College Bball Thread

[LamarCheeks]

5 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

Definitely.  I thought Mack was a no brainer to succeed at Louisville.  For whatever reason it just hasn’t worked out yet

The University of Louisville as a whole just seems to be a hot mess right now. Don't know how much of these are connected, but the AD and president resigned within a day or so of each other. The president did leave to take the same position at Penn State, but still ... 

[Uspshoosier]

Georgetown up 2 at home against Syracuse.   Teams are exchanging big baskets these last 2 mins.  Fun game 

[Stuhoo]

1 minute ago, Uspshoosier said:

Georgetown up 2 at home against Syracuse.   Teams are exchanging big baskets these last 2 mins.  Fun game 

Aminu is special good

[Uspshoosier]

Georgetown wins it.  Girard a 90% foul shooter for Cuse misses a FT that would of cut the lead to 1.  Aminu hit both to put Georgetown up 4.   

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

Wisconsin continues to prove that it's Johnny Davis, the dirtiest player in college basketball and some other dudes. Wisconsin is a mediocre team. Embarrassing how we lost to them. 

[Uspshoosier]

3 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Wisconsin continues to prove that it's Johnny Davis, the dirtiest player in college basketball and some other dudes. Wisconsin is a mediocre team. Embarrassing how we lost to them. 

 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

 

Might be but it’s also true. Nebraska drilled by Auburn by 30. Auburn has a legit team. Ohio State comfortable over Wisky who isn’t what their number in front of them represents and that will bear out over time. Syracuse beaten by a mediocre Georgetown team. Good game with 2 mediocre teams. I think the evidence indicates what we are as a team this year and many are ignoring the blaring signs.

I suppose it doesn’t matter. Fringe tournament team again. If we miss again does it matter? Woody, isn’t a young man. Missing the tournament won’t improve his stock. Will need to strike while the iron is hot.

But, we don’t behave like a blue blood anymore and just hope to fall back into it. I’m not holding my breath. And if Woody fails/underperforms, that’s curtains. We better take that NIL seriously if we want to be a Top 10 program. Hint… we don’t but we want the fans to think we do.




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[Uspshoosier]

10 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Might be but it’s also true. Nebraska drilled by Auburn by 30. Auburn has a legit team. Ohio State comfortable over Wisky who isn’t what their number in front of them represents and that will bear out over time. Syracuse beaten by a mediocre Georgetown team. Good game with 2 mediocre teams. I think the evidence indicates what we are as a team this year and many are ignoring the blaring signs.

I suppose it doesn’t matter. Fringe tournament team again. If we miss again does it matter? Woody, isn’t a young man. Missing the tournament won’t improve his stock. Will need to strike while the iron is hot.

But, we don’t behave like a blue blood anymore and just hope to fall back into it. I’m not holding my breath. And if Woody fails/underperforms, that’s curtains. We better take that NIL seriously if we want to be a Top 10 program. Hint… we don’t but we want the fans to think we do.




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Wisconsin won Maui and beat a final 4 contender  Houston   on a neutral court in the process of winning it.    Wisky has played 7 Q1 and Q2 games and has 5 wins in those.   5 top 60 wins (3 away from home).   It’s bait to say it’s embarrassing to lose to them.   
 

The other stuff you pointed out has nothing to do with why I posted that gif so I can’t speak on those in this situation. 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

4 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Wisconsin won Maui and beat a final 4 contender  Houston   on a neutral court in the process of winning it.    Wisky has played 7 Q1 and Q2 games and has 5 wins in those.   5 top 60 wins (3 away from home).   It’s bait to say it’s embarrassing to lose to them.   
 

The other stuff you pointed out has nothing to do with why I posted that gif so I can’t speak on those in this situation. 

Fair enough in a vacuum.  But we did blow a historic 22 point lead and played one of the  worst halves of basketball I’ve witnessed. That’s embarrassing.  
 

On Wisky, it’s my eye test.  The Houston win was big. Can’t take that away.  They won several games that’s could have gone either way.  They just aren’t that good.  I think it will bare out.  
 

