5fouls Posted December 19, 2022 Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 43 minutes ago, 13th&Jackson said: Not advocating for playing more cupcakes. Here are some teams that are 40-65 in the NET. Memphis, OK St, Colorado, NC ST, FL, Nevada, UNLV, Missouri, UCF. Those are winnable, but still challenging, road games that would still count as a Quad 1 road win. If you lose, it's a Quad 1 loss, but so is a loss at Kansas, that is almost a zero chance for a road win. I can get on board with any of those teams except Nevada. Want no part of the Alford circus if Nevada somehow won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUProfessor Posted December 19, 2022 Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 (edited) This criticism may be mooted moving forward depending on XJ's status, but what's perplexed me this season is that we went away from the offensive adjustments we made last season that allowed us to get hot down the stretch. Specifically, TJD and XJ playing off one another in the PnR. We've seen relatively little of that this year, especially in the games where our offense bogged down. I think that expectations for this season were (reasonably) based on the assumption the team would build off the lessons and adjustments it made last year. But for whatever reason, the team doesn't seem to have retained those lessons. Until it does, its ceiling is lower than expected. Edited December 19, 2022 by IUProfessor 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierDPU95 Posted December 19, 2022 Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 2 hours ago, 13th&Jackson said: Not advocating for playing more cupcakes. Here are some teams that are 40-65 in the NET. Memphis, OK St, Colorado, NC ST, FL, Nevada, UNLV, Missouri, UCF. Those are winnable, but still challenging, road games that would still count as a Quad 1 road win. If you lose, it's a Quad 1 loss, but so is a loss at Kansas, that is almost a zero chance for a road win. I would be down with adding some more schools like that to the mix as well. For what it's worth, I just saw that KU and Arizona are #4 and #5 in both polls this week (#6 and #8) in the NET. Not sure any team will have a tougher 2-game stretch on their schedule this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted December 19, 2022 Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 2 hours ago, 5fouls said: I can get on board with any of those teams except Nevada. Want no part of the Alford circus if Nevada somehow won. I think it would be cool to play Alford at New Castle HS. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierDPU95 Posted December 19, 2022 Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, rico said: I think it would be cool to play Alford at New Castle HS. Losing coach has to shave his head? 🤔 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted December 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 21 minutes ago, rico said: I think it would be cool to play Alford at New Castle HS. The hype around that would be crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted December 19, 2022 Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 I think the program has longer to go than most of us hoped for or probably want to admit. I’m not sure if we are the borderline FF contenders some of us were hoping for, especially if the report ends up not being good for X. I do think we are a better team than last year though. Overall, I believe Woody has is moving in the right direction. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted December 20, 2022 Report Share Posted December 20, 2022 Watching The Field of 68 and they are talking about UK. Funny thing is that everything they say is wrong with UK is the same as IU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted December 20, 2022 Report Share Posted December 20, 2022 32 minutes ago, IU Scott said: Watching The Field of 68 and they are talking about UK. Funny thing is that everything they say is wrong with UK is the same as IU. Nope. We have a coach who has integrity 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted December 20, 2022 Report Share Posted December 20, 2022 31 minutes ago, IU Scott said: Watching The Field of 68 and they are talking about UK. Funny thing is that everything they say is wrong with UK is the same as IU. I watched "Field of Dreams" and they weren't talking about UK. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted December 20, 2022 Report Share Posted December 20, 2022 5 minutes ago, Steubenhoosier said: Nope. We have a coach who has integrity On the court Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted December 20, 2022 Report Share Posted December 20, 2022 4 minutes ago, rico said: I watched "Field of Dreams" and they weren't talking about UK. Wow duh but I said field of 68 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted December 20, 2022 Report Share Posted December 20, 2022 12 minutes ago, IU Scott said: Wow doh but I said field of 68 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted December 20, 2022 Report Share Posted December 20, 2022 15 minutes ago, IU Scott said: On the court Be specific then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted December 20, 2022 Report Share Posted December 20, 2022 5 minutes ago, Steubenhoosier said: Be specific then To reliant on a big man who really can't shoot. No reliable shooters to surround that big man. Offense is sometimes to stagnant 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDB Posted December 20, 2022 Report Share Posted December 20, 2022 16 hours ago, IU Scott said: To reliant on a big man who really can't shoot. No reliable shooters to surround that big man. Offense is sometimes to stagnant Probably a good number of D1 teams in this category from what I have seen so far this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdue7 Posted December 20, 2022 Report Share Posted December 20, 2022 17 hours ago, rico said: I watched "Field of Dreams" and they weren't talking about UK. Ease his pain…… Go the distance….. If you BUY them, they will come? