WIUX sure does. Listened to the whole game in Calculus and Latin

If you ever open your own buisness, I want to work for you…I don’t care what kind of work it is! 

If you ever open your own buisness, I want to work for you…I don’t care what kind of work it is! 

I know Indiana did not come out and truly compete against Iowa in Iowa, but I really think Iowa deserves a lot of credit for that loss.  I just think that they were a real buzzsaw that day, and I have my doubts if there was a team in the Big Ten that would have beat Iowa that day considering how well they played.  Certainly IU could have played harder and made a much better game of it, but if I am truly honest about it, I just do not think that was a game given the effort and incredible streak that Gatins was starting on, I just think it was the perfect storm.  It may have been a blessing in disguise that Indiana did not show up emotionally and took it on the chin.   It showed them that they could be thoroughly defeated and embarrassed by a team of inferior talent when they don’t bring the intensity.  I would think it would have been a bigger let down for the team, if they would have played anywhere near as good as they can, and still got beat by Iowa. 

I’m in Chicago as well and I’ve been able to listen to other IU games using this link http://v4.player.abacast.com/player/player.php?pid=1182

seconded!

At least Half Day Holidays from Noon on.  They could be the first National Half Day Holidays ever.  If you start a petition I will sign.

If you are talking about P300, DONT YOU DARE LEAVE THE CLASSROOM! 🙂

Started watching the game last night too.  Tough to compare a team in disarray post-Denim vs. what we have now.  Think about those same guys vs. Michigan State when we smashed them at home during the week of Denim’s allegations.  They were clicking on all cylinders and disciplined.  What I forgot, though, is how much talent was on that 07-08 team.  One lottery pick (EJ), one first rounder (DJ) and one second rounder (Crawford).  Armon Basset was no slouch either, leading Ohio U to a massive upset vs. Georgetown a few years ago.

Very true. I’m going to tough it out tomorrow, then probably sneak out of my classroom (I have a student teacher right now) during the last period to watch the IU vs. Wisconsin game (assuming we win). 

Next week I’m strongly considering going straight to BWs Thursday after school, then taking off Friday and returning to BWs. 

I’d say this makes me a terrible educator, but it’s not like there’s much to do by the last period when my student teacher has it all handled, right? I’d say that’s justification. 

Other than the Super Bowl, I strongly believe the first Thursday and Friday of the NCAA tournament should be national holidays. If I ever run my own business, I’m making them holidays. 

If you’re gonna be out sick today you may as well be sick tomorrow and then again next Thursday and Friday as well.  No need to be at work when your mind is elsewhere anyway. 

Hulls is still our best ball handler overall and with everyone else stepping up it allows him to be more of a facilitator instead of a source of points.  We have several players that need to let the game come to them instead of forcing things (Watford, Jones, and Hulls).  We also have some guys that can get their own shot and can force things (Oladipo, Sheehey, Zeller).  If the guys know their roles and play accordingly this is a team that can do great things.  As they’ve shown there isn’t a team in the nation that can beat them if they are rocking on all cylinders.  The postseason begins today.  No more losses or excuses just execution. 

It’s Crean’s job to settle down the guys when they get out of line.  We all know when Watford starts to lose it he’ll bury his head and drive at the basket and almost certainly get a charging foul.  That’s when coach needs to calm him down and get him back to playing within the game and letting it come to him.  Same for Jones and Hulls is actually a little different.  When Hulls gets in a funk he tends to make extra unnecessary passes and pass up wide open looks.  When Jones and Watford are in a funk they force things. 

This team has all the right pieces to go a long long way if they just play their roles and coach is able to reel them in once they start to stray.

Not surprisingly, Indiana is 24-2 when scoring 69 points or more. Those two games? The two that most irk IU fans – Minnesota at home and Nebraska on the road.

The Hoosiers are 22-1 when scoring 70 or more. (Beat ND and Minny with 69 points, lost to Nebraska with 69 points). 

IU should have no problem pushing tempo against Penn State and winning. However, it’s going to be a bigger challenge against Wisconsin. That’s what concerns me about the Wisconsin game. If they grind it down to a halt, IU is in trouble as Indiana is 0-5 in games where it scores fewer than 69 points. Small sample size, but when a team can slow IU down, the Hoosiers struggle.

Wisconsin has only allowed ONE team all season to eclipse 70 points, and that was Iowa. Iowa won that game in Madison. The  8 losses were by scores of 60, 61, 72, 63, 59, 58, 69, 67. That’s an average score of about 63.6.

The most points Wisconsin allowed in a win was 63. Four teams broke in to the 60s against Wisconsin and still lost (62, 63, 61 OT, 60). 

So that means 10 times all season Wisconsin allowed teams to break the 60 point barrier with a record of 4-6 in those games. 

Obviously, IU needs to beat Penn State first, but against Wisconsin, they’ll likely have to do something they haven’t done before – win a game scoring less than 69 points. 

I’m going to say if Indiana scores at least 64 points, the Hoosiers win against Wisconsin.

+ CWat defending small driving point guards is inspirational to our defensive effort

+ WS shooting with new confidence and accuracy

+ CZ defending out on the floor

+ Roth shooting at every open look

+ VO level of effort on every possession

+ VJ3 aggressively playing within himself and maybe the most surprising defense on the team right now

+ FInally , CTC seems more stable on rotations and decisions vs having to gamble on something
 

Nevermind I just read that you had the PSU game in first and then 9 more in a row, my bad.

Nevermind I just read that you had the PSU game in first and then 9 more in a row, my bad.

I think you mean 10 more in a row man.  9 in a row would have us losing to somebody in the National Title game.