College Bball Thread

[Uspshoosier 45,608]

3 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

I know the history quit well and seen 3 national championships. I want to get back to that but we might not ever get back to that.  If you look early in the history of the sport where teams won big but never got back there. OSU won 2 championships in the early 60's and haven't won one since.

I still think our Conference hinders every team from being elite.  I think the style of play and how the game is played hinders the conference from getting elite talent.

Also when we were truly elite the game was way more regional and now it is national especially in recruiting.  We were able to get most of the  top recruits from a 3 states but now these kids go all across the country. With more and more games being on TV these players family can see them play.  With summer basketball these players are seen by every coach in the country. 

I guess I don't know what we are fans can do to change this because we really have no influence on anything. I have emailed AD before  about my unhappiness with the program and twice they actually fired the coach. It didn't help this year with the football program. I don't think the fans are settling for anything but I just don't see how bitching constantly about coaches and program changes anything.

Fans can’t do anything.    Only thing they can do is stop watching and cut that part of their life out or they buckle up and ride it out.    I’ve told my wife many times that I’m done with investing the energy I have for IU basketball and I’m done…….that was 2 days ago.    See you all on Sunday after the game.    Never in the game chat though 

[Ryno6284 2,645]

2 minutes ago, Rico said:

You've been all over him today!  Sniper

[Ryno6284 2,645]

Nova about to lose at home again. down 84-77 16.6 secs. to go

[Uspshoosier 45,608]

Charleston is in a battle at home vs Delaware.    Delaware up 1 with 9:30 to go.  
 

cbssports network 

[Ryno6284 2,645]

Is this Indiana st. game live or a replay?

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,672]

32 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

Well UNC and Duke this year are going through some problems. How bad does UNC have to to lose to such a sorry program like IU . Those two plus UK has as many if not more kisses than we do this year. 

When I say they go through the same problems I am talking about in the games. Like people  complaining about how we shot against a certain team but they don't look at the fact that every team they played hasn't shot well.

We are talking 20-30 year stretches of mediocrity. Not a season or two. 

[Hovadipo 55,976]

Just now, Ryno6284 said:

Is this Indiana st. game live or a replay?

No spoilers from me, but they played at 2. 

[Ryno6284 2,645]

Just now, Hovadipo said:

No spoilers from me, but they played at 2. 

Okay, thx.  I hate chicago sports channel!  It never says what it is!

[Uspshoosier 45,608]

5 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Charleston is in a battle at home vs Delaware.    Delaware up 1 with 9:30 to go.  
 

cbssports network 

Charleston up 6 now.   Delaware is playing without their best player.    Ready to feel old…….

Jameer Nelson Jr.  

[HoosierAloha 30,068]

20 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Game before Christmas Break? 

Thought we were talking about finals week. I guess some coaches are worried about every game.

Agree those games can be tough but we're talking about a really, really bad E. Illinois team on your home court. Maybe it was the winter storm and the fans not being able to attend?

[Uspshoosier 45,608]

Advantage of ESPN+ is their Big 12 deal.  
 

kansas st/Baylor 

Kansas/West Virginia 

Kansas up 12 and Baylor up 1 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,672]

1 minute ago, Uspshoosier said:

Advantage of ESPN+ is their Big 12 deal.  
 

kansas st/Baylor 

Kansas/West Virginia 

Kansas up 12 and Baylor up 1 

I'm not even sure why conferences want to keep their games off national TV. But I guess there will be a lot more room on ESPN soon with the Big Ten leaving. 

[HoosierAloha 30,068]

21 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

I know the history quit well and seen 3 national championships. I want to get back to that but we might not ever get back to that.  If you look early in the history of the sport where teams won big but never got back there. OSU won 2 championships in the early 60's and haven't won one since.

I still think our Conference hinders every team from being elite.  I think the style of play and how the game is played hinders the conference from getting elite talent.

