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2 hours ago, dbmhoosier said:

😂

 

 

Where the heck have you been!?

Just now, Drroogh said:

There I am, an instigator!

Nah, just saying I think all sports fans are partial to "their time". 

I still miss Tampa Bay oddly being part of the NFC north. Haha

We all miss IU bring great. A lot.of fans thing the eay to win today I tobcoach like Coach Knight did.

That would 100% fail today. But many of us are partial to the days we enjoyed. So we see things through that prism.

29 minutes ago, bronkonagurski said:

Another Cowpoke Choke in progress?

Yes

2 minutes ago, Drroogh said:

Just because they beat you?? What do you think of the West Coast teams moving in?

The times they are a changing!

Deal with it, the times are definitely changing and you can either enjoy the ride or you can reminisce in misery!

To be fair, the last part of your post can pretty much be directed at all of us IU fans on this board.  Lol

4 minutes ago, Drroogh said:

I know at my age how time gets confusing but Durr last year?

Lol. My age is probably similar to yours. I am gonna just stick with the point I was trying to make.   😁

2 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

I don't think anyone is suggesting that Sparks get major minutes (I'm certainly not) but I think a few spot minutes of Payton pushing Edey out of his happy spot might be pay dividends. It's not like Edey is a real threat outside of 7 feet from the rim. The things that Sparks brings (strength, toughness and 5 fouls  ) could be of use.

Kel'el has problems with physical players, and I know Painter has seen that and will attack it...

True. 

Another approach, however would be to NOT try to match up with them. focusing more on using mismatches in our favor. That's what we did last season, twice.

Spread them out. Get Malik and Ware in space. Make Edey deal with our srengths, not vice versa.

Pressure their guards on defense, make the entry pass more difficult.

On offense, use space space space.

And bring back JHS for one game to hit 25 mid range shots.  Haha

1 minute ago, Hoosier4Life53 said:

Only bring Sparks in to spot Ware and keep him out of foul trouble, but pound away at Edey while he’s in there.

Got ya.  Now that, I am with 100%

Just now, Seeking6 said:

Understand. I'm just saying when he comes in (and he will) to get his moneys worth. 

Oh, not a great match up. But if it happen, I 100% agree. Make your presence known big fella.

And truthfully we never know. Last year(game 1) TJD was not a big impact, and Michael Durr made a huge difference.

1 hour ago, Hoosier4Life53 said:

Sparks needs to pound on him and wear him down, but he’ll have to be careful not to get a flagrant foul, because the refs always seem to protect Edey, even though he’s the one usually throwing elbows. Let’s go Sparks! 💪

If we put Sparks on Edey, I am afraid Edey may drop 50 points. 

That would be an incredible mismatch in Purdue's favor.

52 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

The difference is this was an atypical performance from the women's team. We've come to expect a lot of these problems from the men's program. The women are a lot better than what we saw last night. 

I am not so sure they are. Hope I am wrong. But this is becoming a bit of the norm against the top teams 

We miss Grace even more that i feared we would.

17 minutes ago, 13th&Jackson said:

Watching Rutgers @ MSU. Sissoko elbowed Omoruyi in the chestnuts

And the reefs say "nothing to see here, let's move along"

15 hours ago, rico said:

Bilas today called Auburn Top 10 good.

I absolutely think they are top 10 good. kenpom as them top 5 good. My eyeballs are better than kenpom, and we agree, Auburn is absolutely elite right now.

I am a little more concerned. We have played 2 top levels teams (sorry, Tennessee and Princeton are not top level) and got major curb stomped both times.

I think we crush average teams. Beat good teams, and that may currently be our limit.

The elite teams sort of run us out of the gym.

I absolutely love this team. But it just seems a little something is missing to be at that very rop level.

We are probably ranked fairly in that 15-25 range right now.

And if the ladies figure it out, we can be even better than that. 

This went south rather quickly 😒 

6 hours ago, 5fouls said:

I didn't see the game, so I can't base an opinion on anything but stats.  But, I agree with your sentiment that the stats favor Ware.  14 rebounds compared to 4 is nothing to sneeze at.  Maybe if Mgbako had like 7 assists.  But 14rebounds against a Power 5 team is bringing it.  

Typical of you. Don't watch the game, no eyeball test. Just go by numbers. 🤓

4 minutes ago, HoosierFaithful said:

Can confirm, blue does have a great... hole.

Thank you, sir.

47 minutes ago, HoosierFaithful said:

Mods are allowed to have opinions?  I'm not too sure what the point is here.  If we started banning for opinions, we'd have a small board.  If we don't allow mods to post their opinions, none of us would come on here.  

1 minute ago, KoB2011 said:

Yeah… I had completely ignored this stupid conversation when he posted it the other day and then he directly asked me. He’s not the good guy or the victim. To use an IU example, he’s the  Xavier Johnson of this board  

Blowing up every single thread and refusing to engage in actual discussion is the problem. 

Never said he was any of the above.

I am now publicly asking you two to just avoid each other. 99% of us are really just fed up with every thread becoming you two going after each other. That's all.

Not taking any sides except the side that says please "dear God make it stop"

50 minutes ago, KoB2011 said:

@IUFLA - two questions, and I’ve answered yours despite you refusing to do the same. 

Who was the best team in the Big Ten last season?

How do you feel about the fact that Matt Painter was 5 games better in non-H2H games than Mike Woodson, and winning the conference tournament, despite Woodson having what you say is a better team?

He said he is stepping away from the conversation to save the rest of us from having our eyes bleed out from reading the back and forth.

Why keep poking? You two are never going to agree on anything. You aren't going to convince each other.

The rest of us don't need to keep reading it.

Sometimes it's ok to just walk away. Good grief 

I voted X. He set the tone for this crap show.

Just now, Hoosier987 said:

Maybe the same 3 sunshine pumpers will. 

Why? Seriously,  we are losing. Everybody is frustrated. Why does everybody insist on picking a dang fight???

If

1 minute ago, NCHoosier32 said:

just wait until we blow MN out at home.  people will get all excited.  

Happy if we win. Always.

why do you insist on poking all people that feel and react differently than yo And then you get all upset when others do it to you?

Just now, Zville Hoosier said:

Baseline out of bounds. That’s literally it 

Well, it is pretty solid.  🤷‍♂️

Just now, BobSaccamanno said:

Is Walker learning the game?  Maybe he can look at a VHS explaining how to play.