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25 minutes ago, ephul said:

Agreed.

IUscott is 100% right, AAU has destroyed the teaching of fundamentals and team play.

College coaches just have to emphasize possessions/turnovers. It's why you can pretty much point out which programs will lead the league in turnovers and which will have very few turnovers. The Virginia's, purdue's, Villanova's, etc take care of the ball and get more quality shots up. Others like we've seen the last decade lean toward the run and gun... get easy transition buckets at the expense of turning it over....

Coaches that are given time to build their program and bring their own players in will have a program that reflects what they teach/believe in. Taking care of the ball can be tought.... old habits die hard though. Easier to teach a freshman than it is a juniou/senior.

Yep exactly!!

10 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

I know we watch and critique IU more than  we do other teams.  If you watch a lot of college basketball or just basketball in general you will see those same mistakes by every team out there.  I just don't think kids today are brought valuing each possession like we did when we were young.  In AAU where you are playing 6 games a weekend players are not worried about team wins rather they worry about looking good for coaches.  They come in undisciplined and are not working on fundementals of the game like they use to.

I think that’s a fair point I just don’t think certain decisions/mistakes should happen as a senior in power 5 basketball. 

7 hours ago, kyhoosier29 said:

I don’t think ANYBODY has a complaint about XJ’s personality or aggressiveness, but if we’re just supposed to live with the poor shot selection and out of control tendencies because he brings the other positives, then we aren’t getting close to our potential this year. Somebody (coaching staff ?) has to get him to understand that we can be a REALLY good team if he makes better overall decisions. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with demanding that. If it’s simply “we have to live with the bad to get the good”, then we won’t go very far. Saw how that worked out with DG. It stinks for XJ because he’s already made us much better and deserves credit for that, but he’s also what’s holding us back from being REALLY good. 

Yes yes yes!!! Spot on. The coaching staff cannot have the mentality of Race where he says and I’ll tell him to take the 10th one. The mentality should be X you’re not making your threes try something else or make the extra pass. If you’re wide open for three then most likely you can dribble a couple dribbles and force the other team to make a decision. We definitely win in Wisconsin and we maybe win at Syracuse if X plays like a senior. He’s playing like a freshman in shot selection. When I coach I talk about high percentage shots. Kopp, Stewart, Leal taking open 3s are high percentage shots. X taking one especially early in the shot clock is not one. More than  2 of 11 shots X takes should be from layups or near the free throw line and for him I’d considered high percentage shots. He’s a senior HE has to be better on decision making period.

3 hours ago, IU Scott said:

8-20 from 3 is pretty good if you ask me

So our PG shot 9 3s the rest of our team shot 11???? That CANT HAPPEN…. X 2-9 that means rest of team was 6 for 11 which is 54% that’s pretty good IMO

47 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

There's only 12 teams in the country (out of 360ish) shooting that percentage so far this season.  So, that's hardly an indictment against the team

And, for the record, we aren't exactly chopped liver.  49 out of 360ish is what, something like the 86th percentile?

That number is going to keep going down if Johnson shoots more threes than Kopp and Stewart combined.

2 hours ago, Artesian_86 said:

I truly want to see Durr succeed sooo bad! His hands are just not strong around the basket. Every time he brings the ball down low it’s gets hacked and swiped at. Usually, 9 out of 10 times he loses it. 

Yep and I say to myself why did you bring the ball down go straight back up… Race is so good at quickly getting the ball back up or tipping it in. Surely Durr played 21 tips growing up lol.

4 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

But so does Logan Duncomb...

Just sayin'...

I’d like to see him over Durr….. durr is just sooooo bad.

2 minutes ago, BGleas said:

You can't be serious. We'd be 7-5 without him and would have lost today. ND made their comeback once he came out. 

He was also 2-9 from three and 3-11 overall… he was supposed to be the guy who drives and gives our shooters/big men the ball. He did the same thing against Wisconsin and is why we lost. Once he missed 3 in a row impact the game another way. 

10 hours ago, mchenry34 said:

It will be easier for us to stay in front of them, which helps our defense immensely...That said, we will get torched by Blake Wesley if he is playing against our second group. Sooner or later we need to abandon the "second team" rotation and have three of our best players on the court all the time..We can't have both Race and Trayce off the court, we can't have both Parker and Kopp off the court (though I would argue that we shouldn't have them both on the court) We can't have both Xavier and Tamar off the court....

We need to maintain a balance that always has a post threat, at least one shooter, and a dribble drive threat all the time...We sometimes have a lineup on the floor that has none of those things on the court...

1000% agree. Woody still has the NBA mass rotation style in his head and that works great if you have 4 and 5 star kids who can help tremendously but in our case we aren’t there yet.