Also when we were truly elite the game was way more regional and now it is national especially in recruiting.  We were able to get most of the  top recruits from a 3 states but now these kids go all across the country. With more and more games being on TV these players family can see them play.  With summer basketball these players are seen by every coach in the country. 

I guess I don't know what we are fans can do to change this because we really have no influence on anything. I have emailed AD before  about my unhappiness with the program and twice they actually fired the coach. It didn't help this year with the football program. I don't think the fans are settling for anything but I just don't see how bitching constantly about coaches and program changes anything.

I forgot you were 52 years old and saw those 3 national championships. Thank you for reminding me.

Other programs have figured out how to deal with the change in college basketball. We have not. Thank you for making that point.

[Uspshoosier 45,608]

3 minutes ago, HoosierAloha said:

Thought we were talking about finals week. I guess some coaches are worried about every game.

Agree those games can be tough but we're talking about a really, really bad E. Illinois team on your home court. Maybe it was the winter storm and the fans not being able to attend?

Yeah I apologized earlier.   I thought  finals week was the same as the game before Christmas break.   Chalk it up to college basketball.   It’s why we love it so much.     A team like Iowa can lose on their home court to a team like eastern Illinois and also beat a team like Iowa St on their home court just a couple weeks earlier. 

[cthomas 6,416]

4 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

We are talking 20-30 year stretches of mediocrity. Not a season or two. 

We are also talking about an administration that made an intentional decision to de-emphasize the basketball program after Coach Knight had become the face of Indiana University. IU made hiring decisions based things that were not related to coaching ability. Maybe the admin is waking up, maybe not. But we are currently very far behind because of what happened when CBK was fired. I don't know if CMW is the answer, but at least he understands what IU used to be.

[HoosierAloha 30,068]

1 minute ago, Uspshoosier said:

Yeah I apologized earlier.   I thought they finals week was the same as the game before Christmas break.   Chalk it up to college basketball.   It’s why we love it so much.     A team like Iowa can lose on their home court to a team like eastern Illinois and also beat a team like Iowa St on their home court just a couple weeks earlier. 

No need to apologize, different perspectives and expectations. We're sometimes the prettiest girl in the bar for those minor league players looking to bust out of a slump.

[IU Scott 2,375]

17 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Fans can’t do anything.    Only thing they can do is stop watching and cut that part of their life out or they buckle up and ride it out.    I’ve told my wife many times that I’m done with investing the energy I have for IU basketball and I’m done…….that was 2 days ago.    See you all on Sunday after the game.    Never in the game chat though 

I just wonder what those who criticize people for accepting mediocrity has actually done themselves to try to change things.

1) Stop watching every game and make IU games rating so low they start to lose money. That will show them. 

2) Don't pay for tickets so the lose money on tickets, concessions and parking that will show them. 

3) Stop all social media, podcast and message boards about IU sports to show them we are fed up. 

4) Stop buying merchant so they lose money, that will show them.  

Now that they lose all of this money they won't have the money for hiring top coaches and won't be able to update facilities. No coaches or players will want to come and play with no fan support, that will show them.

[IU Scott 2,375]

20 minutes ago, Ryno6284 said:

You've been all over him today!  Sniper

Probably because he has no better resoonse than trolling 

[IU Scott 2,375]

5 minutes ago, cthomas said:

We are also talking about an administration that made an intentional decision to de-emphasize the basketball program after Coach Knight had become the face of Indiana University. IU made hiring decisions based things that were not related to coaching ability. Maybe the admin is waking up, maybe not. But we are currently very far behind because of what happened when CBK was fired. I don't know if CMW is the answer, but at least he understands what IU used to be.

Well if the AD got his way and hired Beilein instead of the president wanting Sampson we wouldn't be in this situation. Beilein would have been great at IU

[Uspshoosier 45,608]

Looks like Zona is going to lose to Washington St at home.    College basketball is awesome.    They almost got ucla at home earlier and have already beat usc.    Big win for them