IIRC, Delray's problems stemmed as much from an inability to play man-to-man defense at all than anything.
Following a Sweet Sixteen upset of then-top ranked, star-studded UNC by Alford and the kiddie corps and unexpected appearance in the Elite 8 in '84, Delray Brooks was supposed to be the player to possibly push the Hoosiers over the top. Alas, as we all know, that didn't happen, as the '85 team was a major disappointment -- IMO, the most disappointing IU season given the expectations in my lifetime -- for several reasons.
One another prominent side memory involving Delray Brooks: Nobody gave anyone a chance against his Michigan City Rogers HS school, but Assembly Hall's Warsaw Tigers pulled it off, winning the '84 State Championship, which I remember well because it was during my HS sophomore year that my school, which no longer exists, fell to Warsaw in the Semi-State that year.
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I completely agree on the '84-'85 team. They actually went into Ann Arbor and spanked the Wolverines by I believe 30 points in their first B1G game of that year. IU was ranked in the Top Ten and everything seemed right. At the end of the year Michigan was ranked #2 and the Hoosiers ended up with a NIT bid. Just pitiful.
BTW Blue, I remember your Elmhurst Trojans well!
Revering4Blue (02-28-2014)
Very well might be. It is the one that got away. But the egg they laid at home against Northwestern doesn't help either. At the time the Illinois loss didn't look bad...but now it does, IU should have won that one. To be honest, they should be 9-6 right now instead of 6-9. That would translate into a 19-9 overall record and a lock in the tournament. Just pitiful.
dubc47834 (03-01-2014)
At this point, barring conference tournament results, it is highly doubtful that any school from the state of Indiana qualifies for the NCAA tourney.
That's unheard of.
Whatever you do, do your best to not allow the struggles of life to interfere with the pleasures of living.
Whatever you do, do your best to not allow the struggles of life to interfere with the pleasures of living.
If IU can manage to beat Ohio State today and win at least 1 or 2 B10 tourney games, I think they still have a shot at getting in. If IU wins today, they will have beaten a lot of quality teams.
all the talking faces on CBS just said IU has to win the B1G tourney to get in.
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