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Indiana v. Northwestern St prediction
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Unbiased Nov 13 2008, 02:51 PM Post #31
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UB,

So you think UM is done stealing WVU coaches it has really worked out for them

they might be looking at some coal miner's daughter as a women's volleyball coach
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bgtmr Nov 13 2008, 04:14 PM Post #32
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IU by 11
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boilergrad01 Nov 13 2008, 04:18 PM Post #33
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UB,

Maybe you are right i think IU plays N'eastern later in the season
Nothing beats an Astronaut
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Unbiased Nov 13 2008, 04:58 PM Post #34
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UB,

Maybe you are right i think IU plays N'eastern later in the season
I thought I saw it somewhere on the schedule.


regardless, struggling with directional schools is not a good sign
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brumdog44 Nov 13 2008, 05:19 PM Post #35
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Northwestern St. got beat by 24 or more points by every single big school they played last season. They also got beat by Harvard by 30. Kenpom tells me they play up tempo, they have average height, were one of the younger teams in the nation (zero seniors), and the use their bench more than anyone but 2 other teams.

This team may cause some problems, but the fact that they couldn't even be competitive against a big school last year makes me think IU should win, especially being at home. My guess:

IU by 13.
Sagarin had them rated as the 217th best team last year, 3 spots below Ball State. So for means of comparison, kind of look at what Ball State did last year. The Cardinals lost but hung with some top notch schools:

non-conference:
lost to Butler by 16
lost to Wis Milw by 7
lost to Georgetown by 9
lost to Evansville by 1
lost to St. Joseph's (PA) by 11
lost to Valpo by 13
lost to Purdue by 13
lost to Indiana St by 11
lost to Arkansas St by 10
lost to UC Santa Barbara by 27
lost to Illinois State by 16
beat IUPUI FW by 7
lost to Eastern Kentucky by 3

We're a big school, but I'd say we're at a mid-MAC level talent wise to start the year given our incredible inexperience. I hope we get a double digit win, but I'm concerned about simply winning the game.

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We're a big school, but I'd say we're at a mid-MAC level talent wise to start the year given our incredible inexperience. I hope we get a double digit win, but I'm concerned about simply winning the game.

I'm giving IU the '\of the doubt of having players that would have at least been playing above the Southland conference (NW St.'s conference). I mean, they didn't just get beat last year, they got throttled by a few schools. The one thing I did notice is that one of their main players was 6'9.

Home court plus what I would assume to be better talent (even if its inexperienced) plus better coaching should add up to a win. It'll probably be alarmingly close, but this team shouldn't be very good. But then again, they return their entire team, so who knows.

This whole season is going to be a clusterfuck trying to figure out who is going to win games. This may be the hardest set of predictions to make that I've ever tried to make.
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brumdog44 Nov 13 2008, 09:31 PM Post #38
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We're a big school, but I'd say we're at a mid-MAC level talent wise to start the year given our incredible inexperience. I hope we get a double digit win, but I'm concerned about simply winning the game.

I'm giving IU the '\of the doubt of having players that would have at least been playing above the Southland conference (NW St.'s conference). I mean, they didn't just get beat last year, they got throttled by a few schools. The one thing I did notice is that one of their main players was 6'9.

Home court plus what I would assume to be better talent (even if its inexperienced) plus better coaching should add up to a win. It'll probably be alarmingly close, but this team shouldn't be very good. But then again, they return their entire team, so who knows.

This whole season is going to be a clusterfuck trying to figure out who is going to win games. This may be the hardest set of predictions to make that I've ever tried to make.
I think that it will get a whole lot easier to predict the games as the season progresses.
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I say IU by 14. 76-62.
I am just happy to get basketball season started even if it will be lots of misery this year, but I think we will pull out the win tomorrow.
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IU by 3 (72-69). First game jitters, Northwestern's deep team wears IU down and makes it close.

We do play Northeastern on Dec. 22nd.
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Old_School Nov 15 2008, 01:44 PM Post #42
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IU by 11; 77-66.
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IU 69
NW ST 50

Close at Halftime but IU pulls away late.
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92-76

The game will be closer than the final score though.
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IU by 18

75-57
1-0 on the season! :D
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