Indiana Hoosiers at Michigan Wolverines (game thread).
by John M (The Crimson Quarry) on Feb 1, 2012 5:30 PM EST
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IU seeks its first win in Ann Arbor in four years. This wouldn't be a disastrous loss, but it would be a big win. Go IU!
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Sweet effing Christ
do I want to win this game.
"It's an easy game, man. Easy game."
~Edgerrin James
by 87 Rides A Surfboard on Feb 1, 2012 5:48 PM EST reply actions
Super Sensational
if IU wins this game and at Purdue.
by 85 Rides A Surfboard on Feb 1, 2012 6:10 PM EST reply actions
The effect of the IU pitchforks glowing faintly in the dark was pretty cool, if unintentional.
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Oh, Michigan band.
Clearly you lost your way on the road to your high school’s game and came to Crisler instead.
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what the eff you guys?
I’m ten minutes late and you have this waiting for me?
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Tim Hardaway is already 66% of the way to his average in 3 point attempts
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god they're hitting everything
that one off a bit of an illegal screen
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just gotta weather this storm
their shooting will slow down, we just can’t be out of it by then. Gotta have faith in an ugly start.
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Stop turning it over.
Stop allowing wide open undefended threes.
Stop standing around and watching in the lane.
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alright screw optimism
this is ridiculous. We’ll be lucky to score 40 at this point
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finally a 3 from Hulls
would love to get him going. A 3 or two and we’re back in this
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Nice little comeback here. Hope they can get it under 10 before the half.
Sigh…I wish I didn’t have to type that.
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See, IU, if you'd played like this at the beginning of the game, you might be in the lead right now.
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Beat emphatically in the paint. Again. Wake me when something different happens.
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well that was decent end to the half run-wise
atrocious finish after the timeout though. I mean what the hell was that?
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also it appears I should keep eating dinner
as it seems that while I’m eating IU does well.
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Let’s hope “The 2nd Half Hoosiers” decide to show up.
"You, sir, are addressing a man, who is in fact quiet... and yet, not quiet, if I may offer to you a riddle."
Let's hope.
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by LoneStarHoosier on Feb 1, 2012 7:18 PM EST up reply actions
we could use a Michigan Statian start to the second half
and then hold onto it.
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Well, at least we switch sides of the court, so I help the rims stay the same size for Michigan as they were for us.
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by LoneStarHoosier on Feb 1, 2012 7:19 PM EST up reply actions
What the mother effing eff?
"It's an easy game, man. Easy game."
~Edgerrin James
by 87 Rides A Surfboard on Feb 1, 2012 7:21 PM EST reply actions
dude it was worse
the first ten minutes nearly made me cry
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Oh I've been watching.
The one positive: We’ve been blocking out well.
The negative: It doesn’t matter. Michigan is hitting every bit of bullshit they throw up.
"It's an easy game, man. Easy game."
~Edgerrin James
by 87 Rides A Surfboard on Feb 1, 2012 7:23 PM EST up reply actions
We couldn't hit water from a canoe, nor defend threes for a full 35 seconds.
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by LoneStarHoosier on Feb 1, 2012 7:22 PM EST up reply actions
Blah.
2nd half will be better. I hoped that we could cut the lead to single digits. But alas…
"It's an easy game, man. Easy game."
~Edgerrin James
by 87 Rides A Surfboard on Feb 1, 2012 7:24 PM EST up reply actions
Whatever happened to Watford by the way?
Is he still on the team?
"It's an easy game, man. Easy game."
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by 87 Rides A Surfboard on Feb 1, 2012 7:21 PM EST reply actions
I dunno
not sure if it is fouls or just getting benched. Whatever it is hopefully it lights a fire under him in the second.
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Oh, I thought the "Michigan difference" was about $600,000 and half a decade of vacated seasons.
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damn Watford is in the doghouse
Remy Abell and Derek Elston starting over Sheehey and Watford.
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Remy Abell might have too much confidence
not sure if that is a bad thing
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Bullshit reffing.
