1/20 Games

[Dan]

Today's Big Ten game-

Indiana at Northwestern, 12:00pm CT, BTN


B1G standings-
_____________________Conf______+/-____Overall
1.__Michigan State____5-1______2______16-3
2.__Michigan__________4-1______2______17-1
____Wisconsin_________4-1______2______13-5
4.__Indiana___________3-1______1______15-2
5.__Minnesota_________3-2______0______15-3
____Ohio State________3-2______1______13-4
____Purdue____________3-2______0______10-8
8.__Iowa______________2-3______-1_____13-5
____Northwestern______2-3______0______11-7
10._Illinois__________1-4______-2_____14-5
11._Nebraska__________1-5______-1_____10-9
____Penn State________0-6______-4______8-10

+/- = +1 for B1G road win, -1 for B1G home loss.

[HeartofaChampion]

IU 13-4 early. Hulls not starting. Crean shaking up the lineup a bit after the WI loss?

[trevdv]

Northwestern with only 4 points so far... 12 minutes left in the first half.

[BlockI]

This game convinces me that our defense is lacking effort in a major way. NW looks like the same team that was beat by Iowa by 20 at home.

[zoggle101]

6 point game, 6 min left

[FeelYourPaign]

Turned on IU / NW as a formality
Kitty cats trying to make a game of it
Down 49-43 with 7:00 to go

[bleedsorangenblue]

NW zone is giving IU fits. NW only 8 pts. down with 5 min. left.

[Illinoiss]

Is the IU NW game on tv?

[FeelYourPaign]

On the Big Ten Network

[zoggle101]

Originally Posted by bleedsorangenblue

NW zone is giving IU fits. NW only 8 pts. down with 5 min. left.

I'm not sure why they haven't been playing it every game this year. It's always tough even if they lose.

[FeelYourPaign]

Now 56 -45 with 3:30 to go

[FeelYourPaign]

58-53, 1:45 remains
IU ball

[zoggle101]

Swopshire showing why he was starting over Terrance Jennings at Louisville. I would of loved to have this kid or Van Treese. Did we recruit Swop out of hs? From STL iirc.

[zoggle101]

NW just didn't have enough to make the comeback. They gave up a few offensive boards that lead to points which helped IU keep the game out of reach.

D Mac playing on the NBA channel right now.

[TCTORNADO]

Originally Posted by zoggle101

Swopshire showing why he was starting over Terrance Jennings at Louisville. I would of loved to have this kid or Van Treese. Did we recruit Swop out of hs? From STL iirc.

Van Treese?? Is that some kind of joke??

[zoggle101]

Originally Posted by TCTORNADO

Van Treese?? Is that some kind of joke??

No, watch more basketball. He's exactly what we need.

[TCTORNADO]

Originally Posted by zoggle101

No, watch more basketball. He's exactly what we need.

I watched him play 5 minutes yesterday and he did nothing but get 1 rebound. I watched him against UCONN and he played 1 minute. Rest of season, it looks like mop up time. Why do we want more of poor front line players??
You need to upgrade your standards to those that allow us to compete for championships.

[HeartofaChampion]

Originally Posted by zoggle101

Swopshire showing why he was starting over Terrance Jennings at Louisville. I would of loved to have this kid or Van Treese. Did we recruit Swop out of hs? From STL iirc.

Swopshire? Definitely. Van Treese? He's a 6-10 stiff who barely sees the floor as a SR.

[zoggle101]

Originally Posted by TCTORNADO

I watched him play 5 minutes yesterday and he did nothing but get 1 rebound. I watched him against UCONN and he played 1 minute. Rest of season, it looks like mop up time. Why do we want more of poor front line players??
You need to upgrade your standards to those that allow us to compete for championships.

We're not going to compete for championships until we get four recruiting classes in a row. When we whiffed in 08 & 12 it hurt us along with losing our whole 10 class. Unless we start recruiting like UK, IU, Cuse and UF a national title is going to be hard to come by.

Honestly, we could have reeled in one high profile 14 recruit in whatever position of need is the most for he 14-15 season we have a chance to be a contender. I love our 11 and 13 classes with the missing piece added in 14 watch out. Unfortunately we don't have any scholarships. I'm okay with that because we pulled in a solid four year guy.

SVT has a lot of depth to contend with at Ville for minutes. He wasn't going to play a lot there, but he filled in admirably while Gorgui was injured. 6 minutes is all you needed to write this kid off I guess. Who am I to tell you what your eyes see, but mine tell me his a solid, physical presence in the post who would of gave us good minutes. Would I of rather had Swopshire? Yes, but SVT would not of been a bad pickup.

[TCTORNADO]

Originally Posted by zoggle101

We're not going to compete for championships until we get four recruiting classes in a row. When we whiffed in 08 & 12 it hurt us along with losing our whole 10 class. Unless we start recruiting like UK, IU, Cuse and UF a national title is going to be hard to come by.

Honestly, we could have reeled in one high profile 14 recruit in whatever position of need is the most for he 14-15 season we have a chance to be a contender. I love our 11 and 13 classes with the missing piece added in 14 watch out. Unfortunately we don't have any scholarships. I'm okay with that because we pulled in a solid four year guy.

SVT has a lot of depth to contend with at Ville for minutes. He wasn't going to play a lot there, but he filled in admirably while Gorgui was injured. 6 minutes is all you needed to write this kid off I guess. Who am I to tell you what your eyes see, but mine tell me his a solid, physical presence in the post who would of gave us good minutes. Would I of rather had Swopshire? Yes, but SVT would not of been a bad pickup.

Nice write up!! I would prefer to never have to go the band aid route. I vote with HOC. Yes on Swopshire, and no on SVT.