Can you make NCAA with only 2 road wins?

[HoosierAloha 30,077]

Haha

Starts: Nobody!
Middle: Well that doesn't count
Cont: well maybe 1!
Ends: this is the new era of college hoops

[KingPG21 6,587]

Doubt you are correct on this. Name me another top 50 team that played zero true road games before conference .

Notre Dame. Didn't take much research to find thatout

[KingPG21 6,587]

At U Mass

Neutral site, don't bend facts to fit your argument

[coonhounds 9,684]

Reading through this thread it is apparent that a lot of posters are way to confident we make the tourney. I like our favorable schedule down the stretch but remember any team can beat us. I think there is a major chance we could lose two home games yet and a road game. If god for bid that happens do we still get in? If it comes down to winning a big ten tournament game I don't love our chances. I am not trying to troll or whatever u guys call it just wonder what you guys think. I know we have some good resume building games but I always felt the top 5 or 6 teams get in from the big may b less this year what happens if we finish below that?

[seanmm1971 1,437]

As I read through this thread I can't help but to ask,why some of you folks even come to an IU fan board and post. This like so many other threads always devolves into an anti Crean fodder. I get it, some of you really don't like him or want him and maybe it doesn't appear that way to everyone, but I think some of you actually want to see us fail,and miss the tournament just so you can say I told you so and run Crean out of Bloomington.

[LIHoosier 26,967]

Doubt you are correct on this. Name me another top 50 team that played zero true road games before conference .

Notre Dame

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/87/notre-dame-fighting-irish

[ccgeneral 38,084]

lol. Bokkes got shot down here. WTG crew! 

[Naturalhoosier 15,439]

Troll questions for $1,000, Alex.

"Can you make the NCAA with only 2 road wins?"

What is Bokkes getting hit with the Ban Hammer?

"Correct!!"

[Bokkes 7]

lol. Bokkes got shot down here. WTG crew!

Ok Notre Dame they also have a SOS of 100

[GloryDays 5,991]

That was short lived! :120:

[ccgeneral 38,084]

Ok Notre Dame they also have a SOS of 100

Put some dirt in that wound. It will be a while before help is on the way.

[Uspshoosier 47,522]

Reading through this thread it is apparent that a lot of posters are way to confident we make the tourney. I like our favorable schedule down the stretch but remember any team can beat us. I think there is a major chance we could lose two home games yet and a road game. If god for bid that happens do we still get in? If it comes down to winning a big ten tournament game I don't love our chances. I am not trying to troll or whatever u guys call it just wonder what you guys think. I know we have some good resume building games but I always felt the top 5 or 6 teams get in from the big may b less this year what happens if we finish below that?

to answer your question of what happens if we finish below the top 5 or 6 teams, if our overall resume is better then those teams that would finish better then us then the commitee would reward Iu with a bid. For example in 2012 when we won the big 10. Iowa finished 6th (9-9 in big play) and illinois finished tied for 7th(8-10 in big play) illinois made they tourney over Iowa (3 seed in nit). But if we lay an egg in these last 6 games and miss the tourney it won't be because we didn't play a true road game out of conference it would be because we couldn't win 4 games at home or 2 road games against teams with rpi over 100.

[coonhounds 9,684]

to answer your question of what happens if we finish below the top 5 or 6 teams, if our overall resume is better then those teams that would finish better then us then the commitee would reward Iu with a bid. For example in 2012 when we won the big 10. Iowa finished 6th (9-9 in big play) and illinois finished tied for 7th(8-10 in big play) illinois made they tourney over Iowa (3 seed in nit). But if we lay an egg in these last 6 games and miss the tourney it won't be because we didn't play a true road game out of conference it would be because we couldn't win 4 games at home or 2 road games against teams with rpi over 100.

I dont care about the road game part. I agree that illinois got in over them but I doubt it is a guarantee they will do that every time. As for the rest of the schedule this team has went above and beyond the call of duty to prove to me they can lose a couple of these games left. I hope not

[TheStillman 991]

Reading through this thread it is apparent that a lot of posters are way to confident we make the tourney. I like our favorable schedule down the stretch but remember any team can beat us. I think there is a major chance we could lose two home games yet and a road game. If god for bid that happens do we still get in? If it comes down to winning a big ten tournament game I don't love our chances. I am not trying to troll or whatever u guys call it just wonder what you guys think. I know we have some good resume building games but I always felt the top 5 or 6 teams get in from the big may b less this year what happens if we finish below that?

 

If we collapse and go 3-3 or 2-4 over these final 6 yes we will be directly on the bubble and will need a win in the B1G tourney but you can't deny we are in great shape heading into the easiest stretch we have in our conference schedule.  It is not like the optimism that we make the tourney is based on nothing.  This team has shown the ability to consistently beat teams at home and the only road games we have left are the two easiest ones on our schedule.  

 

Look at the body of work this season.  It would be more out of character for this team to go 3-3 or 2-4 over the final 6 then to go 4-2.

[coonhounds 9,684]

If we can lose 3 games I like are chances

[Uspshoosier 47,522]

I dont care about the road game part. I agree that illinois got in over them but I doubt it is a guarantee they will do that every time. As for the rest of the schedule this team has went above and beyond the call of duty to prove to me they can lose a couple of these games left. I hope not

theres more examples of of teams that have gotten in with worst conference records illinois isn't the only team to do it. Isn't our longest losing streak this year been 2? I would say that is going above and beyond the call of duty to prove to u that they won't lose most of these games. If for some reason we end up on the bubble I like our chances with 3 wins vs top 25 rpi and 8 vs top 100 I will be willing to bet not a lot of bubble teams would be able to say that

[biteoftheapple 4,115]

This team is fun to watch. They probabky have over achieved. But, going forward, I hope this years record can be the worst of our acievements. I want to have them contend in the B1G each year. I want a BTT title. FF and elite eights.

[Uspshoosier 47,522]

This team is fun to watch. They probabky have over achieved. But, going forward, I hope this years record can be the worst of our acievements. I want to have them contend in the B1G each year. I want a BTT title. FF and elite eights.

i agree I've been wanting that since 1995

[biteoftheapple 4,115]

Everyone is ok with mediocrity. I dont understand it.

[Hovadipo 58,084]

Everyone is ok with mediocrity. I dont understand it.

Oh look. This again.