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dedicatedIUfan Sep 13 2011, 11:36 AM Post #1
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This is a pretty cool article. They think it could be possible that IU can win 20 games, but there are a lot of what ifs.

The Dagger Big Ten Preview: Projections and five storylines to watch

3. Will Tom Crean’s recruiting success translate into wins?

Indiana’s roster was so threadbare in the wake of Kelvin Sampson’s scandal-tainted tenure that success-starved Hoosiers fans have shown great patience during Tom Crean’s tenure despite three losing seasons. That patience will start to wear thin, however, if the deeper, more experienced Hoosiers don’t return to the NCAA tournament in Crean’s fourth season.

With impact recruit Cody Zeller joining returning star Christian Watford in the frontcourt and a versatile backcourt highlighted by athletic senior Verdell Jones, Indiana has the personnel to improve dramatically on last year’s finish. The Hoosiers won’t contend for a Big Ten title until their highly touted 2012 recruiting class arrives, but 20 wins and a top-six finish in league aren’t unreasonable goals.

The X-factor for Indiana will be the play of Maurice Creek, a 6-foot-5 junior whose first two seasons have been cut short by season-ending knee injuries. Updates on Creek’s progress have been scarce, but if he could regain some semblance of the form he showed as a freshman when he lit up Kentucky for 31 points, that could alter the course of Indiana’s season and increase the chances the Hoosiers play deep into March.

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i like the positivity but I think the comment about how the fanbase's patience will be wearing thin if we don't make the big dance is a bit exaggerated. I think we need to be winning 17-18 games this season, but an NCAA tourney birth would be a HUGE reach.

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i like the positivity but I think the comment about how the fanbase's patience will be wearing thin if we don't make the big dance is a bit exaggerated. I think we need to be winning 17-18 games this season, but an NCAA tourney birth would be a HUGE reach.

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But a very nice bonus if Crean and the team could pull that off. I think I predicted 17 wins, but they could win 18 as well. There was one game I was back and forth on. I think 20 wins is a stretch and an NCAA tourney bid as well, but it sure would be nice. ;)
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i like the positivity but I think the comment about how the fanbase's patience will be wearing thin if we don't make the big dance is a bit exaggerated. I think we need to be winning 17-18 games this season, but an NCAA tourney birth would be a HUGE reach.

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Did I miss the part where it said IU would/could make the "big dance"?
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Indiana’s roster was so threadbare in the wake of Kelvin Sampson’s scandal-tainted tenure that success-starved Hoosiers fans have shown great patience during Tom Crean’s tenure despite three losing seasons. That patience will start to wear thin, however, if the deeper, more experienced Hoosiers don’t return to the NCAA tournament in Crean’s fourth season.


I was referring to this paragraph. It's still too early to use a tourney-birth as a measuring stick.
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