Cbp4IU Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 1 minute ago, slojoe said: From Champs to Chumps. At this rate we'll be lucky to finish in top half of B1G. Will be lucky not to play Day 1 of the Big Ten Tournament 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotIThatLives Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 3 minutes ago, D-BONE said: Ranking not an issue, but over-ranking clearly was a thing. Preseason rankings included Race and XJ, before X went down we were ranked 14th which was about the average of the Preseason rank. Sure we got hopeful after the Xavier road win and smashing UNC but 14 is about right with a healthy team. With X and Race we hope to hang in The top 40. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euroclydon Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 Disappointed but in reality you take two starters out and your best player is battling back problems. It's going to take time to figure out who should play now and how to play. Honestly, the regular season now becomes a transition in prep for conf tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotIThatLives Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 4 minutes ago, D-BONE said: Good teams find a way to overcome officiating most of the time. Teams that consistently are the aggressor eventually see call start bending more in their direction. We just can't sustain it consistently. That's an issue. We are not a good team without 2 senior starters so it would be nice to get a decent to fair whistle. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-BONE Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 JHS is bad-ass and so is Trayce. CMW doesn't need excuses like we lost some guys to injury. Of course it is a major challenge, but there's not enough talent left over with those two to win one of Rutgers, Iowa, NW? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-BONE Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 Just now, NotIThatLives said: We are not a good team without 2 senior starters so it would be nice to get a decent to fair whistle. Injuries suck. It's not fair. I don't deny any of it. It's tragic. But sometime you just have to man up, dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KDB Posted January 8, 2023 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 We shot 51.6% from the field, and 50% from 3 with 9 made threes.. We scored 83 points, and 49 in the second half. Our defense has suddenly become atrocious. Wide open driving lanes, wide open looks from 3, and we get beat off the dribble constantly. The officiating wasn't good today, but our effort on the defensive end is why we are losing games and it will be why we continue to. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-BONE Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 Tamar Bates and even JG look like guys if unlocked would also be bad-ass along with JHS and TJD. Despite the injuries, WTF is going on with them looking like scared puppies out there. Why aren't those guys and Galloway and Copp all engaged in a kick-ass offense? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zville Hoosier Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 If we remove that phantom foul against JHS in the 1st half, we win! 🤪 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-BONE Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 Okay, everybody, just keep blaming the refs. I repeat: good teams - injury or otherwise - find ways to overcome that. Shit officiating is a reality constantly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artesian_86 Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 (edited) I think CJ Gunn is the X factor right now. I think MR and JG are liabilities right now at the 4/5. JMO…. We got out hustled especially when MR and JG were in. MR will be just fine and will be huge for IU with meaningful minutes at some point, but he’s not the answer right now. I think with our recent injuries, Galloway needs to be starting along with Tamar. I think with a smaller lineup and more speed we can play more effectively. I like that Coach switched up the defense and finally threw in some much needed zone defense. Edited January 8, 2023 by Artesian_86 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotIThatLives Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 2 minutes ago, D-BONE said: Injuries suck. It's not fair. I don't deny any of it. It's tragic. But sometime you just have to man up, dude. So they are a good team. You keep going back and forth about rankings and now this. Where you at with this roster? I just hope we get in the tourney and get the guys back. Sure absolutely, you can't blow that lead to Iowa. Sure you can't come and get blown out on your home court against Northwestern and squander 2 really good games by JHS and Trayce. The rest of the team has to figure out how to guard as a team. They are not in sync so yeah, man up and win enough to get into the tournament and hopefully the motor and emotional spark guy is back and your muscle Trayce sidekick is back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Hoopsier Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 You say potato, I say Po15-3 in conference is still possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach1K Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 Penn State and Wisconsin coming up this week nothing easy being away on Wednesday and at home on Saturday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier82 Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 6 minutes ago, KDB said: We shot 51.6% from the field, and 50% from 3 with 9 made threes.. We scored 83 points, and 49 in the second half. Our defense has suddenly become atrocious. Wide open driving lanes, wide open looks from 3, and we get beat off the dribble constantly. The officiating wasn't good today, but our effort on the defensive end is why we are losing games and it will be why we continue to. All of this as well as we foul entirely too much. The defensive effort and execution on Buie was embarrassing. We also can’t afford 9 turnovers from our two best players. The offense isn’t the problem, everything else is. