IUJoe

Purdue?

Haha, I jinxed them. One of those teams that beat almost all the really good teams they played, but struggled with the teams they were supposed to beat.

It's an interesting question. If you're talking an MVP award or who is the most effective player for his team, I think the advanced statistics certainly show that Edey wins that award, probably for the entire country. Who is the best player and who can do the most are different questions that I don't think Edey just automatically wins. I think the big difference in assists per game and the fact that TJD can bring the ball up the floor, run the break, and initiate offense are going to move the needle for a lot of voters, but we'll see.

Beat me to it, haha.

Ironic that the scoreboard is on fire in an 18-14 game.

Yeah, Concordia is peaking at the right time.

Wonder if they’d want Beard back?

I didn’t know about this rule until this year when they were talking about possible problems seeding the Big 12, but in the 1-4 seeds they can’t put 2 teams from the same conference in the same region.

100% agree with this.

We control our own destiny with them. Even if they win, if we beat them we finish tied with them and win the tiebreaker.

I know you follow closer than I do, but I’m pretty encouraged so far.

One thing people should understand when looking at the NET rankings is the actual rating values are unpublished. So, for example, there could be a big gap between #7 and #8, and the #7 team wouldn’t necessarily drop if they lost. If you look at the NET rankings for today, you’ll notice a lot of one-day movement for teams ranked in the 20s and 30s, meaning those teams were likely packed very, very tightly together in rating values. A loss costs you several ranking positions where there is little gap in rating values.

It was actually the last 1:29 Iowa scored 23 points. That pace over an entire 40 minute game would result in 620 points, lol.

Iowa scored 23 points in the last 1:34.

Would love to see Iowa come back and lose by 2 because of Fran’s tech.

I’ve got you #1 in 2A now. Good luck, seems like you guys are peaking at the right time.

The problem I have with it is they don’t call it uniformly. A lot of teams get away with it while a few don’t.

Yes, probably their top player has been out since the end of January, I believe. They had been dominant without her until today obviously.

Some big news in girls basketball...undefeated 4A #1 SB Washington was beaten in the Huntington afternoon semi-state game by Lake Central, 62-57.

True, but every league except the Big 12 lacks top end talent this season.

Obviously, I'm not in the business and not in these guys' shoes, but I just don't understand why these coaches want to constantly be on the move. I certainly get why you'd leave Indiana for the Buffalo Bills, but what doesn't make sense is why he (and he's not the only coach to do this) would leave the NFL for Indiana just to be here a year and leave again. I can't imagine the stress these job hoppers put on their families, especially knowing that it's inevitable they'll be part of a few staff firings in their careers and HAVE to move. If it was me, I think I'd want some stability for myself when I could get it, and certainly for my family.

Yeah. As I commented the other day, the crying about the officiating happens after every game they've lost since Gene Keady took over. Even before there was Internet or message boards, you'd hear it in person. And what makes it even more ridiculous is I've spent my adult life watching them bring in the likes of Jim Rowinski, Jeff Arnold, Steve Scheffler, Craig Riley, John Allison, Isaac Haas, and Zach Edey--guys who, for the most part, don't have a lot of skill to offer other than being afforded the ability to plow people out of legal guarding position because "Purdue has established that's how they play." Then when the guy who just got plowed out of position tries in desperation to do something defensively, their coaches and fans want a foul called. It's annoying and ridiculous, and it has made a mockery out of a great game. I don't know why any big man with legitimate skills would ever consider going there, because they've never produced anything professionally out of that position with the way they play, and they never will as long as they keep playing that way.

Both are great players and, more importantly, great representatives of Indiana University.

Indiana, even with a poor 3rd quarter, pounded the Buckeyes in Columbus tonight, 83-59. The Buckeyes have slumped lately but I believe are still ranked in the top 15, so another great win.