IUWBB vs #8 O$U - Thursday, 02.20.25 @ 7:00 on Peacock

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Huge win! Great job ladies.


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[mamasa]

Whew! Solid play. I half expected to play horribly, half expected them to play on fire. I cannot stand O$U’s coach- looks like he drives a windowless panel van with “Free Candy” painted on it

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

On 2/18/2025 at 3:15 PM, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Don't have a good feeling about this game. 

 

I should worry like this more often.  Great win and really happy for the team.

[Claxdj01]

Great win. They will be somewhere from a 7-11 seed in the tournament. When they are playing like they can I sure wouldn’t want to draw them early. Wish they’d started Striplin and limited meister minutes all season that’s such an upgrade. How does the Ohio state coach keep his job? He must play the weakest schedule available non conference. I don’t know how many layups we got off his press but he rarely moves from it and always gets them destroyed in the tournament 

[Aaron]

To everyone who has called this a forgettable season please stop. Team just wrapped up a sixth straight NCAA Tournament appearance during what is sort of a rebuilding year. To every fan who complains when an IU team is not a top 10-15 squad and thinks this level of play is not good enough needs to reevaluate. 

Everyone is free to choose how they want to be a fan and I respect that, but it so disappointing the way too many of our fans complain when an IU team has a solid but not great season as women are having now and seen it to much across all the sports. 

Great job breaking the press and best performance of season by far!

[TTT]

Key 4th quarter rebound by Shay C, that resulted in foul upgrade on Cody M. over Garzon blockout.  
IU Ladies physically handled press well throughout most of game. (Sloppy at the end aided by refs).

IU Ladies are a sweet 16 team if they can play on the road in March Madness like they play at home with the Hoosier crowd behind them.

IU Ladies should close out regular season with 20 win regular season .

[American HoosierX]

Lost the turnover battle by 11 and still won by 10. That's wild.

[TTT]

I agree with MacKenzie Holmes.  This was no upset.

[HoosierHoopster]

On 2/18/2025 at 5:31 PM, HoosierHoopster said:

As a home game, I am cautiously optimistic for this one. The UM game was a downer. Time for the gals to pick themselves back up

Called it :)

[TTT]

On 2/19/2025 at 9:13 PM, TTT said:

Biggest win of the season 

Yes, it was a the big win.

[mamasa]

9 hours ago, HoosierHoopster said:

Called it :)

Keep calling it then!!! Lol!

[TTT]

Parrish is playing and moving as well as she has all season.

[CSP]

11 hours ago, HoosierX said:

Lost the turnover battle by 11 and still won by 10. That's wild.

OSU forces, on average, 24 TOs... crazy. We only had 8 at the half.... and then 10 in the 4Q alone. 

For the vast majority of the first 3Q we handled the ball REALLY well and were making OSU's press pay. Thankfully we did that at a high enough rate, our rash of TOs in the 4Q didn't get us beat. 

11k at the game! well that's reported attendance 

[OliviaPope40]

Does this likely get us in or do we need to win out?

[CSP]

3 minutes ago, OliviaPope40 said:

Does this likely get us in or do we need to win out?

I think we're in, outside of losing the last 3. 

Split the next two and beat Purdue and you're absolutely in. 

[NatHillIV]

5 minutes ago, OliviaPope40 said:

Does this likely get us in or do we need to win out?

I'm not a bracketologist, but I don't see how they can keep IU out of the BigDance now.
IU has 3 quad wins, 4 quad 2.  Now up to 36 on the NCAA NetRankings.
It's all confusing.  Minnesota has exactly ZERO quad 1 wins and only 2 quad wins, and somehow they have a NETRanking of 32?
Apparently killing terrible teams is a great strategy for the NCAA's computer.
Anyway, I will be surprised if we don't get in.  And I'm not convinced we can't win out based on our play last night.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

11 hours ago, HoosierX said:

Lost the turnover battle by 11 and still won by 10. That's wild.

TOs seem like a chronic problem and rebounding as well but last night we out-rebounded O$U 34-20 and that's a heckuva margin.  We also had 21 assists on 25 made field goals.  Also, Yarden made her 200th career 3-pointer in this game.

https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/02/21/iu-womens-basketball-handles-ohio-states-full-court-press-in-crucial-win/

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-womens-basketball-control-buckeyes-in-upset-over-no-8-ohio-state/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIlaTFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQ0SIKNJrYPzJSwnx745yMBbymuJbV1iZ88A76dKwpNTAlHpWLMdBQIYCA_aem_tR4NtMAuK8Ly4S-8CmfSPA

[CSP]

24 minutes ago, NatHillIV said:

I'm not a bracketologist, but I don't see how they can keep IU out of the BigDance now.
IU has 3 quad wins, 4 quad 2.  Now up to 36 on the NCAA NetRankings.
It's all confusing.  Minnesota has exactly ZERO quad 1 wins and only 2 quad wins, and somehow they have a NETRanking of 32?
Apparently killing terrible teams is a great strategy for the NCAA's computer.
Anyway, I will be surprised if we don't get in.  And I'm not convinced we can't win out based on our play last night.

Agree, especially with Maryland at home, although MSU is very UM, Minnesota, and Nebraska... and we struggled with all three on the road. 

[NatHillIV]

45 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Agree, especially with Maryland at home, although MSU is very UM, Minnesota, and Nebraska... and we struggled with all three on the road. 

We beat Nebraska here I think.  But I hear 'ya on the road games.  And we've had some clunkers along the way.  Harvard here, barely bear Southern Indiana here, lost to Butler there.  Real hard team to figure out.  But IU sure looked good last night!

[Aaron]

IU's in now period. Unless they lose their next two games, Purdue, and first game of Big Ten Tourney. 

It is a very weak bubble and last nights win all but locks them in to a sixth straight bid to March Madness.