HoosierDom

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 number puts him at 8-9 per game. I'm certain that's not correct. Still, a no-brainer that we want him.

With all the stuff they have let go tonight, how is that Purdue bump a foul?

I'm afraid you're giving the UConn guy too much credit.

Agreed. If Illinois could hit a few shots, they would only be down 10-15. UConn's defense hasn't been amazing this game. It's just shameful shooting. UConn is certainly dissecting the Illini defense, but they look beatable to me.

I don't mean to defend his roster decisions too much, but he did bring in Bates, Mgbako and Cupps - all of whom were billed as shooters coming in. Banks and Ware probably fit the bill, also.

It's unbelievable how many bad decisions Alabama has made.

If we're avoiding overreactions to a small sample size, he never would have been on our radar in the first place.

Let this officially put an end to the May talk unless/until he has success with a bigger program. He's an Archie level hire.

Was that last UK shot not a 2?

ITH is saying it's done.

I think there are plenty of reasons to fire Woodson, but I don't know about this one. If Woodson leaves, kids will just transfer again. I don't think kids mind that much.

Why do you think we had a good percentage last year? Do you think Galloway and X were among the top shooters in the country? To me it's obvious that we had good numbers because we didn't shoot many. We took the open ones and passed up the rest. Most of the open ones were open because teams had to pack the paint against TJD.

I agree, he should have filled that spot. I don't agree that red shirting a guy makes any sense. If you're not good enough to help this year's team, why would we think you will ever be good enough to play at this level? Red shirting for non-medical reasons never happened often, and it's going to happen even less in the age of transfers. As I remember it, he talked a lot last off-season about looking for a guy that would move the needle (I think that was his phrase) - clearly be an upgrade over the guys already on the roster. He struck out on them. I certainly would have just brought a guy in just in the hope he would out-compete our current guys, and Woodson didn't do that. I don't get it, but it's not like he didn't want to upgrade - he tried and failed.

Again, what system do you run with the guards/wing we have had? Do you not play through the guys who are your best offensive players by a large margin? What is he supposed to say in his press conference? "I don't want to play this way, but my guys suck"? To me, his comments have always indicated that he was going to run that system because with that roster, it's all he sees fit to do. I don't see anything in his comments to suggest he would run that system with Golden State, or even Nebraska, but he will run it with this year's IU.