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go_iu_bb

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  1. Yes, piecemeal substitutions instead of groups. Only 1 or 2 bench players in at a time. The starters should be getting 30+ mpg on this team. Maybe more than that, like 35 mpg.
  2. Is IU's defense what Timberlake needs to have a breakout game?
  3. Xavier Johnson didn't make any bad plays the whole game.
  4. Emphasis on "little bit," I guess. He only has a "little bit" of shooting ability, a "little bit" of defense, a "little bit" of taking care of the ball, etc etc
  5. Somewhere between just good enough to keep defenses honest and best ever evaluated. I've seen his shooting described as both.
  6. Better in high school or college? High school? Sure, I'll buy that. College? Not really. He's been terrible when he's played.
  7. For getting into the tournament the committee cares most about winning games, especially for high major teams. If IU is on the bubble or worse, it will be because they didn't win enough games. They won the games they were supposed to win in November so if they're on the bubble that means they didn't win enough in December-March. Those would be the games I would look at for reasons why IU didn't make the tournament over games they won but just weren't efficient enough to help their NET ranking.
  8. It works both ways. It hurts if you beat a team that is thought to be good then the wheels come off on their season and they end up with a terrible record. It helps if you beat a team that isn't thought to be good at the time which then ends up having a great season. Early in the season especially it's hard to say if it's a good win or not. It's not uncommon for a team to start out ranked and then miss the tournament nor is it uncommon for a team thought to be terrible have a great season and make the tournament. Should teams really get credit for beating a bad team just because it was thought at the time to be a good team? Should they be penalized for beating a good team that was thought to be bad? Yes, injuries happen that can drastically change a team. How would you differentiate between that and teams who just don't play well?
  9. Because they won the games. What they really care about when it comes to making the tournament are win totals. When it's bubble teams, they look at bad losses which IU doesn't have. IU's SOS will be good by the time the season ends, so if they have 20+ wins they should make the tournament with no problem. And if they're a bubble team, that means they didn't do well the whole season so games in November would only be a part of the problem. However, when it comes to seeding they will might look at these games and move IU down to give another team with a similar record a better seed if that team blew out all of its cupcakes instead of struggling.
  10. Seed? Sure, I can see that. You don't make or miss the tournament in November. If IU is a bubble team, that means they spent the whole season not playing very well, not just November.
  11. 2 more days until I don't have to hear about him until next year when we play Rutgers. Great.
  12. Awesome because it's the Kansas game so the atmosphere should be great. Yikes because it's the Kansas game and it may not be close.
  13. Let's not forget that even player like TJD take time to grow and improve. He wasn't nearly as good of a passer and didn't have the court vision he ended his college career with at first. He got better every year and his assist numbers show that by increasing every year before making a huge jump his senior year. Through the first 3 years he was under 2 assists per game. Reneau is at over 3 assists per game this year. So just going by that he's ahead of where TJD was at the same point in his career.
  14. That's what happens when you struggle against bad teams, even if you win. I saw on another site that for some reason the Harvard game is being counted as a home game instead of neutral court, which also doesn't help.
  15. Even the 17th time they repeated themselves? 😲
  16. I'm exhausted just reading through the last few pages of this thread. Man. Tedious.
  17. Agreed. Before the season even started, it was thought he was gone regardless of how this season went. So if he was willing to jump to the NBA after a bad season, no way he stays after the season he's having.
  18. Not if that picture is from the game. If it's just a stock photo, then I wouldn't be surprised.
  19. Yes, it's a team which is less than the sum of its parts.
  20. He's just athletic enough to not be a stiff. Being huge is his greatest skill.
  21. Sparks seems like he just needs to relax a bit. He always seems too pumped and that's not helping him stay in the game mentally. There was one sequence where he fouled a MD player and they got into it a bit. Then on the ensuing FT, he had a lane violation. I didn't see him play at BSU, was he this emotional/excitable there? He obviously wasn't when it came time to shoot FT as he was much better there than he is at IU so far.
  22. It would be a terrible idea to shoot more 3s right now with how bad the team currently is at making them. I don't see how a higher volume would make that better. If the percentage increases, then they should look at taking more. Right now, defending the 3 better should be a huge priority as well as cutting down on the discrepancy in number of shots taken between IU and opponents by cutting down on turnovers and offensive rebounds given up. In other words, lots of ways to dramatically improve that don't involve shooting more 3s (which right now would probably make things worse).
  23. Right. I saw she's a junior in HS so probably 16 or 17. Not good for him.
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