IUaic Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 We have all had a day to analyze the schedule, what are your predictions for the regular season, conference finish, and overall record? I will go with: Regular Season: 24-7 B1G Finish: 3rd place Overall: 29-9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 I got burned last year predicting 20 wins so I'll go with 23-8 in the regular season. I'm not touching the post season at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IowaHoosierFan Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 man, its hard to predict before seeing this team play. I will go conservative 22-9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 23-8.......I ain't touching the post-season until it gets here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapnRon Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 I'll go 22-9 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 37-0 and a national championship LOL! I say we will win 22 or 23 games and go to the sweet 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 This year, I promise not to laugh if someone predicts 25+ wins for the regular season. It's actually possible, although with the youth on the team, 23 is probably safer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmhoosier Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 I haven't looked at the schedule fully so I won't predict a win total but I do think we'll win the B1G and finish in the top 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 23-8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 3 hours ago, IU Scott said: 37-0 and a national championship LOL! I say we will win 22 or 23 games and go to the sweet 16 You forgot the Big ten tournament. That's a minimum of 3 games, so if we won it all, we would end up playing 40. As far as my prediction, I'll go: 8-3 non-conference 12-8 conference 1-1 Big Ten Tournament 21-12 going into the post-season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUwins0708 Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 If, IF Jerome Hunter plays like he practices then lookout!!!! I’m telling you if you didn’t know him or Romeo you wouldn’t be able to tell who is the higher ranked player. He’s a freak folks. ( That’s a good thing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 30 minutes ago, IUwins0708 said: If, IF Jerome Hunter plays like he practices then lookout!!!! I’m telling you if you didn’t know him or Romeo you wouldn’t be able to tell who is the higher ranked player. He’s a freak folks. ( That’s a good thing) So, are you implying that McRoberts may not start? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CauseThatsMyDJ Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 1 hour ago, 5fouls said: You forgot the Big ten tournament. That's a minimum of 3 games, so if we won it all, we would end up playing 40. As far as my prediction, I'll go: 8-3 non-conference 12-8 conference 1-1 Big Ten Tournament 21-12 going into the post-season From way too high expectations last year to...way too low expectations this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 2 minutes ago, CauseThatsMyDJ said: From way too high expectations last year to...way too low expectations this year? Just imagine what I would have predicted if Fort Wayne and Indiana State were on the schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmhoosier Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 1 hour ago, 5fouls said: You forgot the Big ten tournament. That's a minimum of 3 games, so if we won it all, we would end up playing 40. As far as my prediction, I'll go: 8-3 non-conference 12-8 conference 1-1 Big Ten Tournament 21-12 going into the post-season You must not be as high on Romeo as I thought. Remember that we were 9-9 in conference last year but could've easily been 12-6. We threw away games against Illinois, Wisconsin, and OSU and took PU and MSU to the wire. Also, all the teams ahead of us lost a ton while we did not. We're also adding what might be the best player in the B1G along with Hunter, Fitz, and Phinissee. Your prediction is way off IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 23 minutes ago, dbmhoosier said: You must not be as high on Romeo as I thought. Remember that we were 9-9 in conference last year but could've easily been 12-6. We threw away games against Illinois, Wisconsin, and OSU and took PU and MSU to the wire. Also, all the teams ahead of us lost a ton while we did not. We're also adding what might be the best player in the B1G along with Hunter, Fitz, and Phinissee. Your prediction is way off IMO. Not an indictment of Romeo at all. What I don't see on this team is a Yogi Ferrell / Victor Oladipo or a Tom Coverdale / Dane Fife / AJ Moye level of toughness/determination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leathernecks Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 I'm really surprised by all these low win total predictions. We have 2 of the best players in the conference in Morgan and Romeo. We mostly lost average role players or players who basically everybody hated and talked about how terrible they were. Another year older, and another year in Archie's system for returners should help too. With this year's team, 22 or 23 wins should be the expectations for a coach who