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All of you, please take a second to read the fan replies to Purdueās final score tweet. Itāll make you realize the whole āIU fans are the most toxic groupā narrative is a joke. Purdue has had a consistently good team for years and most of their fans are trashing the team and saying they are no longer fans.
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Dane Fife not returning to Indiana
Hoosierdave replied to IUwins0708's topic in General Basketball Discussion
But donāt worry, itās the fan base thatās the problem, remember? -
Home court advantage isnāt even a thing anymore. Other teams arenāt afraid to play against our roster and coaching staff. What player wouldnāt enjoy silencing 17k passionate fans cheering on a dumpster fire?
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Ehhhh thatās pretty debatable. Are they the two best players on the team? Sure. Unfortunately, their skill sets are whatās holding the offense back the most. Neither are big and strong like Edey, Cockburn, Key, Williams, Omoruyi. Neither can force other teams out to the perimeter like Dickinson, Bingham, Crowl, Wahl, Liddell, Brown, Murray, Harper, Gillis, Furst. Not going to win many games relying on contested shots from 5 feet and out rebounding your bigger/stronger opponents.
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The biggest issue for me is not the loss (I can deal with losing in OT on the road to a ranked opponent without 2 of our top 8 players) but the fact that we are getting worse at the worst time. I can objectively deal with puzzling loses early in the season with a new staff and group of players figuring it all out. But we continue to deal with the same issues from the beginning of the season: -Inconsistent PG play -Lack of discipline (poor shot selection, cheap fouls, unnecessary technicals and flagrants, missing curfews/player suspensions) -Players standing around on offense, no off ball movement or curling around a screen with authority and purpose. Not understanding mismatches (ex-every team knows to attack Stewart or Kopp for an easy bucket) -Terrible substitution patterns (putting too many bench players in at once) -Not using a TO to stop other teams from going on runs -Inability to make smart decisions to close out games -Too many guys that have one skill and one skill only. (The only guys who make an impact on both sides of the court are TJD,Race, and Galloway). We still have 3 winnable games. Win those and win 1 big ten tourney game (not a big ask) and thatās 20 wins and should be able to squeak in. Remember, UCLA was a last 4 team in 2021 and made it all the way to the final 4 and it completely changed the direction of their program. If miss the tourney, my cautious optimism is our recruiting. JHS will start and has all the tools to be the PG weāve needed since Yogi. Kaleb Banks is an athletic stretch 4. Gunn has shown an ability this year to score at all 3 levels. Cupps and Newton make plays on both ends. Hopefully one of Bates, Galloway, or Geronimo can take that leap during the off season and turn into an NBA caliber player. I appreciate anyone who plays for IU but hopefully we can use the transfer portal to get rid of some of the dead weight on this team.
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So many mental errors itās sickening
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What does the staff see in Kopp? At least Stewart can score occasionally
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Hopefully them playing so much recently will catch up to them. X needs to get others involved, every team knows if he shoots more than anyone, theyāll win. No need to play Kopp, showing he canāt shoot or defend.
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Not great that Baylor and Nova have been established teams and are also doing well this year but Miro did mention he enjoyed the idea of returning IU to its glory. I would be really optimistic about IU moving forward if we could have Little,JHS, and Cupps on the same team.
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Weāre projected to win 4 of the last 6 and I think we have a great shot at 5 with Ohio St and their schedule so this game could really help turn things around. Thereās no big time bruisers on Wisco so TJD and Race need to assert themselves and get back to the ābuddy ballā. That should free up shots and Iām hoping with a home game that guys like Stewart, Kopp, and Bates will show up. I think the key will be X and his decision making. We canāt afford to have Coach rely so heavily on Galloway to run point. We also really need to get back to pushing the ball out in transition because our half court offense isnāt cutting it lately. I think we win a close one.
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That came from someone with 7 followers. Tom Brew, who covers IU basketball for SI, is suggesting this is baseless.
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Itās a lot more common than you think. I wonāt name names because itās unnecessary but I know for a fact there are guys on Creans roster that smoked but also won conference championships and went on to play in the pros or overseas. Just something youāll easily look past when your team is successful.
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Hopefully itās just a false rumor. Kopp was taken in a cop car outside the sample gates a couple months back and it turned out to be nothing
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Also showed that Woodson can have 2 point guards on the floor at the same time and make it winning basketball. Idk if JHS is a 1 & Done type player so itās important to show they can have 2 elite PGs work together
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Deliciously ironic that they complain all IU fans do is talk about history but theyāre doing the same thing to make themselves feel better about losing to us when TJD played 10 minutes.
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2023 PF Kwame Evans Jr. Commits to Oregon
Hoosierdave replied to IUFLA's topic in Basketball Recruiting
We have the second largest alumni base in the entire country only behind Penn State. You can also see we have like 2-3x the amount of followers as those schools on social media platforms like Twitter and IG. We have all the potential to be the leader for NIL opportunities when it comes to a basketball school. -
2023 PF Kwame Evans Jr. Commits to Oregon
Hoosierdave replied to IUFLA's topic in Basketball Recruiting
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Considering that Nebraska had McGowens back and TJD was out for an extending period of time/had to finish without him, Iām pretty happy with the result.
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Kill some clock, get the ball in the post for a high percentage basket. Just be the smarter team for the next 3 minutes
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Nebraska is so bad. Just take care of the ball and dont shoot yourself in the foot.
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USCās dual threat 5-star freshman entered the portal. Wonder if weāll reach out since we wanted a younger QB on the roster
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Still think we could benefit from another dual threat QB. Just donāt see him getting enough time in the pocket to show all his skills. Hopefully our depth at RB and upgrading to more speedy receivers will help offset our weak OL.