IU/Butler/Notre Dame

With Kansas and nc trending down I would love for Arizona to have rattle off a 3 or 4 loss season with us being one of the losses

Jordan ?

Arizona falling behind early and we need them to win

So it will be a great end to the week if UConn gets beat by ok st then creighton ( or even better ) Texas loses their game ….we have Kansas and zona both win and we are set up to earn our way into the top 3 by weekend after next

IU, purdue ( unfortunately ), indiana state all looking amazing in their conferences ….notre dame looking not deep but strong 1-7, ball state looking at least not terrible and butler improving under Matta……..indiana may be once again the best basketball state

You might have called it !

Fsu within three of Purdue 😳😳

Out of top ten for sure likely out of top 15

It is holding up and if Michigan holds out to beat Virginia it will be a move up the ladder for us if we take care of NC ….maybe top 5

I almost always agree with everything you say but respectfully differ on this one ….I LOVE the 1 and 1 ….adds a lot of strategy to closing a game

He is deceptively athletic I agree …our guards are faster and longer though ….some guys just handle pressure well and can use it against you ( ie foul trouble , creating easy buckets ) I didn’t see loyer more than a few times so I can’t swear with him but smith handles just about anything thrown at him or figures it out quickly

It’s tough …smith isn’t good because he’s athletic he’s good because he has coach level iq and he is tough with the ball ….these are the types of players pressure doesn’t phase much you just gotta out work them and use your length quickness and athleticism advantages where you have them

That’s a list that’s hard to narrow to one

So , quite clearly , what I THINK I’m picking up from you guys …..is that you all want me to start talking about Luke brown ? Right ? 🤔😐😇

Best post ever

To be fair …He actually did suggest that 🤷🏼‍♂️

It’s probably because they are 1. Relevant to all our goals ( conference success and titles) 2. Our biggest competitor on the recruiting trail or near the top of the list 3. Our biggest competitor to fan base and 4. Chock full of indiana high school players who most guys on this board have followed as fans of high school basketball or from perspective iu recruiting. I grew up hating Purdue and this is an iu forum but , hate them all you want, they have consistency and recently they’ve outperformed us even though they have more of a “ smaller market “ aura which is frustrating. I expect them to be discussed frequently for these reasons and hopefully we are back to a stretch where we win the majority of the matchups but Scott is right it’s more fun when they are good and we beat them

For four years unfortunately

Essigian would Have been PERFECT at butler

Bob! You been ok buddy ? Bil is all iu i think he’s just realistic ….hatred for Purdue can ruin objectivity ….most everyone on this board was down on braedon smith for example ( he’s no good he’s only starting because they have no chive etc) and I have no doubt it’s because of Purdue hatred ….I’m able to hate them and evaluate them objectively and i think that’s what he’s doing …….I’ll admit they are chalked full of indiana kids and so while I don’t like I still appreciate those kids skills and efforts

Essigian looked good even if Kansas isn’t as good as it’s ranking

Smith was solid …brown wasn’t aggressive and jalen was forcing …they gave that one away

Brown finishes with 8 blackmon 10 josh smith had around 6 also ….Stetson by 10

Blackmon with 6 smith with 6-8 range Stetson up 14

Stetson up at the half brown has no points on 2 shots