OGIUAndy

On 3/13/2024 at 9:15 AM, OGIUAndy said:

I was told he was out for the rest of the season. Let's hope it's not true. 

https://247sports.com/college/indiana/article/indiana-basketball-trey-galloway-has-minor-knee-surgery-is-expected-back-for-the-2024-25-season-230946327/

2 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Respectfully, just tell someone you don't want there to leave. 

Purdue just did this. 

I tend to agree. It would be one thing if we didn't need this player, but the past few seasons have told us we probably will at some point. 

1 hour ago, FKIM01 said:

I figured it was Sparks decision to leave?  Assume he's looking for more minutes.

I can't imagine he was expecting big minutes when he came, but I have zero knowledge of why he left. 

1 minute ago, btownqb said:

Well-- ok...how about "a little more athletic version of Durr"--- because that player, IMO, is there in bunches in the portal. 

The kid from Ole Miss (Moussa?) and there is one from Harvard. There have been others listed. 

I agree otherwise we could have just rolled with Sparks again. They seem like similar types of players. Decent offense and rebounding, not athletic, not good FT shooters. I'd rather just have an all defensive type guy. But I also don't know who's interested. 

4 minutes ago, btownqb said:

I agree. 

But.. we have more money to spend, too. Find a rim protector, the more athletic version of Durr is fine. I will say-- I wish there was a continued stat of "altered shot rate" whatever, the same as we have block rate. 

Edey's block rate wasn't great for 7'4-- but I bet he altered a ton of shots. 

I agree but wouldn't the more athletic version of Durr be a really good player? 

https://247sports.com/college/indiana/longformarticle/indiana-football-spring-game-iu-hoosiers-complete-stats-play-by-play-breakdown-230857848/#2411627

RB David Holloman has entered:
 

24 minutes ago, btownqb said:

LETSS GOOOOOO

Someone on BTBanners was all over this visit. 

2 minutes ago, btownqb said:

I have no idea. But uhh.. it's not my money, I would be flying, too, if given that option. It's worlds safer, as well. 

So now we're nitpicking how the staff gets to visits? 

6 hours ago, Zlinedavid said:

I'll disagree with one thing he said:

Well, maybe it was just me and DeBoer, but from the 2nd or 3rd game Penix was on the field, I kept saying to myself "This kid isn't just good....this is Heisman good".  Turns out in the end, I wasn't far off. 

Hated to lose him, but I realized it was a Mo Creek type situation.....just so many injuries over time and needed a change of scenery. 

Some guys have the arm talent that is hard to ignore. He had that in spades. When he and Fields went at it, he had the more natural arm. 

15 minutes ago, Between2Halls said:

Malone, Walker, Anderson, Goode?

Legit shot to land any of them?

According to a poster on the other board, Walker visit has been canceled.

5 minutes ago, FKIM01 said:

I think that was mostly a product of swinging for the fences and missing.  No question, IU tried to get more guards last year, but the candidates they offered went elsewhere and by the time that all played out, there wasn't much left to get.  I'm guessing less than Leal and Cupps level players at that point. 

Banks and Gunn, I think the staff had much greater expectations that never panned out.  I kept hearing how great those two looked in practice and yet, it never translated on the floor.  Had those two made a nice soph jump, we likely wouldn't be having this conversation and probably make the dance.

On using the 13th scholarship, I wouldn't unless it's an upgrade.  If Anthony Leal is IU's floor, that's a danged good roster.  He's more than capable of shooting from distance and playing fundamental basketball.  Keep that last one for the MgBako that falls in your lap late.

But this exactly when you should use it on the portal one year guy from a lower level program. Someone with some experience, they didn't have to be great, but at least seasoned. Easier said than done maybe, but you have X and Cupps as PGs. That's a bit risky imho. 

17 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

We can argue about it til the cows come home, but in my eyes, it was nothing more than another thing to criticize Woodson about...

A 13th kid on the roster, especially one that we could have gotten in the time frame that we had, wasn't going to make a difference to our season...

 

That's pretty much the main thing I have said about Woody this entire season. And not playing more small ball at times. But that was the catch 22. He didn't have the guard talent/depth to do it. 

4 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

They didn't know Newton wasn't playing until August

But they did know X was coming off a season where he missed significant time. And had missed a lot of time the season before. It was pretty dumb not to have another PG or at least another Combo guard.

5 minutes ago, btownqb said:

My issue was after you evaluated Cupps, Gunn, Leal, and Banks... then knew Newton wasn't playing this year--- you still didn't fill the scholly. That's stupid. 

And it's optics more than anything else. 

Of all the flak Woody took this year, the most deserved was not using that scholarship. X hadn't been healthy or played much, so it was silly not to bring in another experienced guard. 

13 minutes ago, Bville_Hoosier said:

I absolutely believe it. The person it is coming from is very reputable and doesn’t just post to post or stir the pot. Tyme has alluded to it recently as well.

I thought that was all about Goode though. 

6 minutes ago, HoosierDom said:

We were 13 pre-season in the AP and 14 from the coaches. 

AP had us ranked all but 3 weeks of the year.

That's not top 10-12. 

1 minute ago, Feathery said:

Never saw it. I’m a huge believer that the college game is a guards game. And we haven’t had the guards necessary since Yogi, which means the Crean era. Just one man’s opinion and philosophy on basketball. 
 

X was too inconsistent in his play for my liking to consider IU a top 10-12 team. Also the lack of shooting and true post size. TJD was great but undersized. Saw that vs Arizona for sure. 

I would say they were a consensus top "teen"  or 20. I don't think top 10. That would have been a stretch. And I would agree. Basketball is always about guard play and we haven't had a lot of those the past few seasons. 

11 minutes ago, Andrew said:

The rumors are flying. Any intel?

Where are they flying? I have only seen a couple of vague insinuations. He played 20 mins a game for IL. Will likely get more minutes next year. Trying to figure out why he would come to IU unless he's really unhappy. 

6 minutes ago, DC2345 said:

It’s all Goode 

He's not even in the portal though right? Is this a legit option? 

4 minutes ago, btownqb said:

We gotta find some bench bigs. Another 3/4 tweener and a rebounder/paint defender, at least. 

One of the two will have to come here on pure faith they'll get to play some. $$$$

I like what's going on.

Just now, IUFLA said:

Great get for IU. I think we'll have one of the most dynamic back courts in the Big 10 next year...

I would say the front court will be pretty formidable as well. 

3 minutes ago, Artesian_86 said:

….corn

Indiana is pretty, pretty, pretty good with the corn as well. 

1 minute ago, Zlinedavid said:

Honestly, I'd prefer Power over Essegian at this point anyway. 

Me too. He took 51 shots, 42 were threes, made 15 so 35.7%. Works for me with a much higher volume. I don't care what position the threes come from, just take and make more. 

16 minutes ago, Zlinedavid said:

And by "coaching malfeasance", you mean Teflon John being an idiot, right?

19 minutes ago, Zlinedavid said:

2014-15, and they did legitimately go 10 deep but it was injuries that shut it down.  Cauley-Stein, both Harrisons, Lyles, Ulis, Booker, KAT, Dakari Johnson, Alex Poythress and Marcus Lee all averaged 10+ MPG, but Poythress went down early in the season and Lee was dinged up most of the year. 

And it worked, that was the year they were undefeated until they lost to Wisky in the FF. 

One of the only times Wisconsin has ever been useful. 😂

Yet someone questioned my suggestion (not here I don't think) that Calipari is a mediocre coach. The talent he was bringing in year-in-year-out at UK I could probably do as well as he did.