IUBB @ UCLA - Saturday, 01.31.26 @ 5:00 ET on Peacock

[ronzo4IU]

7 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

Ultimately, yes. But that last 2mins of regulation....ugh. That was a legit choke job.

THRILLED to pull it out though.

Big 10 wins especially on the West Coast aren’t exactly cake walks..

[Home Jersey]

19 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

Ultimately, yes. But that last 2mins of regulation....ugh. That was a legit choke job.

THRILLED to pull it out though.

Yeah of course. The last 2 mins were awful to watch. Good learning opportunity with a W instead of an L. Beat USC and things are really headed in the right direction. Dorn needs to keep starting. Conerway (or Enright) off the bench will be good for the team I think. Like what Miles has been showing the past few games too. And Bailey had the game of his IU career. Reasons for optimism too. 

[Hardwood83]

Just now, ronzo4IU said:

Big 10 wins especially on the West Coast aren’t exactly cake walks..

Obviously, but up 10 with under 2mins and the ball? You gotta win that everytime. 

[Asha’man]

1 hour ago, Golfman25 said:

Darn near snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.   Need to clean that up.   Giant win for us regardless of how it happened.   Beat USC Tuesday and we are really back in business and control our destiny.   
 

BTW, UCLA is pathetic.  Half empty stadium and a tiny leprechaun in a bad suit on the sideline.  :)

Maybe Cronin should be the ND mascot!! 

[ronzo4IU]

Just now, Hardwood83 said:

Obviously, but up 10 with under 2mins and the ball? You gotta win that everytime. 

True, showed some real fight!

[Stuhoo]

3 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

Obviously, but up 10 with under 2mins and the ball? You gotta win that everytime. 

And they did. 

[Hardwood83]

7 minutes ago, ronzo4IU said:

True, showed some real fight!

Absolutely, winning without a PG for 2OT's was impressive. Very satisfying to pull it out.

[Asha’man]

1 minute ago, Hardwood83 said:

Absolutely, winning without a PG for 2OT's was impressive. Very satisfying pull it out.

I give Tucker DeVries a lot of crap bc he is out of shape and takes some terrible shots. Today he played solid and I was impressed with his PG play in overtime. 

[TheWatShot]

UCLA moved up 3 spots on Kenpom and we moved down 2. lol

[Unexpectedflash]

Dorn starting obviously helps us on offense but also our defense. We were basically switching everything and that’s a lot easier to do when there’s another 6’7 guy out there instead of two 6’2 guys. Enright was so scrappy fronting bilodeau in the post on those switches 

[Asha’man]

Just now, TheWatShot said:

UCLA moved up 3 spots on Kenpom and we moved down 2. lol

And yet we shot the ball better from 2 and 3. They had 10 more shots than us. I thought Kenpom was all about efficiency? The team that won that scored more points on 10 less shots moves down? Interesting. And I do like kenpom and look at it when doing my bracket every March. 

[Brass Cannon]

17 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

UCLA moved up 3 spots on Kenpom and we moved down 2. lol

How does the team favored to win rise if they lose?

[Home Jersey]

 

[Hardwood83]

Miles line: 0pts (0-2FG), 2 REB, 1TO & fouled out in 9mins of game action! 

Not piling on the kid, but wow, that is about as rough a stat line as you will see!

Any idea what Conerway's return ETA is?

[Stuhoo]

Must see press conference from Mick Cronin. In under six minutes he manages to take a giant sh.t on everyone and everything. It is a little scary and a lot hilarious.

This transcript are his opening comments and it stays like this the whole dang time! A must see—trust me.

 

 

[TheWatShot]

22 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

How does the team favored to win rise if they lose?

Not sure. I'm a fan of Kenpom and use it for my brackets every year, but that's an odd one. I'd expect that kind of quirk from the NET rankings, not from somebody with Pomeroy's track record. 

[Artie86]

13 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Must see press conference from Mick Cronin. In under six minutes he manages to take a giant sh.t on everyone and everything. It is a little scary and a lot hilarious.

This transcript are his opening comments and it stays like this the whole dang time! A must see—trust me.

 

 

I’ve felt since they hired him that he seems unlikable… He has that attitude where he blames everyone but himself. There’s a part where he said they didn’t listen to him till the last 2 mins of the game, especially defending the inbounds. 
My biggest take away is the players probably to really care for him or respect him…. JMO

[Hardwood83]

27 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Must see press conference from Mick Cronin. In under six minutes he manages to take a giant sh.t on everyone and everything. It is a little scary and a lot hilarious.

This transcript are his opening comments and it stays like this the whole dang time! A must see—trust me.

 

 

What an angry little troll! 

[Brass Cannon]

That’s a guy that won’t be coaching there much longer.  That’s the feel of the press conference 

[Asha’man]

31 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

That’s a guy that won’t be coaching there much longer.  That’s the feel of the press conference 

He seems to be the guy who took the big time job and hates being there. But he makes too much money to walk away. So he grinds until he finally burns out and quits.