(01-28-2022 01:05 PM)jimrtex Wrote:  

(01-27-2022 09:07 AM)CardinalJim Wrote:  I wanted to post this earlier but I was vacationing.

Anyone see Hoosier fans storm the court after beating Purdue? I’m embarrassed for IU. Hoosier fans storming the court after beating the #6 team in the country during the regular season.

This would be the equivalent of Louisville storming the court after beating Kentucky or vice verse. You would never see Louisville or Kentucky storm the court.

It’s a tradition at UofL and UK to never storm the court. Neither program ever has. I’m sure other programs have the same tradition. I don’t know about UK but if some exuberant student tries to emulate something he’s saw on ESPN in Louisville, he usually gets tackled before getting on the floor. The last time I remember one of our morons trying to storm the court was when UofL beat #1 Syracuse in the last game at Freedom Hall. Thankfully a cheerleader clotheslined him. It was hilarious.

As a Hoosier I’m embarrassed for my IU friends.

I was imagining a pre-season tournament where each conference would select a team that had never been to the NCAAT. For conferences where all teams had been it would be the team longest out of the tournament.

The representative of the B1G would be Indiana.

Has IU become the NW of the B1G?

As bad as Indiana has been by its historical standards, attendance remains strong (I see about 15,400 per home game this season). That alone is reason to not move forward with any comparison of IU and Northwestern hoops.