20 minutes ago, FKIM01 said:

If that's Khristian's way of complaining publicly, I'm completely OK with it.  Maybe he IS frustrated and venting, but if you want to see inappropriate bitching about not playing enough, there are plenty of examples in the past of kids being a lot more direct than a meditating Patrick Star.😂  He's still a teenager...I'm OK with a little public expression that's not directly attacking teammates, coaches or the program in general.  If he's genuinely pissed, hopefully that motivates him to get better.

I'm more concerned about his mother publicly and more directly venting about it on social media.  It was probably a heat of the moment reaction to her frustration but I hate to see parents get involved publicly like that.  If nothing else, it puts the student athlete in a bad spot.  Hopefully, that was just a moment in time that everyone learned from.  

I 1000% agree and you said it perfectly.

41 minutes ago, IowaHoosierFan said:

Not everything this kid post on twitter has to do with basketball.  Could be about a girl, classes, relationships with a friend or family member or just inside joke that mean absolutely nothing to anyone but the other person who sees this.  Jesus Christ people it's a F*cking Spongbob cartoon image.  The kids is 19.

I get where you’re coming from but when it gets brought up In the press conference, the comment is after a game, and again his mom has made comments in the past I personally see it otherwise. Yes if it was not directly after the game you’d be completely right and still could be right but sorry for having an opinion on a board and that it annoyed you so much.

5 hours ago, IUFLA said:

Is this what you're talking about?

I wasn't sure how to read that... 

We all know every player wants more playing time...Coach Woody coaches for the "now" which I like, but the portal has given "coaching for the future" added significance in the eyes of some...

That said, I hope Kristian sees what Coach Woody is doing... he'll be in position to play big minutes next year, and you can never rule out (God forbid) injury or foul trouble this year...

As Coach Woody said, "be ready to shine." 

Yes and with his mom making comments in the past I don’t think it’s a good post IMO

23 minutes ago, Inequality said:

The RP bashing is ridiculous and unwarranted. A stellar student that does what the staff ask. The staff that didn’t recruit him at that. There isn’t a guard on the team right now that’s putting up an 18pt ave. But it’s pile on Rob because he’s in Landers way of playing time? Is it’s going to strengthen the pt argument if we convince others that he sucks? Good grief…

I honestly don’t care who plays the point guard position I just want them to do their job. IMO RP doesn’t do that on the offensive side. His defense is a completely different story and that’s why he plays over Lander IMO we lost at Wisconsin because of X not RP. The offense stalls when RP is in the game but I did like what I saw when X and RP were in the game together 

2 hours ago, btownqb said:

Now.. I'm a huge CMW fan. 

Yep and he’s not gonna put up with lander complaining on Twitter in his own way without words. He knows what Woodson requires so go out and work on it harder if you want to get on the court. He just thinks he should get more time because he’s a 5 star. RP SUCKS but plays defense so that’s why he’s in the game because he knows what Woodson wants/needs.

On 12/6/2021 at 12:02 PM, IUFLA said:

I just wish Adidas made shoes in wide sizes...I make Bigfoot look like Hack Wilson...

That said, I love New Balance shoes, but as God is my witness I will never wear the ones with the velcro straps no matter how old I get

 

You need to get UA shoes. They sell them in wide and I have neuropathy and I find UA most comfy on my feet by far

Wisconsin crowd just seems not into it all game even when Davis had that dunk for them early 

1 hour ago, Indykev said:

I watched just him on D when he was in. He is coming around on that end, much more active. Had good switches, didnt lose his man and was just more aggressive then only a few weeks ago.  You can tell someone has been working with him. On offense he keeps the ball moving better than most on the team. Takes the shot when open. Bates could learn from watching Leal.

I 1000% agree the one thing I want to see him do is create his own offense more and not be afraid to shoot it when in a good spot. He only seems to shoot it when he’s WIDE OPEN!!!

6 hours ago, Hoosier82 said:

I didn’t say the defense didn’t have injuries they just weren’t as costly and catastrophic to the game plan as the offense. My point was simply that the defense far underperformed compared to the offense…Injuries on both sides considered 

I mean I don’t watch much Indiana games as I don’t follow the football team like I do the basketball team but if your offense is never on the field because they suck and the defense is asked to be on the field most of the game it’s just destined to be bad for the defense. If you can show me where Indiana won time of possession in more than three of their losses then you might have an argument. Defenses in any program are just not built to me on the field for a majority of the game like the IU defense has been forced to do.

