Indiana v. Bellarmine - Nov. 9, 1900 EST on BTN+

[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

Final  73--62---IU.

[BGleas 9,030]

Sounds familiar.

They have actually outscored IU in the second half.  It's now a 10 point game.

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,465]

I am not going to be convinced that we shouldn't beat an undersized D2 team by more. Not going to overreact though.

[coonhounds 10,558]

Did Blackmon ever score?

[Kepner 1,268]

I am not going to be convinced that we shouldn't beat an undersized D2 team by more. Not going to overreact though.

Their starting lineup was bigger than ours, but other than that I agree with you 100%. Least we aren't Iowa or St Johns that both got beat by D2 schools

[coonhounds 10,558]

I am not going to be convinced that we shouldn't beat an undersized D2 team by more. Not going to overreact though.

it doesn't give me any warm fuzzy feelings on how our season will go i will say that much

[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

Sounds like Bryant did not play much 2nd half---we are a different team without him.  For those of us in Southern Indiana I can tell you Bellarmine has a great BBall reputation. But I am disappointed we did not handle them better than we did.

[LIHoosier 27,772]

Did Blackmon ever score?

He had a breakaway dunk moments after he turned the ball over and Troy made a nice recovery block.

[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

Final stats will be interesting .....good to get another W with multiple lineups.

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,465]

He had a breakaway dunk moments after he turned the ball over and Troy made a nice recovery block.

lol that that was his only score. Lazy cherry picking play after his own mistake.

[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

Fair to say Crean let the bench players get more time late in the first and the entire second half? That seems like a more plausible explanation for the lackluster final 25 minutes. Did we see lots of weird lineups after murdering Bellarmine in the first 15?

[Kepner 1,268]

Fair to say Crean let the bench players get more time late in the first and the entire second half? That seems like a more plausible explanation for the lackluster final 25 minutes. Did we see lots of weird lineups after murdering Bellarmine in the first 15?

Seems like Bryant, Hartman, and Biefeldt didn't play much in the second half. Other than that it was normal

[Uspshoosier 54,507]

I remember a Syracuse team in 2009-2010 season that lost to a divison 2 team Le moune in an exhibition game at home 72-69. They ended up 4th in the AP polls and fininished 30-5 (#1 seed that lost to butler in sweet 16). It could of been worst we could of lost although if the season ends up like syracuses I would take a loss in an exhibition game if we ended up with a season close to that minus a loss in the sweet 16

[Bobman1 2,913]

No Injuries = WIn

Injuries = Loss

[Str8Hoosiers 2,972]

Seems like Bryant, Hartman, and Biefeldt didn't play much in the second half. Other than that it was normal

So we played the first half (at least the first 15 minutes) as we are going to play this year (with some big bodies down low).... and then we played the rest of the game like last years team....(Small and letting leads slip away). I am fairly certain those minutes won't be split like that come Friday or after so i am very happy with the way we played this game... as mentioned no injuries (and some extra rest for those possibly nursing injuries) is a very good thing!

[MartintheMopMan 7,765]

So we played the first half (at least the first 15 minutes) as we are going to play this year (with some big bodies down low).... and then we played the rest of the game like last years team....(Small and letting leads slip away). I am fairly certain those minutes won't be split like that come Friday or after so i am very happy with the way we played this game... as mentioned no injuries (and some extra rest for those possibly nursing injuries) is a very good thing!

TB only played 16 minutes (as did Max). I agree the minutes won't be split like that, I think it was both line-up experimentation (which is exactly what you want to see in these games) and TB was in the boot Monday morning, so I doubt they wanted to overwork him and risk injury/reinjury.