"I'll say it again...Dwyane Wade is the 3rd best SG of all-time...right behind Jordan and Bryant." - Mark Jackson
Obviously I was ecstatic that IU finally beat UW. Many of you will think this is sour grapes because of my hatred for UW, but it's really not, even I would have to admit something good about them when true. Though they ARE a good basketball team(wait, did I just say that), no way in hell were they/are they the 3rd best team in the country. Top 10-15?? probably, but third best?? Not even close. They were only ranked #3 because they were undefeated(I don't care what the RPI says, still not that impressed with their schedule), not because they were actually the third best team in the country. Does anyone here actually believe they were??
Rushing the court is for small schools and underdogs. Great fun to do, but you can't say "It's Indiana, It's Indiana" if you act like IUPUI when you win. As kneel said, if you want to get your program back to being on par with Duke, UNC, or Kansas, you have to act like you belong. Storming the court screams "we don't belong".
It's not just RPI and the polls....Pomeroy has them at 4.....Sagarin at 2. Both of them are unbiased....They have 6 top 50 wins already....Pomeroy has their schedule at 20....Sagarin at 17...
They have earned their high ranking.........the great thing about college basketball is rankings don't really matter.....you either win your conference or you don't.....then you get into the tournament and either win or you don't.
They will lose more games just like everybody will....who knows how they will play from here on out but as of right now....they are defintely a top 5-10 team.
I guess my question for Ice would be twofold. First, what would you consider a good schedule? If you actually look at who UW has played with unbiased eyes, it's a really impressive list of teams without being watered down by a ton of sub-300 teams. And who are the teams you consider to be better than them? Because based on schedule and results, I find it hard to believe there are currently 9-14 teams better than Bucky. Hate to say it, but they're really good. Still expect them to flame out early in March, but this may be Bo's best team yet.
What you said was-- act like you've been there. Well, in fact, the students that rushed the court HAVEN'T been there. They have never seen IU beat UW, yet alone #3 ranked UW. It wasn't old farts like you and I that rushed the court. Odd to me that somebody would have a strong enough opinion about this to put on an MU message board. Does this relate to a dislike for IU or Coach Crean?
[QUOTE=Gato78;52134}Seriously, I am going over the bench and I don't give a **** what anyone thinks.[/QUOTE]
Will they have a step ladder for you to slowly climb over the bench?
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I told my wife before the game that I would not be surprised that they lost this one though. While they have played a pretty good non-conference schedule, their only real road test was @UVa in the B10/ACC showdown. This was their first big road game.
I would agree that this team is different, but they still managed to lose the same way Bo's teams always seem to lose. They get no penetration and start jacking up threes. And if you aren't hot, this is kind of what results. They also didn't do a real good job keeping IU out of the lane.