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"If anybody thinks I'm going to sit there with my hands crossed when we're down by 40, they got the wrong guy, OK. I was brought in here to change the culture. I'm going to coach with passion, and my players know that. They also know I'm going to fight for them." - Fran McCaffery.
They have lost 4 out of the last 5. I don't see what is so special about them. They have decent shooters and are fairly athletic but it isn't anything we haven't seen before. If we can keep our energy level up I saw we could win this by 10+ but if we play like we did in the second half against Nebraska we could be in trouble. But I think if Basabe or Archie come out and hold down the post against Zeller we should be fine.
I just don't see this getting out of hand like a few of the predictions so far.
Assembly Hall crowds have been raucous this year, and if we get in a hole early, it could end up being another 20+ point loss. That said, it feels like the perfect kind of lazy Sunday for the Hoosiers to come out flat and play sloppy.
In the end, Zeller underneath and all of their outside shooters will be a lot to defend.
I think that Indiana will be up by about 8-10 points all game long pretty much. Then we'll make a push at the end, but it won't be enough. Indiana- 78, Iowa- 71.