IU BBall

[23andCounting]

43 minutes ago, gonzoron said:

Dscussion about politics is only allowed in @Muda69 OOB Club or a private club someone creates. Take it there Newbie.

Then enlighten me as to why you brought Trump's name into the basketball forum. 

44 minutes ago, gonzoron said:

That's what I said. Not very smart, are you?

I imagine you get schooled on here quite a bit. Your IQ seems to be lacking compared to other posters. 

[gonzoron]

25 minutes ago, 23andCounting said:

Then enlighten me as to why you brought Trump's name into the basketball forum. 

It was in response to a political comment from the admin who makes the rules on the Forum, and a complaint about others who insert politics into the threads. And this was old news until this morning when you decided to beat on a dead horse. Have a great weekend, lol. 

 

29 minutes ago, 23andCounting said:

I imagine you get schooled on here quite a bit. Your IQ seems to be lacking compared to other posters. 

I'm smarter than some bozo who thinks Butler, Purdue and Notre Dame have won Men's National Basketball Championships.

[23andCounting]

13 minutes ago, gonzoron said:

It was in response to a political comment from the admin who makes the rules on the Forum, and a complaint about others who insert politics into the threads. And this was old news until this morning when you decided to beat on a dead horse. Have a great weekend, lol. 

 

I'm smarter than some bozo who thinks Butler, Purdue and Notre Dame have won Men's National Basketball Championships.

You're entertaining to say the least. This is great dialogue, keep it up. 

So there's a time limit on topics? Noted. I'm still learning. 

Who said those schools won national championships? 

Why do I feel like you're someone who takes things out of context?

[Muda69]

23 hours ago, 23andCounting said:

Basketball was invented in Indiana you idiot.

*sigh*  This old canard again.   No,  it wasn't:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_basketball

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The game of basketball as it is known today was created by Dr. James Naismith in December 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, to condition young athletes during cold months. Naismith was a physical education instructor at YMCA International Training School (now known as Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts. Upon the request of his boss, Naismith was tasked to create an indoor sports game to help athletes keep in shape in cold weather.^[1] It consisted of peach baskets and a soccer style ball. He published 13 rules for the new game. He divided his class of eighteen into two teams of nine players each and set about to teach them the basics of his new game. The objective of the game was to throw the basketball into the fruit baskets nailed to the lower railing of the gym balcony. Every time a point was scored, the game was halted so the janitor could bring out a ladder and retrieve the ball. After a while, the bottoms of the fruit baskets were removed.

The first public basketball game was played in Springfield, Massachusetts, on March 11, 1892.

Someone who by their posting history purports to be a native Hoosier and sports fan should know this simple fact.  Do better.

 

And back to the subject of IU Basketball:  Just say NO to these hideous black uniforms:  https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2025/03/01/indiana-basketball-fans-react-to-new-uniforms-with-mixed-reviews/80995892007/?tbref=hp

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[23andCounting]

9 minutes ago, Muda69 said:

*sigh*  This old canard again.   No,  it wasn't:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_basketball

Someone who by their posting history purports to be a native Hoosier and sports fan should know this simple fact.  Do better.

 

And back to the subject of IU Basketball:  Just say NO to these hideous black uniforms:  https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2025/03/01/indiana-basketball-fans-react-to-new-uniforms-with-mixed-reviews/80995892007/?tbref=hp

 

I figured some jack*** would come on here, do a google search, and tell me what I already know. What is it, nineteen out of the largest twenty high school gymnasiums in America reside in Indiana? Google you're little heart away and fact check me if you so desire, I'm going off memory. Might as well say Indiana invented it. 

[gonzoron]

1 hour ago, 23andCounting said:

Google you're little heart

*your*

 

[23andCounting]

36 minutes ago, gonzoron said:

*your*

 

Really? That's your contribution to this forum. I bet Tim's proud. 

[Irishman]

Clean game last night. Granted Washington is not good, but IU needs games like that. They are playing well late in the year and nothing like the team we saw for most of the season. They are playing smart; fewer bad shots taken, taking care of the basketball, fewer bad fouls, and better play in the paint. If they can continue to play like that, they could surprise some teams coming up. 

oh, and I LOVED those uniforms. I really like the cursive Indiana logo, and think it looks good on any uniform in any sport they have put it on. But last night was the best alternate uniform I can remember seeing. The ones they canceled were really bad looking. not a fan at all of the FoG line Adidas has come up with for IU. 

[gonzoron]

1 hour ago, 23andCounting said:

Really? That's your contribution to this forum. I bet Tim's proud. 

