Indiana loses to IPFW, 92-72

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Indiana, fresh off of a big win just two days ago against Notre Dame, just got smoked by IPFW. IU gave up 56 points in the second half. What a strange team
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DCAlum

December 19th, 2017 at 8:21 AM ^

We were all gaga over Bamba, but I think he would have been third string at best. Rim protection is elite but we need a center who is at least functional on offense (especially at setting screens, which Bamba is terrible at) in order to make everything work. 

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L'Carpetron Do…

December 19th, 2017 at 9:28 AM ^

I watched a lot of that game last night and WOOF - Texas is bad.  I thought they could be an interesting team to watch and root for the rest of the year (in the interest of bolstering Michigan's prospects) but they look awful. When I turned it on there was 7+ minutes left in the 1st half and they had nine points. NINE (9).  I guess they're really lost without that Jones dude.  But I kept thinking about what Brian  and others said on WTKA and on the board - that they're actually not well coached.  I thought Smart was a legit coach and would be in the next generation of great ones, but I don't know.  They look confused out there and don't make good decisions. Hope they can turn it around and make Michigan look good.  UCLA too.

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MH20

December 19th, 2017 at 9:48 AM ^

Tennessee State had the lowest FG% allowed in the OVC the past two seasons so they are a good defensive squad.  OK, so that and buck fifty will get you a cup of coffee but I guess it's something?  Yeah, probably not.  Bottom line, Texas cannot shoot.  They have athletes all over but no one that can get them in their half-court set without Andrew Jones.  I was never really impressed with Smart at VCU and so far his Texas tenure has done nothing to change my mind.  

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lilpenny1316

December 18th, 2017 at 10:40 PM ^

It would be great to see the conference kill it in non-conference play.  Going 10-8, 11-7 the way things look right now could put us in a potential 2nd round matchup against a 1/2 seed.

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MotownGoBlue

December 18th, 2017 at 10:57 PM ^

ND bball is bipolar as well...beat a very good Wichita team, then laid an absolute egg vs. Sparty. A week later they handled a cupcake then lost to Ball State at home.

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mfan_in_ohio

December 18th, 2017 at 11:40 PM ^

My point was that 29 is a lot of 3's, and they're being shot because IU probably wasn't defending the line well. This was a criticism of Beilein teams as well, and we've gotten better at it over the last two years. Having IPFW make almost 60% of their threes can't be helped (probably), but IU could definitely work a little harder at preventing those shots. We shoot a lot of threes. How often do we put up 29 of them in a game? Also, they lost by 20. Even if IPFW shoots 40% from three they still win.

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