RaceToTheTop 25,767]

4 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Wonder what’s up with Race? Disappointing end for him. It’s an illness? He should be able to dominate their 4 man.


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It really hasn't been just the last two games.  He was okay at best in the BTT.

[kreigh8 2,055]

Just now, brumdog45 said:

Gonzaga got beat for 35 minutes?  They were up 22 with five minutes left.  They are a 1 seed, ranked #1 on Pom and are the Vegas favorites to win the tournament.  Do you really want to go with Gonzaga's not that good?

Thank you. The gap between conference levels has closed immensely. There are good players everywhere. The WCC has 3 tournament teams this year with BYU and Santa Clara on the bubble. Not exactly a terrible conference that I've heard far too often today

[str8baller 5,253]

2 minutes ago, brumdog45 said:

Gonzaga got beat for 35 minutes?  They were up 22 with five minutes left.  They are a 1 seed, ranked #1 on Pom and are the Vegas favorites to win the tournament.  Do you really want to go with Gonzaga's not that good?

Yea, I do. They’re not last years team. They can be beat by average teams. You saw they’re offense stall out for 35min today against a bad team .  I like Gonzaga, but they’re not the best team in the country this year

[RoadRage 1,849]

Kopp isn't even looking for his shot....this guy needs to get his confidence back, a couple of threes from him to start this half would be huge!