IUWBB vs Michigan - Thursday, 2/16/23 @ 8:30 on BTN

[Class of '66 Old Fart 88,999]

Is this not a great time to be an IU bball fan?  The 'Jills' (20-5) (10-4) are 7-2 in away games and 4-0 on neutral courts so we'll need to be sure and bring our "A" game.  Need bounce back games in terms of scoring from Yarden and Sydney and would love to see Sara with another outstanding shooting night.    GO HOOSIERS!

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It seems Sara Scalia is adjusted now in her transition.  (She is looking a lot better in system). and coming off bench…6 starters.

Parrish and Garzon both, will have 2 excellent upcoming games.

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,064]

Scalia is playing real defense now, too. Keep it up! 

[Chris007 60,607]

I will be there Thursday night. The IU woman has never lost when I was in attendance. Now I've only ever been to one game but we won it. 

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Don’t get to up with a win or to down with a loss.  After a day move on to next game. (per T. Moren).  

Perspective: Always a great win at OSU….OSU injuries and tired legs catching up with them and IU Ladies took advantage of opportunities.

 IU Ladies will have to bring a really good game vs Michigan.

 

[Todd41 740]

3 hours ago, TTT said:

 IU Ladies will have to bring a really good game vs Michigan.

 

IU needs to bring a good game every time out.  There are no easy wins left on the schedule or in post-season.  That said, it is nice to say they need a really good game compared to needing a great game.

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On 2/14/2023 at 1:19 PM, btownqb said:

Scalia is playing real defense now, too. Keep it up! 

I was including both offense and defense in system.  T. Moren stated that Sara’s really good buy in and play defensively has given her more confidence on the offensive end.

[Aaron 4,390]

5 hours ago, Todd41 said:

IU needs to bring a good game every time out.  There are no easy wins left on the schedule or in post-season.  That said, it is nice to say they need a really good game compared to needing a great game.

I would beg to differ.

The (likely) 1-16 game in Assembly Hall will be a cake walk in the NCAA Tournament and a "D" game will win that. Also, the (likely) 1 vs 8-9 game in Big Ten and NCAA Tourney can probably be won with a good but not perfect effort (maybe a "B-").

Otherwise I would agree that the remaining conference showdowns, the final two days of Big Ten Tourney, and March Madness beginning in Sweet 16, will be against top 15 or better squads and Hoosiers will need to be at their best and bring an "A" mindset to emerge victorious.

They hopefully can bring their maximum every time, but can get away with not doing so in the first three contests I mentioned (particular first NCAA game). Otherwise need they need to be in absolute top form to get where we want them to.    

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1 hour ago, Aaron said:

I would beg to differ.

The (likely) 1-16 game in Assembly Hall will be a cake walk in the NCAA Tournament and a "D" game will win that. Also, the (likely) 1 vs 8-9 game in Big Ten and NCAA Tourney can probably be won with a good but not perfect effort (maybe a "B-").

Otherwise I would agree that the remaining conference showdowns, the final two days of Big Ten Tourney, and March Madness beginning in Sweet 16, will be against top 15 or better squads and Hoosiers will need to be at their best and bring an "A" mindset to emerge victorious.

They hopefully can bring their maximum every time, but can get away with not doing so in the first three contests I mentioned (particular first NCAA game). Otherwise need they need to be in absolute top form to get where we want them to.    

My preference in the early rounds of the tournament is to put them in their place quickly so we can utilize our bench and not need our primary 5-6 players playing deep into the second half.

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IU Ladies DO NOT want to follow IU men habits vs Northwestern (and 1986 vs Cleveland State) whether falling way behind and have to play catch-up or losing a big lead.  
IU Ladies just need to do what they do.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 88,999]

No peeking ahead to Sunday ladies.  Focus solely on kicking some Wolverine butt back to Ann Arbor.

[Todd41 740]

20 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

No peeking ahead to Sunday ladies.  Focus solely on kicking some Wolverine butt back to Ann Arbor.

Even more so after reading some of the comments from Wiggins (sophomore) and Crockett (freshman) that left Indiana to play at Michigan.

“Michigan is the reason to play outside of Indiana, like there’s something bigger here that you want to be a part of,” Wiggins said. “IU’s a great school, they have a great program and not to knock off on anything (they do), but I think Michigan has something to prove, that basketball doesn’t just live in Indiana, it’s in Michigan also.”

“Going into Assembly Hall and being from Indiana is definitely very special,” Crockett said Feb. 7. “Growing up an IU fan and being able to play in that gym is definitely gonna be very awesome. It’ll be even sweeter to win there in front of all those people.”

Michigan's Indiana natives look to prove themselves in Bloomington (michigandaily.com)

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21 minutes ago, Todd41 said:

Even more so after reading some of the comments from Wiggins (sophomore) and Crockett (freshman) that left Indiana to play at Michigan.

“Michigan is the reason to play outside of Indiana, like there’s something bigger here that you want to be a part of,” Wiggins said. “IU’s a great school, they have a great program and not to knock off on anything (they do), but I think Michigan has something to prove, that basketball doesn’t just live in Indiana, it’s in Michigan also.”

“Going into Assembly Hall and being from Indiana is definitely very special,” Crockett said Feb. 7. “Growing up an IU fan and being able to play in that gym is definitely gonna be very awesome. It’ll be even sweeter to win there in front of all those people.”

Michigan's Indiana natives look to prove themselves in Bloomington (michigandaily.com)

It's easy to make predictions until Mackenzie Holmes catches the ball in the post and Grace Berger starts firing from the mid-range.

When that happens I have a prediction of my own.

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IU Ladies Win this game solidly if big ten regular season, big ten tournament champs, final 4 team, semi final game winner, and NATIONAL CHAMPS.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 88,999]

BREAKING NEWS

Our Feb. 26, game at Iowa will be ESPN's College GameDay

 

 

[Hovadipo 61,057]

3 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

BREAKING NEWS

Our Feb. 26, game at Iowa will be ESPN's College GameDay

 

 

Holy cow, that’s incredible. Blessed to beat out the UNC Duke quiz bowl match that day. 

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[Chris007 60,607]

33 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

BREAKING NEWS

Our Feb. 26, game at Iowa will be ESPN's College GameDay

 

 

So we get to hear the announcers talk about Caitlyn Clark for an extra two hours. Great!!

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57 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

So we get to hear the announcers talk about Caitlyn Clark for an extra two hours. Great!!

Funny…maybe since they may be a little winded talking about Clark, and (Czinano and Bluder and Iowa)…maybe they will seek to introduce some different (NOT NEW) names in a good more fresh IU Ladies story.

 IU Ladies beat Michigan tonight solidly.