tdhoosier

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.

Not saying Gallo wouldn't be open to a bench role. Not saying Carlyle doesn't have the potential to be a star. We just have history on how Woody coaches and how he uses his personnel. Every time we expect him to deviate from this, he doesn't.

I'll bet you $1 Gallo starts more games than Carlyle (if he commits).

I'm surprised at how many people have Carlyle penciled into the starting line up. This is not to say that i don't think he's a good player or I don't want him. I do. He has 3 years of eligibility. BUT knowing who is coaching this team, unless Carlyle lights the world on fire (on both end of the court), I just don't think there is any way he's starting over Gallo. Guys, this is Woody. The man who values defense and veterans on the floor. The only exception to this rule was Mgbako and that's because the guys behind him on the depth chart were equally as bad at defense. I also think Gallo is very underestimated by some. He was asked to do WAY too much last year. Sandwich him in between Rice and a sophomore Mgbako and he's going to thrive. Our 1-3 is not going to be a below average defender in Mgbako and 2 brand new guards who have zero games of experience in this defensive system. I'll eat crow if I'm wrong, but I won't be wrong on this one. 😄

I’ve been wondering where he’s been as well (when it comes to posting on HSN). I’m friends with him on Instagram though and he appears to be doing well - traveling and enjoying his dogs in Brooklyn.

Maybe, I'm misunderstanding, but Malik scored a vast majority of his points last year in the low post. Yes, he can step out and hit a 3 once in a while, but I don't get why you don't think he's not a low post guy. You're right that Ballo doesn't get points like Ware. Ware spreads the floor a bit more and can play facing the basket. To me, Malik and Ballo are 2 back to the basket low post guys. Yes, we potentially will improve our backcourt, but once again, how are we not limiting the guards effectiveness if the lane is too packed to drive? Just like JHS, they're going to have to create for themselves with low percentage 2's and make those open 3's. BUT without the threat to drive, the defenders can play up in their face and go over screens, thus, making those low percentage shots even harder. (lowering the percentage of low percentage shots....haha). Although JHS could drive the ball, he wasn't really effective at doing it with TJD and Race on the court at the same time. And arguably, TJD and Race spread the floor just as much as Ballo and Malik would. I like how we are trying to talk ourselves into believing versatile athletic guards that aren't great 3 point shooters can make a huge difference, - that more ball movement and spacing will somehow materialize, but if we are going to jam the lane once again with 2 back to the basket post players, we need high percentage catch and shoot guys. That's how PU does it. That's how UConn does it. If we don't, then for the 4th year in a row our opponents will simply just pack the paint and dare us to shoot the 3. What am I missing here?

Well, I obviously made that bad prediction while he was on the second hole. haha. +4 is going to be a bit too hard to overcome. Now I'll be rooting for Rory to complete the grand slam....and root against LIV golfers.

I agree. But they made the point on Assembly Call last night that Woody has a philosophy of playing 2 bigs at the same time. He's obviously looking for a starting caliber big in the portal, so it's pretty clear he's not going to stray from that philosophy anytime soon. And if 'Woody is going to continue to Woody', then you might as well go get the best big you can find. He's not going to change his style, i've just surrendered to that belief.

I alluded to this clip above. This highlights Rice in the Stanford game, but watch Carlyle on defense.