is average at best. We all want Archie to be elite, and that's not 22/23 wins with this team. I'll be disappointed if we don't win 24+ games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FW_Hoosier Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 10 hours ago, Leathernecks said: I'm really surprised by all these low win total predictions. We have 2 of the best players in the conference in Morgan and Romeo. We mostly lost average role players or players who basically everybody hated and talked about how terrible they were. Another year older, and another year in Archie's system for returners should help too. With this year's team, 22 or 23 wins should be the expectations for a coach who is average at best. We all want Archie to be elite, and that's not 22/23 wins with this team. I'll be disappointed if we don't win 24+ games. I think the letdown that was last season has everyone a little gun shy. But I agree that if Archie is the guy, this team has to win 25+ games in the regular season and get a top 5 seed in the tournament. Especially when you consider that it’s likely we take a step backward in 19-20 with the departures of Juwan and probably Romeo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierhoopster Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 3 minutes ago, FW_Hoosier said: I think the letdown that was last season has everyone a little gun shy. But I agree that if Archie is the guy, this team has to win 25+ games in the regular season and get a top 5 seed in the tournament. Especially when you consider that it’s likely we take a step backward in 19-20 with the departures of Juwan and probably Romeo. I don't. Setting a 25-win bar in his second season and before we really have an idea about the rest of the B1G is a bit extreme, imo. Plenty of reason to be optimistic, sure, but a minimum 25? How will the point be handled this season, will Green show consistency and better decision-making, will a frosh, Rob, spend time at the point, will Al develop a jumper? Does Morgan make it through the season healthy? How's Romeo's wrist, is it just precautionary? Does Smith have the jump we're anticipating? Is this a veteran team? Not really. How will the team handle the January - February road trip? I see 25 as do-able, but not as simply expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagamore Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 21-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 Maybe my 3rd cup of coffee is really kicking in but I just went over the schedule and I see 24/25 wins. If reports of Hunter are true. I could get to 27...haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblaz13 Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 12 hours ago, 5fouls said: Not an indictment of Romeo at all. What I don't see on this team is a Yogi Ferrell / Victor Oladipo or a Tom Coverdale / Dane Fife / AJ Moye level of toughness/determination. McRoberts could easily fill a role like Fife had. It just needs to rub off, and Forrester is another kid with some infectious traits.Outgoing kind of unfazed type of kid. He doesn't have to see big minutes to rub off on the guys he goes against and plays with in practice every day so long as he is pushing the guys ahead of him for time. The team needs kids to rally around emotionally, I agree I'm most comfy with Zach in terms of intensity we should expect to see down to a man. I just hope he will get a few calls in his favor, which became a recurring narrative despite his tendencies to get to the right place and getting set to make the right play most of the time. 24 minutes ago, Hoosierhoopster said: I don't. Setting a 25-win bar in his second season and before we really have an idea about the rest of the B1G is a bit extreme, imo. Plenty of reason to be optimistic, sure, but a minimum 25? How will the point be handled this season, will Green show consistency and better decision-making, will a frosh, Rob, spend time at the point, will Al develop a jumper? Does Morgan make it through the season healthy? How's Romeo's wrist, is it just precautionary? Does Smith have the jump we're anticipating? Is this a veteran team? Not really. How will the team handle the January - February road trip? I see 25 as do-able, but not as simply expected. This team has 2 things last years didn't. Better top to bottom scoring and more contributors capable of stepping in. That's almost by default since Priller didn't play meaningful minutes, and Moore was rarely used. Moore and Thompson just being able to play at all assures that since both players should be better versions of themselves this year and I bet they play at least 10x more than Thompson, Priller , Moore, CuJo did combined from last year. Mc Swain was not even a secondary or tertiary scoring option, so that is one more scorer and that is even if they don't get more offense out of Zach. Fatigue management should be much easier for Archie. Last season's depth issues affected how fresh most of the kids were at the end among players with higher usage. When your guards have to play 35-40 minutes due to lack of reliable depth it showed late in missed shots and TO's were bot hdecision making and spent legs.. The other thing this team gained is IQ, which can't be discounted one bit. It's about playing smart and efficient. Some of that may negated by inexperience and the rigors of adapting to a higher level of competition. IU doesn't need elite decision making to accomplish most of it's goals. Anything average or better would beat the often poor choices we saw in a lot of critical situations .Last year was the perfect example of experience that did not translate into better leadership, and late game decision making, and that is my primary concern. I think 25 is safely in reasonable rang, but more of the things you mentioned do have to have happen to a higher degree than last season. I forgot to predict . 