College Bball Thread

[Uspshoosier 45,675]

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[WayneFleekHoosier 48,316]

11 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

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45% is a substantial number.  Wow.  

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,743]

14 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

https://x.com/tp4pt/status/1691136512929181700?s=46&t=DZBAtvEfLDzKsnhCzoFpdg

 

Our mailman has had a little recent trouble "delivering" tweets into btb threads.  Must be time for a refresher in the USPS creed:  “Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail shall keep the postmen from their appointed rounds.”      lol

 

[Uspshoosier 45,675]

18 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

 

Our mailman has had a little recent trouble "delivering" tweets into btb threads.  Must be time for a refresher in the USPS creed:  “Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail shall keep the postmen from their appointed rounds.”      lol

 

Wish I knew why I can’t embed  tweets anymore when I copy the link    Very annoying and frustrating 

[go iu bb 5,963]

30 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

45% is a substantial number.  Wow.  

Even taking into account that walk-ons enter the portal that is a huge number with no team. Maybe low-major bench players are the majority? 

[Uspshoosier 45,675]

 

[Josh 12,634]

4 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

 

You trying to get me to rant again??  I hate this.

[Stuhoo 80,655]

10 minutes ago, Josh said:

You trying to get me to rant again??  I hate this.

We have Auburn in Atlanta.

While technically not a true road game, pretty much the same thing.

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,316]

5 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

We have Auburn in Atlanta.

While technically not a true road game, pretty much the same thing.

UConn in New York which will be less than Auburn in Atlanta but still a trounament type atmosphere that will likely lean UConn’s direction.   Although, we do travel well, so who knows.  
 

Strength of schedule doesn’t bother me under Woodson.  I think he gets it just about right.  Plenty of B1G games on the road as it is.  Losing a nonCon road game won’t be a big difference maker imo, as we can lose a B1G road game and get the same feel. 1 less loss. 

[TheWatShot 13,968]

4 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

 

Purdue hasn't scheduled a non-conference road game since the 2019-20 season. 

[Josh 12,634]

14 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

We have Auburn in Atlanta.

While technically not a true road game, pretty much the same thing.

No!

 

[Scotty R 2,127]

6 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

 

I think neutral site games against Auburn, UCONN and UT or UL makes up for that 

[Hovadipo 56,116]

think the neutral site games against Auburn and UConn are like having road non-con games

[Josh 12,634]

Do any of you actually believe your own bullshyt?  UPSHoosier done started some stuff

[BGleas 7,903]

Couldn't care less about how many true road games we have in the non-conference. 

Would rather have neutral site games anyways. It's a smarter way to schedule. We'll have tons of tough road games in conference. 

Last time I checked the Big Ten Tournament and NCAA Tournament are neutral site, not road games. 

[Josh 12,634]

14 minutes ago, BGleas said:

Couldn't care less about how many true road games we have in the non-conference. 

Would rather have neutral site games anyways. It's a smarter way to schedule. We'll have tons of tough road games in conference. 

Last time I checked the Big Ten Tournament and NCAA Tournament are neutral site, not road games. 

Last you checked lol.

There's nothing like a true road game to check mental toughness of a team.  To prepare a team for adversity.  To prepare a team for competing against a team, an environment, against hometown calls.  How to get punched in the mouth and wipe off the blood.

But we're not trying that this year.

I hate it.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,672]

8 minutes ago, Josh said:

Last you checked lol.

There's nothing like a true road game to check mental toughness of a team.  To prepare a team for adversity.  To prepare a team for competing against a team, an environment, against hometown calls.  How to get punched in the mouth and wipe off the blood.

But we're not trying that this year.

I hate it.

There isn't an out of conference team you can play that'll have the same garbage Big Ten officiating on the road. It's literally impossible. Not playing at Kansas, Kentucky or Duke are as horrid as Big Ten refs peak conference play.

[Josh 12,634]

32 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

There isn't an out of conference team you can play that'll have the same garbage Big Ten officiating on the road. It's literally impossible. Not playing at Kansas, Kentucky or Duke are as horrid as Big Ten refs peak conference play.

Eh.

[BGleas 7,903]

1 hour ago, Josh said:

Last you checked lol.

There's nothing like a true road game to check mental toughness of a team.  To prepare a team for adversity.  To prepare a team for competing against a team, an environment, against hometown calls.  How to get punched in the mouth and wipe off the blood.

But we're not trying that this year.

I hate it.

Meh! Lot's of way to build toughness, including playing numerous top 10 teams both neutral site and on the road. 

We have something like 4 games against the preseason top 5. One of those on the road and two in tournament style neutral site locations. 

[HinnyHoosier 4,958]

1 hour ago, Josh said:

Last you checked lol.

There's nothing like a true road game to check mental toughness of a team.  To prepare a team for adversity.  To prepare a team for competing against a team, an environment, against hometown calls.  How to get punched in the mouth and wipe off the blood.

But we're not trying that this year.

I hate it.

That's the benefit of playing in a power conference (especially one that mixes football rules and refs in with the basketball). These boys will have plenty of tests in conference play which happens to span the majority of the season. Odds are they will fulfill your imagery by getting the opportunity to wipe the blood from their mouths and keep going. I agree that the quality of teams we will be playing in 'not-home' environments will test the team quite enough early in the season. It's also about building confidence and keeping that going; you can't be mentally tough without confidence.