49 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

Yeah I do...cut and paste error

 

As I say to my wife listen to what I mean not to what I say haha

46 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

When: Saturday, November 30th 7:00 PM EST

Where: Carrier Dome, Syracuse NY

TV: ESPN2

Syracuse so far is 3-3 under HoF Coach Jim Boeheim...Coming off of a 18-10 (9-7 in ACC play) and an NCAA Tournament appearance where they lost to Houston in their Sweet 16 game...They return 2 starters from that team in F Buddy Boeheim and G Joe Girard...

Results do far...

G		Opponent	Conf		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L
1		Lafayette	Patriot	W	97	63		1	0
2		Drexel	CAA	W	75	60		2	0
3		Colgate	Patriot	L	85	100		2	1
4	N	Virginia Commonwealth	A-10	L	55	67		2	2
5	N	Arizona State	Pac-12	W	92	84		3	2
6	N	Auburn (19)	SEC	L	68	89		3	3

 

They have 5 players that average in double figures, and the same 5 average over 24 mpg (4 of them over 30 mpg) so they have questionable depth...They are a good offensive team, but aren't very good on the defensive end, and are one of the worst teams defending on the perimeter (they allow 37% on 3s)...

I've watched them a few times this year, and Buddy Boeheim can be a problem...He's a good scorer and has a decent mid-range game...only 31% from 3....Girard was a prolific scorer in high school (Glen Falls, NY) scoring over 4,700 points (he started as an 8th grader for his Uncle Rob) and averaged 50 ppg as a junior and senior...picked 7th or 8th in the ACC this year...

"Outlook: ‘Twas another patented ‘rope-a-dope’ Syracuse season in the land of Orange. You know the script. Float on the bubble, barge into the dance, then spoil everyone’s fun masquerading as a ‘Cinderella’, while the rest of us non-Cuse fans roll our eyes in annoyance.

Say what you will about Jimmy Boeheim, but few coaches in America are as forthcoming when it comes to assessing their own team (as a semi-professional previewer of teams, this pleases me!). The following Boeheim quote, courtesy of Adam Zagorgia’s interview from Forbes, encapsulates the Orange’s 2021-22 outlook in a nut shell:

“We will be a really, really good offensive team. We will score better and more than last year and we were in the top 40 in offense. … We got nine good players but they all can shoot. We got knockdown shooters. We’re a little slow so how much that affects us I don’t know.”

Boom, nailed it. Premier athletes with go-go-gadget arms have been subtly replaced by robotic shooters, who can rip the nets from NBA range and beyond. Buddy Boeheim headlines the deep stable of shooters, riding high off his NCAA Tournament inferno. And since the ‘give it to my kid and let him make it rain’ play worked wonders, why not go double trouble with big bro in the mix?! 

Bottom Line: This is the third straight season where Syracuse will go as their shot making goes, an odd identity shift from the length and athleticism infused defensive-driven squads that preceded them. A healthy Sidibe and a consistent Edwards could restore balance to the force but this figures to be another vanilla defensive team, devoid of the intimidating length and anticipation we’ve seen bewilder opponents in the past. Still, Syracuse will light it up with anyone, again, and be right back in the thick of the bubble ether, again."

Highlights of their win against Arizona State...

 

 

You mean Tuesday not Saturday 😂😂😂

On 11/24/2021 at 7:39 PM, IUKane21 said:

Good thing that God gave us two eyes. Irish ☘️ kickoff at 8 

I’m recording the Irish game and watching it afterwards 🕺🕺🕺

9 hours ago, ephul said:

I guess I'm in the minority that just isn't as high on Lander.

He's not a great shooter. He lacks size, he's not extremely quick on defense. And, he turns the ball over too much.

I agree, if he reaches his potential, he could give us a slight upgrade over Rob, despite Rob's shortcomings. But I just don't see this "high ceiling" kid with the current tools I see. If he can learn to come in to a game, be a steady presence and create for teammates, wonderful. But making boneheaded plays and turning it over is going to kill us against B10 competition. Hopefully with more PT, he cleans up the turnovers and can be a trustworthy backup PG.

So are you ok with how X has played then because I haven’t been that impressed with him considering their age difference. X is technically a senior and turns it over and commits fouls like a freshman 

1 hour ago, IU Scott said:

Probably because he had two fouls

I didn’t realize that because I forgot about the technical haha I was hoping it was because of benching someone for playing bad.

I love how X wasn’t playing good then lander came in and played well so CMW left him in and didn’t go back to Johnson until the second half.

45 minutes ago, PhinithreeMagic said:

It's really small but Bates' ability to create space from his man before he even puts the ball on the floor is incredible. He is a game changer on the offensive end for a team that has lacked any kind of individual creativity for 5 years now.

I also love how he’s the first person on the bench to stand up and cheer on the team giving them high fives helping them up. He is going to go down as one of my all time favorite Hoosier players even if he’s only here 2-3 years.