Indiana at Tennessee (Exhibition), 10/27 at 3:00 pm SEC+ Network

[AH1971]

2 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Still an exhibition at the end of the day.   These games are for both teams to try different rotations out that they might not normally play in certain situations.  IU could have lost and at the end of the day it was only an exhibition.   Barnes said at the 9 min mark he had a lineup in that he normally wouldn’t play together it wanted to try it out and let them play meaningful reps against good competition.   Pretty sure IU made a run during that time 

This board would have been in midseason meltdown mode had IU lost an "exhibition" game. Don't get it twisted. 

[Stuhoo]

Just now, Uspshoosier said:

Still an exhibition at the end of the day.   These games are for both teams to try different rotations out that they might not normally play in certain situations.  IU could have lost and at the end of the day it was only an exhibition.   Barnes said at the 9 min mark he had a lineup in that he normally wouldn’t play together it wanted to try it out and let them play meaningful reps against good competition.   Pretty sure IU made a run during that time 

And Tenn's best stretches were when Rice or Ballo weren't on the court. 

Even if we're very deep, it's hard to replicate what Rice brings offensively and what Ballo brings defensively.

[Uspshoosier]

1 minute ago, AH1971 said:

This board would have been in meltdown mode had IU lost an "exhibition" game. Don't get it twisted. 

So what.   How is that any different than any loss by IU on this board no matter the coach.  Part of a message board.   If you don’t melt down after a loss what’s it matter if others do 

 

[AH1971]

Just now, Uspshoosier said:

So what.   How is that any different than any loss by IU on this board no matter the coach.  Part of a message board.   If you don’t melt down after a loss what’s it matter if others do 

 

Then why try and discredit the win calling it an exhibition game lol. 

[Uspshoosier]

1 minute ago, AH1971 said:

Then why try and discredit the win calling it an exhibition game lol. 

Not discrediting anything just pointing out a fact that it was only an exhibition game.  What’s both teams records right now?   lol    You try to hard on here to find conflict when there isn’t any.     

[go iu bb]

Just now, AH1971 said:

Then why try and discredit the win calling it an exhibition game lol. 

Because it was an exhibition game? Win or lose, it doesn't count and the coaches treat it that way. You won't see this win being considered when tournament selection comes around since it was just an exhibition game. Kind of weird and desperate to prove the doubters wrong by thumbing your chest after an exhibition win, but you do you. 

I disagree that there would have been a meltdown if IU had lost this game. Maybe if they lose to Marian there would be, but not on the road at Tennessee. 

[AH1971]

1 minute ago, Uspshoosier said:

Not discrediting anything just pointing out a fact that it was only an exhibition game.  What’s both teams records right now?   lol    You try to hard on here to find conflict when there isn’t any.     

I'm not trying to find any conflict lol, simply pointing out your utter hypocrisy which is typical but expected. 

[AH1971]

Just now, go iu bb said:

Because it was an exhibition game? Win or lose, it doesn't count and the coaches treat it that way. You won't see this win being considered when tournament selection comes around since it was just an exhibition game. Kind of weird and desperate to prove the doubters wrong by thumbing your chest after an exhibition win, but you do you. 

I disagree that there would have been a meltdown if IU had lost this game. Maybe if they lose to Marian there would be, but not on the road at Tennessee. 

I know how exhibitions work, didn't exclude the board freaking out in the first half when they shot 0-11 from 3. I just know that you and your parade of losers would have extended the FMW thread 10+ pages had they lost that game Sunday.

[Uspshoosier]

Just now, AH1971 said:

I'm not trying to find any conflict lol, simply pointing out your utter hypocrisy which is typical but expected. 

 

[J34]

9 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Still an exhibition at the end of the day.   These games are for both teams to try different rotations out that they might not normally play in certain situations.  IU could have lost and at the end of the day it was only an exhibition.   Barnes said at the 9 min mark he had a lineup in that he normally wouldn’t play together it wanted to try it out and let them play meaningful reps against good competition.   Pretty sure IU made a run during that time 

In the eyes of the players, it wasn't just an exhibition game. Coming out of Knoxville with a W, is all they will remember. It's more of a confidence and psychological win than anything else. These guys know they can go into an away/neutral site game and compete. That's all we wanted to take away from this. Our pg definitely gives us that edge we've been waiting for. 

[AH1971]

Just now, J34 said:

In the eyes of the players, it wasn't just an exhibition game. Coming out of Knoxville with a W, is all they will remember. It's more of a confidence and psychological win than anything else. These guys know they can go into an away/neutral site game and compete. That's all we wanted to take away from this. Our pg definitely gives us that edge we've been waiting for. 

