Hoosier987 Posted December 15, 2023 Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 (edited) 25 minutes ago, 5 championships said: Woodson getting pretty defensive in his pre Kansas press conference about 3 point shooting and defense He built this team. Theres only a couple Archie recruits left with TJD and Race gone Edited December 15, 2023 by Hoosier987 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier4Life53 Posted December 15, 2023 Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 4 hours ago, tdhoosier said: I will say that I won’t be surprised if we pull out a win and our problems will still persist for the next few weeks. Although we can’t guarantee the team will show up with the intensity they need on any given night, you can almost guarantee that the fans will show up with the intensity this team can feed off of. Assembly Hall has a way of willing these guys to hustle and play hard defense. I give us a 40% chance to win. And there’s also no doubt that Gallo plays much better at home - so he is my pick to click. I like your optimism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted December 15, 2023 Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, 5 championships said: Woodson getting pretty defensive in his pre Kansas press conference about 3 point shooting and defense "I'm gonna say this for the last time, guys, we take enough threes, we just need to make the ones we take and we work defensively to defend the three. We've had some struggles in that area. Hopefully tomorrow, we'll fix that. Hopefully" IU is 360th (of 362) in three point attempts/game at 12.7. The median in CBB is 22.1 Edited December 15, 2023 by 13th&Jackson 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted December 15, 2023 Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 Didn't like the sounds of Coach when he said he doesn't know when Xavier is going to be back. That sounds like something along the lines of another few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted December 15, 2023 Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 7 minutes ago, Seeking6 said: Didn't like the sounds of Coach when he said he doesn't know when Xavier is going to be back. That sounds like something along the lines of another few weeks. I'm kind of at the place where I really don't expect to see X again. That's not me knocking him or the staff either one to be clear. In a way this just all kind of feels like last year to me, a whole lot of indefinite time frames and "we don't knows." My pessimism on this topic will really rise if we don't see him against Nebrasketball in January. I sincerely hope I'm wrong. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUCrazy2 Posted December 15, 2023 Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Parakeet Jones said: I'm kind of at the place where I really don't expect to see X again. That's not me knocking him or the staff either one to be clear. In a way this just all kind of feels like last year to me, a whole lot of indefinite time frames and "we don't knows." My pessimism on this topic will really rise if we don't see him against Nebrasketball in January. I sincerely hope I'm wrong. So it isn't just me then. I have started to get that feeling myself. The school is generally tight lipped about injuries so at a certain point you start to question the severity of the injury. He has been out 4 weeks at this point. High ankle sprains usually go 6 to 12 weeks. 12 weeks is February 8th. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted December 15, 2023 Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 IU is 4-1 over the last 5 as unranked team vs top 10 team. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledies22 Posted December 15, 2023 Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 2 hours ago, Seeking6 said: Didn't like the sounds of Coach when he said he doesn't know when Xavier is going to be back. That sounds like something along the lines of another few weeks. medical redshirt and return October of '24? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier4Life53 Posted December 15, 2023 Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 5 minutes ago, ledies22 said: medical redshirt and return October of '24? Nothing against XJ, but let’s hope not…time for some new leadership. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier4Life53 Posted December 15, 2023 Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Seeking6 said: Didn't like the sounds of Coach when he said he doesn't know when Xavier is going to be back. That sounds like something along the lines of another few weeks. I’ll be a tall task tomorrow without a healthy XJ…thought he would be back by now, but obviously it’s worse than most thought, and may be more than a sprain. Just hope we can keep it close to give ourselves a chance for the upset. Edited December 15, 2023 by Hoosier4Life53 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted December 15, 2023 Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 57 minutes ago, Seeking6 said: IU is 4-1 over the last 5 as unranked team vs top 10 team. How big were those lines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted December 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 Just a note... Tomorrow the Kansas starting lineup will have 434 college basketball games under their belt... IU's starting 5 will have 195... