(5) Indiana v. (1) UNC - Pregame Thread

[IUsince1980 315]

Confidence takes a crushing blow with no Rojo... My faith has turned to uneasy nerves

Im not too worried as it just means more OG. Im just worried in general.

[hoosiers55 69]

One reservation I have about this game is in the Crean era we have been slaughtered by athletic big men like Brice Johnson (i.e. Harrel, Hayes, Green etc). Brice Johnson is the only matchup I am scared of killing us.

[IUsince1980 315]

One player can slaughter us all he wants ie Ulys. What we hafta avoid is the silly turnovers and getting kills of the boards.

[MartintheMopMan 7,765]

No RoJo hurts but we've shown we can excel even without him. They have more stars, but we're the better team. One of the teams in that arena will be playing in the Final Four and it sure as hell isn't going to be them.

I've spent the whole day in the nervous excited state you get before a big test. This is the big test, and we're going to wreck the curve so hard that people start dropping the course.

[FloridaHoosierGirl 4,592]

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Stressed as usual and more than 2 hours before game time.  Husband has to get up early for work so I've already told him he's a wimp for wanting to go to bed early.  He's a Hoosier by marriage, not birth.  There is no way I could sleep!  Told him not t expect me to be quiet!  

 

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correct spelling

[HoosierAloha 30,024]

One bad sign is its looking like the parody ends with the #1 seeds as they are crushing everyone

Someone has to take them down. Why not IU? I'd be cool with 3/4 #1 seeds making it to the Elite 8...

[Scooter D 928]

39 minutes ago, IUsince1980 said:

One bad sign is its looking like the parody ends with the #1 seeds as they are crushing everyone

I am ok with this, if it ends with UVA.

[HoosierAloha 30,024]

No RoJo hurts but we've shown we can excel even without him. They have more stars, but we're the better team. One of the teams in that arena will be playing in the Final Four and it sure as hell isn't going to be them.

I've spent the whole day in the nervous excited state you get before a big test. This is the big test, and we're going to wreck the curve so hard that people start dropping the course.

I like when you talk in code that the opponent doesn't understand!

[FloridaHoosierGirl 4,592]

12 minutes ago, Scooter D said:

I am ok with this, if it ends with UVA.

We can be the only "upset".  That's fine with me.

[MartintheMopMan 7,765]

10 hours ago, hoosierpap said:

Huge Italian footprint esp. in South Philly. I hear it all the time from them

That makes sense, that's where I always heard it when I was young too.

[mdn82 25,510]

Can I ask why everyone keeps bringing up the Carolina break like we don't want to run with them? We are at our best when we run. We hit our shots when the pace is fast. Nobody has said anything about that?

[BlueDevil 8,655]

Can I ask why everyone keeps bringing up the Carolina break like we don't want to run with them? We are at our best when we run. We hit our shots when the pace is fast. Nobody has said anything about that?

Carolina has come off extremely cocky about this. Their guards aren't as good as ius.

[LIHoosier 25,904]

2 minutes ago, mdn82 said:

Can I ask why everyone keeps bringing up the Carolina break like we don't want to run with them? We are at our best when we run. We hit our shots when the pace is fast. Nobody has said anything about that?

Laziness.

Last game, UNC ran Providence off the floor in the 2nd half and IU for probably the 1st time in forever had 0 fast break pts vs pUKe. That's as far as anyone goes in analyzing games now.

[ALASKA HOOSIER 11,256]

IU is gonna shock the shitheels tonight

[mdn82 25,510]

It's just nuts. They may beat us but can anyone remember the last time someone beat us playing our game?

[HoosierAloha 30,024]

7 minutes ago, mdn82 said:

Can I ask why everyone keeps bringing up the Carolina break like we don't want to run with them? We are at our best when we run. We hit our shots when the pace is fast. Nobody has said anything about that?

I definitely think IU can run with them, especially if the transition 3 game is on point.  We do need to get back in transition and make sure they only get one shot in transition. 

[Hoosiers219 178]

No Rojo!! I thought the "iffy" comment was just showmanship or typical misdirection. Damn!!!

[Brass Cannon 24,271]

Man, such a trainwreck right now.  OG and Yogi have to play big minutes and like men tonight.  Troy has to be laser focused as we all know he can. 

[Bittersince87 209]

Living in nc , I've been washed down by many locals who say we don't have a chance. I really hope we win.

[Leo 446]

TV Ted won't be reffing our game will he?

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