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  5. Illinois Pre-Game Thread

    in IUBB Game Threads

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    2 hours ago, NotIThatLives said:

     Forget the refs, the fouls, the substitutions.   We get outrebounded by 10+ and turn the ball over 12+ times, hard to feel good about this one on the road.  Will the wheels come off is the question?

    The only way we out rebound them is if they don't send anybody at all to the offensive glass. I haven't seen anybody but Sparks block out consistently. (credit Michael Lewis for that)

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  9. Coach Mike Woodson Megathread

    in General Basketball Discussion

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    I've had this thought for a while, and have not shared it, and I haven't seen it addressed (so far) in this thread, or others.

    We have talent. Good talent. It doesn't appear to be used properly.

    Watching the body language of players, as well as how they play, I've come to the conclusion that we're just not mentally tough. Gallo, Walker & Cupps are. Jury is still out on Mac. Ware is weak, X is out of control, Gunn is who knows what, Banks seems lost most of the time.

    Knight was great at developing mental toughness. You'd have to be mentally tough to endure all of his "intensity". I don't think the staff has developed any mental toughness. All of the guys on the team are great people with great personalities, but I don't see them as mentally tough on the floor.

    You look at teams like PU, Wisky, Rutgers. They're all mentally tough. Always great effort. We don't have that.

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  13. Purdue Post Game Thread

    in IUBB Game Threads

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    I'm conflicted on Woody. On one hand he doesn't hesitate to get in the grill of a player if there is a screw up. On the other hand it appears (to me) he takes losing far too easily.

    In the NBA you lose a boat load of games each season. But you also play 82(?).  Gallo showed more remorse about losing than Woody did, and that was disappointing to me.

    With the game so lopsided in the last 10 minutes, I'm surprised Leal & Sparks didn't get playing time.

    And several of us have pointed out that we don't have a true leader on or off the court. Closest contestant would be Leal in my book, but he doesn't get playing time to lead on the court except during timeouts. And I've seen him try.

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  15. Comic relief

    in Colonial Crester's Corner

    Posted

    After last night's game, I thought we could all use a little levity....

    1. Struggling to get your wife's attention? Just sit down and look comfortable.
    2. Shout-out to everyone who can still remember their childhood phone number but can't remember the password they created yesterday.
    3. One minute you're young and fun.  And next, you're turning down the stereo in your car to see better.
    4. Not in jail, not in a mental hospital, not in a grave—I'd say I'm having a good day.

     

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  19. Purdue Pre-Game Thread

    in IUBB Game Threads

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Reacher said:

    While Sparks weighs less, he has muscle and a lower center of gravity. As a post player, i always had a tougher time against a shorter stockier player that I was not able to root out of position. Payton Sparks will take up space and grab rebounds. 

    And he knows how to block out !! Right now, the only guy that's demonstrated it consistently.

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  20. Purdue Pre-Game Thread

    in IUBB Game Threads

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    Ware will be in foul trouble, along with Malik within the 1st 10 minutes.

    Since we're all "fantasizing" about how to play Edey. If you take Cupps and double team Edey in front, Edey will run him over. After 3 times, you MIGHT get a foul called on Edey, but most likely they would call it on Cupps for blocking.

    I agree you don't beat Edey by playing his game. 

  23. Minnesota Post Game Thread

    in IUBB Game Threads

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    We've got one of the tallest teams in the nation, much less the B10, and yet we get out rebounded by MN in a home game.

    Still harping on our inability to block out on the defensive glass. Watched the game again and came up with a whopping 10 total block outs by IU players (for the entire game). No wonder MN got 13 Offensive rebounds and picked up 14 points as a direct result of that. 14 points because we haven't figured out how to put a body on a guy to get a rebound. I learned that in 8th grade, and it's not tough.

    MN guys were blocking us out far better than we did them when they were on offense! And we're only sending 2-3 guys to the defensive glass. Most of the time its only 2.

  24. IUBB '24/‘25

    in General Basketball Discussion

    Posted

    Personally I don't see X as a true leader. To me, he's more of a "foreman" when on the court. His issues off the court certainly don't exude leadership. Now...to X's defense, maybe his off court antics would be more like T Shannon alleged offense(s) if not for Woody's guidance vs a dumb speeding stunt, resisting arrest, curfew and others. We don't know.

    I have also noticed in recent games that Gabe is taken the initiative in several huddles to "lead" (at least that's my interpretation). Gallo leads by example, and plays harder than anybody. But I don't think he's a consistent vocal leader.

    TJD was CEO, Patton, and a real vocal leader. We don't have that on this team...yet IMO.

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