madmax Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 The next 5 games is perhaps the easiest stretch we will have in B10 play. This team has obviously been something of an EKG graph, however this is a good chance to add some W’s to the record. Penn State Northwestern @ MSU Maryland @Illinois What does everyone predict? And what would you be happy with? Personally I think we get two wins this week, followed by a loss at MSU. Maryland and Illinois are toss ups in my mind. I’d be happy with 3-2, although no one barring MSU really scares me and so I don’t think 4-1 is completely unrealistic. I hope we come out with fire at home this week. Having the students back should help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inequality Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 I flipped a coin in the dark and came up with this: Penn State - L Northwestern - W Michigan State - L Maryland - L Illinois - W I do like your predictions better though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButlerHoosier Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 Honestly it just depends on which team shows up. It seems like this team can be a Dr. Jeckyl or Mr. Hyde. You can get the sloppy disengaged team that looks like they would rather be anywhere than on the court playing basketball or you get the team that actually hustles and can play fundamental basketball that almost beat Duke even with all of our roster flaws. If we play the first brand of basketball going forward I could see no wins or maybe 1 win at Illinois because they can be a dumpster fire at times. The other teams hustle too much and we play down to other teams levels too much when we play the 1st brand of basketball. If we play the second brand of basketball going forward consistently I can see us with at least a 3 and 2 or more likely a 4 and 1 record. We would execute CAM's plan and have our defense fuel our offense. We also would be able to be engaged and out hustle the other team. I just don't see us being able to win at MSU even if we played like we played against Duke. So it is a toss up to figure out which team will show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 I think we go 3-2. Pretty chalk. Win the home games. Of course I know it won't work out the way we expect until I see more of Saturday down the stretch over a period of time. If we handle our business at home maybe we steal the one at Illinois. However they've been snake bit by a combination of early season close losses, maybe not starting the right players/coaching decsions, and the scheduling folks haven't helped them either. Only issue on Illinois game is it's a weird stretch of schedule for TV purposes. At Sparty on Friday night home with Maryland on Monday night at Illinois on Wednesday. 3 games 5 days 2 away games. We could be dead tired by the time we get to Champaign. Edit: just looked at Illinois schedule. They have same thing as us 3 games 5 days. Maybe they spend all of their energy for Sparty 2 days before we play them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 I think a 4-1 record in these 5 games is critical for building momentum that could help us get into the post-season (most likely NIT). I don't even want to think about if we go 2-3 or worse in these 5 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotIThatLives Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 I'm curious what kenpom is predicting? Anyone with access care to share? My hope is 4-1 sitting here thinking about how we should actually be 3-1 in conference at the moment had we not pooped the pants in the 2nd half vs wisc. Expectation 2-3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CauseThatsMyDJ Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 28 minutes ago, NotIThatLives said: I'm curious what kenpom is predicting? Anyone with access care to share? My hope is 4-1 sitting here thinking about how we should actually be 3-1 in conference at the moment had we not pooped the pants in the 2nd half vs wisc. Expectation 2-3. The four non-MSU games are virtual toss ups. He only likes us to beat Northwestern. 1-4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotIThatLives Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 28 minutes ago, CauseThatsMyDJ said: The four non-MSU games are virtual toss ups. He only likes us to beat Northwestern. 1-4. Hum. Well thank you. If we can split the toss ups and beat northwestern and go 3-2, I'll take that all day with this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snozzwangers_und_covfefe Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 Ya, Kenpom has us going 1-4, with the following: PSU - 73-71 Loss, 42% chance to win NW - 70-69 Win, 56% chance Mich St - 79-61 Loss, 5% chance Maryland - 72-69 Loss, 39% chance Illinois - 75-71 Loss, 36% chance I would be pleased with a 3-2, ecstatic with 4-1 and ho-hum about 2-3. There's no reason we should only win 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FW_Hoosier Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 Here are my stone cold lock predictions: PSU - L Northwestern - L MSU - W Maryland - L Illinois - L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGleas Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 4-1 should be the expectation, but this team is too up and down. It will probably be 2-3, but really with Maryland missing Jackson for the year we really should be able to go 3-2 here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Ballin Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 PSU and NW will beat us because they play ugly, grind it out basketball and we have had a tough time with them over the last few years. MSU just got the breaks beat off them by OSU so they will probably win their next 1000 in a row. Maryland and Illinois I can see us winning because of absolutly no reason at all, just think we will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indykev Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 We will go 4-1 in this stretch. I said it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier987 Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 I wouldn't look too much into the Kenpom predictions: 3-2 or 4-1 are my predictions. The key is coming away this week 2-0 and finishing the first 1/3 of conference play with a record of 4-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGleas Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 2 hours ago, Hoosier987 said: I wouldn't look too much into the Kenpom predictions: 3-2 or 4-1 are my predictions. The key is coming away this week 2-0 and finishing the first 1/3 of conference play with a record of 4-2. Agree. 5 games is almost too much to look at with this team. Really at this point the key to the season is going 2-0 at home this week. Both of these teams are decent teams with some talent, but they're are also teams you should beat at home. Weeks like this week are the difference between finishing somewhere like 4-7 and finishing 8-11 in the conference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 If there was ever a year to live by the cliche "one game at at time" it is this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 5 minutes ago, Parakeet Jones said: If there was ever a year to live by the cliche "one game at at time" it is this one. While your point about the cliche is well-taken, I think the message you quoted has been even more applicable throughout many games this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cohete15 Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 We’re on to Penn State Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowhunter Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 3 and 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosrnight Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 I’m going bold....I say 5-0! Hell, who knows maybe we can beat MSU. Of course, I’ve said before, I always think we can beat anyone, until we don’t! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leathernecks Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 5-0 = fantastic 4-1 = good 3-2 = expected 2-3 = disappointing 1-4 = bad 0-5 = terrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosiertildeath Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 Unfortunately , my Crystal ball says Penn State 75 IU 73 ?( I sure as hell hope that [censured] apparatus is WRONG , WRONG , WRONG) !!!!!! P.S. Illinois is o and 4 in B10 conference play and has not looked all that good as of Monday , January 8 ,2018 !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 1 minute ago, hoosiertildeath said: Unfortunately , my Crystal ball says Penn State 75 IU 73 ?( I sure as hell hope that [censured] apparatus is WRONG , WRONG , WRONG) !!!!!! What is your Crystal Ball's record this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IowaHoosierFan Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 I think we beat PSU, lose to MW (Trap Game), Lose to MSU (Give them a good first half), Lose to Maryland in a close one, and beat Illinois like a bad child. 2-3 overall. Slight disappointment in the record, but i care more about how they play than if they win or lose at this point. If we could hold any team to less than 40% 3-point shooting, i would be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 I'll honestly be disappointed with a home loss during this stretch, so for me, 3-2 is the floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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