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5 minutes ago, Purdue7 said:

Rutgers in over Michigan?

All the metrics say no

Edit.  Had it backwards first time 

8 minutes ago, Indy1987 said:

We should be in but let's win one more and leave no doubt.   Every year the Ncaa screws some team.

Still lots of bubble teams playing so we still need to cross our fingers they don't win their tournaments.

Miami, Vtech, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, SMU, VCU and Wyoming all are alive.

Go Hoosiers!!!

Good news is that Miami and Va Tech are in same conference. 

Not sure who A&M plays tomorrow, but they wont beat UK on Sunday.   

Wyoming is already considered in, so that does not take a spot.

VCU or SMU would take out Rutgers before us.

Unless we lose by 25 to Iowa and all those teams get in,  I dont see us getting left out.

2 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Palm is saying a loss tomorrow puts us in the NIT, which does not add up 

Where did you see that?  

4 minutes ago, Parakeet Jones said:

I didn’t see another one going so…

I like our chances. 

Well, we had to wait for the site to come back up and the Rutgers/Iowa game to end so we know who we would be playing.

9 minutes ago, rogue3542 said:

Man, Rutgers got jobbed hard by the refs.

Also, some of the weakest techs I've ever seen called in that game.

Blasphemy.  The Big Ten refs are the best in the business.  

Steve Pikiell seemed pretty emotional in post-game interview.  Wonder if he's worried that this may knock them out.  

1 minute ago, kyhoosier29 said:

I don’t know why ESPN uses him. His record has always been one of the worst. 

I say win again tomorrow and Sun to remove any doubt! I just hope we don’t play ourselves into a 9 seed! Anything but 8 or 9.

Yeah.  I'm not going to turn down a BTT title, but if that makes us a 9 seed, that's a bad outcome.  

This is Lunardi AFTER we won.  He says we cemented our place in the tourney, but still has us in the Last Four.  

Lunardi tweeted a new bubble picture.  Only moved us up 2 spots.  Still has us in the Last 4 in.  

1 minute ago, Seeking6 said:

Back in business. Facing Iowa team tomorrow. Perimeter D obviously is the key. Slow it down a tad....and pound it to TJD/Race. 

Iowa looking really strong right now.  10 of their last 12.  Playing well in all aspects of the game.  

Our win just got bigger.  Texas A&M just beat Auburn.  The Aggies were universally considered one of the First Four out.  

Just now, CaptKirkHaston said:

Is it too much to ask that Rutgers and Iowa go into 10 overtime periods?

Iowa might put up 200 if that happens.

2 minutes ago, MoyeCowbell said:

I really hope Geronimo is OK. We are clearly a much better team when we have our full allotment of players.

Hope so as well.  He's one of my favorites.  But, it did not look good.  And, if it is bad, it happened late enough in the season, he will likely miss the beginning of next season as well.

8 minutes ago, NotIThatLives said:

XJ said, "we came here to win it, we came here to win it all, we packed for 4 days, we're here to stay."

When asked about the turnaround in his play, he looked over his shoulder and said 'I'm not going to announce his name on camera, but it was one of the announcers on this show.  He told me (and I'm paraphrasing here), I was the engine that makes the team go, and I need to play with that in mind"

Now, he said 'show', so it could of been Trey Demps, whose seat XJ was sitting in.  Or, was he saying show generically, and meant Bardo?  I know a lot of you guys dislike Bardo, but that is something I can see him doing.  If so, we owe the man our season.  If not, whoever it was that said it to XJ deserves props.

The reason I think Bardo over Demps is that Bardo is actually at the games where Demps is usually in the studio.  

PASS the ball Race!

We really need to get this to a 2 possession before the end of the game.  Otherwise, the refs will ensure Kofi gets an And1 on the last possession 

This will be a huge possession coming out of the timeout.

Just now, southsidehoosier said:

Hopefully FT even up in the 2nd half 

That..........will not happen

Very good team start so far.  XJ forcing things a little too much, but everyone that has played has made solid contributions.

Man.  I wish we were playing Wisconsin instead.  

5 minutes ago, KoB2011 said:

Penn State isn’t going to win three more games. And we split with both teams so I don’t see how it materially impacts us either way. 

They likely aren't.  But, as thing stands now, we could wake up Sunday morning praying that Peen State doesn't have another miracle in them.  And, it's not like OSU is evil empire #1 on the average IU fan's list.  The same people that root for PSU against OSU or going to root for PSU against the Toiletmakers, MSU, Illinois, Wisconsin, etc.  They might as well be wearing PSU gear at that point.

Root for outcomes that benefit IU.  That's all I'm asking for.

27 minutes ago, rico said:

Palm has us in the First Four out...as is Michigan.

We could be 31-0 and Palm would have us as a 7 seed.  

'Creighton is another team that I can't reconcile being ahead of IU.  Their metrics are actually worse than Xavier's and they play on the same conference.  Yet, almost all of the brackets have them safely in.  

I think a lot of fans have become overconfident about our position.  Lunardi has us as the last team in.  While, I would have us ranked ahead of Xavier, I think it's relatively easy to make an argument we should be behind everyone else currently ahead of us.  

If we lose today, there are 4 additional teams primed to stake a claim to our spot should they win (SMU, Dayton, Virginia Tech, and Oklahoma).  After that, you still have to worry about a team currently further out of the picture in conferences like the SEC and A10 that could grab a spot by winning the conference tournament. 

A win today should seal it unless all sorts of crazy stuff should happen.  But, a loss, especially if it is a big one, and I'm still concerned about where we are at.   

Well, let's hope PSU does not win the BTT.  That would/could be our spot in the NCAA.  Plus, it makes our victory over OSU look worse.

I will never understand rooting for an outcome that could be detrimental to IU in the long run.  No school is worth hating so much that it means bad things for the Hoosiers.