bluegrassIU

You are one of my favorites, but you are really digging in here based on emotion. There is zero measurable standard that does not have him light years ahead of whoever the 2nd best all time QB would be. Silly rabbit 😁

Definitely can see there is something there if we are patient and he works hard. I too, liked what he did in those few minutes.

@5fouls. It's obvious

Well, when you've been at a school for 17 years, you are bound to make a big shot someday.

Oddly, I followed your thought process throughout.

Think what you want. But that game is a great illustration of what makes college basketball so dang fun.

Righted the ship? The ship is not that far of course. We are really overreacting. We lost 2 games, on the road, to legit power conference teams. And had every chance to win both. We are 3 minutes of good ball from being undefeated. That's not a sinking ship. It's a ship that is still finding its course. Plenty to be frustrated about. Plenty to be optimistic about. It is early folks. The coaches and players are going to learn day by day, together. We could/should be undefeated. Not ready to panic just yet. An off course ship loses by 20 or 30. Not nail biters on the road.

Sorry @Danomatic, I helped derail your thread.

Fair. I did not watch the game. I was teavelling for work. So I am going g from the box score, which can be misleading.

Seriously...I try to give you some slack. But you only show up during bad times and are always negative. It really.is enough at this point. Either be a serious part of our community or go away. Before we just block you altogether.

That's fair. It is so tough to be fair minded right now. It is so frustrating.

I wonder why all the hate for Xavier. We base too much emphasis in shooting g %. If he shot a better %, we would suddenly think wlhe eas our new Isaaih Thomas. Assist to turnover was fine. He shot poorly. That happens.

Welcome.to the board. I think you need to take a minute and read our rules, and understand our culture. Passion and debate are welcome. But cussing and name calling is not. I am gonna give you a pass, since you are new. But clean it up quickly. Nobody here is afraid of a good debate. But keep it in bounds with how this board operates. This is gonna be the only freebie on this topic.

51-23?! Sometimes stats can be misleading. Bit yeah, that probably had in impact 🤣

It was a real nail biter until IU had that big 1st quarter to pull away.

Florida was a 23 point favorite...

We seriously haven't won there since 1971?

Shockingly, Memphis was ranked highly preseason. Based on talent. Now they are 5-3 and about to be unranked due to bad coaching. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Leal changed this game.

Notre Dame is really bad

Let's not go down this path. That is clearly a political angle that is going to get us way off course here. Fine conversation for private messages.

Tom Crean has a way of doing that. Winning some big games. Just enough to keep hope alive. The long game rarely plays out, but he has a knack for big wins.

Ok, this whole debate is getting silly and personal. Just let it go guys.

I do not disagree. But its the first road test for this group in a really tough environment new coach, new players, new system, on the road. I think we will steadily see improvement.

Encouraging loss. We showed so much more than we have in years. And the room to grow is limitless. Hate losing, it stings. But I like where we are going.