Reacher Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 (edited) Thursday at 6:10pm Central. TBS. This is where TJD begins his drive to the Portland Regional MVP. St Mary's player Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/stats/_/id/2608 Roster- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/roster/_/id/2608 Leading scorer and rebounder is their big- Tass. Kuhse is their 3 pt shooter. Edited March 16, 2022 by Reacher 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUKane21 Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 Thank you for the earlier start time. I'm struggling today on a few hours of sleep... Going be 75 in Indy tomorrow...time to break out the grill, pop a few cold ones, then watch IU dance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzIam4IU Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 Let's Go Hoosiers!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slojoe Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 This will be the best defensive team we've played by far. They are #9 in DE in KenPom. Common opponents: Wisky beat them 61-55 at St. Mary's. They beat Norte Dame 62-59 at ND. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 5 minutes ago, Reacher said: Thursday at 6:20pm Central. TBS. This is where TJD begins his drive to the Portland Regional MVP. St Mary's player Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/stats/_/id/2608 Roster- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/roster/_/id/2608 Leading scorer and rebounder is their big- Tass. Kuhse is their 3 pt shooter. Tass is from Estonia, which is kinda funny since TASS is the top Russian news agency... I like our chances here...Kuhse will have XJ or Rob bird dogging him, and Tass is the kind of center Trayce has success against... They have 4 guys that average in double figures with no one over 13 ppg, so they're balanced... 2 common opponents, Notre Dame who they beat by 3, and Wisconsin who they lost to by 5, both on a neutral court... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted March 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, slojoe said: This will be the best defensive team we've played by far. They are #9 in DE in KenPom. Common opponents: Wisky beat them 61-55 at St. Mary's. They beat Norte Dame 62-59 at ND. How have they fared vs other top defensive teams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted March 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Tass is from Estonia, which is kinda funny since TASS is the top Russian news agency... I like our chances here...Kuhse will have XJ or Rob bird dogging him, and Tass is the kind of center Trayce has success against... They have 4 guys that average in double figures with no one over 13 ppg, so they're balanced... 2 common opponents, Notre Dame who they beat by 3, and Wisconsin who they lost to by 5, both on a neutral court... I agree we should match up fairly well. Hope we have our tournament jitters out of the way and come out playing some better basketball. They will not be able to handle the athleticism of Geronimo. I see a close game but think this team has learned how to win over these last few weeks and feel more comfortable getting over the hump and emerging with the W. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 (edited) 17 minutes ago, slojoe said: This will be the best defensive team we've played by far. They are #9 in DE in KenPom. Common opponents: Wisky beat them 61-55 at St. Mary's. They beat Norte Dame 62-59 at ND. You beat me to the punch... Both the ND and Wisconsin games were part of the Maui Invitational (which was actually played in Las Vegas) Edited March 16, 2022 by IUFLA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 18 minutes ago, slojoe said: This will be the best defensive team we've played by far. They are #9 in DE in KenPom. Common opponents: Wisky beat them 61-55 at St. Mary's. They beat Norte Dame 62-59 at ND. I am pretty sure that ND win was in Hawaii? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 5 minutes ago, rico said: I am pretty sure that ND win was in Hawaii? Vegas posing as Hawaii 😁 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGleas Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 I'm super concerned for our energy and stamina for this game. These travel issues are not a small thing. I don't know about you all, but I've taken red eyes before and was a complete mess the next day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kyhoosier29 Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 26 minutes ago, slojoe said: This will be the best defensive team we've played by far. They are #9 in DE in KenPom. Common opponents: Wisky beat them 61-55 at St. Mary's. They beat Norte Dame 62-59 at ND. Looks like we’ll have another close one! Or at least hope so. Their top rated D scares me as we have trouble scoring sometimes regardless, but this team fights and doesn’t give up. Let’s get it done. I would bet my arse they aren’t as good as Michigan, Illinois, or Iowa. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUwins0708 Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 Just now, kyhoosier29 said: Looks like we’ll have another close one! Or at least hope so. Their top rated D scares me as we have trouble scoring sometimes regardless, but this team fights and doesn’t give up. Let’s get it done. I would bet my arse they aren’t as good as Michigan, Illinois, or Iowa. Just curious if their D is so good statistically because of the level of competition they play??? I know they beat the Zags once but I’m not sure how good the rest of the conference is. It’s going to be a tough game either way. I like what Woodys building here, and these aren’t his recruits yet. Exciting times ahead! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU247 Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 I can’t wait for the day that the NCAA has competent leadership. they have been run by incompetent fools for my entire life. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUwins0708 Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, IU247 said: I can’t wait for the day that the NCAA has competent leadership. they have been run by incompetent fools for my entire life. You’ll be waiting a while I’m afraid 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ba43056 Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 If the travel doesn't take our legs we're going to beat this team inside-out. Our money line-up + Geronimo is defensively capable of shutting them down. They're a soft team and for whatever reason I think Kopp will give us 12+ points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU247 Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 good grief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawatchHoosier Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 35 minutes ago, Reacher said: How have they fared vs other top defensive teams? They manhandled Gonzaga at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slojoe Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 #21 in DE San Francisco They Beat 69-64 and 72-70 #7 in DE Gonzaga they beat 67-57 but lost 2x 74-58 and 82-69. #2 in DE San Diego St. they lost to 63-53. They are #17 overall and IU #35. Strength of schedule is 71 SM and 321 IU. Opps DE for SM is #67 and #69 for IU. Opps OE for SM is #48 and for IU #12. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUKane21 Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 16 minutes ago, IU247 said: One of our favorite IU alums Angela Ganote said on the local news this morning that IU landed in Portland at 9am EST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmhoosier Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 Cavanagh said they're at the hotel sleeping right now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyhoosier29 Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 27 minutes ago, IUwins0708 said: Just curious if their D is so good statistically because of the level of competition they play??? I know they beat the Zags once but I’m not sure how good the rest of the conference is. It’s going to be a tough game either way. I like what Woodys building here, and these aren’t his recruits yet. Exciting times ahead! Good point. I just assumed the statistics take into account SOS a little bit. And all the analysts act like they get after it on D. 🤷🏻♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Reacher said: Thursday at 6:20pm Central. TBS. This is where TJD begins his drive to the Portland Regional MVP. St Mary's player Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/stats/_/id/2608 Roster- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/roster/_/id/2608 Leading scorer and rebounder is their big- Tass. Kuhse is their 3 pt shooter. What is this reporting the game times in Central time? lol 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 Maybe the NCAA should consider not sending a First Four winner clear across the country for their next round game. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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