milehiiu Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 Story from Bozich... the elder. BOZICH | After beating Iowa, is Indiana ready for Louisville? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addictedtoIU Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 This Louisville team is not the usual Pitino team and seems like a bubble team, but beating them at Yum will be one big step forward for our team. The Langfords may watch this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGleas Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 This would be a huge win, even if Louisville is a little down. A road, power5 non-conference win looks really good on the tournament resume if IU ends up being in the hunt. Plus, while there's a long way to go, to make the tournament you really can't have more than 12-13 losses and we already have 4, so picking up a maybe unexpected win to make up for the ISU loss would be a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 25 minutes ago, BGleas said: This would be a huge win, even if Louisville is a little down. A road, power5 non-conference win looks really good on the tournament resume if IU ends up being in the hunt. Plus, while there's a long way to go, to make the tournament you really can't have more than 12-13 losses and we already have 4, so picking up a maybe unexpected win to make up for the ISU loss would be a good thing. Agreed. We have had an unexpected loss, now it's time for the unexpected win to balance it out. Feeling like the timing might be right as this team is starting to come together a little bit and Collin is back in the mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted December 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 1 hour ago, Reacher said: Agreed. We have had an unexpected loss, now it's time for the unexpected win to balance it out. Feeling like the timing might be right as this team is starting to come together a little bit and Collin is back in the mix. We really came within minutes.... in the second half of the Duke game, when we drew within five points of the Blue Devils. Granted we won't have the advantage of an AH crowd. But should have some IU fans in the stands. And considering how we closed on the number one team in the nation, and should have learned from that.... no reason not to expect another stellar performance from our Hoosiers against a lesser team than Duke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud2BAHoosier Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 Wish I could share the optimism, but I don't see it happening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 27 minutes ago, milehiiu said: We really came within minutes.... in the second half of the Duke game, when we drew within five points of the Blue Devils. Granted we won't have the advantage of an AH crowd. But should have some IU fans in the stands. And considering how we closed on the number one team in the nation, and should have learned from that.... no reason not to expect another stellar performance from our Hoosiers against a lesser team than Duke. We led Duke by one with under six minutes to go in the second half. Duke was tired, the game was at the Hall, but it showed that IU has the potential to play some good ball. And Duke has more talent than just about any college team I've seen in a long while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CauseThatsMyDJ Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 If this game was at the Hall, I'd give us a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosrnight Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 I’m always optimistic that we can win every game! Once the game starts my optimism sometimes quickly fades though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted December 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 32 minutes ago, Hoosrnight said: I’m always optimistic that we can win every game! Once the game starts my optimism sometimes quickly fades though! Slow starts have been killers this season. I feel your pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 57 minutes ago, Proud2BAHoosier said: Wish I could share the optimism, but I don't see it happening Nor do I.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierFaithful Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 No game is ever going to be safe for IU this year. Offense is too streaky and defense is often a leaky sieve. A 15 point lead can vanish -- just as it did last night. When shots start falling (I sure hope this was Collin getting into form and Green getting hot) and the defense isn't bad, we jump out to big leads. This team is as simple as pie to diagnose. Pure momentum players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmhoosier Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 Not much chance in this one but we need to beat them or ND to have any tourney chance IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cohete15 Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 4 days to prepare and I think we will treat it as a bigger game than UL will. However, my prediction is that we get hosed by the officials, De'Ron will be in foul trouble in the first 4 minutes, UL will shoot well above their 33% avg from deep (not due to poor defense) and we will lose by 12. I hope I'm dead wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 20 minutes ago, HoosierFaithful said: Pure momentum players. Which is a coaching issue. Perhaps we'll see how Archie handles it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millertime Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 Hey guys, glad I found this page. Lville will be a tough place to get our first road win this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 For the sake of all of us who live and work close to Louisville, I sure hope the answer is yes. This will be out longest period of rest/prep since the season began so I hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fundamentals Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 Why not? Nobody saw the freight train coming from Terre Haute before the 90-69 beat down. Nobody expects IU to go to Ville and win. Can’t have Ann Arbor start, but yeah, let’s win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted December 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 25 minutes ago, Millertime said: Hey guys, glad I found this page. Lville will be a tough place to get our first road win this year Glad you found us as well. Welcome ! Love your user name, by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FW_Hoosier Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 51 minutes ago, Parakeet Jones said: For the sake of all of us who live and work close to Louisville, I sure hope the answer is yes. This will be out longest period of rest/prep since the season began so I hope that helps. Your last point actually makes me feel better about this game as well. Archie had 5 days to get the team ready for the Duke game, and we came out and executed a pretty good game plan. Now we have another 5 days to get ready for the UL game. Obviously won’t have the Assembly Hall advantage this time, but we could have the game plan/coaching advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 How about having the mindset "Is Louisville ready for IU?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmhoosier Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 49 minutes ago, Jerry Lundergaard said: How about having the mindset "Is Louisville ready for IU?" We'll they did lose to Purdue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierFaithful Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 2 hours ago, Mac said: Which is a coaching issue. Perhaps we'll see how Archie handles it. I'll half agree. This team is more pre-disposed than most to let 8-0, 10-0, 12-0 runs happen. And that's just roster make-up, lacking a true number 1 scorer, and never playing defense before this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FWIUFan Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 Archie will have a decent game plan. If we can play Archie Ball for 40 minutes we can compete with anyone as witnessed against Duke. Having said that, this team has yet to play such a complete game without a significant 5-10min lapse. I'm always hopeful but this team is like a box of chocolates--never know what we're going to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 If karma is alive and well, IU will smoke those cheaters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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