I’ve remained greater than most on Indiana over the primary two months of this season largely because of a mix of preseason expectations and a résumé that, as of Thursday morning, featured zero losses to groups ranked outdoors the highest 15 at KenPom.com.
However IU now has a loss to a sub-15 KenPom crew.
The Hoosiers fell 91-89 at Iowa on Thursday night time regardless of taking pictures 54.2% from the sector and 53.3% from 3-point vary whereas getting 30 factors and 9 rebounds from Trayce Jackson-Davis. Put one other away, the Hoosiers wasted an amazing offensive efficiency and misplaced to an Iowa crew that is ranked 51st at KenPom after going 3-6 of their earlier 9 video games with losses to Nebraska and Japanese Illinois, the latter of which is 6-10 and ranked 350th at KenPom.
That is clearly not good.
A contemporary take a look at IU’s physique of labor exhibits extra not-good stuff.
Indiana is now 2-4 within the first two quadrants, based on the NET. How dangerous is that? Actually no different crew in Friday’s up to date CBS Sports activities Prime 25 And 1 day by day school basketball rankings has so few victories inside the primary two quadrants. Moreover, Baylor and Duke, No. 25 and No. 26 within the Prime 25 And 1, respectively, are the one different colleges in these rankings with a dropping document inside the primary two quadrants. That is among the many causes I’ve packaged Indiana with them and dropped the Hoosiers to twenty fourth within the Prime 25 And 1.
Subsequent up for Indiana is a three-game stretch towards Northwestern (house), Penn State (away) and Wisconsin (house). Primarily based on present numbers, that is a Q1 alternative (Penn State) and two Q2 alternatives (Northwestern/Wisconsin), which suggests the Hoosiers may go from 2-4 within the first two quadrants to 5-4 within the first two quadrants with a three-game profitable streak over the subsequent 9 days. In the event that they do it, I will alter accordingly. However, proper now, Indiana’s résumé is missing and barely protecting the preseason Large Ten favourite within the Prime 25 And 1.
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