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[IUPalum]

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The 'bigIndian' is retiring. Today was the last straw. I can't emotionally invest in this team anymore. I'm not interested in seeing wins against bums and blowout losses against every good team they play.

That's what this team is .... catch you all next year or on the football side.

I've finally seen enough from the past three years. Recruiting has tanked. It's not worth the time or heartache anymore. Your most glaring weakness is the player you redshirt. It's become a fraud.

Somebody can take over the pick ' em. This is one furious program booster.

Don't give up the ship!

[IUsuallyPonder]

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It could be worse just ask Pitt Johnstown. They lost to Cheney.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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The 'bigIndian' is retiring. Today was the last straw. I can't emotionally invest in this team anymore. I'm not interested in seeing wins against bums and blowout losses against every good team they play.

That's what this team is .... catch you all next year or on the football side.

I've finally seen enough from the past three years. Recruiting has tanked. It's not worth the time or heartache anymore. Your most glaring weakness is the player you redshirt. It's become a fraud.

Somebody can take over the pick ' em. This is one furious program booster.

[IUPalum]

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Defensively, they look horrendous!!!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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WCU up 40-34 at half. IUP threw away big lead. Completely lost defensively. Overwhelmed under basket. WCU shooting a dreadful 28% and up 6 at half.

Joe better blow a gasket.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Joe's getting out-rebounded by about 90 in the first half.

Maybe next year recruit a defensive player.

Team defense is atrocious.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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It's called Gannon Hoops or something like that. Google it.

[IUsuallyPonder]

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The Gannon Cheerleader Site? Where is that??

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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I will visit the site to read the comments ... never his cult-like worship ramblings of the Duke-like imaginary GU Knights.

The latest 'character' baloney was cheesy even for a cheesy web site. Such 'character' kids at GU ... most of which can't transfer out fast enough at the end of each season. I know ... "We Try Harder" and all that crap.

I've watched Gannon a couple times now. Like all the other teams about to play them surely see, one thing jumps off the screen. It's a team based on two players. Zay and Phoenix. That's it. If one of them is off GU is going to struggle. As it's overly apparent watching film, teams are going to smother Zay defensively. A team with strong bigs like IUP is going to get Phoenix in foul trouble quickly. Watch what Sleva does to them today.


It's just funny to take cheap shots at Joe year after year for one occurrence that ultimately was nothing. Guy has some jealously issues in my opinion and is drastically living in the past -- not the current 75% empty Hammermill world. IUP has a roster full of actual student athletes.

He's some mega GU fan ... Joe will be up there in a couple weeks. Tell him to his face his program is 'low character'.

I admire the guy investing his time to promote D2 sports. There aren't many outlets for fans. It's just funny Mr. Censorship routinely slings mud toward Indiana then deletes any negative post from a GU fan. So ironic. Monkey see Monkey do.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Check out the Gannon cheerleader site ... the head cheerleader is taking pot shots at IUP again ...

Granted it's a thread about the GU loss to Bowie ... several posters are negative toward Gannon ... one gets his comment deleted ... and naturally it somehow eventually turns to the host saying IUP has a low character program.

A link to the Devante arrest naturally gets posted by the host. Of course he doesn't mention (and it's very well known) all charges were dropped.

Keep in mind this is a GU thread about the Bowie game.

Funny to think Gannon can call anybody low character after it puts its football team on the field. Rephrase, Gannon didn't make the comment. The head of the PR site did.

The site is funny -- especially when Gannon loses. If you aren't drinking the kool-aid posts get deleted. It's a funny bunch ... The Reilly lovers and the Reilly haters.

How many other issues has Joe had in his tenure? That dude is a clown ... and a little tired of losing to IUP.


Golden89 ... you're a good fan. Not directed toward you. But that guy just runs his mouth year after year with cheap shots toward IUP.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Here's very sound betting advise when it comes to this team .... run away from the casino as fast as you can ... like 4.4 forty fast.

This is a hard IUP team to figure out. We've seen the good, the bad and the ugly this year -- and we're only 8 games in to it.

Lot of talent and likely will be a scary team come mid-Jan or so ... they've won four straight. Have they beat a good team yet? Yes. Bowie, Bloomsburg and Lock Haven are good teams. However, the three best teams they played ... lost all three. Two of them they could have (should have, perhaps?) won. The opener against Findlay ... they weren't near ready to play that game.

I'm not quite sure how to process the win against The Sciences. The Sciences dang near neat St. Thomas Aquinas and Kutztown -- and did beat UPJ. And, then, IUP just ran them out of the building last week.

What's all this rambling mean? I don't know. One minute this team looks great. The next it looks terrible. I'd be real nervous betting on it. Put it that way.

My prediction is I think they are slowly turning the corner after that rocky start. While they returned a lot of pieces they had some issues incorporating the new parts. It's slowly starting to look like a Joe team again and not the island of misfit toys we saw in early November.

Joe and Blair will treat this like a playoff game tomorrow. Trust me, there's no love lost between those two. IUP is going to struggle with Long tomorrow. Elite guards have smoked IUP the past two seasons. But, all said and done, I think Joe just has a little more quality overall and escapes with a narrow win in the range of 85-79.

[IUsuallyPonder]

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Great analysis as always, IUPbigINDIANS!

Any predictions as to who wins?