These guys could pull a knife on Zeller and the refs wouldn’t care.
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the Jordan Hulls we all know and love is coming back to life
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That should have been a Michigan turnover for once.
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by LoneStarHoosier on Feb 1, 2012 7:36 PM EST up reply actions
Michigan throws it away and the official saves him
luckily they violate the clock anyway.
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that's a telling visual
Jones, Watford and Zeller a combined 6 points
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Fuck you and your big road victories. I don't see that standard applied to any other B1G team.
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you telling me that wasn't deflected?
he actually threw that four rows high?
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I like that Remy Abell pull up jumper from about 15
can’t decide how I feel about him from possession to possession
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but screw moral victories it is time to pick it up and put them away
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And down it goes!
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by LoneStarHoosier on Feb 1, 2012 7:45 PM EST up reply actions
that three point play goes out to Je'Ney Jackson
dude is doing miracles in the weight room for us.
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by JustAJ on Feb 1, 2012 7:46 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
you can not let him get that easy layup if you're going to foul him
either let him have the basket or foul him hard.
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Can't complain about the effort for the rebounds, but that foul was unnecessary.
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no that's wrong
if the foul is after the shot and the shot goes in, it is just a foul, the basket and the other way.
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yeah they called an off the ball foul on Roth
that is idiotic. Who calls that. I thought they were making the call on Remy.
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they are letting everything go on our end of the floor
Whenever you get stressed, always remember: RDWHAHB
Sooo much wildly inconsistent officiating...
"Hey Jay, what time is it?"
"9:30"
"AND IU STILL SUCKS!"
We're right in it. Didn't think I'd be saying that after that first half.
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seems like every rebound bounces to a michigan player lol
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keeping it close but just can't seem to break through
really need to throw together a good run to close out. No moral victories anymore. Go for the throat.
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just would be happy with a stop and then a basket
every time we get a stop we can’t convert to get it within one possession.
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oh yeah it did hit his arm
was flipping out at first on that one.
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Jordan Hulls has found it tonight
and then the turnover! Get a basket here!!!!
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Holy cow, could we actually GET something out of this game?!
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How big woudl this be for this team's confidence?
Michigan NEVER loses at Crisler. (Well, at least not this season)
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I will consider the possibility when the clock hits 0.0
Too much up in the air right now.
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by LoneStarHoosier on Feb 1, 2012 8:16 PM EST up reply actions
and he actually hits one when they need it the most
gahd
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Whaaa? He got hacked!
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FREE THROWS.
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Well, fuck.
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Did they just call Michigan a "cerebral team"?
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they also said hardaway JR was confident
because he shot a wide open shot? lame
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I guess it's okay to praise his "confidence"
when he was shooting 1-7 from 3-point land prior to that shot. Ya gotta have confidence to keep shooting in that situation.
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it's still disappointing how bad we are on the road in the B1G
Whenever you get stressed, always remember: RDWHAHB
I keep this in mind:
In about year three or four of a rebuilding job, you will see the team win games they shouldn’t win and lose games they shouldn’t lose. This is that year.
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by LoneStarHoosier on Feb 1, 2012 8:25 PM EST up reply actions
weren't terrible outside of the first 8 minutes
however in that first 8 we looked like a Division II team
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i feel like the big ten refs are actively fucking zellar the last few games
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seriously this game is over
and the officiating likely makes no difference, but this is offensive.
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Who's the officiating crew tonight?
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Does it matter?
They all suck.
"Hey Jay, what time is it?"
"9:30"
"AND IU STILL SUCKS!"
by Boiler Bandsman on Feb 1, 2012 8:29 PM EST up reply actions
But some suck worse than others.
See: Valentine, Higgins, Burr, Hightower.
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Tim Higgins was the bane of my existence
until this season and Valentine’s performances.
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I have cringed for TWENTY YEARS
whenever I’ve heard Ed Hightower’s name.
No lie.
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well I spent my first two years of undergrad at Seton Hall
where Tim Higgins was the top rung crew in the Big East.
