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I think most basketball players who are frontcourt players who even venture out beyond the 3pt line, and then find themselves completely wide open should be expected to make those 3s in those situations. Granted, they shouldn't be in those situations that much. And again, the only person this applies to is Bryant. And Bryant hit ONE three. Hardly a case of "guy getting lucky dooming the opponent". Juwon Morgan also made a 3, but his 6 three point attempts is in proportion to his 27 overall shot attempts, that you can't completely determine him to NOT be a shooter.

Uh, everyone on IU does shoot and can make a 3. Granted, Morgan and Bryant have only made 3 this year, but they are 3-6 and 3-9 respectively and you really can't complain about one made 3 each by those guys who were wide open, especially when IU got 1-6 from 3 guys that combine to hit 41% of their 190 3pt attempts in Zeisloft, Hartman, and Niego. If IU doesn't go far in the tournament it's because they won't be shooting in Assembly Hall where they pretty much always shoot like that. Point was all IU had in the second half was 3's from guys who don't normally shoot them. That's not a recipe for a win streak in the tournament. IU was outshot, out rebounded and out assisted at home. You're not going to win too many games that way. As for Purdue, per usual Painter couldn't make adjustments until it was too late. He continued to try and cram it down in a traditional set when it wasn't working. After it got out of hand he tried a small ball lineup that emphasized movement. The lane was no longer clogged and the offense sprung to life. Too little too late. Painter did it out of desperation. He should have done it when Hammons got his 3rd foul and IU started to pull away. They only had 2 3's all game from guys who don't normally shoot them. They had 1 combined from their 2nd and 4th most productive 3pt shooters. They were outrebounded by 2 against a team that has 3 post players that would be the biggest on IUs roster (and they combined for 39 points). And IU won the turnover battle 13-4. Hitting 3s, not getting destroyed on the boards (IU 8-4 offensive boards), and winning hustle/steals stats will always the recipe for winning against a team that has a huge size advantage. I can only assume you're referencing Williams as a "guy who doesn't normally shoot 3s", but you'd be wrong.....as he averages 1.8 attempts per game and makes 33%. Or maybe it's Bielfeldt, who shoots 1.7 per game, but makes 42%.....again, you're wrong if you think that.

Uh, everyone on IU does shoot and can make a 3. Granted, Morgan and Bryant have only made 3 this year, but they are 3-6 and 3-9 respectively and you really can't complain about one made 3 each by those guys who were wide open, especially when IU got 1-6 from 3 guys that combine to hit 41% of their 190 3pt attempts in Zeisloft, Hartman, and Niego. If IU doesn't go far in the tournament it's because they won't be shooting in Assembly Hall where they pretty much always shoot like that.

How it works in Bloomington. They'll light it up on familiar courts, unless they start turning the ball over or Troy Williams plays like a dumbass.

A complete bed-wetting. It's like they forgot everything that made them win all but 1 of their last 16 games.

So.....just turned on the IU / Michigan game about 15 minutes ago. Have yet to see Michigan score. 25-0 run to end the half. We're down 11.

Thomas Bryant coming out party today. Coming out, as in.....he's definitely not staying his 2nd year in college.

Last year at this time you had UK and Virginia undefeated, Gonzaga with 1 loss. Year before was Arizona, Wichita, Syracuse who were unbeaten and there were several 1 loss teams in the top 5-10. It is weird to have 3-loss teams in the top 5, but there's typically a handful of really good 3L teams in the top 10.

I don't think so. I called this win streak in the other thread after the ND game. The schedule has been pretty easy so far, but it's not just winning the games, it's how they are winning. They have had a couple slow starts. They've had some road wins in this streak. They've dominated home games. They actually eeked out a low scoring game vs. Wisconsin. I think this team just has a different look. Everyone seems to know their role and play it well.

Good post.

Nothing better than watching great players be great on huge stages, when you have no stake/preferences in the game.

Uthoff may be the player of the year. Iowa matches up perfectly with our weaknesses. That being said if we don't give the ball away over and over and hit our free throws we've got a chance. It's crazy to think Iowa lost to a d2 school and has a legit shot at a national championship. yeah, I didn't have much expectations after the Augustana game and considering how good the football season was going it was hard to care. Then the Iowa State loss was a punch to the gut. I still wonder if only having 1 true center won't hurt them but if they shoot well it's hard to figure out who would beat them. The IU/Iowa games should be fun. Both teams should be 10-1 or 11-0 heading into the first meeting in a couple weeks. Both teams can light it up, rebounding per game is the same. Could be "first team to 90" wins type of games. I'd imagine B1G POTY would be between Uthoff, Valentine and Yogi.

MSU lost to Wisconsin That was in Wisconsin. Iowa was the other home loss. Sorry, you're right. I should have said, "lost 3 in a row, the last 2 to bad teams, and the last 2 at home".

Was it really? As in 2016?

So, Derrick Rose is playing well.......rest of the team? meh.

Can we get Michigan St. out of the top 15 now and forever? 3 losses in a row, 2 of them at home against bad teams. Maryland coming up.

Pretty crazy. Johnson and Zeisloft were the most godless of the chuckers and went 6-17 shooting the 3. The rest of the team was 13-19.