tdhoosier

FTR, I'm not saying it's impossible. But there's depth and there's 'stupid depth'. You need 'stupid depth' to get close to a platoon substitution in CBB. On top of that you'll need to avoid injuries....so that stupid depth is more like 11-12 deep. And selling that in today's climate of transfers, NIL and the desire for playing time is a tough task. Maybe I'll be proven wrong though.

That's one team.....good example. I say this, more-so because the stars need to align to make this happen. One injury and everything is shot to hell. And there is a difference between a steady induction of fresh players getting rotated in over time vs 4-5 new players getting subbed in with in a a 2 minute window, which is more reminiscent to what you'd see in the NBA and is what Woody seemingly would like to do.

We've heard this one before..... I don't buy it. How many teams in recent years have legitimately played 10 deep? I do think Woody will keep trying though.

The 'Human IUD' BLOCKING SHOTS!!! ....maybe I gotta work on that nickname. sorry, it's Friday.

so, he can just put his arms up in the air? haha

How is he defensively? Is he a threat to block/alter shots? I know nothing about this dude.

I might've been at that show! Saw Victor at the Bird and Axis (or whatever it's name was at the time). Him and his brother Reggie put on the best shows - jaw on the floor type of musicianship. Probably saw them another 2 or 3 times after college.

The article lead off with divisive political decisions as a reason for the vote of no confidence. However, buried in the middle..... The reasons for no-confidence votes vary from institution to institution. The most common scenario behind such votes recently has been faculty displeasure with large-scale academic restructuring and budget reductions directed by presidents, provosts and boards of trustees. Seems about right in this news climate. Get people hyped up on political emotions and then drop a seemingly important footnote later in the article.

I think you're twisting yourselves into knots over a feeling. What we 'feel' is right, wrong, too much or not enough does not correlate into what reality is. You have the right to complain about it, but at the end of the day it's irrelevant. College athletic departments make a LOT of money. Good coaches and good players are in high demand because a winning product is lucrative for the athletic departments, the tv channels and the advertisers.. Thus, a percentage of this outrageously high revenue is paid to coaches and players. And rightfully so, I mean, they are the product everybody pays to see. And even on top of all that, college basketball and football fund pretty much all other sports at their universities, giving athletes in other sports more opportunities. We - all the fanatics on this board - are a reason why the revenue is so high. If you 'feel' that there's too much money in college athletics then stop giving them money with your viewership. It's all about supply and demand.

I sometimes wonder at the root of everything is generational envy. "This young generation has it easy." "The younger generation is all about money." "The younger generation has no loyalty." etc. I didn't get to play with a 3 point line, why can they? I couldn't earn money playing college sports, why can they? Boomers received similar criticism when they were young and now dish it. Same thing with Generation X. Same thing is starting with Millennials. We're all guilty. I think it's just a societal thing that will never change. I'm sure that in the Paleolithic period cavemen were complaining their kids had it so easy because the wheel was invented. Change happens. We adapt. It becomes the norm. In the words of Jeff Tweedy: And that's not wrong or right But you can struggle with it all you like You'll only get uptight ✌️ ...and that's my philosophical thought for the day.

Did he visit? Or did the staff go to his house because he lives in Bloomington? Either way, he went elsewhere.

It’s not rocket science and it’s not some devious conspiracy. Just show him the stat sheet. He knows Ballo is coming in, thus the ball will be going into the post a lot. He knows he’d be sharing what’s left of those attempts with Mgbako. He’s at the top of my wish list, but that’s all it is at this point: a wish. This is just the way Woody plays. I’m sure they want the high volume/high percentage 3 point shooters many of us crave, but based on history and how our line up is shaping up, it’s going to be a hard sell. And it will continue to be a hard sell.

Maybe it’s because he’s a high volume 3 point shooter and we don’t shoot 3’s at a high volume. He averaged a little over 7 attempts per game. In comparison, our highest volume shooter from 3 was MM; he averaged 4.6 attempts.

Better than an empty seat on the bench.

And our offensive rebounding. Hoping for a significant upgrade in extra possessions.

He’s staying in Bloomington. Monday of Little 5 week was so good, he just wanted to experience the rest. 😎

Lol. In the last 90 minutes it went from Ballo is ours, to he’s still going to visit Louisville, to he canceled his visit and is ours again, to he’s going to visit Calipari, and now he’s ours again.

Last 5 minutes is IU talk if anybody is interested. I think a few leaps are made, but entertaining none the less. The shocker out of that clip: apparently between Ballo, Rice and Carlyle the NIL spend is $3.3 million. Don't know how true that figure is, but that's what he claims.

That's that foaming stuff. It's the bee's knees.

I love that Leal had some good games last year. There was a lot of ‘I told you so’ after those games. BUT, my concern before the year started was not necessarily whether he could or couldn’t contribute. I thought IF we truly needed his minutes (which we did), then we were going to be in deep doo doo. That it probably would mean that CJ Gunn and Banks didn’t develop the way we hoped. And that’s what happened. If Leal gets 15 mpg next year, something has gone wrong and we are probably a bubble team at best.

I'm not diminishing the need for athletic guards who can create a shot for themselves and drive. Let's get these guys. If they can hit at a good rate from 3....even better. BUT if we have Ballo/Malik in the paint drawing doubles, not getting a high 30%/low 40% 3 point shooter (or two) to burn opponents for double teaming us in the paint will be a disappointment, IMO. I'm not saying this player(s) needs to be a starter, but one who is a capable defender and can give us quality minutes if our offense stalls. I love the idea of Hickman and Conwell.

Sarcastic about the fans thinking one thing and Woody doing something different. But that is my point exactly. Myths are perpetrated by fans....like penciling in Carlyle over Gallo. Some things seem to make sense in the moment. From a defensive perspective, do you honestly see Woody having Mgbako (the weakest defender in our starting line up last year) and 2 players new to his system on the court at the same time? When a 5th year senior is on the bench? Many people (I wasn't one of them) thought Kopp should've had less minutes because of his lack of offensive production, but Woody gave him a lot of minutes because he was a veteran and a great systematic defender. And who knows if Carlyle is even coming here. No knock on him, but he has a pretty similar skill set as Rice. IF he does come here, I'd have to imagine it'd be under the assumption that he may not start this year, but will be a major piece moving forward.

I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic. Uhhhh, from what the fans expect: "we need to shoot more 3's" "MM needs to play the 4" "Malik needs to play the 5" "We need to play 4 in 1 out" "XJ should start" "XJ should not start" XJ needs to be kicked off the team" lol "Malik and Sparks should not be on the floor at the same time" "Malik and Ware should not spend a majority of the time on the floor together" "Race isn't a starter" "Kopps isn't a starter" ....I could go on.