WaltzingMathilda: Some of the conversation comments on the ESPN article are hilarious. Lots of logic gymnastics going on in an attempt to try to take away anything they can from the undisputed fact that this team has beaten #1 and #2.

College basketball continues to circle the drain; it's just barely watchable (exhibit 1 gazillion being foulmania between UK and L'Ville yesterday), so beating the #1 and #2 teams in the country is notable, but not especially remarkable given the dearth of talent. What's even scarier is the thought of this year's product had the lockout not loomed so large over the offseason. This is the worst it's been in my lifetime, and if I weren't a UNC alum, it'd be NBA only at my house.

Byno: WaltzingMathilda: Some of the conversation comments on the ESPN article are hilarious. Lots of logic gymnastics going on in an attempt to try to take away anything they can from the undisputed fact that this team has beaten #1 and #2.

College basketball continues to circle the drain; it's just barely watchable (exhibit 1 gazillion being foulmania between UK and L'Ville yesterday), so beating the #1 and #2 teams in the country is notable, but not especially remarkable given the dearth of talent. What's even scarier is the thought of this year's product had the lockout not loomed so large over the offseason. This is the worst it's been in my lifetime, and if I weren't a UNC alum, it'd be NBA only at my house.

Yet scoring is at its lowest in almost 60 years.

WaltzingMathilda: ok. thanks for chipping in. for those of us who prefer college over NBA (it truly is a subjective preference), beating #1 and #2 is especially remarkable.

No, no it's not. College basketball is wildly inferior to the NBA, and the only folks I've met that believe otherwise have a boner for seeing white boys on the court.

WaltzingMathilda: Byno: WaltzingMathilda: ok. thanks for chipping in. for those of us who prefer college over NBA (it truly is a subjective preference), beating #1 and #2 is especially remarkable.

No, no it's not. College basketball is wildly inferior to the NBA, and the only folks I've met that believe otherwise have a boner for seeing white boys on the court.

i consider the NBA to be incredibly unwatchable. either we both have different preferences, or one of us is wrong. either way, what is your purpose in this thread?

Byno: WaltzingMathilda: ok. thanks for chipping in. for those of us who prefer college over NBA (it truly is a subjective preference), beating #1 and #2 is especially remarkable.

No, no it's not. College basketball is wildly inferior to the NBA, and the only folks I've met that believe otherwise have a boner for seeing white boys on the court.

Indiana beats the #1 team in the country, Kentucky, who have now plummeted all the way to #3. And now they've beaten the #2 team in the country. I wonder if now they to get to at least crack the top ten themselves?

College basketball is a heck of a lot more sensible than football, but for god's sake, Indiana is not the 15th best team in the nation.

Hey, great, you won the December NCAA Championship. Beat #1 and #2 in March and it will mean something.

jayhawk88: Hey, great, you won the December NCAA Championship. Beat #1 and #2 in March and it will mean something.

Kentucky did that last year. All it got them was 3rd place. :(

jayhawk88: Hey, great, you won the December NCAA Championship. Beat #1 and #2 in March and it will mean something.

What if they are #1 or #2 come March?

Mentat: Forget it, he's a Jayhawk. They spend all of their time basking in past glories and trying to prove that Mizzou is the worst 13-0 team in history.

You owe me some more coffee after laughing at that. Awesome.

mybulkaddress: jayhawk88: Hey, great, you won the December NCAA Championship. Beat #1 and #2 in March and it will mean something.

Kentucky did that last year. All it got them was 3rd place. :(

For now. At this point you might as well consider that season pre-vacated.

CalvinMorallis: Indiana beats the #1 team in the country, Kentucky, who have now plummeted all the way to #3. And now they've beaten the #2 team in the country. I wonder if now they to get to at least crack the top ten themselves?

College basketball is a heck of a lot more sensible than football, but for god's sake, Indiana is not the 15th best team in the nation.

Hard to say if they'll jump into the top ten; they did lose to Mich St the other night. Hopefully the OSU win (at home) is worth more in the minds of voters than the road loss to Sparty, and they don't actually drop in the polls.