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierdave Posted December 15, 2023 Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 I hope im wrong but I just don’t see us winning. I don’t see a single matchup advantage (maybe Ware?) to exploit. Sounds like X won’t play. Bill Self is the best coach in CBB and our coach struggles to understand his own roster year after year and with his mass subbing I don’t have confidence in us keeping any momentum we may build. Only way I see us winning is if we play like that UNC game last year and bring the defensive intensity from the start and get Kansas out of sorts. we’ll need extra possessions via turnovers and rebounds to have a shot. At the very least, I want to see this team play with their hair on fire because this is basically a do or die game if you don’t want to be biting your nails come selection Sunday. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledies22 Posted December 15, 2023 Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 2 hours ago, Hoosier4Life53 said: Nothing against XJ, but let’s hope not…time for some new leadership. Yah, I was not being serious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdue7 Posted December 15, 2023 Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 1 hour ago, IUFLA said: Just a note... Tomorrow the Kansas starting lineup will have 434 college basketball games under their belt... IU's starting 5 will have 195... Race, TJD, Koop & XJ ended year with almost 550 That’s a lot too lose 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted December 16, 2023 Report Share Posted December 16, 2023 2 hours ago, KoB2011 said: How big were those lines? All were larger than the 6.5 tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted December 16, 2023 Report Share Posted December 16, 2023 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Seeking6 said: All were larger than the 6.5 tomorrow I assume you mean last five at home against top ten teams where we were unranked, yeah? Even so, I don’t think you’re correct on the lines. The most recent top ten home game where we were unranked I can find is Purdue two years ago and that line wasn’t 6.5… EDIT: only comparable line I could find in those 5 games was Michigan, and they blew us out for the one loss. The rest we either were slight favorites or slight dogs. So at best the info on the lines seems mixed on the veracity. Edited December 16, 2023 by KoB2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cbp4IU Posted December 16, 2023 Report Share Posted December 16, 2023 IU hits 7+ 3s they have a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kdug Posted December 16, 2023 Report Share Posted December 16, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, KoB2011 said: I assume you mean last five at home against top ten teams where we were unranked, yeah? Even so, I don’t think you’re correct on the lines. The most recent top ten home game where we were unranked I can find is Purdue two years ago and that line wasn’t 6.5… EDIT: only comparable line I could find in those 5 games was Michigan, and they blew us out for the one loss. The rest we either were slight favorites or slight dogs. So at best the info on the lines seems mixed on the veracity. I’m pretty sure one of those games would’ve been when we beat #6 MSU in the 2018-2019 season. We were 6.5 dogs at the closing line in that game. Edited December 16, 2023 by Kdug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWatShot Posted December 16, 2023 Report Share Posted December 16, 2023 3 hours ago, Hoosierdave said: At the very least, I want to see this team play with their hair on fire because this is basically a do or die game if you don’t want to be biting your nails come selection Sunday. Not sure I'd call a December non-conference game "do or die" for our postseason hopes, but we could certainly do ourselves a huge favor by winning. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted December 16, 2023 Report Share Posted December 16, 2023 42 minutes ago, Kdug said: I’m pretty sure one of those games would’ve been when we beat #6 MSU in the 2018-2019 season. We were 6.5 dogs at the closing line in that game. You are likely correct, I struggled to find data prior to 2020. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drroogh Posted December 16, 2023 Report Share Posted December 16, 2023 1 hour ago, TheWatShot said: Not sure I'd call a December non-conference game "do or die" for our postseason hopes, but we could certainly do ourselves a huge favor by winning. I truly HATE the one game definition of a season attitude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted December 16, 2023 Report Share Posted December 16, 2023 IU needs to make this an ugly game. KS assists on 73% of its shot attempts. They also score in transition. Their average possession is 16 seconds. IU can’t turn it over. IU needs to be very patient on offense and disrupt timing on the defensive end. Should be a battle inside. KS doesn’t typically shoot many threes, but they make 38% IU needs to be solid on the boards. Can’t allow second chance points. A lot of prospective recruits in attendance. IU needs to play with a lot of energy and effort. They need to be very physical and keep the score down. Officiating will be important. Reneau has to stay out of foul trouble. I’ll be working today, so I’ll have to record and try to avoid the score. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyhoosier29 Posted December 16, 2023 Report Share Posted December 16, 2023 19 hours ago, Seeking6 said: Didn't like the sounds of Coach when he said he doesn't know when Xavier is going to be back. That sounds like something along the lines of another few weeks. I’m sick and tired of hearing about X being injured. Can we just see how it all plays out and stop talking about him? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zville Hoosier Posted December 16, 2023 Report Share Posted December 16, 2023 Hopefully this is IU being overly precautionary again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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