I think some would be fine with 16 if it follows a season to be proud of, but I think elite 8 would satiate the masses.So what is a successful season this year? Are fans happy with a sweet 16? Elite 8? Final 4 ? I think most would be pretty happy with an elite 8 run with a tough close loss
yes, add a 25+ win season. and top2, maybe 3 in B1G, although I'm not sure what to make of the inaugural Big 18 season yet. But if we finish middle pack, lurk around or just outside the top 25 most of the year, and are out the first weekend of the tourney, it's not going to be received well.Top 10 during the year and an elite 8 run would silence everyone. Got to make the sweet 16.
It doesn't make sense to try to predict tourney runs. The tournament is about match ups and good venues/locations.So what is a successful season this year? Are fans happy with a sweet 16? Elite 8? Final 4 ? I think most would be pretty happy with an elite 8 run with a tough close loss
It doesn't make sense to try to predict tourney runs. The tournament is about match ups and good venues/locations.
Indiana would have beaten all but maybe 4 or 5 teams in 2013. One of them was Syracuse and that's who they
Yes, it's true... the tourney is about being damn good, match ups, injuries and luck...It doesn't make sense to try to predict tourney runs. The tournament is about match ups and good venues/locations.
Indiana would have beaten all but maybe 4 or 5 teams in 2013. One of them was Syracuse and that's who they played.
In 1993, IU was the #1 team and ready to steamroll. Instead they lost in the E8.
2002, IU limped thru the season and posted a disappointing 4 way tie for first when they controlled their own destiny. Then they caught lightning in a bottle and nearly won it all.
Florida Atlantic, SDSU, South Carolina, Loyola, George Mason, FGCU.... so many examples of seasons being "made" by a run at the end.
I think Indiana is no where near a top 5 team and therefore all I want to see is for them to finish about 4th in the conference, then land some good in state guys to be better next year.
What the heck has Galloway or Reneau or Ballo ever won? If they win the Big Ten they might make it to the S16 or beyond. But that's a big "if".
I watched the Temple game. Watford saved them. They won though.So you didn’t watch the temple game? We were getting clipped by 80% of the remaining field with creany yankin on pants that year. Jordy was done Crean didn’t know how to play Vic.
I know I was the reason they won @ UM.I watched the Temple game. Watford saved them. They won though.
IU beat UM twice that year and they went to the championship game.
agreed, and winning is infectious, which is why I'm not holding my breath for this year's team to do much. Rice may step up as a leader, but from the perspective of leadership and knowing how to win close games, they are clearly lacking and will have to learn how to win this year if they want to be any good.Yes, it's true... the tourney is about being damn good, match ups, injuries and luck...
but that's where consistency comes in. You can't make the tourney once every few years or so and expect to make deep tourney runs.
IU needs to become a consistent top 3-4 B1G so they consistently become a Top 4-5 seed.
Previous year Vic was in the highest percentages scoring in PnR (he was though low in setting up others). So what does Crean do the next year. Doesn't use him much in PnR. He was set on starting two midgets in the backcourt. Sheehey should have started 3, Vic should have been the 2 and Yogi should have come off the bench. Yogi was the weak link that year...Crean didn’t know how to play Vic.
Also it sounded like Crean ran them in to the ground by season’s end. Marathon practices up until tourney time.I know I was the reason they won @ UM.
Again, Jordy was done. Crean couldn’t adjust. Much different than mid season form.
You just posted he won’t get fired. So which is it?I think a FF and everyone is happy. I think an Elite 8 coupled with a B1G title and everyone is happy. Anything else and it's another disappointing season and Woody is fired.
The bar for firing is much lower than that, I’m sure.I think a FF and everyone is happy. I think an Elite 8 coupled with a B1G title and everyone is happy. Anything else and it's another disappointing season and Woody is fired.
If we are top four in the BIG and make it to the second weekend then Woodson will get an extension.I think a FF and everyone is happy. I think an Elite 8 coupled with a B1G title and everyone is happy. Anything else and it's another disappointing season and Woody is fired.
As usually happens, the B1G will be very tough because just about every game is a pitched battle. Everybody else is trying to beat our brains out just as we are trying to beat theirs out. And you can't have several key guys go down to injury. IMV IU doesn't have to win the B1G to be considered a very good team. And we know how good (and lucky) you have to be to make it to the sweet 16. We appear to have the personnel to get there and maybe beyond, but let's see if they're really as good as we think they are. I think we'll know by later January if we're going to be very good. If we can play high quality, winning basketball with fight and smarts, we're going to have a very good year, whether or not we get to the elite 8 or win the B1G. I just want to see us become part of the national conversation again that can compete against the best every year.I think a FF and everyone is happy. I think an Elite 8 coupled with a B1G title and everyone is happy. Anything else and it's another disappointing season and Woody is fired.