I hate that the Final 4 is in Indy next year. UK simply cannot find a way to win there. There’s some sort of curse going on. Look at the results since the Wisconsin debacle
In 2015. Shame.
In 2015. Shame.
Indy Curse
- Thread starter Runnin'Ramel
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Indy is a great place, we haven’t played well recently. It the venue wasn’t the problem for 2015 for sure. I like that we can dominate the crowd there and I definitely wanna make it there for the final 4! Go Cats baby!
I think Indy is the worst venue for these type of games. But the location didn't beat us in any of the losses.
Idc what made up curses fans think Indy has. Ill take our chances if it means making the final four next season.
They're never going to pass up the extra ticket money but it's a shame they don't just have the games in the Pacers' arena (Gainbridge? and yeah I had to look it up and laugh knowing I'd be at least two corporate names behind...)
I hope we never go back to Indy again. It’s been a nightmare for 10 years
But that was 2014, the OP’s post said “since 2015.”
And indeed the bad luck there seemed to begin with that 2015 Wisconsin final four game. We did fine in Indy before that.
Funny thing is, downtown Indy has one of the best basketball venues in the world in Gainbridge Fieldhouse. But the greedy NCAA chooses not to use it simply because they can squeeze more dollars out us us playing in a friggin football stadium.
But I’m referring to Indy as a whole for these big events. There’s just not enough hotels and restaurants downtown.
If you don’t mind driving it’s fine.
But we prefer to not drive.
We did go to the game against Duke in Bankers when beat them and it was great for that.
But when they have the FF there the restaurants downtown are packed and lines to get in.
Nah.. This year UK weren’t winning the natty anyway. Next year may be the year, who knows. But a ( curse ) lol… just wasn’t in their cards, that’s all..
I said since the Wisconsin debacle ... you know, when the loss broke Cal? UK has been atrocious in Indy since then.
Dude it's the Hoosier curse that drifts down to us from the weather patterns. All that Hoosier corn
or somethingWasn't about winning a title this year ... UK got housed by a team they beat twice this season ... in Indy. A completely sluggish, unenthusiastic, uninspired effort from wire to wire, starting with Brea's missed lay-up and Williams' airball from 8 feet to start the game for UK.
Cursed.
Good point. Plus when domes are harder for pure shooters and we’re probably going to more pure shooting teams going forward than anything we’ve had since 1990, there’s a whole lot of room for Indy to be a bad place for us without any kind of curse involved.
Final Four is there next year.
Love to get another chance.
Hopefully, we are good enough to get closer games.
Love to get another chance.
Hopefully, we are good enough to get closer games.
I don't like this defeatist attitude our fans and media are inventing. Much like refs and selection committee or to get us, some people want things to worry about. Indianapolis is going to be a venue in NCAA tournaments for years to come. Let's not make it a thing. These streaks come and go.
That was 2014. Indy has been cursed for us since 2015. I mean we got Rooferee'd in Indy.
I wish the FF wasn't there next year. I want no part of that town.
This. The venue just.....sucks. Football stadiums were built, oddly enough, to be football fields. They can double decently well to be concert venues and baseball stadiums, but converting it down to a basketball stadium is just.....gross.
Not to mention, losing to Arizona in 97 was one of the toughest loses I’ve ever dealt with.