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawatchHoosier Posted December 25, 2022 Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 Indiana has 3 losses. 2 losses to the 3rd and 7th best defensive team in CBB and the other loss to arguably the best offensive team in the country. Indiana needs players to do something on offense when TJD gets them ball out of the double team. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButlerHoosier Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 (edited) Also this has been a problem I have seen all year even with the cupcake teams Kennesaw State being the latest. Our 3 point defense is suspect cause of overhelping and slow changes. It has allowed teams to feel comfortable from the arc. This gives us a major problem when out offense isn't clicking. Not to mention trading 2s for 3s isn't a good tradeoff. Next point unfortunately I feel until we can recruit consistently and get balanced classes and balanced positions in those classes we will not be able to get back to a prominent status year in and year out. I like the Malik Reneu and JHS recruiting cause they are high level multi year players. We need 2 to 3 of those type of recruitments every year. We also need a legit big every year or every other year cause they normally take longer to mature and blossom. The last thing I see is we need an attitude change. We exemplified it earlier this year when we went to Xavier and won. There was a Boulder size chip on our shoulder a swagger a pit bull take no crap type mentality. After the Rutgers game we have regressed into our old ways of meekness it seems where if we are outside of Assembly Hall we don't play with confidence. We turned into a paper tiger. Geo Bakers quote really stuck with me on this. He said he wasn't worried about IU. We need to make teams doubt that they may even win on their own home court. We need to start winning the mental game instead of losing the mental game before it starts. Edited December 27, 2022 by ButlerHoosier 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntnfreak Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 (edited) ^^ All of that ^^ Edited December 27, 2022 by Huntnfreak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegrassIU Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Huntnfreak said: ^^ All of that ^^ And a bag.of chips. 😎 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fundamentals Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 The long layoff could go numerous directions related to team and rest of season. 1. Could be the chance to get healthy before the conference season really kicks off 2. Could be a time for them to make tweaks and improve some areas (offensive movement, half court D, rebounding) 3. In my opinion, the Iowa game is a perfect place to get rolling. Iowa is mid-low tier this year in conference. 4. Lose here and they are 0-2 on the road before playing any conference-ranked foes away from home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 My end of year "Get the Curmudgeons Fired Up" contribution 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IowaHoosierFan Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 On 12/28/2022 at 2:35 AM, Fundamentals said: The long layoff could go numerous directions related to team and rest of season. 1. Could be the chance to get healthy before the conference season really kicks off 2. Could be a time for them to make tweaks and improve some areas (offensive movement, half court D, rebounding) 3. In my opinion, the Iowa game is a perfect place to get rolling. Iowa is mid-low tier this year in conference. 4. Lose here and they are 0-2 on the road before playing any conference-ranked foes away from home. Does anyone have our record the last 10 years when coming off a long layoff, say 1 week or more? How well do we usually do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted December 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 (edited) 24 minutes ago, IowaHoosierFan said: Does anyone have our record the last 10 years when coming off a long layoff, say 1 week or more? How well do we usually do? I get your thinking from a fan perspective, but probably isn't relevant prior to last season. That is the type of thing that is really reflective of preparation by the coaching staff. What Crean or Archie did doesn't really matter. Even among the players, most of the rotation, other than Race and Trayce really haven't been here more than two seasons. Last year the team had a holiday layoff from 12-22 until a game at Penn St on Jan. 2nd, a 61-58 loss. This season, there was a week prior to Xavier and Kansas. Edited December 30, 2022 by 13th&Jackson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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