23+ , but my guess is 27 wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FW_Hoosier Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 16 minutes ago, Hoosierhoopster said: I don't. Setting a 25-win bar in his second season and before we really have an idea about the rest of the B1G is a bit extreme, imo. Plenty of reason to be optimistic, sure, but a minimum 25? How will the point be handled this season, will Green show consistency and better decision-making, will a frosh, Rob, spend time at the point, will Al develop a jumper? Does Morgan make it through the season healthy? How's Romeo's wrist, is it just precautionary? Does Smith have the jump we're anticipating? Is this a veteran team? Not really. How will the team handle the January - February road trip? I see 25 as do-able, but not as simply expected. Injuries to key players obviously change the calculation. But assuming health, there’s no reason this team shouldn’t win 25+ games IMO. We have a stud freshman class, four upperclassmen that will be playing key roles, and two first team all-conference level players. Archie is being paid very handsomely to figure out all other the variables you mentioned. If we win fewer than 24 or 25 games with no major injuries, Archie will have underachieved in both of his first two seasons at IU. If he’s one of the best young coaches in the game like we think he is, we shouldn’t be expecting that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierhoopster Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 15 minutes ago, FW_Hoosier said: Injuries to key players obviously change the calculation. But assuming health, there’s no reason this team shouldn’t win 25+ games IMO. We have a stud freshman class, four upperclassmen that will be playing key roles, and two first team all-conference level players. Archie is being paid very handsomely to figure out all other the variables you mentioned. If we win fewer than 24 or 25 games with no major injuries, Archie will have underachieved in both of his first two seasons at IU. If he’s one of the best young coaches in the game like we think he is, we shouldn’t be expecting that. I didn't mean to indicate I don't think your view is reasonable (how about that double negative). I just think it's too early and there are too many unknowns to place a 25-win season as the low bar. Like I said, I think it's doable, I just don't see it as the bar for underachievement, at this point. And yes, I'm optimistic too. Here's to hoping it pans out like this -- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierhoopster Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 26 minutes ago, jblaz13 said: McRoberts could easily fill a role like Fife had .Dane wasn't a prolific scorer at IU, yet he did everything out there. Zach could see a similar jump in his Sr season shooting percentages since the staff is likely asking him to look for his shot more so they can make defenses respect him. Plus, he should get lots of good looks with double teams presumably coming to Juwan and or Romeo on a frequent basis when they get hot. This team has 2 things last years didn't. Better top to bottom scoring and more contributors capable of stepping in. That's almost by default since Priller didn't play meaningful minutes, and Moore was rarely used. Moore and Thompson just being able to play at all assures that since both players should be better versions of themselves this year and I bet they play at least 10x more than Thompson, Priller , Moore, CuJo did combined from last year. Mc Swain was not even a secondary or tertiary scoring option, so that is one moore scorer and that is even if they don't get more offense out of Zach. Fatigue management should be much easier for Archie. Last season's depth issues affected how fresh most of the kids were at the end among players with higher usage. When your guards have to play 35-40 minutes due to lack of reliable depth it showed. The other thing this team gained is IQ, which can't be discounted one bit. It's about playing smart and efficient. Some of that may negated by inexperience and the rigors of adapting to a higher level of competition. IU doesn't need elite decision making to accomplish most oif it's goals. Anything average or better would beat the often poor choices we saw in a lot of critical situations .Last year was the perfect example of experience that did not translate into better leadership, and late game decision making, and that is my primary concern. N I'd add that outside shooting got a real booster shot -- Fitz plus Romeo will spread the floor big time. I'm optimistic, I'm just not going to say 25 wins or bust at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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