I don't care what Indiana are ranked, I am just glad that they can beat good teams at home. The loss at MSU was not surprising, and really quite acceptable given the level of play they have had over the past 5 years. I am just happy to be relevant again. We can worry about championships starting next year.



/hot like a baseline jumper

as an IU fan since I was 9 or 10 years old, I've watched through the good and bad. This team is as exciting as those early 90's teams IMO. We have a great coach, great players, everything is clicking. Love the outside shooting and having an inside presence in the middle FINALLY.

Just awesome!

Soon the Hoosiers will be back to their former glory when Bobby Knight coached them, when they'd do awesome in the regular season and then shiat the bed in the first round of the tournament.

EyeballKid: Soon the Hoosiers will be back to their former glory when Bobby Knight coached them, when they'd do awesome in the regular season and then shiat the bed in the first round of the tournament.

I think that`s Ohio State`s job now.

As for Indiana and the polls: It`s just December and the season is long enough that these things play out as they should. If Indiana is truly back, they'll start climbing the polls as they play through the Big 10. If they aren't, they'll lose and no one will care. Even so, if they're at all decent they'll get a spot in March where they can show people what they're worth. This isn't like football where not starting in the top 15 or playing for the wrong conference automatically disqualifies you from playing in the championship.

WaltzingMathilda: Byno: WaltzingMathilda: Some of the conversation comments on the ESPN article are hilarious. Lots of logic gymnastics going on in an attempt to try to take away anything they can from the undisputed fact that this team has beaten #1 and #2.

College basketball continues to circle the drain; it's just barely watchable (exhibit 1 gazillion being foulmania between UK and L'Ville yesterday), so beating the #1 and #2 teams in the country is notable, but not especially remarkable given the dearth of talent. What's even scarier is the thought of this year's product had the lockout not loomed so large over the offseason. This is the worst it's been in my lifetime, and if I weren't a UNC alum, it'd be NBA only at my house.

ok. thanks for chipping in. for those of us who prefer college over NBA (it truly is a subjective preference), beating #1 and #2 is especially remarkable.


I think what's even more remarkable is that IU had never done that in the program's history, despite having 5 banners on the wall.

phedex: as an IU fan since I was 9 or 10 years old, I've watched through the good and bad. This team is as exciting as those early 90's teams IMO. We have a great coach, great players, everything is clicking. Love the outside shooting and having an inside presence in the middle FINALLY.

Just awesome!

Zeller needs to hit the weight rooms ASAP, and Crean needs to learn how to make in game adjustments (or hire someone who can). Other than that, I love where the program is heading.

The Jets game is in the 4th quarter and the Packers haven't even started the 3rd. Both games started at 1pm.

9beers: The Jets game is in the 4th quarter and the Packers haven't even started the 3rd. Both games started at 1pm.

Which is so pertinent in an NCAA BB thread.

redmid17: 9beers: The Jets game is in the 4th quarter and the Packers haven't even started the 3rd. Both games started at 1pm.

Which is so pertinent in an NCAA BB thread.

oops

The game was kind of a whistlefest - but the Hoosiers stayed tough and adapted. If Ohio State had a plan for the last four minutes of the game, it wasn't evident at all.

Nice to see an article on Fark that acknowledges that Kentucky fell to IU, by the way.

WaltzingMathilda: EyeballKid: Soon the Hoosiers will be back to their former glory when Bobby Knight coached them, when they'd do awesome in the regular season and then shiat the bed in the first round of the tournament.

Bob Knight's Hoosiers won 3 national championships. WTF are you talking about.

Yeah, his last championship was 1987. He was at IU until 2000. There's a whooooooole lotta fail that came after overpowering the unstoppable Rony Seikaly.

calm like a bomb: mybulkaddress: jayhawk88: Hey, great, you won the December NCAA Championship. Beat #1 and #2 in March and it will mean something.

Kentucky did that last year. All it got them was 3rd place. :(

For now. At this point you might as well consider that season pre-vacated.

And at what point will you concede that season will not be vacated? 5 years from now? 50? Pretty convenient argument that has no resolution.

This makes me so happy I could scream and throw a chair across the floor.

oh hai guys? what's going on in this thread?



//Beat this Number One and then we can talk.