hoosiertildeath Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 LMAO at Lindy's !!! I think Blue Ribbon Basketball Magazines researchers must have done a much more complete study of what IU has coming back plus the players they have added for 2017-2018 ( including Colin Hartmann ) !! Here is something that is hard to UNDERSTAND ? Lindy's say that incoming IU Freshman , Justin Smith , might be the BEST FRESHMAN in the B10 this season !! YET -they pick IU to finish 12th. in the Big Ten Conference ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 HTD.....my gift to you. An avatar I feel that is so appropriate for you. Hope you like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slojoe Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 Did they say why the ranked IU? What about their B1G rankings? I haven't seen this magazine on the shelves, yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 I'd like for it to be true. A year ago this week Blue Ribbon had IU at 18. I think either it's an inside joke, or someone just messed up the settings on the DeLorean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 2 hours ago, Mac said: I'd like for it to be true. A year ago this week Blue Ribbon had IU at 18. I think either it's an inside joke, or someone just messed up the settings on the DeLorean. This year's team will be significantly better than last year's team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyHoosier Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 Seems like Blue Ribbon Basketball magazine has a history of giving love for the Big Ten. The creator, Chris Dortch, is from Illinois and grew up watching Big Ten basketball. In 2016, he had Nigel Hayes, Melo Trimble, and Thomas Bryant as pre-season first team All-Americans, with Nigel national POY. Going back to 2014 (at least), he's had 5 Big Ten teams in his pre-season top 25 every year. Just things I learned as I researched what this source was exactly. It's nice he included us as a dark horse Big Ten team in the top 25, but I'd take it with a grain a salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCHoosier32 Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 that would be fantastic! just can't figure out what that would be based on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosiertildeath Posted September 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 MILE :: Thanks for such a wonderful gift !!!!!!!!!!!! I think they see what I see !! That is 8 of top 11 scorers coming back PLUS a Fifth Year Senior [Colin Hartmann] and 3 pretty darn good recruits coming in to the roster for 2017-2018 , including one player thought to be the best incoming freshman (6'7" Justin Smith) according to one magazine , anyway ! As I have pointed out many times in the past , experience is the best teacher of all !! AND -IU DOES have a LOT of returning experience for 2017-2018 !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosiertildeath Posted September 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 I have put in an order for Blue Ribbon !\ It will be mailed out on October 15 ,2017 ! Here is their mailing address & Phone # :::::: Blue Ribbon Sports Media Group ,P.O. Box 22 , Ooltewah , Tennessee 37363-0022 !! Phone # is :; 1-877-807-4857 !! You can order with a valid credit card over the phone or do as I am doing( Sending a Money Order for $31.35 to cover shipping & Magazine cost of 23.95. They have 3 different styles to choose from at their official web site !! I chose the cheapest one ( OF COURSE ) VBG !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach1K Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 I thought the #18 ranking was from last year correct me if I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosiertildeath Posted September 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 I do not know for sure !1 However IU has these players back with returning minutes per game" Johnson 29.4 mpg ,Newkirk 28.1 mpg , Morgan ,22.6 mpg ,Davis 13.9 mpg , Green 15.2 mpg , Jones 11.2 mpg , McSwain 8.1 mpg , McRoberts 11.3 mpg , and Hartman 21.9 mpg in 2015-2016 ! That is a LOT of experience coming back and is not stupid to expect many [if not all ] of the returning players to add to their minutes and performance based on their collective playing experience for IU ! And when you add 3 pretty well thought of Recruits , including a 6'7" Forward , Justin Smith who was rated as the best incoming Freshman in the B10 by one source , I think that is a solid REASON for high hopes !! Go Hoosiers !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addictedtoIU Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 Our team ranked on #18 is a bad setup for the first year coach especially when it's very hard to expect anything solid from this team. Major pieces of the last year's team were all gone, and all we have is a bunch of role players without any instant impact player coming in (well...if there was any 5-star coming in, Crean would still be here). We do have some experiences though, but don't have a single game changer who can take over certain stretches of games. I'm confident to say CAM would do a better job than CTC with this same team. But if this team misses the tourney, it could be seen as a failure to some people. As a fan, I feel good to see our team is ranked, but at the same time, I'm a bit cautious, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach1K Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 Colson as POY really interesting choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CauseThatsMyDJ Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 For those not clicking on the link, IU is not ranked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 9 minutes ago, CauseThatsMyDJ said: For those not clicking on the link, IU is not ranked. Saw that. Not sure what HTD was looking at. But it was a good conversation starter, none the less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach1K Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 11 minutes ago, CauseThatsMyDJ said: For those not clicking on the link, IU is not ranked. Purdue and Notre Dame are the only two Indiana teams. Butler is not ranked as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 1 hour ago, milehiiu said: Saw that. Not sure what HTD was looking at. But it was a good conversation starter, none the less. I think he was looking at last year's ranking. It happens. But, yeah, good conversation starter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 2 hours ago, CauseThatsMyDJ said: For those not clicking on the link, IU is not ranked. That would be my expectation. 18th based on what we know now would be laughable. Could IU get there by the end of the season? Absolutely, but that's not my expectation at the moment. If I were guessing today, I'd say top 50 and a fringe tournament team with 20-21 wins, but I can't think of many teams where there are more unknowns than with my beloved Hoosiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted September 20, 2017 Report Share Posted September 20, 2017 I really don't understand Purdue at 14. Were they even 14th last year when they had Biggie? I flat out do not see how they stay the same or get better losing a guy who did that much and seemed to make everyone around him better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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