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Just inexcusable officiating tonight. I’m so tired of the absolute lack of accountability for BigTen refs. 

Officiating is absurdly bad. 

1 minute ago, Hoosier987 said:

Where is Mgbako?

Where he belongs

1 minute ago, Reacher said:

How many times has a PSU player flailed into us out of control to get a foul called? 

The same amount of times our defenders leave their feet without going vertical. 

Just now, 02Hoosier said:

He just needs a crash course or 7 on kicking it out to the wing out of the post

And a full time therapist, on staff

Just now, Parakeet Jones said:

I love that 3 by Cupps. 

I’d love to see him take more than 1.5 shots per game. Anything to pull the defense out of the paint

True fans will say this is elite effort and decision making on both sides of the ball, and should be celebrated 

3 minutes ago, Indykev said:

stop the 3 and keep them out of the paint....alright Mike

Notice he said nothing about keeping them off the foul line. 

1 minute ago, SawatchHoosier said:

To be fair we haven't drawn 1 foul on a shot attempt in the paint.

Taking a lot of really bad shots in the paint is a big reason. They need to be more patient with the ball

8 hours ago, btownqb said:

I guess, what's the difference in the way they're doing it now? Pretty similar. 

MLB model would allow generational phenoms to go pro out of high school. The rest spend 3 years in college.
Everyone wins…Colleges keep their stars, kids actually develop while making real money, NBA owners can draft proven talent (rather than taking fliers on 19 year old projects) who are ready day one instead of paying $4M a year hoping they actually pan out. 

Pretty wild that NBA teams continue to shell out lottery pick level cash just to send kids to the D league, instead of adopting an MLB style draft system. 

Tough to be excited for the future after that ceremony. Just a really tough look for the program. Time and winning heals all wounds. Going out in public and complaining about fan reactions to losses is pouring salt in them. There was just nothing to gain by those comments and tells potential recruits everything they need to know about the health and stability of the program. 

1 hour ago, DC2345 said:

There are people that believe Woodson and Buckner plan on riding off into retirement together after next year and his approach to recruiting by living a dying with the portal tends to go along with that possibility. 

If true, I assume this has been shared with Dolson and the succession planning is underway? Makes sense as to why the admin would shoot down any rumors that we’re moving on at seasons end. Also gives Dolson plenty of time to lock down a replacement well in advance, while saving IU Woody’s $14M  buyout. 

2 hours ago, IUfaninIllinois said:

The problem is a lot of times they say you don’t typically jump in the draft when you’re a junior or senior but with that being said one more year of development with his skill set he might be the unicorn.

There’s always a couple of upperclassmen guys who play their way into the draft. It is less common to materially improve status but that’s probably more to do with guys being insanely inpatient and unwilling to invest in another year.
 

I think Ware is unique in that he didn’t play much and didn’t play well when he was a freshman. As a sophomore he hasn’t shown he’s an “NBA level talent” when he’s played against capable centers with NBA potential. He played great last night against a couple of under sized post players but NBA scouts (if they’re worth TP they wipe their butts with) will see his performances against PU, OSU, Kansas, Auburn, etc., and see the leap he needs to make to be effective at the next level. I think his 2024 draft potential will rely more heavily on the teams in the mid-late first round’s needs. If the teams with picks 16-30 don’t have a pressing need for a center, there’s no guarantee they’ll sign up for the project. 

13 minutes ago, Indykev said:

I hope he comes back to, be there are a lot of trainers around the NBA that can get 20 lbs on him.

Agreed but if he can get 2-3M from NIL a top 5 draft pick makes 4x what a mid upper half 1st rounder. Grab an insurance policy and come along for the ride. If it works he goes from $4M a year for 4 years to $16M a year

8 minutes ago, Fkfootball said:

He's not coming back. Getting drafted in the 1st round is a guaranteed contract.

Kids fall in the draft all the time. Best case he goes 18th-20th if he impresses at the combine and in team interviews. If he bombs those then who knows. He’s also got a guaranteed contract to come back via NIL. That said, I wouldn’t bet against you in that assertion. 

5 minutes ago, Parakeet Jones said:

Shared the ball really well tonight. I’m going to miss Ware. 

Call me crazy but I think Ware coming back has the potential to drastically improve his draft stock. Dude needs 20lbs of muscle and improved post defense against NBA caliber players. What’s the pay raise for s guy who goes from 20-30th to top 5?

1 minute ago, iuthruandthru said:

Woodson just said “ Having X back has helped us a lot”

this is the 💩 that make a him lose the fanbase

I donno man. It’s weird. All I can hope is that he’s just trying to speak it into existence. We won in spite of XJ, and to some degree Gallo, not because of them. Gallo at least put forth max effort although some of his turnovers were just unbelievable. Hard to come away from this feeling like we won the game vs Minny crapping the bed at the most opportune time

Either Woody has completely lost the plot or he’s lost the team. Galloway standing at half court dribbling until 7 seconds on the shot clock? X basically doing the same thing after getting bailed out??? What am I watching? We’re 30 games into the season and I can’t tell you one “play” we run on offense except for the Gallo run-pass option with Ware. A team with an ounce of direction would be up 15 right now. 

I wish there was a stat kept for giving up a career night. This program would lead the nation by an insane margin 

3 hours ago, iuswingman said:

They literally meant big recruit.

The staff is going to hype every commit.

I doubt they are going to post a meme saying "well, we needed warm bodies"

It’s not a great look, but whatever. I googled Cig and he’s the best there ever is, was and ever will be…so it doesn’t really matter who we recruit. 

Coaches taking to twitter to brag about beating out MAC schools for the 21st ranked player in the state is wild. What a day to be a Hoosier, indeed. 
edit: if it’s referring to Parker, guess I just have to hope that’s a coincidence 

4 hours ago, KoB2011 said:

If for sake of discussion I agree with everything you posted up until the last two sentences, the referees still handled it exactly how they had to.

There was absolutely nothing they should or could call on Wisconsin prior to the elbow. And there is absolutely no room for interpretation in the rules that a guy elbowing someone in the face, on purpose, away from the ball is a flagrant 2 ejection.

It was a stupid, and dirty, play from Gunn. The fact that Walsh seemed like the only guy on the bench who understood was surprising, and the fact that Woodson defended it even more so.   

I don’t disagree. Gunn forced their hand to call it that. I just wish some context was allowed to be invoked there. It was a classic, “looked way worse than it was” act and I don’t believe his intent was to elbow him in the face. Also, his face had no business being where it was in the first place. 

2 hours ago, jojo123 said:

Kid did punk him. The kid got the response he was looking for. The he knew he would get. 

Exactly. Can we stop pretending Gunn “elbowed him in the face”? Sure it was a dumb move on his part, only because it wasn’t going to cause harm to the other guy and with replay, he was going to get caught.
That said, he couldn’t have been more gentle if he tried. The reaction by Wisconsin was pathetic and soft. Gard is the parent no one wants their kids to play with because he raises nothing but whiny b*tches who act like aholes and cry home to mommy and daddy because their fragile sensibilities were hurt.
The refs had every opportunity to review, ascertain that it was in fact provoked, that no actual pain/harm was inflicted, and move on. The X criticism is well warranted  

33 minutes ago, Muddy River said:

You don’t think the “double off the hot hand” defense is working?

60% of the time it works never