mrflynn03 Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 Just now, Purdue7 said: I got to watch Purdue back then 😳 I'm pretty far down in the southern part of Indiana. WTHI 10 out of Terre Haute is as far north as I could get on my rabbit ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdue7 Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 10 minutes ago, 5fouls said: The real question is how many NBA players Purdue's Helms Championship team had. I bet that team was so good, Edey wouldn't have been in the rotation. They did have the first 3 time AA ever IU’s bracket in 1940 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drroogh Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 56 minutes ago, mrflynn03 said: I have FuboTV and today I have 12 games I can watch on 6 different networks. I can watch Loyola-Chicago at Dayton on CBSSN if I wanted to. What I'm saying is they only showed the best or better teams back then. You rarely got to see the shitty ones. I grew up in the Region and the only team I could watch on a regular basis back then was DePaul. Knew very little about IU or Purdah until I got to college and we were in the Ft Wayne viewing area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 19 minutes ago, mrflynn03 said: So IU and PU Big 10 games. I saw those too. Well the IU games. 4 games a week, a few others, and championship games. Out of how many D1 programs. They televised the premier games. If there is far less talent at the top then where do they go? The NBA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 3 minutes ago, IU Scott said: The NBA There have been a total of 41 high school players go directly to the NBA. They stopped allowing that in 2006. So where do the top prep players end up? On a college team. Even if for only 1 season, they are still playing college basketball. When they leave they are replaced by more top talent. It doesn't make for cohesive teams but the talent is still there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 3 minutes ago, mrflynn03 said: There have been a total of 41 high school players go directly to the NBA. They stopped allowing that in 2006. So where do the top prep players end up? On a college team. Even if for only 1 season, they are still playing college basketball. When they leave they are replaced by more top talent. It doesn't make for cohesive teams but the talent is still there. You don't see the difference when the best players leave after 1 year compared to when they stayed 3 to 4 years. When the best players stayed it made for a better product and it made it easier to develop your team. Maybe it is just the style of play today that makes the game looks less talented to me. I don't see the pure shooters in college today but maybe that is because the offense doesn't try to get them open looks. If you put Alford in the corner and he had to wait for another player to drive and kick he wouldn't have been a great outside shooter. I guess for me the college game was just more appealing and fun to watch back then because I prefer that style of play. I also loved watching a team develop and grow over the years and you got to know the players better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier4Life53 Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, Drroogh said: I grew up in the Region and the only team I could watch on a regular basis back then was DePaul. Knew very little about IU or Purdah until I got to college and we were in the Ft Wayne viewing area. Back in the day CBS was really the only option, and they broadcast on a regional basis on most Saturdays, unless it was a monster game and then they carried it nationwide. Since I live in Asheville, NC, it was always Duke or the Tarheels, so most of the time I was out of the luck. To my dismay, the LSU game against Shaq wasn’t carried in our area. How could they do that - Shaq against the Hoosiers, Knight against Dale Brown. So I decided to get in the car and drive over the mountains to Johnson City, TN, and rent hotel room to watch the game. It was well worth it because, as you know, we won, and the amazing thing was Matt Nover (6’8”) guarded Shaq most of the game. Dale Brown went nuts, and of course, Knight was Knight. Anyway, thanks to BTN/Fox, I don’t have to do that anymore. Edited February 1, 2023 by Hoosier4Life53 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IUFLA Posted January 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 Two other Big 10 contests beside ours... A banged up Nebraska team in Champaign to take on the Illini... I hope Tominaga goes for 40 😁 And Northwestern in Iowa City to visit the Hawkeyes... Go Hawks! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Mayer having a rough time early... He must be sick again 🤢 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 40 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Two other Big 10 contests beside ours... A banged up Nebraska team in Champaign to take on the Illini... I hope Tominaga goes for 40 😁 And Northwestern in Iowa City to visit the Hawkeyes... Go Hawks! This has to be Bizarro World that we are rooting for Northwestern to lose 😛 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Underwood looks like John Goodman before he got skinny, and Dainja looks like he's gained 10 lbs since we played them... That chicken nugget promotion is paying dividends! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Wow! Illinois up by only 1 at home to a hobbled Nebraska team at the half... Go Huskers! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 I guess Underpants ran out of things to say. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 27 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Wow! Illinois up by only 1 at home to a hobbled Nebraska team at the half... Go Huskers! @BruceDouglaswill have all kinds of explanations…I mean excuses for this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02Hoosier Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Here come the huskers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Tominaga! I love that kid! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 5 minutes ago, Steubenhoosier said: @BruceDouglaswill have all kinds of explanations…I mean excuses for this He can just use Bardo's 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02Hoosier Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Just now, IUFLA said: Tominaga! I love that kid! He's easily one of my favorite college basketball players not on IU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Just now, 02Hoosier said: He's easily one of my favorite college basketball players not on IU. Mine too... The kid can ball, and he's always upbeat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 2 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Tominaga! I love that kid! If he ever hit the transfer portal I'd say go for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Hoopsier Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 1 hour ago, IUFLA said: Two other Big 10 contests beside ours... A banged up Nebraska team in Champaign to take on the Illini... I hope Tominaga goes for 40 😁 And Northwestern in Iowa City to visit the Hawkeyes... Go Hawks! Queue Tominaga!! ! ! ! Dude's a sniper ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Even though we beat them by 16 I could see Hoiberg had himself a team. Will probably fall short as most Big 10 road teams do but he's got something there. I expect a few more wins for them at home. Shoot they had Purdue dead to rights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Nebraska's Wilhelm Breidenbach has to be the worst rotation player in the Big 10... I've seen him take about 10 3 pointers, and he's hit the rim twice I think... I have no idea why Hoiberg plays him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceDouglas Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 3 hours ago, Steubenhoosier said: @BruceDouglaswill have all kinds of explanations…I mean excuses for this Good teams win, great teams cover. 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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