tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post8663794353867250719..comments2024-03-07T05:17:49.252-05:00Comments on Boiled Sports: Friday GumboJ Moneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925161304409415806noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-83908484897979014052012-01-17T08:42:02.264-05:002012-01-17T08:42:02.264-05:00My eyes don't deceive me when looking at their...My eyes don't deceive me when looking at their record...and you're too smart to believe stats tell the entire story.boilerdowdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08356708955038289503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-8101904789019257112012-01-16T17:17:11.865-05:002012-01-16T17:17:11.865-05:00You should care about stats, because your eyes dec...You should care about stats, because your eyes deceive you. The Minnesota and OSU games should have helped you see the light. IU is a bad defensive team.Purdue Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222408489161513609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-6009489143113277092012-01-13T16:55:50.674-05:002012-01-13T16:55:50.674-05:00Matt, I really don't care about their stats, I...Matt, I really don't care about their stats, I care that their defense gets stops when they need them, has good on-ball defenders and some great shot blockers; Granted, their offense is the story, but as a team they seem to know exactly what is needed from the guys to the right and left unlike our Boilers. Use the Kentucky and aOSU games as examples- sure, they let those very good offenses score points, but down the stretch they came up with enough big stops to seal victory.<br /><br />Each game, Painter seems to need an early timeout to remind the team that they're a pressure-based defense that is most-effective with help and regular switches. By the time the team has been reminded, they're either down or exhausted or both.boilerdowdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08356708955038289503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-59790792361224470182012-01-13T13:30:37.511-05:002012-01-13T13:30:37.511-05:00When you say IU has a "consistent defense,&qu...When you say IU has a "consistent defense," do you mean consistently bad? Their defensive efficiency is ranked quite a bit lower than Purdue. It is not a strength of their team.Purdue Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222408489161513609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-51635424549017585952012-01-13T09:29:01.165-05:002012-01-13T09:29:01.165-05:00I don't usually get to watch a lot of basketba...I don't usually get to watch a lot of basketball games because of timing or coverage or whatever excuse I have on any particular day. I was able to see 3/4 of last nights game, and I almost wish I hadn't. They just looked horrible in the first half and then they completely ripped my heart out in the second half when I thought they might gut out a win. This team is great at giving me ulcers whenever I do watch.<br /><br />I agree with you about The Black Hole. While I would assume that all those seats are sold out, when I watch the games and see those empty seats I start to wonder if they really are sold out. Are they empty because they were priced out of the range of many alumi? Or are they just empty because people in Chicago and Indy can't be bothered with coming up to the games? <br /><br />One of my lesser-important goals in life is to have enough money some day that I can buy season tickets for seats like those and go to most of the games. If I couldn't make it to a game, I would figure out some way of making sure the seats were used. We do that with our football tickets now, even if they are nose-bleed seats. It just seems like such a waste for those seats to be empty.Planghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02653369707738276129noreply@blogger.com