Indiana cut down the nets last night

[Notsince1985]

for clinching at least a tie of the Big 10.....after a loss!?!?!?! Weirdest thing I've ever seen. They lost at home to Ohio State, and after all the fans left, they still got up on ladders and cut down the nets. WTF?!? Suddenly I don't feel so bad for having NIT banners all over the BUC.

http://msn.foxsports.com/collegebasketball/story/Indiana-Hoosiers-pick-worst-time-to-forget-how-to-play-like-a-top-seed-030513

 

[Harrisonford]

What, why would they do such a thing? According to some posters here, a share of the regular season title is meaningless. It's below winning a holiday tournament in Alaska, Hawaii or Puerto Rico.

 

[Notsince1985]

What, why would they do such a thing? According to some posters here, a share of the regular season title is meaningless. It's below winning a holiday tournament in Alaska, Hawaii or Puerto Rico.

I think you're missing the ridiculousness of what they did. They did this after a LOSS. After all the fans had left. You can acknowledge the title, but cutting down the nets after a loss is the most pathetic thing I've ever heard of.

 

[bomb]

That's absurd. And lol that they waited for everyone to leave first.

 

[Harrisonford]

What, why would they do such a thing? According to some posters here, a share of the regular season title is meaningless. It's below winning a holiday tournament in Alaska, Hawaii or Puerto Rico.

I think you're missing the ridiculousness of what they did. They did this after a LOSS. After all the fans had left. You can acknowledge the title, but cutting down the nets after a loss is the most pathetic thing I've ever heard of.

No, no. I see the two different points. First, I agree with you that it is bizarre to cut down the nets after a loss after everybody had left. But I wonder why they did it then and not later? It was their senior night, so I'm assuming they will place the cut down net in their hall of fame. I was more under the impression that for a school with the tradition of Indiana to cut down the nets after a regular season conference championship, that the regular season championship means something.

 

[Consigliere]

What, why would they do such a thing? According to some posters here, a share of the regular season title is meaningless. It's below winning a holiday tournament in Alaska, Hawaii or Puerto Rico.

Wow. Who said that? While there is no such title, I would be proud to hang a banner. I think people are missing the REAL POINT and standing on their soapbox (like yourself) to continue a tirade.

 

[caneworld]

It is their nets... why do we care???

THey can take an axe to their post, for all I care.

 

[PipelineU]

For a program as rich in tradition as IU is, that is shameful.

 

[Websters Dicktionary]

pussification continued

 

[OrangeCane]

For a program as rich in tradition as IU is, that is shameful.

They haven't won a share of a Big Ten regular season title in over a decade, and they haven't won one outright since 1993, so this is meaningful to them. That they did it after a loss that kept them as "co-champs" in front of an empty gym... well, that's just weird. I have a feeling that they planned this as a big celebration to take place after beating Ohio State, but they forgot to include a backup plan in case they lost.