The Daily Hoosier Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/this-date-in-hoosier-history-iu-defeats-kent-state-with-three-point-barrage-to-reach-2002-final-four/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 10 hours ago, The Daily Hoosier said: https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/this-date-in-hoosier-history-iu-defeats-kent-state-with-three-point-barrage-to-reach-2002-final-four/ After the Duke win there just wasn't a chance this team was going to lose this one and the game was basically over after about 5 minutes. One thing I remember was how loud and ready to roll early on the IU crowd was at Rupp. At that time it had been 10 years since previous Final 4 (which felt like an eternity) and you could hear years of angst coming out with each 3 made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 Kyle Hornsby...I don't think I ever saw a kid whose form was so consistent. That little jack knife move with his lower body... I think I had more confidence it was going in when he let her fly than any other IU kid since the turn of the century... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 31 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Kyle Hornsby...I don't think I ever saw a kid whose form was so consistent. That little jack knife move with his lower body... I think I had more confidence it was going in when he let her fly than any other IU kid since the turn of the century... Could be that he was a lifetime 41% shooter from behind the arc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 That team was so fun to watch and offered so many great memories. That team IMO is the perfect recipe to be a dynasty in the current landscape of college basketball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 1 hour ago, IUFLA said: Kyle Hornsby...I don't think I ever saw a kid whose form was so consistent. That little jack knife move with his lower body... I think I had more confidence it was going in when he let her fly than any other IU kid since the turn of the century... That whole team changed in late January when Self brought his top 10 Illini to Assembly Hall. Blood bath awaited them. Hornsby is definitely up there. I probably still had more confidence in Hulls but that whole 02 crew of Hornsby, Coverdale, Fife....JJ, Newton, Odle, Moye,etc....it's like whoever constructed the team knew what he was doing? Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmhoosier Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 19 minutes ago, Seeking6 said: That whole team changed in late January when Self brought his top 10 Illini to Assembly Hall. Blood bath awaited them. Hornsby is definitely up there. I probably still had more confidence in Hulls but that whole 02 crew of Hornsby, Coverdale, Fife....JJ, Newton, Odle, Moye,etc....it's like whoever constructed the team knew what he was doing? Haha Didn't we play that same Illini team shortly after at the other Assembly Hall and get blown out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 4 minutes ago, dbmhoosier said: Didn't we play that same Illini team shortly after at the other Assembly Hall and get blown out? Not that I recall. I know we lost some close ones down the stretch but don't remember any being blow outs. Just remember that day (home game vs Illinois) being the game where the switch went off and fueled us down the road. When you beat a top 10 team by 30+ that confidence never leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 7 minutes ago, dbmhoosier said: Didn't we play that same Illini team shortly after at the other Assembly Hall and get blown out? Just looked and we beat UI by 31 at home on 1/26 and on 2/26 we lost by 8 at UI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmhoosier Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 Just now, IU Scott said: Just looked and we beat UI by 31 at home on 1/26 and on 2/26 we lost by 8 at UI Thanks not a blow out but it just shows how important home court is in the B1G. We looked like an NBA team in Bloomington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slojoe Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 I watched the replay of the game this morning. That squad was an elite defense (#5 KenPom). They really got after it. They were very good at stopping drives to the paint. There were 2 or 3 times Kent State got the difference below ten, but then they would just run out of gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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