The loss of Rob, Hunter, Race and Davis is just too much lost firepower. At one point today in the first half, IU was down 14 (I think) and the players on the floor were Zac, Moore, Al, Smith and Green. Even the announcer said...” where’s the scoring going to come from”. Really frustrating having so many injuries, especially Rob and Hunter.
Too many injuries for this team to compete for B10 title
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and Forrester has been in street clothes the last couple of games...not sure what's going on there.
scared to death every time Romeo rolls his ankle or Juwan bangs knees with someone...
At 100% healthy. ..
This team would't stand a chance..
The lack of three point shooting on this team .Can never be talked about enough....
Honestly I see it being 3 -5 year's before we're real legit contenders.
This team would't stand a chance..
The lack of three point shooting on this team .Can never be talked about enough....
Honestly I see it being 3 -5 year's before we're real legit contenders.
Today’s fight and better play in the 2nd half moved IU up on my final standings regular season board from #7 to #6. We’ll be a lock for the NIT at least. Cannot afford to keep these slow starts against the next 5 opponents. We look like deer-in-the-headlights.
It’s like people forgot we were on the road...in the B1G...against the #2 team in the country without our starting PG and other key players. Freshman or not, Rob is extremely important to this team. We were able to overcome missing him at home against Illinois, but MI on the road is a different animal.
This team comes out soft every game. If they are playing a Tom Crean scheduled team, they likely would overcome that. It has become an Archie pet peeve of mine. It is the coaches responsibility to get the team ready.
If it takes 5 more years CAM won't be the coach who does it. Of course, it depends on how you define "legit contender."
Injuries or not, contention for the BIG championship or not, the expectation of an IU basketball player is to fight like hell. This team has no passion.
Who are the 5 better teams? Mich/MSU..... After that? We are as good as anyone else. Total crapshoot.
Usually you’re a pretty good poster. But this statement is incredibly dumb.
Next year. Archie’s 3rd year will click. All the injuries this year it’ll be the opposite next year. They’ll do it with two 5* freshmen starting (Brooks, TJD), too.
Ah yes, next year. Remember Tom Creans 2nd year when Mo Creek went down? Sound familiar?
Soft play? You're an idiot. This team has some issues and limitations....but effort and soft play isn't one of them.
you are officially crazy... i usually think you post pretty smart, but this is crazy...so you telling me, if we had Hunter and all the other guys we could not contend...they say Hunter is about as good as Romeo. now with Phinisee, Romeo, Juwan, Hunter, and Smith we would not contend...wow!! im so confused!!! i cant even type anymore... lost for words
1. Michigan
2. Michigan State
3. Ohio State
4. Wisconsin
5. Nebraska
6. IU
7. Iowa / Maryland
8. Purdue or Minnesota
9. Northwestern or Illinois
10. Penn State / Rutgers
7-10 and 11-14 are a big congested mess right now. IU could slip down into this.
Yep, it's like everytime one our guys falls down you're worried you won't see them for a few months.
"Soft play" is the "adjective du juor" this season used by critics who have no idea what they are talking about.
IU's better than Nebraska who just gave Iowa their first conference win. They are also better than Wisconsin and we get them at home. I'd have IU at 3-4 right now.
So you don't think this team fought hard today, just dumb
Just because you say it does not mean it is true and if you thought they played soft then you have no clue about the game of basketball.
None of those teams (3-5) have proved anything to say they are better than we are. Wisc just got whipped at home by a very average Minnesota team.
I get you are a perpetually miserable hater, so whatever.
Sounds like something you know a lot about. Sure as hell don't know anything basketball.
it's just like that except this team is currently like a 5 seed and that team won 10 games?
We lost by 11 on the road to a Final 4 team. We did ok.
It’s simply a prediction. Chill out Nancy.
If that makes me a “hater,” then shall I call you “homer?”
yeah we need shooters. fitzner is giving us nothing. a real disappointment. he's headed for walk-on minutes at this rate
We are 12 and 3 with 2 of our losses @ the #1 and #2 ranked teams in the country. Did anyone think we were competing for a National Title this year? I thought if we ever could compete it would be because we got hot going into the tournament, not because we were putting on dominating performances now or earlier. I don't understand all of the doom and gloom. Second year coach who is recruiting well, has instilled team defense (which travels), and is playing with an ad hoc line up every game because of injuries. Yet we are still 12-3 with 2 of our losses being on the road to the current #1 and #2 team in the country. I will take that particularly considering our best option at the point has been out for several games and our second highest rated recruit has not played one minute because of some odd ailment.
Why is anyone talking about next year when we have a pretty good ball club this year?
Another over-reaction. Not a chance for three or five years? You have no way of knowing what the future holds. No cred. But if you feel this way, why bother watching. Feel free to go away for five years. That would be nice.
a few more years of this and we'd take it that way. sadly about 3 of you guys can't see the difference
Injuries are part of the game, but yeah, this season has been a little nuts in that regard. Not only have we played short nearly every game this year, but it certainly doesn’t help team chemistry when players are constantly sitting due to injury.
Still, we played better than I thought we would against UM away. Outside of that 5 minute stretch, we played really well. That was just too much to overcome.
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