NCAA Tournament Talk

[Alford Bailey 12,421]

Love the offense but a 260 ranked defense WILL hurt us in the dance. 

[johnsoniu 6,627]

Love the offense but a 260 ranked defense WILL hurt us in the dance. 

 

Yup

[Five Prime 1,093]

I think the first game of each weekend would be the toughest for this IU team. Teams that have time to prepare well would have a much easier time taking advantage of some of IU's intrinsic deficiencies whereas a team with 24-48 hrs to prepare would have a difficult time.

IUs offense doesn't care who they play. The defensive matchups are the problem.

I am also cautiously optimistic about this team's chances in the tournament. Many talk about our defense being poor, which I obviously agree with, but our shooting, guard play, and ft shooting are at an elite level even for tourney teams. We can hang with anyone when our offense is sharp.

[87 Rides a Surfboard 41]

Iu might be gelling at the right time. Troy looks more beastly all the time and our shooters are finding their groove. Also, health. Once Hanner is at 100% we'll be as healthy as we've been all year. I'm optimistic heading towards the tournament but obviously one bad matchup will take us out.

[ALASKA HOOSIER 11,277]

Let's just concentrate on whooping the Boilertankers

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,780]

Not sure where to put this

@WIUXUnderLights: Elston: "I love watching this group play now. There’s no goofing off outside of basketball now." #iubb #UTL

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,780]

Courtesy of HotHoosiermom, aka Troy's Mom

@mayaandej: @WIUXUnderLights @akmccarthy Have confidence in the guys. They need all the support they can get from us.

[Bobman1 2,909]

Hopefully we get a bracket with the one seed being Gonzaga and the two being Utah. A three seed as Northern Iowa and 4 as Wichita State would also be greatly appreciated. Not to mention $MU as the 5 would be accepted too.

[ALASKA HOOSIER 11,277]

@WayneFleek- can you ask her to come back to the forum, please?

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,780]

@WayneFleek- can you ask her to come back to the forum, please?

not sure I have what it takes via twitter. In a Bloomington bar, my odds increase haha.

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,780]

not sure I have what it takes via twitter. In a Bloomington bar, my odds increase haha.

or maybe not

[Miller'sTheMan 1,652]

If we win out and finish 23-8, what seed do you think we get?

[ALASKA HOOSIER 11,277]

/\ awesome!

 

Here's the song that represents me...i need the internet

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UE6iAjEv9dQ

[MikeRoberts 7,227]

If we win out and finish 23-8, what seed do you think we get?

we would get a bye in the first round of the tourney and then have 3 games so if we won all 3 we would be 26-8 and if that happened we could be a 2.

Won't win out though

[CR3AMnCR1MS0N 1,867]

If we win out and finish 23-8, what seed do you think we get?

 

Depends on how we play in BTT. If we win out we'll most likely be top four in the B1G, which would mean our first BTT game would come Friday, and we'd end up with 3 possible BTT wins.

 

-With no BTT wins we'd prob end up as a 6 or 7, maaaayyybbee the lowest #5 if we are lucky.

-Win out with a BTT win I'd say we could get anywhere from the last #4 seed to highest #6.

-Two BTT wins probably means a solid #4, or a lucky #3

-(Finally) win the whole darn thing and we could screw the whole darn bracket up hahahahahahahahaha!

 

In 2011 we went 24-7 with a BTT win over Penn State, and we got a #4 seed. I could see a similar seeding scenario this year if we close out the regular season on a tear. I know, we also had 3 wins over top 5 teams that year, but, if we win out this year, we will have one more conference road win than 2011 and quite possibly (heck, in a win out scenario, almost certainly) finish 2nd in the conference instead of 5th for the regular season.

 

The only thing I see screwing up these scenarios is be if the selection committee views the B1G as too "weak" to give us a high seed.