IU Chokes Against The Fort Wayne Mastodons

[Tugg Speedman]

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=400915120


This was Fort Wayne's first win EVER against a ranked opponent.
The Hooisers were #3, the highest ranked opponent that Fort Wayne has ever played.

Congrats to Tom Crean!

[keefe]

F#ck that guy

[brewcity77]

Superbar.

[jesmu84]

Superbar.

But I understand Heisys thought process - there's more clicks to be had here

[tower912]

Choking dogs.  I suspect they will be fine. 

[warriorchick]

The point here is obvious. Any team that has a bad loss during the preseason is done for for the year.

[willie warrior]

F#ck that guy

Yes. And it happens everyday. From any harbaugh, including joanie.

[LloydsLegs]

The reason MU should never play at UWM.  Foolish to play a "buy" road game even in your home market.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Did they pee down their legs?

[Jay Bee]

The reason MU should never play at UWM.  Foolish to play a "buy" road game even in your home market.

Don't think I agree; just don't choke & p33

[avid1010]

The reason MU should never play at UWM.  Foolish to play a "buy" road game even in your home market.

sounded like a decent deal for IU...they got the rights to sell the majority of the tickets...

[RushmoreAcademy]

I'd feel better about this if I knew some of Fort Wayne's famous alumni.

[warriorchick]

Don't think I agree; just don't choke & p33

Don't you have to pay extra for that?

[mu_hilltopper]

Sad trombone.

[The Lens]

My ESPN app labeled the game as Indiana Classic (whereas MU-IUPUI was 2K Classic Campus Game).  Was there more to this?  Was playing @IPFW part of an exempt tourney where they got 2-3 games that counted as one? 

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

Sad trombone.

[brewcity77]

My ESPN app labeled the game as Indiana Classic (whereas MU-IUPUI was 2K Classic Campus Game).  Was there more to this?  Was playing @IPFW part of an exempt tourney where they got 2-3 games that counted as one?

After the game, IPFW's coach thanked Crean on BTN for playing the game. Guessing it was a 3-for-1 or some such.

[Benny B]

Mods: Please sticky this thread for the next time people start bitching about why we don't schedule a bunch of RPI 100-150 teams in OOC play.

They'll be safely in by the end of the season, but if Indiana were a bubble team, this kind of loss would sting come March... though probably not as bad as going 10-0 against a bunch of cupcakes.

In short, assembling a schedule that maximizes RPI is not easy.  As you up your competition, the probability for upsets like this increases drastically, even if you are - but especially when you're not - a top 25 team.

[naginiF]

Don't you have to pay extra for that?

This needs to be acknowledged.  Understanding of basketball and the going rate for a choke-n-pee......

[jesmu84]

This is actually pretty awesome. Watch the video

http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/despite-loss-give-tom-crean-credit-not-grief-for-playing-game-at-fort-wayne/

[dgies9156]

Did they pee down their legs?

No, I think they dropped a pretty nasty load.

Have they started calling for the Tanned One's head yet in Bloomington?

[brewcity77]

Mods: Please sticky this thread for the next time people start bitching about why we don't schedule a bunch of RPI 100-150 teams in OOC play.

They'll be safely in by the end of the season, but if Indiana were a bubble team, this kind of loss would sting come March... though probably not as bad as going 10-0 against a bunch of cupcakes.

In short, assembling a schedule that maximizes RPI is not easy.  As you up your competition, the probability for upsets like this increases drastically, even if you are - but especially when you're not - a top 25 team.

I agree that maximizing RPI isn't easy. That said, I wouldn't be in favor of a home and home series with a mid major. Where I think the line should be drawn is targeting 150-250 level buy game opponents rather than sub-300 and any mid major series should be 3-for-1 with the aim being to enhance the home schedule. If we aren't getting multiple home games, no way we should give one up. Surprised Indiana was willing to do a home and home.