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indykev Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 7 minutes ago, D-BONE said: Injuries suck. It's not fair. I don't deny any of it. It's tragic. But sometime you just have to man up, dude. We are playing freshmen that cant play. MK, TG, JG and MK couldn't guard dead people. No the talent isn't there....Dude 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artesian_86 Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 3 minutes ago, Zville Hoosier said: If we remove that phantom foul against JHS in the 1st half, we win! 🤪 If TJD hits the late free throw with Galloway’s last shot, we go to overtime… It shouldn’t have to depend on that, but that’s where we’re at. Poor bench play, missed free throws and turnovers. I left out X and Race because our bench should be deep enough to overcome that. JMO. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indykev Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 3 minutes ago, Joe_Hoopsier said: You say potato, I say Po15-3 in conference is still possible. Did you not just watch the last 2 games. 3-15 is a better shot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 Just now, Artesian_86 said: If TJD hits the late free throw with Galloway’s last shot, we go to overtime… It shouldn’t have to depend on that, but that’s where we’re at. Poor bench play, missed free throws and turnovers. I left out X and Race because our bench should be deep enough to overcome that. JMO. They never let TG get that last shot off if they are only up 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotIThatLives Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 4 minutes ago, Artesian_86 said: I think CJ Gunn is the X factor right now. I think MJ and JG are liabilities right now at the 4/5. JMO…. We got out hustled especially when MJ and JG were in. MR will be just fine and will be huge for IU with meaningful minutes at some point, but he’s not the answer right now. I think with our recent injuries, Galloway needs to be starting along with Tamar. I think with a smaller lineup and more speed we can play more effectively. I like that Coach switched up the defense and finally threw in some much needed zone defense. Gunn played 15 minutes, played a little too fast on offense but brought the spark to speed up the defense against a quick backcourt. If he could just slow down a hair and let the game come to him offensively I could see his confidence pop. Sadly, JHS and Trey are going to play a ton because of ball handling. I'm not sure who MJ is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-BONE Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 2 minutes ago, NotIThatLives said: So they are a good team. You keep going back and forth about rankings and now this. Where you at with this roster? I just hope we get in the tourney and get the guys back. Sure absolutely, you can't blow that lead to Iowa. Sure you can't come and get blown out on your home court against Northwestern and squander 2 really good games by JHS and Trayce. The rest of the team has to figure out how to guard as a team. They are not in sync so yeah, man up and win enough to get into the tournament and hopefully the motor and emotional spark guy is back and your muscle Trayce sidekick is back. I love everything after your first two sentences. They need to get their shit in gear. Are people not able to follow my arguments? I am saying if we are as good as our early season rankings we should be able to win a few of these recent games despite the impact of injury. If not we should have been pre/early-season rated more like 20 to 25, which I said was probably more realistic given - IMO - we hand't shown the ability to sustain top-10/upper B1G all season with the favorite tag, which itself brings major added pressure and challenge. So if the initial ranking were appropriate, I would expect we could overcome some of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 1 minute ago, NotIThatLives said: I'm not sure who MJ is? Malik Jordan? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artesian_86 Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 2 minutes ago, NotIThatLives said: Gunn played 15 minutes, played a little too fast on offense but brought the spark to speed up the defense against a quick backcourt. If he could just slow down a hair and let the game come to him offensively I could see his confidence pop. Sadly, JHS and Trey are going to play a ton because of ball handling. I'm not sure who MJ is? I meant, M. R….🤣 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Hoopsier Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 1 minute ago, NotIThatLives said: Gunn played 15 minutes, played a little too fast on offense but brought the spark to speed up the defense against a quick backcourt. If he could just slow down a hair and let the game come to him offensively I could see his confidence pop. Sadly, JHS and Trey are going to play a ton because of ball handling. I'm not sure who MJ is? I looked out there once and saw CJG gaurding about 5' past the 3 line and JUMPED with amazement ! WTF started us playing D with out toes on the 3 line instead of heals? JFC! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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