2016-17 Basketball Schedule

[X-Hoosier]

Exhibition game Sat November 5th vs Bellarmine. Tight game last year, finished 73-62 IU.

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We also sucked early on last year. Hopefully the returnees remember that.

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[JaybobHoosier]

1 hour ago, X-Hoosier said:

We also sucked early on last year. Hopefully the returnees remember that.

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It's like I told people, Bellarmine is no slouch.  Top D2 program every year, and incredible fundamentals and IQ to help keep the game close.  Now, IU sucked against them, but Bellarmine is a good team.  I get the pleasure of watching them because they play in the same conference as the university my wife works at.  

[X-Hoosier]

It's like I told people, Bellarmine is no slouch.  Top D2 program every year, and incredible fundamentals and IQ to help keep the game close.  Now, IU sucked against them, but Bellarmine is a good team.  I get the pleasure of watching them because they play in the same conference as the university my wife works at.  

That is fine. But beating them by 20+ should be expected.

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[JaybobHoosier]

6 minutes ago, X-Hoosier said:

That is fine. But beating them by 20+ should be expected.

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No I agree, that shouldn't be a problem, but Bellarmine didn't surprise me by keeping close.  That's all :)

[X-Hoosier]

No I agree, that shouldn't be a problem, but Bellarmine didn't surprise me by keeping close.  That's all :)

At the time they surprised. In hindsight not at all lol.

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[OliviaPope40]

Interesting that we're playing Louisville on NYE I thought we started conference play then.

[Trish]

Full Schedule released on 8/18 @ Noon.

 

 

[HoosierAloha]

Really disappointed in the bottom of this schedule.
The good: 3 teams in top 10
The bad: 7 teams in KenPom 273+
The ugly: 5 teams in KenPom 300+, 3 at 340+

Hopefully, that was just down years and some of those teams rise. If they don't we'll have a terrible OOC SOS again

[X-Hoosier]

And people wonder why I want at least 6 games against against top competition.

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[HoosierAloha]

It has little to do with the top end. There won't be many B1G teams that will play top teams like that. It's the bottom end. If there are a few more games in the 100-200 range, a few in the 201-300, and none in the 300+ range that's a top 20ish OOC SOS.

Adding 2 more games against top 25ish teams will only do so much for you when you have 7, SEVEN games against 273+ teams. That's laughable! Are we preparing to play teams like Rutgers and Minnesota by these terrible noncon opponents?

I guess it's just padding stats so when we go into conference play with an OOC SOS in the 8+ averaging 90 points a game with an average margin of victory of +25 it'll look good.

[X-Hoosier]

It has little to do with the top end. There won't be many B1G teams that will play top teams like that. It's the bottom end. If there are a few more games in the 100-200 range, a few in the 201-300, and none in the 300+ range that's a top 20ish OOC SOS.

Adding 2 more games against top 25ish teams will only do so much for you when you have 7, SEVEN games against 273+ teams. That's laughable! Are we preparing to play teams like Rutgers and Minnesota by these terrible noncon opponents?

I guess it's just padding stats so when we go into conference play with an OOC SOS in the 8+ averaging 90 points a game with an average margin of victory of +25 it'll look good.

I don't care what other teams are doing. Indiana needs to do their own thing. Play 6-8 power conference teams and keep the 250+ teams to everyone else.

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[JSHoosier]

1 minute ago, X-Hoosier said:

I don't care what other teams are doing. Indiana needs to do their own thing. Play 6-8 power conference teams and keep the 250+ teams to everyone else.

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You can't go overboard with the top end teams though or you wear the team out.  There is a bit of a balancing act, you need some easy wins but you need to be challenged too.  We need to trim the fat on our OOC schedules.

[X-Hoosier]

You can't go overboard with the top end teams though or you wear the team out.  There is a bit of a balancing act, you need some easy wins but you need to be challenged too.  We need to trim the fat on our OOC schedules.

I didn't say 8 teams of Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, UNC, Zona, UCLA, Oregon, UConn, Louisville, Texas etc. I just said power conference. Even lower tier power conference teams will look better. Or look at teams in the Big East, MWC, or Gonzaga and BYU. Instead we are going to the SWAC and MEAC to fill our schedule.

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[Walking Boot of Doom]

I didn't say 8 teams of Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, UNC, Zona, UCLA, Oregon, UConn, Louisville, Texas etc. I just said power conference. Even lower tier power conference teams will look better. Or look at teams in the Big East, MWC, or Gonzaga and BYU. Instead we are going to the SWAC and MEAC to fill our schedule.

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Yeah, and his point still stands. You need tune up games against some inferior competition.

[X-Hoosier]

Yeah, and his point still stands. You need tune up games against some inferior competition.

Lower tier power conference and high major schools are inferior. And actually a challenge.

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[HoosierAloha]

I've posted for several years now that we need the following

3-4 games against top 25 teams (home, neutral, or away)
2-3 games against solid mid-majors or low power conference top 100-150 games
3-5 games against 151-250
2 games max against 250+ teams

We should never have more than half our schedule against 250+ teams. I get that things change year to year but that's just terrible.

[MoyeNeeded]

UofL already selling tickets for the game New Years eve. Any word on when they go on sale either in Bloomington or at Bankers Life?

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[HoosierAloha]

I'm hoping I'm no longer in the area but I might buy tickets just in case.

[bhaggard89]

Like I said before, schedule the other Indiana schools and you'll have plenty of teams on the schedule with a mid range RPI.
Here's how they ended last season.
Valpo- 31
IPFW- 74
Evansville- 92
Ball State- 159
Indiana St- 170
IUPUI- 191


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[HoosierAloha]

14 minutes ago, bhaggard89 said:

Like I said before, schedule the other Indiana schools and you'll have plenty of teams on the schedule with a mid range RPI.
Here's how they ended last season.
Valpo- 31
IPFW- 74
Evansville- 92
Ball State- 159
Indiana St- 170
IUPUI- 191


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It's crazy talk but why not play two games at home against other Indiana teams as part of the Crossroads Classic?  I do really like that we're playing IPFW up in the Fort.  The two for one with Evansville (home 2010/2013, away 2011) worked out well.  I would like to see IU play in some areas with a large alumni base (Chicago, NYC, DC) or different areas around the state in the noncon. 

Also, like last season we are really dependent on doing well against the top or our RPI will be a seed or two lower than it should be.  If we go 0fer against KU, UNC, and UL we are looking at an uphill battle again.