No, I have other contributions. Who is Tim?

https://gridirondigest.net/clients/donations/

[gonzoron]

2 minutes ago, Irishman said:

If they can continue to play like that, they could surprise some teams coming up.

Let's hope so. I'd love to start watching them again.

[23andCounting]

1 minute ago, gonzoron said:

No, I have other contributions. Who is Tim?

https://gridirondigest.net/clients/donations/

If you don't know who Tim is, then the "Newbie" can't help you. 

God Bless and have a good day.

[Irishman]

9 minutes ago, gonzoron said:

Let's hope so. I'd love to start watching them again.

My concern is what the players have been seen doing in their down time. They spend too much time on social media. They are seen in the local bars at all hours into the early mornings. They may have caught lightning in a bottle. And maybe/hopefully the players have chosen themselves to reign in the nonsense. 

[23andCounting]

18 minutes ago, Irishman said:

Clean game last night. Granted Washington is not good, but IU needs games like that. They are playing well late in the year and nothing like the team we saw for most of the season. They are playing smart; fewer bad shots taken, taking care of the basketball, fewer bad fouls, and better play in the paint. If they can continue to play like that, they could surprise some teams coming up. 

oh, and I LOVED those uniforms. I really like the cursive Indiana logo, and think it looks good on any uniform in any sport they have put it on. But last night was the best alternate uniform I can remember seeing. The ones they canceled were really bad looking. not a fan at all of the FoG line Adidas has come up with for IU. 

I too was impressed with the uniforms. This team is finally starting to play closer to their potential. I really don't see them hitting their ceiling though. They need a staff familiar with the college game vs that of the NBA. Fans are getting what they want, a new coach at the end of the season. Now let's just sit back, root the Hoosiers on, and hope we have someone to root for in the tournament besides Purdue. 

I'm still wondering what's going on with Dane Fife. IPFW improved every season he was there before his ten year stint with Tom Izzo. The guy has a hell of a resume, yet he's not even coaching anywhere?

[Irishman]

1 minute ago, 23andCounting said:

I too was impressed with the uniforms. This team is finally starting to play closer to their potential. I really don't see them hitting their ceiling though. They need a staff familiar with the college game vs that of the NBA. Fans are getting what they want, a new coach at the end of the season. Now let's just sit back, root the Hoosiers on, and hope we have someone to root for in the tournament besides Purdue. 

I'm still wondering what's going on with Dane Fife. IPFW improved every season he was there before his ten year stint with Tom Izzo. The guy has a hell of a resume, yet he's not even coaching anywhere?

Fife did not leave IU on good terms. I saw he is doing some color on games. I really don't see him getting back into coaching on this level. One of the reasons he was let go is because he was very vocal with recruits and parents about his hatred of NIL. While we all may agree with him, it does not translate to being a solid or reliable approach for recruiting. Woodson had told him to stop doing it, but he did not. Similar to other coaches who have left other programs in other sports, I have a feeling Fife puts himself in the same boat of not wanting to coach in the current environment. 

[Coach Nowlin]

8 hours ago, Muda69 said:

*sigh*  This old canard again.   No,  it wasn't:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_basketball

Someone who by their posting history purports to be a native Hoosier and sports fan should know this simple fact.  Do better.

 

And back to the subject of IU Basketball:  Just say NO to these hideous black uniforms:  https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2025/03/01/indiana-basketball-fans-react-to-new-uniforms-with-mixed-reviews/80995892007/?tbref=hp

 

 

4 hours ago, Irishman said:

Clean game last night. Granted Washington is not good, but IU needs games like that. They are playing well late in the year and nothing like the team we saw for most of the season. They are playing smart; fewer bad shots taken, taking care of the basketball, fewer bad fouls, and better play in the paint. If they can continue to play like that, they could surprise some teams coming up. 

oh, and I LOVED those uniforms. I really like the cursive Indiana logo, and think it looks good on any uniform in any sport they have put it on. But last night was the best alternate uniform I can remember seeing. The ones they canceled were really bad looking. not a fan at all of the FoG line Adidas has come up with for IU. 

Loved the Script as well, always a fan of black, 

I believe I may have referenced something a few pages back about letting the IU kids lead vs who gets the biggest check, seems like somone in Woodson camp seen same thing that nayone paying attention to other than Woodson saw

Dangerous team playing well at the right time 

4 hours ago, Irishman said:

My concern is what the players have been seen doing in their down time. They spend too much time on social media. They are seen in the local bars at all hours into the early mornings. They may have caught lightning in a bottle. And maybe/hopefully the players have chosen themselves to reign in the nonsense. 

