Anyone else tired of every season having a "breaking point"?

[Carib04]

Seems that since Crean was coach January has represented the breaking point for the season, usually resulting in an extended losing streak. He we stand once again on the precipice of another epic slide. Does anyone else see more than two wins out of the next 7 games? 4 out of the remaining games in the season? I would love to be wrong but 17-14 seems to be looming as the final record for this team. 17-15 if we do our typical BIG Tourney swoon, 18-15 if we win a tourney game.

 

[Chicago-bound Hoosier]

well, once the conf games begin, the truth comes out. We can't play Northern Alabama every game. At some point we have to go to Mackey, Breslin, etc....and take our medicine. Just wasn't expecting our $6M band of mercenaries to get curb stomped at home.

If we finish 17-15 I highly doubt there will be ANY tourney game...even B1G tourney.

 

[iubhounds]

At the rate they are going, back to back 25 point losses and nine more Quad 1 games, IU might be on the B1G Tourney bubble at 15 by years end. Losing builds like compound interest. Attitudes get worse, motivation gets worse, coach who knows. In a 40 minute game seeing a team wilt and quit at the first sign of trouble is a sure sign this team will get worse with each loss.

10 of their wins have been against Quad 3 and Quad 4 teams ... so 17 or 18 wins is not really impressive. I expect the worse to happen with this team. Nothing shows me they have any amount of positive intestinal fortitude to battle.