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We are close

Of the 5 guys on the floor at the end of the game, 4 had double digit scoring nights and 1 had zero. The guy with zero points rec'd the inbound and didn't look for anyone else. That tells you everything you need to know about the leadership of the team and how not close they really are.

If you need more:
"Indiana head coach Mike Woodson hinted at wanting a timeout but admitted the moment passed too quickly.
'Once [Rice] took off, I couldn’t get to [the official],' Woodson said. 'It was too late. The official had already gone by."'

I mean, really? You couldn't call a timeout in time? The official had already gone by? Isn't the offensive basket on the same side of the court for the team in the second half? Is anyone really buying this bullsh!t?

There is a reason this team panics and collapses late in games. They are not really that close.


I seem to recall people arguing that it was a huge mistake for CMW to call timeout late in the game to set up a play when Rice, our primo ballhandling should have been allowed to drive to the bucket.

...of course, the other side of this is in both games, Rice made what turned out to be a bad attempt at making the game winner. Part of me appreciates a guy who isn't afraid, and wants those big moments, the other "arrrrrggghhhh noooooooo"

He needs to work on understanding that well defended shots are always lower percentage shots.
 
I know it’s results that matter most, but this team is close. We’ve lost close ones to very good teams in Maryland and Purdue. We beat a good (per the NET) team in OSU.

If we’d have closed out the last two, we’d comfortably be in the field.

Badgers aren’t great and they do lose games in their building. Win that one and then take care of business at home against Michigan and UCLA. This team can be a 6-7 seed in the NCAA. And then who knows. The talent is there to make a run b
Are you ok??

Seriously? Did you fall asleep and wake up to the year 1997, or something?

Close?

And possibly a 6-7 seed?

Wow
 
I seem to recall people arguing that it was a huge mistake for CMW to call timeout late in the game to set up a play when Rice, our primo ballhandling should have been allowed to drive to the bucket.
Two totally different situations.
Some are lacking rhe same game/player awareness that Woody does.
 
I know it’s results that matter most, but this team is close. We’ve lost close ones to very good teams in Maryland and Purdue. We beat a good (per the NET) team in OSU.

If we’d have closed out the last two, we’d comfortably be in the field.

Badgers aren’t great and they do lose games in their building. Win that one and then take care of business at home against Michigan and UCLA. This team can be a 6-7 seed in the NCAA. And then who knows. The talent is there to make a run b
Our team has talent. That alone has won some games and might win a few more. But to really be good we need coaching , an identity and more heart. Hard to see those things developing at this stage but you never know.
 
Close because the talent is there, which is why many picked IU to finish top 3-5 in the BIG.
But not playing up to that potential so far. Shooting well early at Macke, which has a long reputation as being tough venue for shooters, was a bright spot. Couldn’t buy a bucket down the stretch.
 
I know it’s results that matter most, but this team is close. We’ve lost close ones to very good teams in Maryland and Purdue. We beat a good (per the NET) team in OSU.

If we’d have closed out the last two, we’d comfortably be in the field.

Badgers aren’t great and they do lose games in their building. Win that one and then take care of business at home against Michigan and UCLA. This team can be a 6-7 seed in the NCAA. And then who knows. The talent is there to make a run b
Came to this forum for a laugh, just got it!

Season 9 Lol GIF by The Office
 
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About like I figured. I am right and this is your only rebuttal
Yea right, you have been explained by myself and jopajackson why your premise is wrong and you are full of ship but either your reading comprehension is poor or your trolling.
 
I’m not a huge Woody supporter. I’ve been very critical, but at the end of the day, you can’t deny that we’re not close to being on the NCAA tournament. At that point, it’s a crap shoot.
I can tell you that despite this past game being close, Woody may have 3 wins left in him (max) including the BTT. So, does 17-15 get us in? I don’t see it. But, guess we’ll see.
The guy should have been canned last year.
 
I have been on here since Mike Davis years dude. Yes I have not hid from being a ND football fan. Not one time…Romeo recruitment was a shit show…Adidas money thrown around, etc.
at the time Archie looked like a good hire based off how his teams at Dayton played. Yes I have been wrong on some recruitments…but so have some of the writers for these sites that people pay to get info from. I like 45 minutes from Lafayette and I’m surrounded by PU fans and not to mention they have a ton of Indiana high school kids (which I follow Indiana high school basketball). I have been 1000% right on Woodson and I was 1000% right on this team in the off season. If you don’t like me because of this…I really don’t give AF.
Hey, look everyone, smitty made 825 predictions, got two predictions correct, and now he can say he was 1000% percent correct, because he thinks you're too stupid to understand selection bias, and because he thinks hyperbole is just as good as being honest.
 
Yea right, you have been explained by myself and jopajackson why your premise is wrong and you are full of ship but either your reading comprehension is poor or your trolling.
Based off what? Sp IU didn’t make the cheap easy hire? Is that what you are saying? I disagree
 
Hey, look everyone, smitty made 825 predictions, got two predictions correct, and now he can say he was 1000% percent correct, because he thinks you're too stupid to understand selection bias, and because he thinks hyperbole is just as good as being honest.
SMH typical
 
Maybe. NIT invites dont come as easy as they once did.
Maybe Notorious BIGfoot will again decline an NIT invitation that isn't even coming.

"Mike Woodson only plays in the NCAA Tournament, man. If you want Mike Woodson in the NIT, you'd better get on a plane and beg Mike Woodson to accept the invitation."
 
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Maybe Notorious BIGfoot will again decline an NIT invitation that isn't even coming.

"Mike Woodson only plays in the NCAA Tournament, man. If you want Mike Woodson in the NIT, you'd better get on a plane and beg Mike Woodson to accept the invitation."
I laughed waaaaay to hard
 
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I laughed waaaaay to hard
A guy who purposely shaves his eyebrows is an easy target for mockery.

 
Based off what? Sp IU didn’t make the cheap easy hire? Is that what you are saying? I disagree

You have been told why your premise is BS.
You can disagree that is your right.
And it is my right to call you a reversible jacket fan. Let me guess, you became an IU fan during RMK and ND when they were winning big time.
Pick a side and take a stand.
 
You have been told why your premise is BS.
You can disagree that is your right.
And it is my right to call you a reversible jacket fan. Let me guess, you became an IU fan during RMK and ND when they were winning big time.
Pick a side and take a stand.
When did ND win big time?
 
They won the National Championship in 73, 77 and 88.

Lou Holtz won over 75% of his game from 86 to 96.

I would say that is winning big time.
They were #2 in 1993 although should have been #1 if not for the writers' love affair with Bowden.
 
I know it’s results that matter most, but this team is close. We’ve lost close ones to very good teams in Maryland and Purdue. We beat a good (per the NET) team in OSU.

If we’d have closed out the last two, we’d comfortably be in the field.

Badgers aren’t great and they do lose games in their building. Win that one and then take care of business at home against Michigan and UCLA. This team can be a 6-7 seed in the NCAA. And then who knows. The talent is there to make a run b
Wasn't this team picked to finish 2nd in the big ten and given a six million dollar payroll? Just what are we close to at 5-6?
 
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