IU vs Eastern Michigan Prediction Thread
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I’m thinking more along the lines of this. No team will play perfect ball the first few games. And they do have some B1G size and a transfer who looks to be coming into his own.
Man, can’t wait for this generation of IU hoops to begin. I have a good feeling that it’s going to be a generation with multiple banners… and I’m not referring to the conference champion types of banners.
IU falls behind 2-0 tonight and then cruises to a 82-48 victory.
We think alike. I was going with 85-50. These guys lost something like 75% of their scoring from a mediocre team. TJD with 20, Kopp with 13, X with 7 assists.
I'll say we win by 20 ish, in a relatively low scoring game. 70-50 type score.
1st game, new coaching staff, lots of new kids playing their first game, as a Hoosier, in AH...recipe for nervousness and some tight shooting arms. I'll be much more interested in how we defend, the types of rotations we play, the flow and rhythm we get into on both ends of the court, etc... Obviously need to get a win, but how we win is more important than the spread.
Want a 20 pt. half on D. Interested in pacing, but not going to get too excited about the offense unless they crack 100 or shoot 60% from deep.
Who am I kidding? "Too excited" sort of comes with the territory...
Who am I kidding? "Too excited" sort of comes with the territory...
Also EMU's 1st game, new coaches and on the road playing in AH. I doubt IU will be the most affected by some of the same circumstances and playing at home.
They are not a joke of a NC opponent at all in terms of history. They have a new coach, as do we, but not to be taken lightly just cause we have more talent on paper. I can think of 2-3 players on our team that would probably struggle to start for them in their conference. I do not envision a laugher of TJD just dunking on them at will the whole game. They could be very fast and take us out with shooting and a good start. Remember Earl Boykins ... that's the type of players they get ... too small, not heralded, but maybe faster than anyone we got and if they dictate play, we'll probably not look very good.
Three new starters, so not really the same nucleus. Plus the best player off the bench is probably Bates.
you do realize you're referring to an EMU team from ancient history? Stan is starting with almost nothing in the cupboard. He's a great coach, but it's going to take a few years. We should torch these guys with ease
Where have you been? 3 starters were not here last year. If we struggle, it will be due to team cohesion IMO. But we should win well enough.
IU 82 - E. Michigan 67...TJD proves to be an unleashed beast this season, playing with unbridled confidence never before seen in an IU uniform. The crowd yells "Geronimo!" three times. IU makes 11 of 20 free throws and hits 6 of 14 three pointers. Woodson reveals his reserved court-side demeanor.
One was here who couldn't get on the court (Stewart).
There are still a lot of returnees, some of whom will come off the bench. But I stand by what I said--we return a lot of players from a team that wasn't very good.
Good call .... you got your wish.
Pretty sloppy offensively, but you have to like the defensive effort especially on the ball, and on rotations.
Missed some bunnies and settled for too many jump shots, but offense is 10x more free-flowing this year than last and the passiveness has gone way down. Good to see Phinisee playing well and more importantly aggressive.
The guys playing tonight aren’t the same as last year.
In regards to how close, no. But still stand by what I said. A lot of new players on this team playing a lot of minutes. So not sure why you are trying to toot your own horn.
Enough were. TJD, Race and Phinisee are the still the nucleus (even with Phin coming off the bench), and they looked a lot like last year (foul shooting bad, couldn’t hit a 3 in the second half, and too many EMU spurts). A lot of room for improvement. And Geronimo and Galloway…yikes.
X was great. Parker and Kopp struggled big time. That’s a concern.
It’s a better result than Arch’s first game. But most of you thought we wouldn’t struggle. That wasn’t a good thought.
Agree on Parker and Kopp. They had a really tough time outside of about 4-5 nice plays. At least one of them has to step up consistently. The good news is that we won a game where I am not sure we can shoot worse from 3…
Enough with the Debbie downers. We won and the trajectory is nothing but up from here. CMW will be enshrined in IUBB lore eventually (and I won’t be wrong since he already is 😉)
I meant we‘ll struggle to score for the last 10 mins and the coldest hand in the building will start scoring at will. And no laughing 😂
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