IUJoe

That’s exactly why nobody knows. And that is actually true.

I remember hearing that year after year about TJD. Nobody knew then; nobody knows now.

I’ve seen many of their games. They are legitimately as good as their ranking. Michigan, Penn State, and Nebraska are all good teams. Women’s basketball, though, has a lot less parity than men’s basketball. The “top level” has fewer teams and there is more separation between them and the rest of the field. We were maybe close to that level last year, at least for a while. This year? We’re certainly good enough to make the Sweet 16, maybe Elite 8 depending on our draw. But we are, at least right now, not on South Carolina’s level.

I was at the IU-Ohio State game and my thought at the end of that game was I wouldn’t be happy if I was an Ohio State fan. Led by close to 10 points in the second half, outrebounded them 49-27, and still found a way to lose? Pretty remarkable.

The biggest difference is Harbaugh is younger. So Woodson’s long look in the mirror needs to happen this morning rather than in a few years.

It isn’t just our bigs. Galloway is at .06 rebounds per minute and Gunn is at .05 rebounds per minute. It would be difficult to find anybody in the country getting significant playing time any lower than that.

Not sure if it was shown on TV, but in the first half of the Ohio State game, CCC was shown on the video board during a timeout. The crowd cheered loudly, and when he realized he was being shown, he stood up and pumped his fist to the crowd, who then roared even louder in approval.

He’s usually open when Malik is dribbling into triple teams.

I’m at the game and none of them block out. None of them go after loose balls. They play in a lot of areas like their feet are glued to the floor. X needs to shoot the ball. He didn’t miss in warm ups.

I think it would take a special offer for him to leave. He’s happy in Fort Wayne.

That is correct.

McNeese State is #54 in the NET, so it’s really not a horrible loss.

Mike Katic returning to IU.

From what I’ve heard, our starting QB was fielding offers from other schools during the season. We probably shouldn’t hold our breath waiting for anyone to do anything about it.

I figured if he signed a 6-year contract he was planning on 4-5 years, tops.

Understand what you’re saying, but I also don’t think there’s anybody who has ever coached that could take a school the level of Florida Atlantic on deep tournament runs and 35 win seasons every year. But certainly would love to see him sustain a reasonable level of success.

We made the plays down the stretch to secure the win.

What’s your opinion of the strength coach compared to what we had?

It was the margin of that win that really helped them. If we can win these next three games by a large margin, they will not be considered "significant" wins but it would really improve our NET ranking.

They really need to come out and pound these next 3 teams to get the NET trending to a respectable level.

Well, first round anyway, lol

So everybody's doing it but we can't. And when they beat us, you'll come post 100 times a day here that our coaches suck and should be fired and our AD is incompetent and should be fired. Sounds perfectly IndyKev to me.

Bitching about trying to win. I’m shocked.

“The issue with a few of us” is we finished 2nd last year and we’re in 1st right now. So you’re bitching about 2 seasons ago and what you speculate might happen this season. That’s pretty much the definition of “bitching just to bitch.” And the other problem is you have to shit up every damn thread with it, no matter who or what the thread was originally intended for.

I guess we'll find out if we make enough. Maybe if/when Johnson comes back we'll shoot and hit more. Maybe Galloway will get his touch back. Maybe not. I hope we hit more and improve. But even us dumb guys who accept mediocrity know the season is far from over.