#5 Indiana just goes down badly

[blkkirk]

Lose by 17 to Nebraska. Will the real top 10 teams please stand up.

 

[bballnut90]

Lose by 17 to Nebraska. Will the real top 10 teams please stand up.

The top teams just don't appear to be as strong/consistent this year aside from SC (who has an unranked loss) and Stanford (also has an unranked loss).

Indiana is also without their best player, MacKenzie Holmes. Really tough break to lose a player of that caliber midway through the season.

 

[oldude]

IN is just not the same team without Holmes in the lineup.

 

[EricLA]

I texted my friends and said that Nebraska kind of b*tch slapped Indiana (not sure if I'm allowed to say that). Regardless, great win by Nebraska! They are a very solid team with some good wins this year (well one anyway - a beatdown of Michigan).

 

[MilfordHusky]

Indy is losing without Holmes. Michigan is losing without Brown. Imagine that--a team without key players struggles. Sounds familiar.

 

[Centerstream]

IN is just not the same team without Holmes in the lineup.

I posted this on the Week 15 Preview thread, over on the General sub forum:

Nebraska beat Indiana 72-55. I watched the 1st quarter and I am guessing that IU was either missing a player or two or was having a bad game because Nebraska looked like the better team on their home court.

 

[npignatjr]

Indy is losing without Holmes. Michigan is losing without Brown. Imagine that--a team without key players struggles. Sounds familiar.

Each down 1. Imagine them being down 3.

 

[jdote33]

I really like Nebraska. Jaz Shelley was a great pickup as a transfer. They really have like multiple guards who can really play. And Alexis Markowski is a really good freshman big. They will be a tough out come tournament time.

 

[triaddukefan]

 

[JordyG]

By the title of the thread I was worried you were going onto a topic best left off The Boneyard.

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[CTtoSanDiego]

I would take us over both Mich and Ind, even as we are currently constituted... or if we get at least one of our 3 missing players back

 

[darkstar1]

I’ve watched quite a few a big ten games, including Indiana tonite. Watching Maryland/Iowa now. Trying to understand how so many of the league’s teams are ranked as high as they are, at least by the eye test. I guess someone has to be, but why the Big 10 favoritism? There are some very competitive teams outside of the P5.

 

[Skins87]

I’ve watched quite a few a big ten games, including Indiana tonite. Watching Maryland/Iowa now. Trying to understand how so many of the league’s teams are ranked as high as they are, at least by the eye test. I guess someone has to be, but why the Big 10 favoritism? There are some very competitive teams outside of the P5.

Your watching a lot of Big 10 teams without their top players right now

 

[DefenseBB]

IN is just not the same team without Holmes in the lineup.

Wait, are you saying it’s tough for a top team to be successful without their top player? Wow, who knew…

 

[Skins87]

Be careful what you whish for

 

[JellyBean]

Just another example of how up/down this season is going to be for a lot teams. Indiana won the first match up by seven and Indy only played six for that first match up. Grace Berger (Indy) is a gamer! That young lady is straight baller.

 

[CL82]

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Duke is the number of the beast?

Explains so much…

 

[darkstar1]

Your watching a lot of Big 10 teams without their top players right now

That is true, but as we know, part of the game.

 

[Plebe]

Last year, #6 seed Michigan dismantled #3 seed Tennessee in the 2nd round and then took #2 Baylor to overtime.

#4 seed Indiana won its first two rounds by 31 and 22 points and then upset #1 seed NC State in the Sweet 16.

So exactly how were these two teams overrated last year?

 

[sweetspot]

The league might not have an elite team (though it's hard to tell with all the injuries), but it has 6 teams in the top 25 of the Massey ratings, which account for efficiency. That's as many as the ACC has and 2 more than the SEC has.

 

[HuskyNan]

Indiana is also without their best player, MacKenzie Holmes. Really tough break to lose a player of that caliber midway through the season.

We’re aware

 

[Brewski]

We’re aware

Misery loves company

 

[cancontent]

Last year, #6 seed Michigan dismantled #3 seed Tennessee in the 2nd round and then took #2 Baylor to overtime.

#4 seed Indiana won its first two rounds by 31 and 22 points and then upset #1 seed NC State in the Sweet 16.

So exactly how were these two teams overrated last year?

The league might not have an elite team (though it's hard to tell with all the injuries), but it has 6 teams in the top 25 of the Massey ratings, which account for efficiency. That's as many as the ACC has and 2 more than the SEC has.

Good points. And while the BIG10 may not have been in the Final Four recently, they've had teams make the Elite 8 in the last couple tournaments. Indiana last year and Iowa in 2019.

 

[topogigio]

Have seen IU a few times this year; they just don't look like a top ten team. The even struggled to beat Quinnipiac back in Nov. Overrated seems like a legitimate adjective.