CauseThatsMyDJ Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 When: Tuesday, November 6th at 6:30pm ET on BTN ESPN: 98% chance of IU victory KenPom: #28 IU has a 99.7% chance of victory over #344 Chicago St with an expected score of 88-59. Vegas: IU -37.5 Here's to a season opener that doesn't bring back memories of Indiana State. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmhoosier Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 Why are we scheduling such an atrocious opponent? Is Archie playing it safe after last year's opening debacle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 New Chicago State coach Lance Irvin is part of Chicago basketball's royal family — and it saved his life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 15 minutes ago, dbmhoosier said: Why are we scheduling such an atrocious opponent? Is Archie playing it safe after last year's opening debacle? 6 out of 31 games are against weak or what you call atrocious opponents. With 20 conference games on tap and another 5 vs Duke, Louisville, Butler, Arkansas, and Marquette.....I'd say get used to 5 or 6 lay downs every year. Now the key on scheduling will be this. Will games that occupy 20% of our schedule occupy 95% of your comments about it? Personally...we need some easy ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CauseThatsMyDJ Posted November 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 Their official twitter account hasn't even been used since last December https://twitter.com/ChicagoStateMBB?lang=en As far as I can tell they didn't play in any exhibitions and tomorrow will be their first live action against an opponent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cutter Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 20 minutes ago, dbmhoosier said: Why are we scheduling such an atrocious opponent? Is Archie playing it safe after last year's opening debacle? Wow you are in disagreement with everything most of the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerawkid Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 39 minutes ago, dbmhoosier said: Why are we scheduling such an atrocious opponent? Is Archie playing it safe after last year's opening debacle? Two words: Build momentum. This is still a really young group of guys who, while talented, will likely need a little gel time before they’re ready for the Duke’s and Butler’s of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 1 hour ago, dbmhoosier said: Why are we scheduling such an atrocious opponent? Is Archie playing it safe after last year's opening debacle? Our OOC is just fine with games against teams like Duke-road UL-home Marquette-hone Butler-neutral Arkansas-road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbkl Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 Scouting report on the Cougars. What can the team clean up in the next two games before Marquette visits Assembly Hall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 Hopefully we see all the injured guys. Hoping we hit 100! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 LOL...I think it's a stretch to call IU vs. Chi-State a "marquee matchup"... Side note...I really really hate those four teams playing in Indy. Nothing I can do about it other than b*tch though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hoosier82 Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 I didn't realize Durham was hurt. Sorry if already posted but what happened to him? I take it Hunter is full go? Too bad for Race, he needs games like these to get playing time and show what he can contribute. Otherwise he may never get off the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addictedtoIU Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 We're dealing with some minor early season injuries, but Archie's got the next guys stepping up without significant drop in talent/productivity. Kudos to his great roster management and off-season player development. Hope all guys back in action soon as we got big games coming up soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgambill Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 5 hours ago, dbmhoosier said: Why are we scheduling such an atrocious opponent? Is Archie playing it safe after last year's opening debacle? Honestly I want no part of the ISU/IUPUFW of the world. We get nothing for beating them and it's like their Championship Game every year to get up to beat us. Those local kids live to show they belonged at IU. You don't see UK playing Murray State or Western Kentucky or any of those teams....it puts them in a no win situation. Kids from outside the state are happy to get on tv. This is a good game to clean up stuff and get rotations and guys some minutes before the season really hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierhoopster Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 Based on Green just being cleared to practice, have to think he will return off the bench. Haven't heard anything about Hunter though above the quote is the others are game-time decisions. Hope Al and Race heal up soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 Great to hear we will see Green and Hunter. Looking forward to seeing how Green has developed and what Hunter has to offer. Also liked Morgans comment that Romeo has improved in practice partly due to being guarded by Zach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 7 hours ago, dbmhoosier said: Why are we scheduling such an atrocious opponent? Is Archie playing it safe after last year's opening debacle? Everyone plays a couple of these teams. Chicago St. is 344 in KenPom. Villanova opens against Morgan State, who is 343. Not on opening night, but UK plays VMI (305) and Duke plays Stetson (334). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerawkid Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 2 hours ago, Hoosier82 said: I didn't realize Durham was hurt. Sorry if already posted but what happened to him? I take it Hunter is full go? Too bad for Race, he needs games like these to get playing time and show what he can contribute. Otherwise he may never get off the bench. He got nicked up (I believe) towards the end of the first half of the exhibition against Southern Indiana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmhoosier Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 19 minutes ago, 5fouls said: Everyone plays a couple of these teams. Chicago St. is 344 in KenPom. Villanova opens against Morgan State, who is 343. Not on opening night, but UK plays VMI (305) and Duke plays Stetson (334). I know I just don't understand why we don't schedule teams in the 150 range instead. It should be an easy win either way and would be better for the SOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchieBall13 Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 53 minutes ago, dbmhoosier said: I know I just don't understand why we don't schedule teams in the 150 range instead. It should be an easy win either way and would be better for the SOS. Can't think of a better matchup than this one for our first game this year. Not sure what Indiana State was ranked last year, but I'd imagine in the 100's. If Duke, Kentucky and Nova all have at least one in the 300s scheduled, I see no problem we follow suit. I like it Especially for the first game this year after last years opening loss, those are confidence wreckers for a young team like us. As someone else alluded to...build momentum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drroogh Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 I wonder if someone isn't thinking about making a statement with Chicago and the Region recruiting wise???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier82 Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 2 hours ago, dbmhoosier said: I know I just don't understand why we don't schedule teams in the 150 range instead. It should be an easy win either way and would be better for the SOS. I’ve been asking the same question for years. Maybe it’s hard to find enough teams in the 125-175 range but we need to find a way to schedule less 250+ if not any teams above that mark. No good comes from this...it almost counts as a loss in KenPom, BPI, RPI etc no matter how much we win by, and the fans loath these games. As of a couple hours ago there was a pair of courtside sideline bleecher seats on sale at Vivid Tickets for $75 each. I’m not even sure that’s face value...in context those seats will sell anywhere from 1500-3000 each depending on the opponent and day of the game this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hoosier Sound Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 3 hours ago, dbmhoosier said: I know I just don't understand why we don't schedule teams in the 150 range instead. It should be an easy win either way and would be better for the SOS. Could also be Archie partly easing his way into scheduling these types of games and trying to establish the correct types of relationships that will help benefit the Hoosiers for what types of opponents they play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomeoFanatic Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 These 2 games are much needed. Build the chemistry and get better. Marquette is a big resume game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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