94hoosier

Some teams add with multiple losses and no quality wins or one neutral site win. See UK and Gonzaga.

you do both and really force him to move all over the floor and defend. Open the lane for cuts and drives to the basket for others. Can’t let him defend the post or wait in the paint for guys to drive

Let TJD and MR put the ball ion the floor from 15 to 18ft and make him move his feet. Get him in foul trouble. Then abuse Furst and Kaufman in the post and make the guards beat you off the dribble

I thought Gonzaga did a poor job of attacking Edey. They were scared if timme getting fouls but should have matched them up a few times and let Timme drive him and try to get fouls. Gonzaga did run any offense thru Eden’s man. You have to make him guard the PNR and make him guard guys that can put the ball on the floor and drive. Can’t let him stay in the paint and clog it up. Just helps the guards defend if he can stay in the paint the whole game. Teams that beat Purdue will make Edey guard all over the floor.

None should have been techs now

Both bates and Geronimo didn’t do much or look that good in the minutes in the floor. That’s why they didn’t get more time. They both will have there games this year where they shine and get the minutes. You have earn them. Kopp played good at both ends of the floor. Yes he got beat several times. Geronimo and bates would have got beat sometimes too if they were in. The coaching staff did a graft job coming back from 9 down and rotating the players. Kopp hit the big 3 from the pass out off the double by TDJ. That’s why he is in the floor. That is his role he made the big one. If he makes the layup that he completely blew or one more 3 everybody is talking about him playing good. The staff played the guys that gave us the best chance too win on that night. It might be race or Geronimo or bates closing out the game against UNC. It’s up to them based on how they are playing who cares who starts. It’s who finishes and getting the W

That is why he is the floor. That is why your ok if he missed the first 3. The coaches know and trust he can make big shots. There is so much more to the game then shots made and points scored

It does change the momentum. They got the two points back. The break in the action allowed coaches to talk to players and the momentum we build up to fade and give them time to relax and gain composure. Not saying they wouldn’t have made a 3. But we could have came up with a turnover or forced a hurried shot

The techs killed any momentum. Who knows what was said to make X turn around. Even so should be called galloway and Kopp both and hustle and defend hard. They got beat some but stopped them more that you really don’t see because they force a pass or keep the player from getting the ball I really like the potential of both bates and Geronimo they will have big games this year but they are not better than Galloway or Kopp tonight coach went with the guys that where playing the best learn from the game get better and move on

JHS plays with the perfect pace. He doesn’t look like he is moving fast but he gets to where wants and is always on balance. He can stop and create space rise up and drain it from 15 to 18 ft. He doesn’t over penetrate and get into trouble with a double team. I was impressed that XJ never forced any shots last night or forced any drives. That will be key. We have plenty of guys that score in a variety of ways. There will be a lot of games with 4 and 5 guys in double figures

There will games where Davis is only needed to play 25 and games where he needs to play 30+. Against UNC 30 +. Against northwestern 25 to 28 is probably about right. The big takeaway is we look like we actually can get very strong minutes from MR without a lot of drop off and Logan can provide some quality minutes. That will take pressure off race and trayce

If Geronimo learns how to defend on the perimeter he can play the 3 and 4. That will get him minutes. If he doesn’t he won’t get that many minutes. He has a nice 10 ft jump shoot and should have worked on his 3pt shot over the summer. If can defend wing players he becomes dangerous because if size and wing span for opposing teams

I think all this is much to do about nothing. I take it that the comments are more about fans making more about it and speculating what happened then what actually happened. If they have a problem with Davis saying we are taking over leadership on the team and moving the team in the right direction then we should be glad they are gone.

Add in the ability to defend different types of players out on the floor and be able to switch on guards late shot clock and contain them is huge. He has the potential. Needs a lot of work but still has the potential

Would be very surprised if TJD isn’t a hard worker. Everything on the court and the way he plays is hard. Not saying he is but just surprised. Also seems to be a great team mate. Considering he is a star player he seems to work at it. Just limited in skill not work ethic. Just my outside view

There are two sides to every story when he entered the portal TT and coach Adams owes him nothing more until the semester is up. It becomes his responsibility for his choices. we as a society have seem to forgotten we have choices and consequences for our choices. Quit blaming blaming others for your decisions

No one has to leave someone can pay there one way. Trust the staff to work it out

Maybe someone is willing to pay their way. TJD make good NIL money. Maybe he has already said if I come back and we are out of scholarships I will pay it maybe somebody else has already agreed. It is really not important because I’m sure the staff has a plan and it will all work k out fine. We need to keep upgrading talent. That is what UK Duke MSU Kansas and all the other top programs do. They are continually looking to upgrade

Not sure I get all the love for the Illini. Even with kofi back not sure that is a top 25 team. Melenzas is a nice player and verdonk is too. Not sure about the guards. The top 7 teams or so last year ranged from 15-5 to 12-8. It not that hard for those teams to lose a few more. Iu could easily win 3 or 4 more even without TJD next year. Had we stayed healthy and caught a break or two we easily could have won 3 more games. If the experts expect improved from Illini and Wisconsin and Purdue players why not IU. We could easily move up the standings

If Geronimo wants minutes he needs to get better. Better on defense both perimeter and interior. Better ball handling. Better 3 pt shooting. Less fouls. Do that and you we get minutes. If he thinks he needs to go elsewhere to get minutes I’m not sure you want him. You need guys that want to play hard and earn minutes. That is what will are us better. That is what will get Geronimo to the next level. Not leaving simply to get minutes. My hope is he stays and puts the work in. He has potential to be a impact player.

Not sure why so many don’t like Kopp. I know we all expected better 3pt percentage. But his presence on the floor stretched the defense. He handled the ball and passed pretty well. Not great off the bounce. It was ok. Defensively he is better than some make him out to be. He hustled and moved his feet well. I agree we will be a better team if he is coming off the bench. But we didn’t have a better option than him. Galloway was injured too much and while better defensively Kopp was better shooter which helped space the floor. Truth is Kopp and Galloway splitting time was about right. Which one was playing better gets more time. When Healy Galloway closed out games for defensive reasons. This coming year is probably about the same. Geronimo is never playing heavy minutes as 3 in the college game. I agree with the a rotation Geronimo Thompson and Davis play most of the minutes

Maybe Matta knew something was coming down the pipe at butler last year when he came to IU. Maybe that is why he took the job he did. Maybe Dolson knew this too and it was a good fit for a year to keep acclimate Woodson to college game and recruiting. Maybe the only job that would get Matta back in coaching is Butler

Actually it is the same Today’s society overreacts and wants to over punish a public figure because he should be held to a higher standard. Why he made a mistake. The legal system will punish him. Woodson will punish him. What ever it is fine. XJ can learn from this and become a better person from it.

It’s funny how everyone wants to over react and wants to throw some one off the team not knowing the whole story. So much for learning from mistakes. Funny how nobody’s remembers the dump shit they did at that age. We have turned into a society that wants to burn everybody for a mistake but talk about equality and being fair and compassionate. XJ deserves the chance to talk to the staff and let them decide the punishment. I’m fine with what ever they do

Our two lottery picks played bad. Victor and Cody didn’t know what to do their length Some of it could fall on bad game plan and not being prepared. Didn’t help that hulls was hurt and not effective at shooting