@dbmhoosier last night was a must win….have to win the games you are supposed to win. We aren’t beating UL or UK.
@jj_mcclure LOL…I read that again….it is just a different version of getting over the @$&?
@dbmhoosier last night was a must win….have to win the games you are supposed to win. We aren’t beating UL or UK.
A must win is a game where your season is essentially over with a loss. That wasn't last night.
After the Watshot game we got smacked by a crappy Minnesota team inside the Hall. Still went to the Sweet 16 and might have made the FF if we hadn't run into that Kentucky buzzsaw. It's one game. Now if we don't play well Saturday you can get concerned.
@dbmhoosier last night was a must win….have to win the games you are supposed to win. We aren’t beating UL or UK.
A must win is a game where your season is essentially over with a loss. That wasn't last night.
it puts a little pressure on the next four B10 games.
our early conference schedule is pretty much as easy as it possibly could be. We should have won last night, and we should be penciled in for a 4-1 start, 5-0 if we could win at MD. We start with 3 fairly easy home games.
looking at the schedule and seeing what looms in mid January, this team really has to start 4-1 or 5-0 or it could get ugly.
The sky isn't falling. Not yet, at least. Didn't get a chance to watch, but it was at The Barn and all new players. Honestly, would rather play anywhere else not named Mackey as your first B1G road game. IU has had problems with rebounding, off the ball movement, and ball movement before. Maybe a case of looking past Minny to Louisville. Maybe need to start Alexis. Either way, a big wakeup call. Beat Penn St at home, get a short reprieve from B1G play, finetune some things and start over.
Bummed that Louisville lost at Arkansas. They will be fired up and ready. Us too, but not sure if it matters.
ha. Yeah it won't matter on our end. They will boat race us
If "ifs and buts" were nickels and dimes. To me that was a must win. We are team that must win the games we are supposed to because we won't win many , if any , we aren't supposed to because we are short on talent , height, and depth. Rolling with Bailey as our 4/5 and counting on him to defend the paint and rebound we are at a severe disadvantage... and that's what we are doing , relying on that bean pole to do when he's on the floor. Why we didn't go after another big that could contribute today is beyond me.
@hoosiers94 Supposedly the bigs we went after wanted too much $? Sure would like to pay for one right now!
I’m thinking 17-14 after last night.
@auburnhoosier….The Barn was half full at best and never got rocking IMO. The game was there for the taking and we blew it. Being 8-16 on ft’s doesn’t help!
@hoosiers94 Supposedly the bigs we went after wanted too much $? Sure would like to pay for one right now!
I’m thinking 17-14 after last night.
sure. I'd take one at their price and sacrifice Harris, Dorn and Bailey
funny how some other team justified it.
With some FIRE, we win that game last night. They didn't play all that great.
The only guys that appeared to be hustling were Alexis, Conorway, and Enright. And Enright played very poorly for him.
Wilkerson even had a hang dog look about him when he was getting guarded closely in the first half. Saw his guy turn to follow a different shot and Wilkerson just stood there and watched. To his credit he had stretches later in the game where he was moving. But it seemed like it took coach to say something to him. Can't have that. All guys need to be going 100%. And though 110% is a stupid cliche, these guys have another gear they rarely use, so go 110%!
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Disappointing opening to conference play but it's done. All we can do is hope for a rebound and lessons learned, as much of a cliche as that is. This is our coach and team for this season.
@ams66 woody teams get dog walked by LOU Saturday. If we get the shit beat out of us ill want to fire DD. Better come to play like your life depends on it. Can't have anything less being undersized, not as athletic, or talented.
He can show us a lot by making it a competitive game, doesn't even need to win but it has to be competitive. I promise LOU will come to play.
@openwheel Your post makes perfect sense, but I don't think it was an effort issue. IU is slow and easy to defend, which may very well look like lack of effort.
The Hoosiers get hammered on the boards because they don't have rebounders, plain and simple. Bailey was the leading rebounder with 4. FOUR! Against a Minnesota squad missing half its team.
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Point differential vs. Minnesota:
Woody +12 (2-1)
DeVries -9 (0-1)