Wisconsin @ Indiana - 19:00 EST on ESPN - Official Game Thread

[Alford Bailey 12,415]

Indiana leads the series 95-69

My whole childhood we never lost to Wisconsin.

[mdn82 25,546]

My whole childhood we never lost to Wisconsin.

You and me both. They were like on a Minnesota level. Always in the 7-10 range.

[323SGrant 1,176]

If coach Knight shows for the game - do we win by 20 or more?

Yep. If Knight offers his coaching skills.

[Alford Bailey 12,415]

I really expect this to be a 17+ threes we look like world beaters game.

[HoosierHoops1 5,024]

This is a silly debate. In my experience most students return on Sunday unless they have early Monday classes.

 

But, unless someone has some kind of traffic analysis of 37 over the last days of a vacation, we're just all going to be trading anecdotes and speculation. My only point was that traditionally, games over winter break have lower attendance numbers than games during the school year. OSU is a much better team than they're ranked. If we continue to have lower than average attendance numbers, we'll have a less energized crowd. This team feeds off the crowd to an extreme level. The risk of having a less energized crowd for the OSU game makes me nervous.

 

Until someone is posting pictures in the OSU game thread 5 minutes before the game, there is absolutely no way for us to determine how attendance will be. At best, ticket prices on stubhub might be indicative ($23 balcony, $150 behind the basket). Even then you'd have to know historical prices for these tickets at similar times. Possibly calling the box office and seeing what the best tickets are available. But generally, there's no point in taking over the thread with a debate speculating when students are going to return and if they'll purchase basketball tickets for their first morning back or not. 

 

I will willingly concede I have absolutely no evidence that is not anecdotal. 

 

And I mean, in the original message I noted this wasn't an appropriate thread for this conversation, so we're just dragging it further off topic

It wasn't a debate. It was a conversation. No one is stepping on your little toesies.

 

Go Hoosiers!

[Bobman1 2,909]

Wisky @ +8 was just too good to pass up. I hope we pull one out by no more than 7 pts.

How dare you

[mdn82 25,546]

Wisky fans aren't feeling so good about this game

[colonel06 1,921]

Flew the Grumman to B-town to go to the big show tonight Stubhub not too bad of seat.

[BlueDevil 8,784]

I know Wisconsin is having a down year but I think if IU wants to take the next step this year, beating a team that has recently haunted them is a start.

[Stuhoo 81,857]

It wasn't a debate. It was a conversation. No one is stepping on your little toesies.

Go Hoosiers!

How do you know the size of his toesies?

[Naturalhoosier 15,436]

How do you know the size of his toesies?

It's been well chronicled that he has weeee little toesie-woesies.

[biteoftheapple 4,115]

Who is sucking whose toes?!

[coonhounds 9,308]

Anybody seen the general walking around town yet?

[coonhounds 9,308]

Getting excited for this one. This will be our best game so far

[mdn82 25,546]

Bryant working exclusively on free throws

[mdn82 25,546]

Got two of the 76 posters!

[mdn82 25,546]

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[BlueDevil 8,784]

Bryant working exclusively on free throws

Man kind of off topic but there is nothing better than arriving as soon as the doors open and it feels like there are only 20 people inside. Every IU game I go to I go in as soon as the doors open and find my seat and just soak it all in for about 20 minutes. Weird I know but that's one of my favorite parts about going to games in AH.

[mdn82 25,546]

Man kind of off topic but there is nothing better than arriving as soon as the doors open and it feels like there are only 20 people inside. Every IU game I go to I go in as soon as the doors open and find my seat and just soak it all in for about 20 minutes. Weird I know but that's one of my favorite parts about going to games in AH.

Yep. I was able to get good seats for this one. Had to show up early. I don't know what Troy tries to accomplish during his pregame but it won't help his game. The rest are working on specific areas.

[mdn82 25,546]

RoJo working the other end of the floor by himself on his outside game.