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Post by rgmillikan on Feb 21, 2019 19:02:03 GMT -6
I see some parallels between Ball State basketball and IU basketball, and deeper than simply this season. All of these are quite obvious but they came to mind.
*Both have played significantly worse in conference than out of conference this season.
*Both have choked early and often in their respective conference tournaments in the last 15 years.
*Both head coaches are part of the Sean Miller coaching tree.
*Both programs have hired 4 head coaches in the 21st century. None of the hired have yet proven to be successful(jury out on Archie, but early returns are poor. If Whitford wasn't under contract 3 more seasons, his seat would be charred in flames in March the way the season is going since the EMU and Ohio home losses.
*IU hasn't returned to a Final 4 since 2002. Ball State hasn't been to a tournament starting with the letter N since that aforementioned yr.
*IU fans would sell their souls figuratively for another 22 season run comparable to 1972-1994. I would say all of us would sell ours figuratively for a run comparable too 1980-2002.
*Both fanbases are justifiably pissed off.
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Post by thebsukid on Feb 21, 2019 19:38:12 GMT -6
And both have had more than their fair share of injuries.
I’m not pleased by our record but Coach says we are healthy going into the final 5 games and the MAC tournament. He said he expects a run. We will see.
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Post by cardfan on Feb 21, 2019 19:44:39 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2019 19:49:07 GMT -6
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Post by rgmillikan on Feb 21, 2019 19:53:14 GMT -6
And both have had more than their fair share of injuries. I’m not pleased by our record but Coach says we are healthy going into the final 5 games and the MAC tournament. He said he expects a run. We will see. I hope he's right, but recent history makes me quite skeptical.
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Post by cardfan on Feb 21, 2019 19:56:58 GMT -6
The run should have started at Miami.
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Post by ballman on Feb 21, 2019 20:32:02 GMT -6
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Post by 00hmh on Feb 21, 2019 20:48:45 GMT -6
Not as much alike in my mind.
IU was spoiled by success. But their failure is not similar.They weren't one time making a run. For God's sake man, they were a storied national power, not an almost made it once mid major.
Their whining fans have had winning teams in their time of relative frustration and their program has made a fortune.
I feel not a bit of their pain.
That parallel breaks down for me. Though inept administration there looks parallel, they had resources, history, a great conference. Still do.
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Post by DickHunsaker on Feb 21, 2019 21:25:38 GMT -6
At this point we are more like the Northwestern of the B10.
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Post by rgmillikan on Feb 21, 2019 21:26:22 GMT -6
Not as much alike in my mind. IU was spoiled by success. But their failure is not similar.They weren't one time making a run. For God's sake man, they were a storied national power, not an almost made it once mid major. Their whining fans have had winning teams in their time of relative frustration and their program has made a fortune. I feel not a bit of their pain. That parallel breaks down for me. Though inept administration there looks parallel, they had resources, history, a great conference. Still do. Obviously the typical Big 10 team is going to have way more resources than even a dominant MAC program, nor will as any MAC program be a national power. Thats assumed.
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Post by proctorp on Feb 21, 2019 22:01:46 GMT -6
"At this point we are more like the Northwestern of the B10." I would say more like Rutgers of the B10.
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Post by DickHunsaker on Feb 22, 2019 7:43:30 GMT -6
"At this point we are more like the Northwestern of the B10." I would say more like Rutgers of the B10. Fair.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 8:26:28 GMT -6
No! IU wishes they were the Ball State of the Big10.
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Post by bsutony on Feb 22, 2019 8:58:36 GMT -6
We used to be the Hoosieroons, right? That right there makes us the IU of the MAC.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 9:26:45 GMT -6
We used to be the Hoosieroons, right? That right there makes us the IU of the MAC. True.
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