But how can this instill confidence...IT's JUsT aN EXhIbITiOn GAmE.

[J34]

5 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Because it was an exhibition game? Win or lose, it doesn't count and the coaches treat it that way. You won't see this win being considered when tournament selection comes around since it was just an exhibition game. Kind of weird and desperate to prove the doubters wrong by thumbing your chest after an exhibition win, but you do you. 

I disagree that there would have been a meltdown if IU had lost this game. Maybe if they lose to Marian there would be, but not on the road at Tennessee. 

It was more for the players confidence. So yes, the W means more than just an exhibition game to them.

[str8baller]

12 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

It's pretty heartening to know that any player on the team except Myles and Oumar could miss time and there will be a ready made replacement. Can't lose your big time PG or rim protector and be nearly as good, but we could be just fine in any other scenario. And if Ballo or Rice was in foul trouble we could go stretches of being effective without them depending on the opponent.

I’d probably be more worried about Reneau going out in a critical stretch. Woodys offense going through the post to a guy like Ballo scares me.  
 

Reneau at small ball center would hurt defensively but woodys scheme already collapses the guards into the post. We’d probably make up a lot of what we lose on defense by hard to stop offense with a small ball lineup and reneau in the post.   
 

Here’s hoping we have an injury free season either way. 

[HoosierHoopster]

Good grief the lengths people go to on a board to get riled up. 

Who cares if it was an exhibition game? It was a sold W where both teams were trying out lineups and we were down 2 likely key players and it was on the road. No one is saying it proves how great IU is, it's just a heck of a good looking start, in a game both teams were trying to win down the stretch. Personally, I enjoyed it.

[go iu bb]

11 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

I know how exhibitions work, didn't exclude the board freaking out in the first half when they shot 0-11 from 3. I just know that you and your parade of losers would have extended the FMW thread 10+ pages had they lost that game Sunday.

Oh dear, angry_rando_dude_1971 just called me a loser on a message board since I don't agree with him. Oh dear, I'm so very hurt. 

I would also point out that you have posted more in that thread recently than I have and possibly more than I have overall. You do your part to keep it going. Keep up the good work of keeping it alive!

[go iu bb]

2 minutes ago, J34 said:

It was more for the players confidence. So yes, the W means more than just an exhibition game to them.

I talked about the coaches and the selection committee, not the players. Yes, the players care. Other than that, it doesn't count. Both teams are still 0-0 on the season.

[str8baller]

14 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

Who cares if it was an exhibition game?

Pretty much everyone but IU fans a few diehards watching these games this time of year.  
 

Last year MSU and Tennessee played a real high level exhibition (better than this past game)  and it turns out that Tennessee ended up being really good and MSU was pretty average. They looked to be equals in that game at the time.  Hopefully we’re Tennessee and Rice is Knecht in that scenario. But I really wouldn’t put a whole lot of stock in it.  
 

It did shed some light on some offseason questions us message board types had, but I wouldn’t go any further than that. 

[Stuhoo]

7 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

So what.   How is that any different than any loss by IU on this board no matter the coach.  Part of a message board.   If you don’t melt down after a loss what’s it matter if others do 

 

If a message board doesn't melt down and if drunken rage posts aren't hidden after a loss?

Fair to say y'all would be 'message boarding wrong'.

[J34]

25 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

I talked about the coaches and the selection committee, not the players. Yes, the players care. Other than that, it doesn't count. Both teams are still 0-0 on the season.

You've pointed out the obvious. We haven't been able to go many places and win. All I'm saying is it gives the players more confidence heading into hostile environments. The coaches had to come away with the same confidence, as well. 

[Uspshoosier]

36 minutes ago, J34 said:

In the eyes of the players, it wasn't just an exhibition game.

I get that and I can see how in the eyes of some fans would want to view that way.    IU didn’t have 1 single win last year against a top tournament quality team.   That’s a long time to go for fans.    The program hasn’t had much success lately so any little nugget of success is going to be ate up by this fanbase.  Just because I said it was just an exhibition doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy it(watched it 3 times so far) I just put it in perspective that at the end of the day it was an exhibition game.    I always tell people before the season starts to take exhibition games with a grain of salt in the college basketball thread.    I use the example of Cuse losing to a D2 team years back and everyone in the college basketball world freaked out.   Cuse ended up in the final 4 that year