IU v. Wisco Game Thread 2/3 7pm on ESPN

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That's one of my pet peeves with Crean.It seems to totally kill momentum.
Don't know that it hurt us as bad tonight anywhere near as bad as the fact we have a roster built for a 6'4'' and under league with the only size we have on the bench.
We'll probably beat Mich because the match ups aren't as extreme and we're home.Maryland is probably salivating right now.

They should be salivating at the thought of another chance after we kicked their ass in Indiana.

Hopefully Blackmon is a go for Michigan.

[bleedhoosier 3,627]

So are we allowed to complain about this garbage basketball that's being played the last 4 games if we end up losing to Michigan at home?

The only comfort I have here is that oddly enough Crean knows Belien ball..

Dakich calling a spade a spade.. I wish he would just say it. Crean is a garbage sub coach. It is t just Hartman. These dudes come out at set times every game no matter how they are playing. I'd be irate too if I was Williams. It's like this impossible one way chasm exists between the scorers table and the bench. There is no possible way u can come back to the bench so go ahead and pull the guy whose confidence is through the roof.

Good for Z getting his tonight

Refs...same crap every year in wisconsin

And that garbage press after u are down 30. There is a cosmic force that won't allow it to be played during a winnable game. Nope, we have to watch a team get down by 20 and 30 and "Tom implore his team to play with energy". That's juvenile coaching.

And no I'm not surprised about losing to Wisky. I'm surprised how bad this team has played recently. Has nothing to do with Perea. Don't kid yourself, we didn't claw back into this game with great effort. Wisky turned their defense nearly off for that stretch while we hit some shots.

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@JeffRabjohns: Bo Ryan when asked about Yogi Ferrell guarding Frank Kaminsky: "You have to ask the other coach."

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Follow up

@JeffRabjohns: Bo Ryan (more) on Yogi vs. Kaminsky: "It's not like we said, Frank, go down there and screen Yogi ... Someone put you up to that question."

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Follow up

@JeffRabjohns: Bo Ryan (more) on Yogi vs. Kaminsky: "It's not like we said, Frank, go down there and screen Yogi ... Someone put you up to that question."

rabjohns is feisty against Crean tonight. Subtle twitter barbs.

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More ammo for Bo hate, check this out.

@crimsonquarry: GOT-DAMN, BO "@JeffRabjohns: Bo Ryan: "The game kind of played out the way we thought. I don't know how coach Crean feels." #iubb"

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I agree. Its what we've come to expect from a Crean coached team. Just think of all the cupcakes Wisconsin played prior to conference play, only one allowed more points than our 3.5 million $ coached team. Now that's what I call earning your check. I submit a $50,000 a year high school Indiana coach would do a much better job than Crean. Hell, what do some of these low D1 coaches make per year. Do you think Crean earns his paycheck supported by your tax $ if you live in Indiana. Just another burr in the saddle.

 

And none of them scored more points than IU.  In fact the only one who has scored more points against them is a Hall of Fame coach who is arguable the best ever cbb coach.

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Ha

@Sam_Beishuizen: Tom Crean: "The only issue that I have inside of the game is we didn't challenge them." #iubb

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LOL

and Yogi's mother's opinion

@DocLibby: There is a method to Coach Crean's madness. I don't pretend to understand them all, but he has good reasons when I talk to him. #iubb

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Bright spot.....we won the boards again. See, I can be positive! :no:

               

You're starting and inspiring monstrous recruiting threads.

 You're posting positive!

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And none of them scored more points than IU. In fact the only one who has scored more points against them is a Hall of Fame coach who is arguable the best ever cbb coach.

did they play better defense?

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Ha

@Sam_Beishuizen: Tom Crean: "The only issue that I have inside of the game is we didn't challenge them." #iubb

Lol goodness.. and I'm so curious what issue OUTSIDE of the game was..

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They should be salivating at the thought of another chance after we kicked their ass in Indiana.

Hopefully Blackmon is a go for Michigan.

  We haven't played well since that game.Hope we can get back to that level.

  When we were moving the ball tonight we looked good.

The second half we fell into the same pattern of over dribbling and driving at guy's 6'' taller than us.

Played the same way at Purdue.

 I hope James is back for Mich also because he was giving more effort than anyone else in crunch time against Rutgers.

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I'm not sure what part of tonight is surprising.  We cannot match up with Wisconsin at all. 

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Im not a Tom Crean hater. I have met the guy. Hes a nice guy. He does some good things. But he is a mediocre basketball coach. I wish all of our fans would just admit and embrace it.

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NO ONE is surprised we didn't win this game... can we please move past this one

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In response to Crean post game blaming youth and inexperience.

@DocLibby: Chicken or the egg scenario! Young players with lots of excuses! HA! #iubb @AssemblyCall

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And none of them scored more points than IU.  In fact the only one who has scored more points against them is a Hall of Fame coach who is arguable the best ever cbb coach.

Said the coach from the team down 30 and ended up losing by close to 20. Are you looking for a moral victory? Geez, I've seen supporting a coach here on a nightly basis, but your post honestly is the best. Getting our butts handed yearly by Bo Ryan and you find a positive by howmany points we scored. Does the final score not count or is it just some arbritary number Naismith came up with to determine first runnerup? See everyone wins by your school of thought. Meanwhile, the yearly Wisconsin beatings of Indiana drum beats along just like the millions spent on an average Indiana high school coach.

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NO ONE is surprised we didn't win this game... can we please move past this one

 

Agreed, I would have liked to have seen a closer game but whatever, we lost.

 

We need to protect home court the rest of the way.  That gets us to 11 conference wins and an invite to dance.  Win @NW and/@Rutgers and that helps with seeding in the B1G/NCAA tourney.  We also need to get healthy; Perea, Holt, RoJo, and JBJ.

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In response to Crean post game blaming youth and inexperience.
@DocLibby: Chicken or the egg scenario! Young players with lots of excuses! HA! #iubb @AssemblyCall

Excuses...the legacy of Tom Crean's Indiana career. It was lack of bigs vs Purdue. Now inexperience. He would never accept any blame and that may be the biggest example of why he is such a poor coach. Fault always lies somewhere else.