Its march, gonna get serious now 

[Muda69]

8 hours ago, 23andCounting said:

I figured some jack*** would come on here, do a google search, and tell me what I already know. What is it, nineteen out of the largest twenty high school gymnasiums in America reside in Indiana?

Typical:  

[Irishman]

So, the Hoosiers are on the outside looking in. While it really did not matter much, it really does not make sense. It’s confusing. The ACC only gets 4 teams, which may have really hurt IU's chances…..there would have been just 3 without UNC. But the Big Ten gets 8 in….but we are supposed to believe that UNC had a tougher schedule than IU?

I will say, once I saw UNC was in the play in game, I texted friends that IU did not make it and UNC was the last one in. 

What I also found odd was that even during the tourney game against Oregon, broadcasters still had the Penn State win as a quad 1 win. Maybe there was a time when Penn State was ranked, but that just showed how screwed up the rankings were. That win should not be counted a quad 1 in my mind.  

[Irishman]

To revive an old saying.....Just say NO.....don't take an invite to the NIT. No point whatsoever in doing so. 

 

[Irishman]

That did not take long. Good luck Coach 

https://www.wane.com/college-sports/iu-names-darian-devries-head-basketball-coach/ 

 

[23andCounting]

A lot to unpack with this Hoosier team. Interesting that the AD of NC get's a $104,000 bonus if his team makes the tournament. Oh well, I guess he did "leave the room." If my buddy was in the room next door, I'm pretty sure he'd still have an influence on me somehow. 

Good to see Woodson go. Great guy, a legend with the Hoosiers, but not the guy who's going to take IU back to where they belong as one of the top programs in the country. 

I was really rooting for McCollum. He's won impressively during his short stint as a head coach. The way he's turned programs around is hard to ignore. Boring style of play. He'll end up at Iowa and Iowa will be a perennial Top 16 program. Kudos to him and the Hawkeyes.

Prior success doesn't guarantee success in the Big Ten where you're competing against the best of the best every night. Every coach is coaching there as a result of a stellar resume at a lower level program. So DeVries has his work cut out for him. About all we can hope for is that IU has more resources than their counterparts which should be enough for DeVries to get IU back to being a mainstay in the NCAA tournament. 

 

[23andCounting]

Furthermore, how is DeVries resume any different than Crean's or Miller's? Hiring these guys into an elite conference is a crapshoot in my opinion. We're playing slot machines outside of names like Few, Sampson, Pearl, Pitino, Calipari, Izzo, and Self. You just hope you find a diamond in the rough. Iowa? They struck gold. McCullom's resume stands out from the pack. The Hawkeyes are a guaranteed force in my opinion. Keep the receipt on this. 

[Irishman]

Hard telling in this day and age, especially with NIL money. I cannot remember where I saw it, but the IU NIL group is committing $10 Million to the program. To compare, this past season, they spent $6 Million. My guess is if the new coach wants guys like Reneau and Mgbako to stay, they will stay. 

[Irishman]

16th....with just 2? 3 players on the roster? lol 

[23andCounting]

On 4/9/2025 at 10:44 AM, Irishman said:

16th....with just 2? 3 players on the roster? lol 

Doesn't Indiana only have four players on their roster right now? 

[btownqbcoach1]

On 3/24/2025 at 1:55 PM, 23andCounting said:

Furthermore, how is DeVries resume any different than Crean's or Miller's? Hiring these guys into an elite conference is a crapshoot in my opinion. We're playing slot machines outside of names like Few, Sampson, Pearl, Pitino, Calipari, Izzo, and Self. You just hope you find a diamond in the rough. Iowa? They struck gold. McCullom's resume stands out from the pack. The Hawkeyes are a guaranteed force in my opinion. Keep the receipt on this. 

DeVries had WVU ranked last season in his first season in P4 with a fraction of the resources IU has lol 

The difference DDV is... he built Drake. Drake was AWFUL before he got there. 

On 4/11/2025 at 3:11 PM, 23andCounting said:

Doesn't Indiana only have four players on their roster right now? 

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On 3/24/2025 at 5:25 PM, Irishman said:

Hard telling in this day and age, especially with NIL money. I cannot remember where I saw it, but the IU NIL group is committing $10 Million to the program. To compare, this past season, they spent $6 Million. My guess is if the new coach wants guys like Reneau and Mgbako to stay, they will stay. 

I liked Malik... though he never should have been a starter.... 

MM is the most selfish player I've witnessed wear an IU uniform.