IUBB vs Purdue: 2/25 @7:30 on FOX

[RaceToTheTop]

22 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

I noticed one poster absent in this thread. Arguably our biggest win in years. He’s always around during the losses. He WOOFS a lot

Credit to Brass Cannon, though, who was here and posting positive comments throughout the game.

[RaceToTheTop]

Bracket matrix had IU as the last four seed BEFORE yesterday’s win.  Saying IU is as close to a 6 or 7 than a 3 or 4 is just nonsense.

[southsidehoosier]

The committee had us as the top #4 seed before our win against Illinois and Purdue. 

[Brass Cannon]

3 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

So if you had these stats before tip-off yesterday how confident would you be in a relatively comfortable IU win?

IU outrebounded 46-30.

PU FT advantage 33-12

TJD scoreless in the first half, finishes with 10pts.

IU has 2 bench points. 

I'd have guessed a 20 pt loss, easily!

You could have added JHS having 35 points and I’m still not sure people would have guessed a win 

[MikeRoberts]

3 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

So if you had these stats before tip-off yesterday how confident would you be in a relatively comfortable IU win?

IU outrebounded 46-30.

PU FT advantage 33-12

TJD scoreless in the first half, finishes with 10pts.

IU has 2 bench points. 

I'd have guessed a 20 pt loss, easily!

It is pretty shocking looking at all the normal stats that usually reflect the outcome and it is all in the Boilers favor except for the final score

it was one of the more odd wins but one of the best ones I can recall 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Jalen Hood-Schifino in two wins vs Purdue this season: 51 points on 22-of-39 from the floor in 71 minutes.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

 

[Demo]

4 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

You could have added JHS having 35 points and I’m still not sure people would have guessed a win 

Very true, which also speaks to some of the defensive calls Woody made as well. Been thinking about it some and in fairness to Purdue, Hood-Schifino is pretty much the perfect weapon to deal with what they do. Their guards aren’t very athletic or physical and Edey can really only play pick and roll coverage 1 way. It limits Painter. But, how many teams can roll out a physical 6’6” PG who loves mid-range offense, is comfortable in traffic and can’t really be sped up? In today’s game there are very few guys like that.They could probably make a deep tournament run and never see another one. If he’s feeling it like he was last night, they don’t have answers. 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

1 hour ago, Alford Bailey said:

I noticed one poster absent in this thread. Arguably our biggest win in years. He’s always around during the losses. He WOOFS a lot

Not sure if this is a shot at me or not.  Either way, I had my entire family of about 30 people over for the game. A bunch of IU alumni and yes this was a top 10 game experience for me because I gave us virtually no shot to win this one.  JHS was HIM which was awesome to watch and the impact this makes on seeding is huge.  

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

2 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Not sure if this is a shot at me or not.  Either way, I had my entire family of about 30 people over for the game. A bunch of IU alumni and yes this was a top 10 game experience for me because I gave us virtually no shot to win this one.  JHS was HIM which was awesome to watch and the impact this makes on seeding is huge.  

Easy boy, easy.  Pretty sure you weren't the target.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

 

[OliviaPope40]

I would have jumped out of my chair had Gallo made that dunk.

[OliviaPope40]

11 hours ago, IU - Kaulie said:

I would love to see more Gallo.  Too pretty for a helmet though.

Just don't mess up the hair.

[Stuhoo]

Huge props to Woody and his workhorse old guy forward:

How many of you would have made the switch to put Race Thompson on 7’4” Edey in the second half?

It worked. Really well.

[KingPG21]

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

 

Dude is everything that Romeo was suppose to be 

[Hovadipo]

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

Jalen Hood-Schifino in two wins vs Purdue this season: 51 points on 22-of-39 from the floor in 71 minutes.

Jalen The Broom Guy

[OliviaPope40]

10 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

Yessir, Yasir ... 
 

 

Gallo can simply not dance the only mark off in my book he gets.

[OliviaPope40]

Is there a scenario where we could win the conference outright?

[Brass Cannon]

Nope. Only Purdue and Northwestern have that 

[94Bulldog]

43 minutes ago, normandale97 said:

What’s even more odd is that, at least to me, once we got up 6 early in the second half I never really felt like we were in danger of losing. Just an odd game. Our guards completely dominated Purdue’s. 

100% spot on.  My brother’s plane landed at 5 pm in Indy for a week long visit.  First game we’ve got to watch together in about 20 years.  Midway in the 2nd half he said, I have no idea how we are winning (meaning due to the stats).  I agreed and said but yet I don’t feel like we’re in danger of losing.