But the rest of my comments is where I stand because it isn’t a vacuum to me.  Unless we turn a magical corner we are a fringe tourney team.  We look like it with the eye test and every transitive property I think about.  Some people have 20 years of frustration built up and are looking for a breakthrough. We aren’t seeing it.  That and the administration are the main reasons we haven’t came back and likely won’t.   NIL opened the doors to compete with the big boys.  Another new Avenue of hope, plus a coach.  It’s not trending like we want to be a blue blood. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

21 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Fair enough in a vacuum.  But we did blow a historic 22 point lead and played one of the  worst halves of basketball I’ve witnessed. That’s embarrassing.  
 

On Wisky, it’s my eye test.  The Houston win was big. Can’t take that away.  They won several games that’s could have gone either way.  They just aren’t that good.  I think it will bare out.  
 

But the rest of my comments is where I stand because it isn’t a vacuum to me.  Unless we turn a magical corner we are a fringe tourney team.  We look like it with the eye test and every transitive property I think about.  Some people have 20 years of frustration built up and are looking for a breakthrough. We aren’t seeing it.  That and the administration are the main reasons we haven’t came back and likely won’t.   NIL opened the doors to compete with the big boys.  Another new Avenue of hope, plus a coach.  It’s not trending like we want to be a blue blood. 

Yea but Q wins are all that matter. What you see is worthless. So unless you're gonna talk about what Q wind you have, be quite. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

Oklahoma loses to a god awful Butler team... And then destroys Arkansas. 

[cthomas]

From the fallout in the last game thread and the angst that has followed, it seems we have fans who might need to take a step back. I want all the things for the program that everyone else does, but my day is not going to be ruined if it doesn't happen. I played basketball when I was a kid because I loved the game. I watch now for the same reason. IU has been mediocre more often than not for the better part of the last 25 years. At my age, I may never see the greatness I've witnessed in the past. I, in spite of that, still enjoy the games. The chess match that is basketball is compelling. The combination of individual talent blended within the team concept makes it incredible. We have already seen several games where, on paper, the winning team had no business being the game let alone being victorious. As USPS says......

[Uspshoosier]

20 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Oklahoma loses to a god awful Butler team... And then destroys Arkansas. 

Arkansas first road game and probably the best team they have played to date.  

[Uspshoosier]

29 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Yea but Q wins are all that matter. What you see is worthless. So unless you're gonna talk about what Q wind you have, be quite. 

Sarcasm button pressed because we all know you love the NET Quad system 

[Uspshoosier]

E Michigan jus won in 4OT against FIU 

[Uspshoosier]

1 hour ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Fair enough in a vacuum.  But we did blow a historic 22 point lead and played one of the  worst halves of basketball I’ve witnessed. That’s embarrassing.  
 

On Wisky, it’s my eye test.  The Houston win was big. Can’t take that away.  They won several games that’s could have gone either way.  They just aren’t that good.  I think it will bare out.  
 

But the rest of my comments is where I stand because it isn’t a vacuum to me.  Unless we turn a magical corner we are a fringe tourney team.  We look like it with the eye test and every transitive property I think about.  Some people have 20 years of frustration built up and are looking for a breakthrough. We aren’t seeing it.  That and the administration are the main reasons we haven’t came back and likely won’t.   NIL opened the doors to compete with the big boys.  Another new Avenue of hope, plus a coach.  It’s not trending like we want to be a blue blood. 

I didn’t need to be in a vacuum to see that a team with a 1st year coach with no college coaching experience in any form wasn’t going to set the college basketball world on fire and all of a sudden be a threat for a top tier team.   Woody didn’t have the luxury of Howard being able to take over a program that had players that had final 4 experience and Big 10 champion experience.  Did I hope in these first 10 games this would be the case sure but I’m grounded enough to realize what kind of shape this program is in.    7 seed to fringe tourney team sounded about right for this IU team coming into the season for me. 
 

[Uspshoosier]

Illinois/Arizona starting up.  This should be a good one 

[RaceToTheTop]

1 hour ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Yea but Q wins are all that matter. What you see is worthless. So unless you're gonna talk about what Q wind you have, be quite. 

At the end of the day, it’s all about winds and losteds.  So I’ll just stay quite.

[RaceToTheTop]

Re:eye test

i hate the term…because everyone has different eyes.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

11 minutes ago, brumdog45 said:

At the end of the day, it’s all about winds and losteds.  So I’ll just stay quite.

Is everyone spelling quiet wrong on purpose?  Am I being punk’d?  
 

Re: eye test.  To each their own.  If you don’t believe in it, you might not have a good one.