Dustin Dopirak weighs in on IU basketball and the NCAA tourney.

[Jim Coyle]

Indy Star's & former IU beat writer Dustin Dopirak talks about the Indiana coaching situation, NCAA slight snub, NCAA tourney, more

 

[ANOTHERBANNERYEAR]

Indy Star's & former IU beat writer Dustin Dopirak talks about the Indiana coaching situation, NCAA slight snub, NCAA tourney, more

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Didn’t watch it, but it’s not a snub if you don’t deserve it.

 

[GThomas]

Didn’t watch it, but it’s not a snub if you don’t deserve it.

Yep. Those on the bubble are playing the lottery and have no right to complain if their number isn't selected. Hey IU, beat Oregon once and its out of the Committee's hands.

 

[GR8IUFAN]

Yep. Those on the bubble are playing the lottery and have no right to complain if their number isn't selected. Hey IU, beat Oregon once and its out of the Committee's hands.

Or don't lose multiple games by 20+ or blow several games in the last 2 minutes of games.

 

[Jim Coyle]

Didn’t watch it, but it’s not a snub if you don’t deserve it.

That is why I called it a slight snub," because they allowed UNC, & 6-12 SEC Oklahoma in

 

[.Gerdis]

Or don't lose multiple games by 20+ or blow several games in the last 2 minutes of games.

And the other problem is we didn’t blow out the bad teams we played in the non-con.

 

[Jim Coyle]

Yep. Those on the bubble are playing the lottery and have no right to complain if their number isn't selected. Hey IU, beat Oregon once and its out of the Committee's hands.

The only complaints are that they let a few teams in that were even less deserving than undeserving Indiana.

 

[daddyhoosier]

It is true that Indiana has itself to blame (blow out losses, only needed another win or two to seal the deal) but it is also ridiculous that two 6-12 SEC teams were allowed in.

 

[Eurocyldon]

Building a team is more than buying the top rated portal pieces. Lesson learned hopefully.

 

[ANOTHERBANNERYEAR]

That is why I called it a slight snub," because they allowed UNC, & 6-12 SEC Oklahoma in

Neither of them deserved it either

 

[Jim Coyle]

Neither of them deserved it either

Exactly, and that made it a "slight snub" to me, at least.

 

[ANOTHERBANNERYEAR]

Like I mentioned on another post, maybe next year the NCAA can afford to hand out participation trophies to all the Division I teams. Then there won’t be hurt feelings.

 

[ANOTHERBANNERYEAR]

Like I mentioned on another post, maybe next year the NCAA can afford to hand out participation trophies to all the Division I teams. Then there won’t be hurt feelings.

All of them think they are privileged instead of doing the hard work to earn it.
Sound familiar…today’s society
Damn it gets old

 

[Sonap]

And the other problem is we didn’t blow out the bad teams we played in the non-con.

And that is how I judge how good a coach and team we have.

 

[6th&Dunn]

UNC, Texas, and Oklahoma all won at least one conference tournament game. Indiana barely even showed up to their conference tournament, as usual.

 

[IUNorth]

UNC, Texas, and Oklahoma all won at least one conference tournament game. Indiana barely even showed up to their conference tournament, as usual.

I believe all 3 of those teams were far enough down that they were playing lower level conference teams in the first couple rounds. IU played an NCAA 5 seed in their first game.

 

[Chicago-bound Hoosier]

Bubba needed that bonus check. Country club memberships aren't cheap,

 

[TMB333]

Neither IU nor UNC should have been in. Anyone believing Bubba being on the committee and that he didn't influence the committee is living in fantasy land. The committee took care of their chairman.

 

[Harpo Marxist]

We hear complaints about other bubble teams getting into the Dance and not IU......Somebody has to be the tallest midget....and it isn't IU this year. I think its better for the long haul, since Dolson can focus on the future without distractions. This hire is way more important than dancing to another embarrassing tournament loss. We've been the carnival geek long enough.

 

[kraft cheese+macaroni]

UNC, Texas, and Oklahoma all won at least one conference tournament game. Indiana barely even showed up to their conference tournament, as usual.

I’ll take “Things that don’t matter for $500, Alex!”

 

[OpenWheels]

It looked like about all they did was go by that stupid NET rating. UNC was higher, in that thing.

Seeding the field was about like Woody recruiting. Grab someone's list, pretend to do more work.
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