THE GOOD AND THE BAD: DUKE

[Hutsell1979 38]

Because somebody has to do it, take a look back at Wednesday night's debacle in Durham

Because Indiana fans seem to love misery at times, let us revisit Wednesday night's debacle in Durham with the good and the bad.

 

THE GOOD

 

1. Nostalgia - Hey if nothing else the lead up to Wednesday's game served as a chance to watch highlights of the 2002 NCAA Sweet 16 victory over the Blue Devils at Rupp Arena. That A.J. Moye block of Carlos Boozer still amazes.

 

2. The Big Ten won - It hasn't been a banner pre-conference season for a league that arguably has been the nation's best the past three or four seasons. But when Iowa survived in overtime against Florida State it clinched the ACC-Big Ten Challenge for the league for the fifth time in the last seven years. Tom Crean's plans for a parade down Kirkwood are just a rumor so far - we think.

 

3. The clock expired - The game ended. Mercifully.

 

THE BAD

 

1. EXPOSED - The bad could go on longer than a toddler's Christmas Wish List but the most damning thing about performances like Wednesday is the stage at which it was played out on. In one of the prime slots of national television, playing in one of the hallowed venues in college basketball against the defending national champions, Indiana looked like little more than exhibition fodder for the Blue Devils. Indiana fell to 0-3 in nationally televised games this season and this was the worst performance to date.

 

Every national writer or analyst in the country is taking turns punching the Hoosiers in the face for their only consistent trait - inconsistent or just plain non-existent effort on defense. While the season is still very, very young, one stands to question why getting a team to put forth effort consistently on the defensive end has become such a chore for a coaching staff that is in its eighth year in the program.

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[MartintheMopMan 7,765]

Game ended way before the clock expired.

[JSHoosier 20,317]

The good:  We looked competent on defense for about 10 minutes.

The bad:  We didn't even try to play defense for the other 30.

[HoosierAloha 30,068]

The season is getting to that point where it's not really "early" any longer. The way the team is playing we're about 1/4 way through.

Good article though.

[jsprigler 52]

All is not lost. 1.19 PPP against a good team.
Defense for 10 minutes.

Reality is that an unranked team lost by 20 to the #7 team. Without digging into the details, that isn't anything crazy. Not near as profound as the #1 getting beat by 10 by an unranked team...

[HoosierAloha 30,068]

All is not lost. 1.19 PPP against a good team.
Defense for 10 minutes.

Reality is that an unranked team lost by 20 to the #7 team. Without digging into the details, that isn't anything crazy. Not near as profound as the #1 getting beat by 10 by an unranked team...

Giving up 1.53 (?) PPP is bad no matter who you're playing. Hell, fouling them every trip down the floor might have been a better defensive game plan.

To your point, 1.19, 50+% FG, 40+% from deep, are all great offensive numbers against a top 10 team on the road and that should have you in the game. We got beat by 20 which could have easily of been 30.

[KingPG21 6,587]

All is not lost. 1.19 PPP against a good team.
Defense for 10 minutes.

Reality is that an unranked team lost by 20 to the #7 team. Without digging into the details, that isn't anything crazy. Not near as profound as the #1 getting beat by 10 by an unranked team...

Without digging into the details of the game is the only way you can put any kind of positive spin on that performance. 

[Uspshoosier 46,082]

All is not lost. 1.19 PPP against a good team.
Defense for 10 minutes.

Reality is that an unranked team lost by 20 to the #7 team. Without digging into the details, that isn't anything crazy. Not near as profound as the #1 getting beat by 10 by an unranked team...

my question would be should a team with 3 McDonald's all Americans and a player projected as a possible 1st rounder in a draft be unranked?

[jsprigler 52]

my question would be should a team with 3 McDonald's all Americans and a player projected as a possible 1st rounder in a draft be unranked?

Nope

[JSHoosier 20,317]

Without digging into the details of the game is the only way you can put any kind of positive spin on that performance. 

Yeah, I'm not sure how someone could watch that game and try to find any positive spin.  That debacle comes close to making Maui less humiliating.

[Str8Hoosiers 2,965]

Good: We had 6 TEAM rebounds

Bad: TEAM led us in rebounds -- TEAM is when the shot goes out of bounds!