There's a difference between accepting mediocrity and unrealistic expectations. We have stuck with a coach that most likely would have been fired already if people like you would have had a say. Yet here we are, the first B10 team EVER to become AP #1 in the country three years in a row. Yes, the last couple years have been rough in the tournament, but people that live in reality understand that a one and done tournament isn't the best way to chose the best team. How many NBA teams that have been crowned champion would have never done so if they played a one and done style tournament? I'd be willing to bet it's at least 40% of them if not more.
No. They lost because they couldn't make a wide open 3. Guy's like Ethan Morton who was getting major PT just couldn't shoot. Loyer was on a shooting slump dealing with a calf injury. We literally shot 19% (5-26). 80% of those were wide open because they were surrounding Edey.
@HoosierJimbo89 You laughing at this just confirms why someone like yourself needs to be ignored. I give you irrefutable facts and you think it's funny. Proves you're not dealing in reality.
I didn't fire Tom Crean. Him getting fired is how his tenure played out, and it didn't take 20 years. IU fans would not be ok with 0 FF's and losing to double digit mid-majors in year 20: you can disagree all you want. IU fans want NCAAT success.
If you want a third or fourth opinion, go get on the UK, Duke, UNC, Kansas, Texas, Michigan St., etc. boards and ask them if they would be okay with Matt Painter's resume.
hmmm, aren't you looking at 20 years since a final four when you fired Mike Davis? LOL
IU in basketball reminds me of Minnesota in football. UM has 7 banners in football. They are just as relevant in football today as IU is in basketball. NADA
They made it the past 2 years: what are you talking about?
I guarantee that a good amount of them would say hell yes. However, this is the issue. You think IU is in the same level as UK, Duke, UNC and Kansas. They're not. You had a couple championships when the NCAA tourney was a fledgling tourney and ONE good coach. Outside of that IU is an average program.
They've missed more often than made it over the last 5-10 years.
#1 come Monday! That my friend is relevant. Your claims are ancient history. LOL
What was FDU ranked? Is FDU ancient history? November chirping is meaningless, but that is when Matt is at his best.
IU, by far, has had the most national success in the Big Ten. Wake me up when you get anywhere near that.
As far as the bball world is concerned, yes. All they are talking about is how Purdue won the Maui classic and will be #1 Monday. They were even talking on the Field of 68 the other night about how the FDU game wasn't relevant to Purdue's excellent body of work. I didn't say it, they did. I guess your FDU wet dream is over. Of course it will be brought up again come tournament time until Purdue drills their first round opponent. Maybe you can watch with the rest of IU nation as your team misses the tournament. Again. LOL
You can never live down the worst loss in NCAAT history. The season is young, grasshopper.
lol. Ok pukeboi
So based on your logic, if by chance Purdue wins it ALL this year, it will prove nothing and count for nothing. And we should all view it as nothing accomplished. It would all be based on luck.
Only in response to a few a holes. No I usually hold my powder. I'm going to just kick a couple of turds down the road and then I'll go back to just lurking. That is mostly what I do on other sites as well unless I feel something merits a response.
So you think luck plays no part? Talk about delusion. Look at 1940, IU was lucky that Purdue decided not to participate. Seems like LUCK on your part to me. LOL
PU has almost 50 years of NCAA futility and can't beat mid-majors. Let's watch the highlights:
It seems to me that both sides can be correct - IU’s basketball history is certainly impressive but most hoops fans wouldn’t currently put IU in the top tier of programs. Purdue’s history in the BiG Ten has been impressive but their post season has been extremely disappointing. Purdue needs tourney success in order to be considered one of the current top programs. I guess the honest question is which program would you rather have this year and over the next few years? I mean you can laugh at Purdue’s failures - whatever gets you to sleep at night - but it seems to me most IU fans would rather have IU’s program gain some relevancy again and get back to where it once was instead of just taking joy in another team’s misfortunes. What do I know? Probably not much.
Seriously, after I saw (heard?) that, I thought to myself, “remember to check the box score for the attendance because that crowd sounds sparse.” So I did. And do you know what I found? The ESPN box score did not report the attendance. I thought that was odd, so I checked another, and another, and another. And do you know what I found? Not a single box score reported the attendance. Weird.
Don’t try to spin and deflect with me. You said luck was the only reason IU had five banners. Now you asked me if luck plays “any” part.
You have very good points on all of this accept for the highlighted areas.