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hightower still hasn't gotten the memo that Knight hasn't coached since 2000
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"Hightower" is my favorite euphemism for an inappropriate boner.
Just as “boilermaker” is a good euphemism for “turd”.
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by LoneStarHoosier on Feb 1, 2012 8:38 PM EST up reply actions
no idea
but it doesn’t matter. The whole conference is terrible.
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Holy shit we're going to be badass next year.
We’re still not all the way there, but holy hell, look where we’re going!
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i hope you're right
i can’t handle another year of jeckle/hyde
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Think of it:
Another year of experience and weight training for Cody, Austin and Remy.
A super-freak true point guard with the ability to shoot.
A super-tall super-freak with the ability to shot-block
Jordy playing more as a shooting guard and less as a point guard.
I could go on.
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by LoneStarHoosier on Feb 1, 2012 8:36 PM EST up reply actions
a lot of things that fell in place correctly because of a true post player in Zeller
will be repeated because of a true PG in Ferrell.
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next year
IU will be more run proof. That’s the problem with the Hoosiers so far this year. Too many runs going the wrong way. Next year’s class should greatly help with that.
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I guess "We're Back" was a bit premature, eh?
by GeorgiaBoiler on Feb 1, 2012 9:09 PM EST up reply actions
We're still a tourney team at this point.
But hey, Purdue is back too! Back to being…Purdue.
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by LoneStarHoosier on Feb 1, 2012 10:46 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
We'll see after Saturday.
From the comments on this thread maybe you guys should order some “Wait ’till next year” shirts.
by GeorgiaBoiler on Feb 1, 2012 11:02 PM EST up reply actions
we'll have em ordered shortly.
Want us to order you some “Wait until 2 years from now when we’ll content for the B1G title followed by…disappointment”. They’re cheaper when you buy in bulk, ya know.
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by 87 Rides A Surfboard on Feb 2, 2012 8:31 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
We would, but Purdue owns the copyright to that phrase.
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by John M (The Crimson Quarry) on Feb 2, 2012 8:42 AM EST up reply actions
“We’re back” is something that I’ve never endorsed, and those T-shirts make me cringe. IU won’t be back until we beat teams like Kentucky in March, not in December. But even if we limp into the Tournament compared to what looked possible in early January, this season will have exceeded expectations.
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by John M (The Crimson Quarry) on Feb 2, 2012 8:42 AM EST up reply actions
see I guess it depends on your definition of back
my definition of being back, is being a threat day in and day out. That hasn’t been true until this year. Back is being a game circled on everyone’s schedules as a game they have to come prepared for. Not national championship contenders like everyone seems to making it out to be. If that is back, then there are very few teams that are or every will be “back” and Purdue never was.
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we are back
do you remember how easy it was to trounce IU last season or the two before that?
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we're back to being ranked and (most likely) back in the tournament.
That’s what matters to me. Make the tournament and you have a chance to do some damage since it is such a crapshoot. Anything can happen (except a 16 beating a 1). I’m just effing giddy that we’ll (most likely) get to play at least 1 game in the big dance. That’s what I mean when I say we’re back.
"It's an easy game, man. Easy game."
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by 87 Rides A Surfboard on Feb 2, 2012 12:35 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
HOW do teams win on the road in the Big Ten?
It seems like it is totally disallowed.
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by 87 Rides A Surfboard on Feb 1, 2012 8:39 PM EST reply actions
nah
the bottom feeders aren’t that great at home. The problem is we’ve played numbers 1,2,3,4 on the road so far and laid an egg at Nebraska.
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Purdue is 6 or 7.
and I don’t think many people outside of Purdue fans would argue much with that. IU has one ‘bad’ loss (home against Minn) and Purdue has at LEAST two. Plus you still haven’t beaten a ranked team.Purdue is a bubble team for the tourney while right now IU looks like a 7 or 8 seed. Your hardest conference games are in front of you; ours are officially behind us (except for at home vs MSU).
If you were referring purely to B1G record then I apologize. You’re higher in the standings. For now.
