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Either he is, or he isn't. In both cases, it isn't working....probably enough blame to spread evenly to MR & CMW Edit: Or the same reason the rest of our basic fundamentals don't exist.

Hard to imagine you can put that much stupid into one head... https://www.theburningplatform.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/5dcf6260c68e59c7.mp4?_=1 Then look at the make & model of the car when she's done... Amazing....

Did it to Mich in ‘76….

Reviewed the stat sheet this morning: Positives: Guards finally started rebounding. Got 10 boards out of 31. D was great on Baldwin. Negs: 12 turnovers, 5 of them by Reneau. 3 by X. Only 13 assists. 0-5 from deep from Taco. And we didn't run. PSU had more fast breaks than we did. That shouldn't happen. Definitely an ugly, ugly game. And yet we were able to gut out a win.

It's starting to look like the only person MR will pass to is Ware. Leal & Taco are wide open on the perimeter while he's getting triple teamed, and he forces up a horrible shot.

9 pm game tomorrow nite

Ware for the overall game, but Leal has become 6th man of the year late in the season. If Woodson would've played him 2 seasons ago, he'd be far higher on the valuable list. I'd prefer he'd start over Cupps.

I have yet to see 1 pass fake, or shot fake from us this entire game. Obviously, great coaching.

I think they all took at a nap at halftime and haven't woken up yet. I can make a cut harder than any of the IU guys and I have an artificial knee and can't run.

So far, Cupps has played better than I expected. Thought Baldwin would take him to school. So far Cupps has held his own.

I bet not

Not sure what that does. You've got Gunn (supposedly a guard) and Banks. Not being used. Whose to say another bench player would get time even if needed?

PSU ended the half on a 13-2 run for a sizeable lead. I'll read about the 2nd half finish in the morning. Game's not that entertaining.

Maybe we should do an "over/under" pool before the portal opens up, and then do the update a week after it opens. My guess is we'll have a max of 4 returning scholly's (assuming Gallo & Leal don't change their minds)

The only other guy that comes close to Gallo's intensity (IMO) is Leal. And him starting will never happen with this coaching staff. He shoots far better than Cupps, plays defense better than Cupps, rebounds, which Cupps only does when it hits him in the chest, and is a true leader on this team. But hey...I'm just a life long fan of 50 years. What the hell could I possibly know?

To no one's surprise Ware wins it going away. Pick any category you want: weighted based on top 3 vote getters only one voting winner take all total votes accumulated For the Big 10 Conf: Weighted voting: Mgbako comes in 2nd, with Gallo and Reneau 2 votes behind Total votes rec'd: Reneau 2nd, Gallo 3rd. Entire Season to date: Weighted voting: Reneau 2nd, Gallo 3rd. Total votes: same results beg the question: Who's gonna make up Ware's production, boards, and rebounds next year?

There is no doubt that Woodson is good at the X's & O's, especially after time outs. Couldn't agree more. But...if a coach can't recognize a huge lack of fundamentals (for the past 3 years), then IMO he's missing a big piece to be a good coach (an OK coach...sure, but not championship caliber). The 2 Indiana kids (I assume you mean Gallo & Leal) are the 2 kids on the team that DO HAVE good fundamentals. There's a signal there. I'm not saying Woodson is a complete failure at all. He (and his staff) need to find ways to get better with the fundamentals. The "drills" that he claims he runs all the time obviously aren't working. At least to my eyes. You're right, guys like Mac, Ware, and others never had to be fundamentally sound growing up, since their offensive talent was stellar. (esp those from outside of IN) All the more reason to focus on it at this level. I wish there was a way to quantify our un-forced turnovers to lack of fundamentals. It would create an interesting discussion. There's not to my knowledge, so my observations are just subjective.

Personally, I separate the players from the "coaching". Players tend to do what they practice. Doesn't matter if it's sports, music, acting, your job, etc. If players don't block out for rebounds, or even don't hit the offensive glass at all (see 4 opposing jersey's under our basket), then there is a problem with "coaching". I also separate Coaching, from the person. I'm sure Woodson is a great guy. Have absolutely no doubts about that. Same with the assistants. But it doesn't automatically translate that just because they are good people, that they are good at their job. But that's just me.

I hope you're right, but based on his attitude at Sr speeches, and his word choices, I have my doubts.

Guess I should have said "educated fan". My bad.....

Honest question here....did McNeely decommit before or after it was announced that Woodson was coming back? Could it be possible he actually wanted to play for Woodson? And there would be a chance he'd re-commit? (highly unlikely I know, but just asking)

Just finished re-watching the MSU game, and we had no reason to win it. We are so fundamentally flawed it's disgusting. Lazy passes, no look passes that aren't close to anybody, sloppy passes, telegraphed passes. 16 turnovers, and the bulk of them were shitty passes. NOBODY knows how to block out for a rebound except Leal. Mgbako and Reneau don't have a clue how to block out. MSU got 12 offensive rebounds, vast majority because no IU guy put a body on their man. Maybe we should hire Izzo to teach our guys how to block out... And we don't call out screens at all. Leal got mugged the entire game because nobody called them out to him. Puts us at a real disadvantage when we don't hedge that screen. And speaking of screens, we also don't know how to set one, nor does our ball handler know how to rub his guy off of it. But hey...what do I know? I'm just a true fan....

Not always. I've seen a couple of instances where the "winner of game currently on" gets the at large bid. But you're right. The vast majority of the time the field is set. Seems to me the championship game should be on a Saturday before Selection Sunday.

I'm sure he thought he would have an "overflowing" '24-'25 season recruiting class, and use it there. Oh wait....he'll have up to 9 scholly's to use.