IUBB vs Chicago State - Saturday, 12.20.25 @ 1:00 on B1G+

[IU5355]

Unable to watch. But the fact they've played even in the second half is mega alarming. 

[TheWatShot]

I think Sienna's got a real shot Monday night. 

[Jeff Flabjohns]

Hey, these guys played Minnesota—better team than us—tough. 

[Stuhoo]

New style of play is excellent.

Gotta have a rim protector to pull it off.

ps: I’m no incurable optimist; had IU by 22 in the prediction pool.

[LIHoosier]

Final 78-58 IU
Very feast in the 1st half, very famine in the 2nd half

[AZ Hoosier]

1 minute ago, LIHoosier said:

Final 78-58 IU
Very feast in the 1st half, very famine in the 2nd half

Gonna be a long season. Glad we're a football school now. 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Awful effort.  I’ve vented enough about this throwaway.  Was supposed to be a get right game, but it was more of a get wrong effort.  
 

Merry Christmas IUBB. 
 

Maybe Santa will deliver us a 5 man that can defend and rebound and some confidence and swagger to our shooters because we will need them. 

[hoosierdogg]

26 made shots on 24 assists is impressive.  Not sure about everything else.  

[WayneFleekHoosier]

2 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

New style of play is excellent.

Gotta have a rim protector to pull it off.

ps: I’m no incurable optimist; had IU by 22 in the prediction pool.

Call it like you see it. New play style is different. And better. But not excellent until played excellently, which we don’t do. We aren’t good. And that’s sad.  My expectations are always too high.  Would just enjoy a good roster and team one of these years. 

[HinnyHoosier]

Barf.

[Napleshoosier]

Well that was a tough look.  Back to the football games. 

[AZ Hoosier]

2 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Call it like you see it. New play style is different. And better. But not excellent until played excellently, which we don’t do. We aren’t good. And that’s sad.  My expectations are always too high.  Would just enjoy a good roster and team one of these years. 

Agreed. Style is one thing, but execution is key. 

[TheWatShot]

I remember reading "Season on the Brink" where the team had a game at Northwestern, and got lazy in the 2nd half with a big lead. Knight took a timeout and ripped them for only winning the second half by one point, and demanded they be better the rest of the game. Sure wish we could ever see that kind of energy and accountability in this program again. 

[Stuhoo]

12 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Agreed. Style is one thing, but execution is key. 

Exactly 

Style is good. Executing is a tough ask with no serviceable bigs on the roster.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

6 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

I remember reading "Season on the Brink" where the team had a game at Northwestern, and got lazy in the 2nd half with a big lead. Knight took a timeout and ripped them for only winning the second half by one point, and demanded they be better the rest of the game. Sure wish we could ever see that kind of energy and accountability in this program again. 

Yeah, what’s going on in CDD’s head?

He didn’t know this roster build was inadequate. Does he know this effort and execution is inadequate too?  Who knows. 

Maybe fragile egos on the team he can’t lay into them.  Idk. Hoping the work through without being the mean coach. 
 

L’s will start piling up soon. 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Just now, Stuhoo said:

Exactly 

Style is good. Executing is a tough ask with no serviceable bigs on the roster.

Just like every coaching staff. They build the roster. They take the accountability.  Inadequate roster construction leading to inadequate results. Now what do we do with that?  Falls on coach. 
 

Hoping he and staff learn A LOT this inaugural season.  Praying we can learn while sneaking into the tournament.  Gotta have it.  

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Please tell me that the recent hiccups our beloved btb was having today migrated into the Live Stat site.  I decided an afternoon nap would be more enjoyable than following the second half.  Per Live Stats, the final score was 78-58 which clearly means that site is totally unreliable and therefore I'm not posting any screen shots of the box scores.    dws 

[Scotty R]

I really don't like that the college game is just mirroring the NBA game where they rely way to much on shooting 3's. To me the use of advanced metrics is really hurting the game of basketball. To me it has taken the beauty out of the game and it is a 3 or a shot at the rim. It has taken half the court out and it makes it easier to guard.

To me it is ridiculous to shoot 46 3's in a game and only shoot 16 from two point range.

In the last week I watched the 81 final four games vs LSU and UNC plus the championship game from 76. Today's game doesn't even look lke the same game as those games. You saw ball movement plus player movement and didn't see anyone just standing on offense waiting for someone to kick ball out to you.

 

[Stuhoo]

4 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

I really don't like that the college game is just mirroring the NBA game where they rely way to much on shooting 3's. To me the use of advanced metrics is really hurting the game of basketball. To me it has taken the beauty out of the game and it is a 3 or a shot at the rim. It has taken half the court out and it makes it easier to guard.

To me it is ridiculous to shoot 46 3's in a game and only shoot 16 from two point range.

In the last week I watched the 81 final four games vs LSU and UNC plus the championship game from 76. Today's game doesn't even look lke the same game as those games. You saw ball movement plus player movement and didn't see anyone just standing on offense waiting for someone to kick ball out to you.

 

Pretty Woodson-ey of you, no?

FWIW, if we had anyone that could score near the rim our numbers wouldn’t be so skewed. But it looks like we don’t.

[Ryno6284]

20 hours ago, LIHoosier said:

Packers/Bears is probably gonna take precedent over James Madison/Oregon.

I forgot that was on today!  Will definitely be watching that too. Thanks for the reminder!