IU +6.5

[jopajackson]

I'm not usually the one that does this, but I wanted to get the conversation started about tonight's game. Big game for the bubble situation. I don't think we're out of it if we lose, but probably in the field pretty solid if we can pull out a win. Oregon has been playing well lately, so have the Hoosiers. I'm feeling a let down game by IU tonight. Hope I'm wrong.

 

[IUNorth]

I'm not usually the one that does this, but I wanted to get the conversation started about tonight's game. Big game for the bubble situation. I don't think we're out of it if we lose, but probably in the field pretty solid if we can pull out a win. Oregon has been playing well lately, so have the Hoosiers. I'm feeling a let down game by IU tonight. Hope I'm wrong.

Definitely feels like a game we'd normally get thumped. Maybe not with our new lineup that's been playing so well? Hope not, obviously. A win would be huge.

 

[Seyton]

86-62 Oregon keeps popping into my mind for some reason. I wish I could get that reversed but...

 

[Tammany Hall]

I kinda like IU to cover.

 

[Warison]

W

 

[mushroomgod_1]

I kinda like IU to cover.

I do too......for one thing, the home court crowds for these PAC 4 teams are nothing like those at Purdue, Illinois, MSU et al.....

 

[ams66]

I do too......for one thing, the home court crowds for these PAC 4 teams are nothing like those at Purdue, Illinois, MSU et al.....

9pm game and travel though.

 

[bailey777]

I'm not usually the one that does this, but I wanted to get the conversation started about tonight's game. Big game for the bubble situation. I don't think we're out of it if we lose, but probably in the field pretty solid if we can pull out a win. Oregon has been playing well lately, so have the Hoosiers. I'm feeling a let down game by IU tonight. Hope I'm wrong.

Have not been impressed when I've seen Oregon play. The king cooks to a 6 point win.

 

[hozo4ultimate]

I kinda like IU to cover.

Me too. It might slip away late, but this doesn't seem like a team that will will fold (again). The energy level is more sustainable when you bring a quality big and a confident Rice off the bench. And MR seems to have started to play with more purpose and less complaining.

 

[kraft cheese+macaroni]

9pm game and travel though.

We've already been out there since Thursday night.

 

[hozo4ultimate]

9pm game and travel though.

They are all top notch athletes (except Leal @Cavanagh ), early 20's, flew on a private plane and have been there since Thursday. Can't be an excuse.

 

[edub72]

I think IU has played 2 bad teams that can’t defend. I think Hoosiers get throttled tonight

 

[zeke4ahs]

I think IU has played 2 bad teams that can’t defend. I think Hoosiers get throttled tonight

Purdue or MIchigan State, bad teams that can’t defend?

 

[hozo4ultimate]

Purdue or MIchigan State, bad teams that can’t defend?

Penn State has won 3 of the last 4 and crushed NE @ NE.

 

[kurt cloverdales]

Definitely feels like a game we'd normally get thumped. Maybe not with our new lineup that's been playing so well? Hope not, obviously. A win would be huge.

North, I haven't seen Oregon play all year, who stylistically wise would you compare them to in the BIG

 

[IUNorth]

North, I haven't seen Oregon play all year, who stylistically wise would you compare them to in the BIG

Illinois maybe...

 

[kurt cloverdales]

Illinois maybe...

that's not good, but maybe that game was a fluke

 

[4IUSox2]

3 weeks ago, I was neither hopeful, nor confident re this matchup. While still not confident, I’m at least hopeful, which is a compliment to this team’s resolve.
After the blowouts incurred at the hands of Iowa and Illinois over a month ago, if they can even make this a close game, much less a win, vs a solid team currently on a roll, will be quite the litmus test.

 

[ams66]

I can see us losing out and losing our first BTT game or winning out and even winning a few in the BTT. No confidence either way.

 

[mobilehoosier]

IU wins tonight. Go Hoosiers!

 

[bailey777]

IU wins tonight. Go Hoosiers!

Yes they do. Oregon is not that good.

 

[GThomas]

I can see us losing out and losing our first BTT game or winning out and even winning a few in the BTT. No confidence either way.

Yep. Tough to predict whether Jekyll or Hyde will show up.

 

[IUNorth]

that's not good, but maybe that game was a fluke

The good part is like Illinois, Oregon seems to be nearly as inconsistent as IU can be. So maybe we catch them on a crappy night, for whatever reason!

The bad part, they have a couple guards that can get red hot, real quick...Shelstead is one of the better overall guards in the conference. And they have a big that's pretty good and comfortable shooting and passing away from the basket. He'll pull Ballo and Reneau out away from the paint...and our rebounding could suffer because of it. That's the main reason we got blitzed how we did against Illinois...that and their big foreign frosh going off from the 3.

 

[kurt cloverdales]

Yes they do. Oregon is not that good.

kiss of death, bet Oregon

 

[kurt cloverdales]

The good part is like Illinois, Oregon seems to be nearly as inconsistent as IU can be. So maybe we catch them on a crappy night, for whatever reason!

The bad part, they have a couple guards that can get red hot, real quick...Shelstead is one of the better overall guards in the conference. And they have a big that's pretty good and comfortable shooting and passing away from the basket. He'll pull Ballo and Reneau out away from the paint...and our rebounding could suffer because of it. That's the main reason we got blitzed how we did against Illinois...that and their big foreign frosh going off from the 3.

they kind of sound like Wisconsin

 

[IUNorth]

they kind of sound like Wisconsin

Not as consistent defensively as Wisconsin normally is, though still pretty good on that end. They don't take as many 3's, overall, as Wisky normally does...

If we don't guard Shelstead, their other little guard, and Bittle well...they could run us out of the gym...similar to what Illinois, Wisky, and Iowa did to us.

I think with our new lineup, we're better suited to not fully allow that to happen...at least not as overwhelmingly as those other games happened. But beating them on that stupid looking court, would be quite an accomplishment. Outside the win at MSU, it would be our best win of the year.

 

[TerhuneHoosierfan]

It's a good thing that I don't bet the IU games. They would cross me up every time. With the exception of the Wisky game, they've played pretty well during the last month and could've won at Purdue and at home vs UM and UCLA. That said, I've got a bad feeling about this one. Hope they prove me wrong.

 

[Middawg]

The only guarantee I can make is no less than a dozen times will I think to myself, I can not believe that balding 40 year old Buffalo Bill looking MF'er plays college ball.

 

[frikkenfrakken]

I bet both sides of the line, and with the promotional bs they threw at me for having been gone so long, I win either way. But I bet small, so I won't win much.

 

[Cavanagh]

They are all top notch athletes (except Leal @Cavanagh ), early 20's, flew on a private plane and have been there since Thursday. Can't be an excuse.

We should be better prepared for these games than any other team in the country. The entire program opporates like an NBA team. I’m sure they had massages and haircuts at a ritz Carlton this morning.