I am developing a split personality by following

[hoosiertildeath]

my Indiana men's basketball team this season ?? I'm seriously considering petitioning the IU School President to change IU's school nickname from Hoosiers to The Jekyll & Hydes . VBG !! Seriously what in the [censured ] B.S. is going on with IU's team ?? How do you look really good and tough BY BEATING THE NATION'S # 18 rated team -Notre Dame-- and then get your arses kicked by TWENTY POINTS bu IUPU FT> WAYNE ???? I do not have the answer to that question !1 I can only  hope ( and keep believing ) that Archie Miller and his Staff can figure this thing out and get it corrected so we can at least get into the NIT post season tournament !! Personally , I think that Coach Miller needs to lok at playing a zone defense along with mixing defenses like Jim Valvano and Al McGuire did !! I loved watching how Coach Al M. mixed up his defensive coverages at Marquette ! Bob Knight kept Al from winning an NCAA TOURNAMENT Championship  BUT Al then won AN NCAA Championship the following season [ I seem to  remember] ! Watching IU's LACK of DEFENSE in both the Indiana State and IUPU Ft. Wayne games has been the TWO most painful games that I have ever had to watch( as an IU FAN ) !! However , I am NOT GOING TO GIVE UP HOPE !! I still believe there is enough talent ON IU's Roster and the COACHING STAFF to get this thing on the same page ( and to stop having games like the Indiana State and IUPU FT. Wayne games ) !! To quote Mike Davis " Help is on the way ." At least , the IU signed players for next season are pretty much having really GOOD Senior seasons in H.S. !!

[BGleas]

I don't know if Archie and his staff will figure this out this years team, but thought this was as good a thread as any to say that I'm still fully on the "Archie Train" and believe that once he gets his guys in and gets a chance to develop them that IU is in great hands. My only concern is that landing guys like Langford, Brooks and TJD are critical to boosting that trajectory, and I hope none of these losses shakes those kids confidence in IU or Archie. 

[slojoe]

Well, HTD many other IU fans including me are going nuts over this team's up and down nature.  I'm going to risk my sanity and watch the game Thursday night.  We'll see what happens.

[IowaHoosierFan]

Honestly this is exactly what i expected this year. With CAM taking over and trying to instill a complete new system with average players was gong to be just this.  I hold CAM accountable for line ups and substitutions throughout the game.  I don't hold him accountable for players who won't buy into this system or are not playing with enough heart or effort.  Next year i believe we will start seeing a transformation of the team into his team and by year 3, we should be on the big stage again.

Just have to take this season with a punch in the junk.  Gonna hurt at times

[INDenizen]

I actually have a better sense of calm after watching Archie's press conferences. I'm all-aboard with BGleas on the Archie Train. He sees and is aggravated by the exact same things we all are and to a magnified degree. What he verbalizes about his offense and defense is not near his expectation, so I see better days ahead. Hearing him say that giving up that many threes not once but twice this season is unbelievable to him, so I feel like getting torched from outside is not the norm...even for the pack-line defense.

I think this year is what it is. I'm desperate for IU to be great again, but it is looking like a transition year. One where the returning players will have a much better understanding of things for themselves and to teach the newcomers next year. I don't want to just "give up" on this season, but my expectations are going to stay more flatlined from here on out instead of riding the rollercoaster of a bad loss (what that means) and a good win (what that means). This team has showed us that they are capable of both and I don't see that changing with the makeup of players we have.