IUBB vs Morehead State - Tuesday, 12.19.23 @ 6:30 on BTN

[IUFAN1976 2,844]

That was a bad win, IMO. I don’t know if that is such a thing, maybe.  We were darn lucky we pulled that one out.  We played with little to no energy for most of the game and defensive rebounding is still a major issue with a team that has a lot of size.  And teams hitting a lot of 3’s against us and a player going off on us and having a career scoring night is a big problem.  Morehead State deserved to win that game but I am glad we won.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,659]

1 minute ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Oh, those ESPN boards were such a clown show.  No surprise they imploded.  Started with zero moderators then turned it over to moderators on each separate team where some would ban for no reason.

Then they handed over to Facebook lol. Now no one goes to ESPN. They got rid of like 70% of their traffic. But I loved it while it lasted. Still keep in contact with SEC fans I met there. Then went to CBSSports and still keep in contact from people there. But both shutdown unfortunately.

[cthomas 6,357]

1 minute ago, go iu bb said:

Was that the 50 point loss?

I remember that game. Absolutely brutal. If there had been message boards, they would have been calling for coach's head.

[DChoosier 8,127]

Don’t get me wrong…..this was HORRIBLE….but a half hour after the game the 20-4 run seems kind of sweet (you don’t need to remind me we sucked the first 30-34 minutes. Yes, I know).

At the 6:00 mark I thought we were toast.

[Hoosier DaDa 2,246]

Can’t wait to read this thread tomorrow when I’m bored at work. I am right now at 24.7 seconds. 

[Hoosier DaDa 2,246]

We won we won

[RaceToTheTop 25,254]

9 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Then they handed over to Facebook lol. Now no one goes to ESPN. They got rid of like 70% of their traffic. But I loved it while it lasted. Still keep in contact with SEC fans I met there. Then went to CBSSports and still keep in contact from people there. But both shutdown unfortunately.

I went over to Our Hoosier Board — it formed by former ESPN IU posters.  It stayed active until a couple of years ago 

[Hoosier DaDa 2,246]

53 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

This might be the most insincere post ever which is saying a lot on this board.

Then he takes the time to post on this board?

[TheWatShot 13,799]

What is the highest number of games an IU team has won and not made the tourney? Honestly think it may be something to watch. 

 

It's like we keep stepping on land mines and they keep failing to go off. 

[RaceToTheTop 25,254]

7 minutes ago, Hoosier DaDa said:

Then he takes the time to post on this board?

You have know Trish’s history….shows up when IU is doing badly then disappears.

[RaceToTheTop 25,254]

3 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

What is the highest number of games an IU team has won and not made the tourney? Honestly think it may be something to watch. 

 

It's like we keep stepping on land mines and they keep failing to go off. 

Yeah, lot of embarrassing wins.

That said, I’m not overly fond of how much margin of victory has become meaningful in a team making the field.

[IUFAN1976 2,844]

3 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

What is the highest number of games an IU team has won and not made the tourney? Honestly think it may be something to watch. 

 

It's like we keep stepping on land mines and they keep failing to go off. 

I maybe wrong but I think it was 22 wins!  I think if we get to 22 wins, we will get in.  That will put us a 12-8 in the B10 and that should put us in the top 5

[Artie86 1,882]

For what it’s worth, this time last year, we were also 8-3 on December 19th and went 9-3 by beating Elon on December 20th, 2022.

[str8baller 5,155]

3 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

You have know Trish’s history….shows up when IU is doing badly then disappears.

He stopped to announce he wasn’t watching but Twitter was mad, then IU went on a 17-something run.  Lol

[TheWatShot 13,799]

2 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Yeah, lot of embarrassing wins.

That said, I’m not overly fond of how much margin of victory has become meaningful in a team making the field.

I actually don't mind margin of victory being more of a factor now. I was going back over our scores today, and with this one included, I believe we've only scored seven more points than we've allowed this season. That's usually not the hallmark of a good team. 

[IUFAN1976 2,844]

Just now, RaceToTheTop said:

Yeah, lot of embarrassing wins.

That said, I’m not overly fond of how much margin of victory has become meaningful in a team making the field.

It shouldn’t be.  It never was in BK era.  A win is a win.  There are many reasons why the margin of victory is less for some teams and it could be they have a key injury, a player for the other team gets extremely hot and can’t miss, the team is young and inexperienced, the team has a bunch of new players and they have a chemistry issue, etc…. Well IU has 3 of the 4 I mentioned above.  I still think this team has a really high ceiling, I just hope it’s not too late before they reach it!

[LIHoosier 26,001]

10 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

What is the highest number of games an IU team has won and not made the tourney? Honestly think it may be something to watch. 

 

It's like we keep stepping on land mines and they keep failing to go off. 

Since the tourney expanded, its 20 in the Covid year and 19 the year before.

[DChoosier 8,127]

4 minutes ago, str8baller said:

He stopped to announce he wasn’t watching but Twitter was mad, then IU went on a 17-something run.  Lol

And pretended he didn’t know how the game was going. LOL

I think he is still mad we didn’t keep Archie.

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,088]

So ugly. Needed that one bad, but goodness gracious this team is something awful.

2nd half. Galloway played so hard. Mgbako is giving better effort. I really like Reneau. But overall such a flawed team. We play so slow.

Was Reneau getting into it with a fan at the end? Something has him pissed off.


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[Hardwood83 4,762]

42 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

You'd have fun too if you were facing our 3pt "defense". Which is just hoping they miss.

Of course you are right, but they did hit a few 25 footers with a hand in their face. Missing those open looks brings it back to the average!