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10 hours ago, TheWatShot said:

I still think you're letting recency bias get in the way. That team was 15-3, didn't lose at home, had four wins by 25 or more points and scored 28 straight points in another game.

What do you think is more likely on an IU board? “Recency bias” from 7 years ago against IU, or people having their crimson tinted glasses on in favor of IU? Lol…  

 

That team did nothing out of conf. It won a bad Big Ten that year, and neither the pollsters or selection committee were impressed with it. Of course they could score, but in typical Crean fashion they couldn’t stop anyone, either. They were 59th in def. They are closer in efficiency rankings to this years IU team (16/42) than this years Purdue team.  
 

Yogi was amazing. I enjoyed beating UK (we’ll just ignore getting blown out by the other blue bloods we played that year), but that was a bad Big Ten. This year is shaping up similarly, but Purdue will have ooc success to point to. With that said, maybe they’ll lose out and make the conversation moot. Us capping off an 0-2 week for them Saturday would be nice. 

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8 minutes ago, rcs29 said:

Seems that people saying Edey is getting away with fouls would be correct. Makes winning a lot easier when all of your opponents shoot half as many FT's as you do.

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They could easily call several more fouls against opponents defending Edey. Right or wrong he is officiated differently. I wouldn't trust the Big 1.o officials to get that right most of the time.

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They could easily call several more fouls against opponents defending Edey. Right or wrong he is officiated differently. I wouldn't trust the Big 1.o officials to get that right most of the time.
Did you read the crimsoncast research? It's pretty staggering

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45 minutes ago, str8baller said:

What do you think is more likely on an IU board? “Recency bias” from 7 years ago against IU, or people having their crimson tinted glasses on in favor of IU? Lol…  

 

That team did nothing out of conf. It won a bad Big Ten that year, and neither the pollsters or selection committee were impressed with it. Of course they could score, but in typical Crean fashion they couldn’t stop anyone, either. They were 59th in def. They are closer in efficiency rankings to this years IU team (16/42) than this years Purdue team.  
 

Yogi was amazing. I enjoyed beating UK (we’ll just ignore getting blown out by the other blue bloods we played that year), but that was a bad Big Ten. This year is shaping up similarly, but Purdue will have ooc success to point to. With that said, maybe they’ll lose out and make the conversation moot. Us capping off an 0-2 week for them Saturday would be nice. 

Yeah IU’s out of conference results kind of hurt them in seeding.   Kentucky was probably the team in that situation that was under seeded.    That year IU was 7-4 against top 50 RPI(old ways Q1).  6-1 against RPI 51-100 (Q2). 6-3 against 101-150(Q3).   That record against 101-150 cost them a couple lines.    I wasn’t surprised at the 5 seed they got that year despite winning the B1G.   Pretty sure Sparty even though they finished 2nd to IU ended up with the better seed that year.  They got a 2 or 3 seed 

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20 minutes ago, rcs29 said:

Did you read the crimsoncast research? It's pretty staggering

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I glanced at it. I'm referring to several obvious fouls that were not called. I'm not shocked that it's staggering. How many 7-4 dudes have played at his level in the Big 1.o? We love to dog him for being massive but he has a lot of skill to go along with that frame.

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17 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

Has Edey been in foul trouble this year? If so, how did the opponent do it and how did his supporting cast fair without him?

Edey has committed 17 fouls in conference play lol. He went on a 5 game stretch a couple weeks ago where he committed 3 fouls total. 11 games this season with 0 or 1 foul.

He got to 4 fouls twice, both in non-conference wins against WVU and Austin Peay.

 

(In fairness, Trayce's foul numbers are pretty similar, but he has still fouled out twice this season in losses to Rutgers and Zona)

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28 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Edey has committed 17 fouls in conference play lol. He went on a 5 game stretch a couple weeks ago where he committed 3 fouls total. 11 games this season with 0 or 1 foul.

He got to 4 fouls twice, both in non-conference wins against WVU and Austin Peay.

 

(In fairness, Trayce's foul numbers are pretty similar, but he has still fouled out twice this season in losses to Rutgers and Zona)

Thanks, that’s kinda what I thought. So… is it that people are avoiding contact with him? Curious if TJD can go right into him and challenge them to call the foul. I think trying to go around him is a mistake because he is so long and can recovery quickly with his reach

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1 hour ago, MikeRoberts said:

Thanks, that’s kinda what I thought. So… is it that people are avoiding contact with him? Curious if TJD can go right into him and challenge them to call the foul. I think trying to go around him is a mistake because he is so long and can recovery quickly with his reach

My hunch is he’ll guard Race, or at least that Gillis/Furst may be better able to guard TJD’s dribble drives. It would be a nice game for Race to can a couple 3s.

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Saw elsewhere on the internet rumored that Freemantle from Xavier may have broken/injured his foot and be out. If so that’s a big blow; he’s their top rebounder and second in scoring. Xavier is virtually tied in both net and kenpom with Illinois as our best win, as well. 

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1 hour ago, str8baller said:

Saw elsewhere on the internet rumored that Freemantle from Xavier may have broken/injured his foot and be out. If so that’s a big blow; he’s their top rebounder and second in scoring. Xavier is virtually tied in both net and kenpom with Illinois as our best win, as well. 

Opens the door for Hunter to start?

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3 hours ago, lillurk said:

My hunch is he’ll guard Race, or at least that Gillis/Furst may be better able to guard TJD’s dribble drives. It would be a nice game for Race to can a couple 3s.

The only reason you might have to worry about TJD's dribble drives is because of ball screen action. Once TJD receives the ball just back off him and let him shoot. Edey or whoever is defending him will only need to get out of the paint if TJD is screening for a shooter AND that shooter is on. Hopefully JHS has a O$U type repeat performance.

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1 hour ago, HoosierAloha said:

The only reason you might have to worry about TJD's dribble drives is because of ball screen action. Once TJD receives the ball just back off him and let him shoot. Edey or whoever is defending him will only need to get out of the paint if TJD is screening for a shooter AND that shooter is on. Hopefully JHS has a O$U type repeat performance.

Yes, this is when you do the Draymond “throw it to your PNR partner, chase it and screen” thing.

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