Morehead State Post Game Thread

[KoB2011]

1 minute ago, IU Scott said:

Another thing I found out tonight is that I am such a hypocrite 

When are you going to start your fire Mike Woodson thread?

[IU Scott]

Just now, KoB2011 said:

When are you going to start your fire Mike Woodson thread?

No, not yet LOL!

[Indykev]

Just now, Coach Robby said:

Took a 25 pt thumping 

I had a girl in my neighborhood growing up who liked to take me out behind the shed for a thumping..I think she went to Morehead St. Graduated with Honors.

[MoyeCowbell]

31 minutes ago, bluegrassIU said:

Big Win! Huge!

**exits stage right*

The beatdown you wanted/demanded!

[13th&Jackson]

3 minutes ago, KoB2011 said:

Not a fan. Fans = homers. 

[Zville Hoosier]

32 minutes ago, 13th&Jackson said:

Zebras bailed us out. 9 games out of 10 Reneau gets called for a foul there

Of all the calls we don’t get at home, we were due that one

[HoosierDPU95]

8 minutes ago, NWOHoosier said:

Anyone have any idea what was up with Reneau after the game?  Seemed very upset and had to guided off the court by Sparks. Didn’t seem to have anything to do with a Morehead player. Kept looking toward the stands. 

Probably some loud mouth "fan" who never played at a level close to where Reneau is, giving him $&#@ because he can't talk smack to his Purdue-fan coworkers tomorrow.

[MoyeCowbell]

9 minutes ago, MSHoosier said:

Totally agree. And this wasn't the only time coming down the stretch. When Banks was in he grabbed an offensive rebound trapped under the under the basket and still tried to force it up rather than dribble out and reset. I have been observing this same thing going on all season, and my conclusion is that CMW is coaching them to go up no matter what and avoid passing or resetting after an offensive rebound. Only explanation.

Mgbako did the same thing in the second half and scored. Must be a coached thing*.

*Which may mean that CMW also doesn't have full trust in his shooters on the perimeter. Better chances of scoring down low or drawing a foul, I guess.

[94hoosier]

another positive is Galloway is becoming a scorer and a gamer. Making big plays and shots when the game is on the line. If he can start making free throws

Edited December 20, 2023 by 94hoosier

[bluegrassIU]

8 minutes ago, MoyeCowbell said:

The beatdown you wanted/demanded!

Dang straight. For a whopping 5 minutes.  🤦‍♂️

[MSHoosier]

Did we get out scored by 21 from 3-point land ? If  I am reading the box score right, they hit 10 and we hit 3, is that right?

[IUFLA]

3 minutes ago, MSHoosier said:

Did we get out scored by 21 from 3-point land ? If  I am reading the box score right, they hit 10 and we hit 3, is that right?

Yes... They shot over twice as many and made them at a better percentage (though they were 8% below their norm)

[Hoosierdave]

Really bold choice by the social media team with the all caps. I would have personally gone with size 1 font or maybe if I did all caps thrown in a “??” at the end haha

[kyhoosier29]

15 minutes ago, MoyeCowbell said:

Mgbako did the same thing in the second half and scored. Must be a coached thing*.

*Which may mean that CMW also doesn't have full trust in his shooters on the perimeter. Better chances of scoring down low or drawing a foul, I guess.

I’m not opposed to guys getting rebounds and going back up strong if it’s there. Just wish we had guys smart enough to know when it’s a good shot and when it’s not. Up 1 with .27 secs left and .20 secs on the shot clock isn’t one of those times to go right back up, especially when you have three guys on you (like MR did at the end). 

[Artesian_86]

For what it’s worth, this time last year, we were also 8-3 on December 19th and went 9-3 by beating Elon on December 20th, 2022.

[Euroclydon]

Relying heavily on two freshmen and two sophomores is creating problems for IU. The lack of maturity and composure stands out. They have to play through it and learn how to be ready for every game.

The reality is the game is much more difficult when you can only hit a few three pointers per game and back that up by missing 12 free throws. 

If this game was on the road they lose by double digits.

What frustrates me is they ended up so thin at guard one injury has put the season in jeopardy. Playing your starters 30+ minutes and then asking them to do it again threedays later is  probably not going to turn out well long term.

 

 

 

Edited December 20, 2023 by Euroclydon

[cthomas]

4 minutes ago, Artesian_86 said:

For what it’s worth, this time last year, we were also 8-3 on December 19th and went 9-3 by beating Elon on December 20th, 2022.

Ground hog day?

[5fouls]

38 minutes ago, Indykev said:

I had a girl in my neighborhood growing up who liked to take me out behind the shed for a thumping..I think she went to Morehead St. Graduated with Honors.

With a degree in Microscopic Anatomy.  

[cthomas]

1 minute ago, Euroclydon said:

Relying heavily on two freshmen and two sophomores is creating problems for IU. The lack of maturity and composure stands out. They have to play through it and learn how to be ready for every game.

The reality is the game is much more difficult when you can only hit a few three pointers per game and back that up by missing 12 free throws. 

If this game was on the road they lose by double digits.

What frustrates me is they ended up so thin at guard one injury has put the season in jeopardy. Playing your starters 30+ minutes and then asking them to do it again two days later is  probably not going to turn out well long term.

 

 

 

Agree with all of this. But, I think the freshmen are growing into their roles. MM is much better than he was a and I thinks Cupps is getting better as well. It's a lot to ask this early in the season. They've taken quite a bit of criticism but I'm proud of them.

[jojo123]

This is what accepting moral victories gets you. 

[NWOHoosier]

When searching for a positive from tonight, I think it gives us a great and immediate  (Thursday) chance to see if this team is willing or able to grow from a game like this. They should get a clear look at what it looks like when energy is lacking and they just flat don’t play consistently hard. Usually a Christmas break game with North Alabama would be a snoozer but we’ll know a lot more about this team’s chances to reach any of their goals by the end of Thursday. 

[94Bulldog]

1 hour ago, kyhoosier29 said:

I’m not opposed to guys getting rebounds and going back up strong if it’s there. Just wish we had guys smart enough to know when it’s a good shot and when it’s not. Up 1 with .27 secs left and .20 secs on the shot clock isn’t one of those times to go right back up, especially when you have three guys on you (like MR did at the end). 

And I’ll add, get bailed out and miss both free throws.

[Parakeet Jones]

We didn’t lose. That’s all I’ve got. Actually, I do have more but I’m too tired. 

[Hoosier4Life53]

34 minutes ago, jojo123 said:

This is what accepting moral victories gets you. 

No moral victories here…but I’ll take the win over a loss no matter how ugly it was. 

[KoB2011]

I believe all of this came with just one of Ware/Reneau in the game.

Shooting aside, the space and pace is much better without them both. This is similar stuff that XJ was running on his hot streak at the end of the ‘22 season.

I really hope the coaches look at this and play more this way moving forward. Not saying we should never have the two bigs in together, but lots of three guard lineups and lineups with Walker at the four with just one of the two bigs need to happen.