Comments on: A closer look at Indiana’s non-conference schedule

By: BT

BT — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 21:17:00 +0000

In reply to inLinE6. I'll be disappointed with every schedule until UK is back on it, and not some neutral floor cop-out. Give the students a home-and-home series.

By: TomJameson

TomJameson — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 06:13:00 +0000

In reply to Hoosier Pride.

I’m not sure it’s a “huge chunk” to play at AH, but I’d like to see the numbers. LOL I know we pay teams to come up and play for sure, but in my mind I see it as similar to paying a trainer. A particular team may not be much competition overall, but they may have a great press, shoot a lot of 3s, run a lot, have good post play, have a talented player (pick a position), etc…. It’s all about getting prepared for B1G play and the big dance, and getting the freshmen a chance to bond together on the court! Of course this is all my opinion.

By: Hoosier Hall

Hoosier Hall — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 00:13:00 +0000

In reply to metalhead65. You are either illiterate or a troll. It is clearly stated in the final paragraph that 4 of these teams fall in the top 50: Louisville at 12, SMU at 17, Pitt at 31 and GTOWN at 48.

By: Outoftheloop

Outoftheloop — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 22:13:00 +0000

In reply to metalhead65. Louisville, Georgetown, Pitt, SMU, Butler...cupcakes all? This is total nonsense! Louisville "not ranked", that is and will be false (I saw #12).

By: metalhead65

metalhead65 — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 22:02:00 +0000

everybody has cupcakes but an entire pre season full of them? not sure how playing against teams like this will prepare the team to play against the talent they will face in the big 10. you are telling me they could not find a top 50 team to play? embarrassing really that a school of IU’s caliber does not play 1 ranked team in pre season.

By: Hoosier Pride

Hoosier Pride — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:07:00 +0000

In reply to ForeverIU. Possibly. With ticket sales, concessions, apparel we do make some money however for a lot of these lower RPI schools we pay them a huge chunk to come up to AH and get blown out.

By: Bryce Kepner

Bryce Kepner — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 17:27:00 +0000

In reply to TomJameson. You're right! Ever very big school plays a decent amount of cupcakes every year..some fans on here seem to think we are the only ones

By: Bryce Kepner

Bryce Kepner — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 17:26:00 +0000

In reply to inLinE6. We played decent competition in Canada and the team improved with each game. Even if we play a few games against lesser competition, it will give all the players a chance to play and improve.

By: ForeverIU

ForeverIU — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 16:07:00 +0000

More home games is more money for our program, right? Road experience doesn’t seem to do much. If anything, in the last couple of years we won as much if not more on the road as we did at home.

By: ForeverIU

ForeverIU — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 16:02:00 +0000

Teams with multiple good shooters always seem to have a unique swagger about them. We WILL be that kind of hated team this year. LOL. I feel sorry for our opponents.

By: OhioHoosier

OhioHoosier — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:55:00 +0000

In reply to inLinE6. That is a bit vague.

By: Outoftheloop

Outoftheloop — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:36:00 +0000

Let’s get serious about setting up a four team event alternating between Indy and Louisville with IU, Louisville, KY and a team like Duke, UNC, Kansas, etc., IN ADDITION to the Cross-Roads Classic with Purdue, ND and Butler, each year! Coach Calipari has basically agreed to such an event with his public statements; Louisville would like it; It is close for Indiana fans to attend. I would like to test IU against Louisville or KY every year!

By: TomJameson

TomJameson — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:13:00 +0000

I think this schedule is a nice upgrade over last years. It has a nice mix of quality opponents, the “cupcakes”, and the middle-of-the-road teams. Without doing specific research (read lazy 🙂 I’m pretty sure cupcakes are on all quality D1 team schedules. As usual, CTC is scheduling to fit the needs of the team. This schedule will test against some very good teams, but will also give a chance for some players to get some minutes to ‘prove’ themselves. IMO … a good schedule for this year.

By: inLinE6

inLinE6 — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:54:00 +0000

Still a little disappointed about the non-conference scheduling. I’m not sure this is a good thing for the team.