milehiiu Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 Guess it is ok to start talking about the game seeing as how IU has no games before November 29th, and Duke is finishing up in a tournament championship game on Sunday Two teams laden with Freshmen. In fact when Allen fouled out of the game against Texas, K finished the game with all freshman on the court. His top scorer is a freshman who finished with something like 36 or 38 points. Gonna say it now. Don't see a W in IU's future. But have every expectation for perhaps the best game of the season for our Hoosiers. Now.... it's your turn. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmhoosier Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 Don't see a win but I didn't in 2002 either. https://youtu.be/e5F_YIblAvw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 26 minutes ago, milehiiu said: Guess it is ok to start talking about the game seeing as how IU has no games before November 29th, and Duke is finishing up in a tournament championship game on Sunday Two teams laden with Freshmen. In fact when Allen fouled out of the game against Texas, K finished the game with all freshman on the court. His top scorer is a freshman who finished with something like 36 or 38 points. Gonna say it now. Don't see a W in IU's future. But have every expectation for perhaps the best game of the season for our Hoosiers. Now.... it's your turn. LOL I say our biggest advantage is that Duke will be coming off playing 3 game sin 4 nights on the West Coast. With all those games plus the travel and hsort turn around could help us compete with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmhoosier Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 16 minutes ago, IU Scott said: I say our biggest advantage is that Duke will be coming off playing 3 game sin 4 nights on the West Coast. With all those games plus the travel and hsort turn around could help us compete with them. Assembly Hall is our biggest advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 Just now, dbmhoosier said: Assembly Hall is our biggest advantage. I agree. A young team in a hostile environment is never a sure thing. Hopefully they come in overconfident and we play loose and knock them out of the #1 spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted November 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 26 minutes ago, IU Scott said: I say our biggest advantage is that Duke will be coming off playing 3 game sin 4 nights on the West Coast. With all those games plus the travel and hsort turn around could help us compete with them. Agreed. It is my understanding that after Sunday's game, the Duke team will be flying back home, as classes start up again on Monday. Then they will be flying to Indiana, rather than stopping in Indiana after Sunday's game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted November 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 12 minutes ago, dbmhoosier said: Assembly Hall is our biggest advantage. Yes. IU has to keep the fans involved in the game. Our poor starts have not helped in that regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Ballin Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 15 minutes ago, dbmhoosier said: Assembly Hall is our biggest advantage. Im pretty sure food poisoning would be our biggest advantage. 🤢😷😳💩 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud2BAHoosier Posted November 26, 2017 Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 Assembly Hall will be the "6th" man and it needs to be loud!!! I've watched Dukes home games and their fans go nuts! It has to have some effect on the players, especially freshmen. Get loud, get a W and have those 5* recruits questioning why they didn't consider IU!! This will be on national TV and a good showing may sway someone like RL!! GO HOOSIERS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted November 26, 2017 Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 56 minutes ago, dbmhoosier said: Assembly Hall is our biggest advantage. Maybe most of the time but AH won't help us against Duke because of the talent discrepancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmhoosier Posted November 26, 2017 Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 If that was at a neutral site we lose by 20 at least. We have a prayer because of the Hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmax Posted November 26, 2017 Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 Maybe more than any other game, we need to get off to a fast start to get AH locked in from the very beginning. We can't have a half like we did against ISU. That sucked the air right out of the place and the fans were never able to get into it. I don't see us winning, however I really do believe that AH gives us a chance in every game. You never know. While of course I want to win, I also don't want to see major regression in the areas of improvement. Lets keep our TO's down, take good shots, and play stingy D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUwins0708 Posted November 26, 2017 Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 I’m not sure we have a prayer if Jesus was coaching us. I’d love to be wrong but I just don’t see it. It will take a career night from about 6 guys for us. I’m more interested to see how the Freshman and Sophomores react to this stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted November 26, 2017 Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 Portland State hung with Duke for 30 minutes. Why couldn't IU's talent combined with Assembly Hall make it a competitive game for 40? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonialcrester Posted November 26, 2017 Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 2 hours ago, 3Ballin said: Im pretty sure food poisoning would be our biggest advantage. 🤢😷😳💩 Funny how I was thinking the same thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud2BAHoosier Posted November 26, 2017 Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 43 minutes ago, 5fouls said: Portland State hung with Duke for 30 minutes. Why couldn't IU's talent combined with Assembly Hall make it a competitive game for 40? I'm with you 5..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosrnight Posted November 26, 2017 Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 We’ve played down to competition so far, and played a real good first half against a ranked Seton Hall team on the road. We have gotten gradually better since the ISU game, so I’m somewhat optimistic. We may not win, but AH will be rocking and I think we will get off to a good start! Who knows, we just may knock off another #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted November 26, 2017 Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 3 hours ago, 5fouls said: Portland State hung with Duke for 30 minutes. Why couldn't IU's talent combined with Assembly Hall make it a competitive game for 40? Texas also had them down 14 with under 10 minutes to go in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Ballin Posted November 26, 2017 Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 We will for sure see what kind of backbone our team has. We have some talent that could catch lightning in a bottle but we will have to play VERY disiplined, smart basketball while at the same time playing like we have nothing to lose....because.....well, we don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted November 26, 2017 Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 5 minutes ago, 3Ballin said: We will for sure see what kind of backbone our team has. We have some talent that could catch lightning in a bottle but we will have to play VERY disiplined, smart basketball while at the same time playing like we have nothing to lose....because.....well, we don't. Very well said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FW_Hoosier Posted November 26, 2017 Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 If we do manage to pull off the upset, I really, really hope the students don’t storm the court. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted November 26, 2017 Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 30 minutes ago, FW_Hoosier said: If we do manage to pull off the upset, I really, really hope the students don’t storm the court. I hope they do, and that Coach K gets a Coke dumped on him as he tries to reprimand a student. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmhoosier Posted November 26, 2017 Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 13 hours ago, IUwins0708 said: I’m not sure we have a prayer if Jesus was coaching us. I’d love to be wrong but I just don’t see it. It will take a career night from about 6 guys for us. I’m more interested to see how the Freshman and Sophomores react to this stage. We have a prayer if their freshman get rattled. I agree though that if Duke plays its game we lose handily. The talent gap is just too big. It's similar to when we played the John Wall Kentucky team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted November 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 Adding to the Duke travel concerns , is the fact that Duke's Sunday game against Florida does not tip till 10:30 p.m. EST. ; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted November 26, 2017 Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 In pro sports they always say it is not who you play but when you play them. To me the only way we can win is if Duke is tired and have jet lag. If every thing is equal AH won't have an affect on this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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