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by 87 Rides A Surfboard on Feb 2, 2012 8:28 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
We are not
very good this year but we will finish in the upper half of the B1G and AJ was saying in the B1G. You’ll need to Improve on the road to make the tourney. And we have no bad home losses Mich. and Wisc. can and have beat anyone this year. We will win Saturday that will drop you to 5-7 then you go to Iowa and Minn. plus Msu three more losses thats 8-10 in the B1G. If your not a top 3 seed it don’t matter where you are seeded but I hope you make the tourney. Alot of good kids on this team who have never played post season.
dude
Purdue has won their 3 road games against 3 of the worst 5 teams in the conference. IU has played the top four teams on the road and Nebraska. Don’t even try and compare our schedules. Purdue’s has been a cakewalk in conference to this point and they’re only .500.
This season’s road woes have been more to do with who we’re playing than how we’re playing. Zero room for mistake at Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State and Wisconsin. Three of which Indiana was in the games very late.
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Trivia question for you: Purdue had two really bad seasons in 2004-05 (7-21/3-13), which was Gene Keady’s last season, and 2005-06 (9-19/3-13), which was Matt Painter’s first season. In Painter’s third season, Purdue made a big leap, finishing 22-11 and 9-7 in the Big Ten and making the NCAA Tournament. Do you know how many true road games Purdue won that year? Two. At Penn State and at Northwestern. That Purdue team even lost on the road to a Minnesota team that was worse than any Big Ten team this year. I’m disappointed in IU’s road performance, although only the Nebraska game is a truly bad result. And I’m still more disappointed in the Minnesota home loss than the Nebraska road loss. I don’t bring this up to excuse IU’s play on the road, but to point out that a) it’s not true that you have to get quality road wins to make the NCAA; b) IU has three road wins: Evansville, NC State (looking like a bubble team) and Penn State. That’s not great, but quality road wins are overrated in terms of just making the Tournament. IU’s home loss to Minny is way more damaging to the resume than any of IU’s road losses, even Nebraska.
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by John M (The Crimson Quarry) on Feb 2, 2012 9:16 AM EST up reply actions
Also, the Big Ten is a bit tough this year, no?
This season, winning on the road in the Big Ten seems to be more about taking advantage of when a team is having an off-night and/or hanging around and getting the late breaks to edge out the hosts, rather than imposing your will on the competition. By my count, the 18 road wins in the conference have consisted of -
7 Close games:
*Minnesota over Indiana (3pt win)
*MSU over Wisconsin in OT (3pt win)
*Michigan over Purdue (2pt win)
*Iowa at Minnesota (2pt win)
*Illinois at Northwestern (1pt win)
*Purdue at Iowa (3pt win)
*Purdue at Northwestern (2pt win)
6 games where Penn State and Nebraska hosted:
*Minnesota at Penn State
*Wisconsin at Penn State
*Wisconsin over Nebraska
*Michigan State over Nebraska
*Ohio State at Nebraska
*Indiana at Penn State
and then just five other games, one of which was Wisconsin’s three-point shooting debacle against Iowa. The other four show Purdue on both sides of the equation.
*Wisconsin at Purdue
*Purdue at Minnesota
*Wisconsin at Illinois
*Ohio State at Iowa
The greater point being here is that road wins are as hard to come by this year as ever, and while Wisconsin has been pretty impressive on the road (4-1), noone else really has, and Iowa and Purdue have both been slight outliers that can just as easily win on the road as they can lose at home.
Ah. Left one off the final group
Nebraska at Iowa
For comparison's sake...
You’ve listed 19 road wins for conference members in conference. That is 19 out of how many total conference games for everybody?
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by LoneStarHoosier on Feb 2, 2012 12:52 PM EST up reply actions
gotta be something like 60.
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by 87 Rides A Surfboard on Feb 2, 2012 1:11 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
57 total, so far I think
I believe that the NU-Nebraska game will make it 58 tonight. But yeah, home teams have gone 38-19 so far, for a nice 2:1 ratio.
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