IUFLA Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 (edited) When: Wednesday November 27th 12 PM EST Where: Imperial Arena, Paradise Island, Bahamas TV: ESPN In his first year at Louisville, veteran coach Pat Kelsey ( 261-122 in 12 seasons at Winthrop and College of Charleston) bring his 2-1 Louisville Cardinals to the Bahamas to Battle our Hoosiers in the opening Game of The Battle 4 Atlantis. Louisville does have a game this Friday against Kelsey's old school, Winthrop. The Cardinals are currently #59 in KenPom Rankings Louisville is led in scoring by 6'10 5th year senior big man Kesean Pryor, a USF transfer who also had a stop at one of my old alma maters, Northwest Florida State (NJCAA). Pryor comes off the bench shooting a high volume of 3s but has only connected on 19% so far. The starting lineup consists of 5th year senior and 2024 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year (James Madison) Terrance Edwards Jr. (38% from 3), Colorado transfer and 5th year senior, J'Vonne Hadley (44% from 3), 6'11 sophomore transfer (College of Charleston) James Scott (7 pts 6 boards per game), 6th year senior and BYU transfer 6'11 Noah Waterman (31% from 3) and former Bucky Badger senior Chucky Hepburn (3 steals, 4 APG). 6'2 Senior transfer (College of Charleston) Reyne Smith comes off the bench and also shoots a high volume of 3s (10 per game) while connecting on 38%. Guards Koren Johnson, Aboubcar Traore, and 4 star freshman Khani Rooths provide additional bench depth. Louisville averages the most 3 point attempts in D1 right now at 37 per game, although they only shoot 30% from distance. They've beaten Morehead State (KenPom 285) and Bellarmine (KenPom) 336, while losing to Tennessee by 22. Should be another good test for us. Another program that has a high volume of transfers trying to fit together. GO HOOSIERS! Edited November 22 by IUFLA 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUfaninIllinois Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 2 hours ago, IUFLA said: When: Wednesday November 27th 12 PM EST Where: Imperial Arena, Paradise Island, Bahamas TV: ESPN In his first year at Louisville, veteran coach Pat Kelsey ( 261-122 in 12 seasons at Winthrop and College of Charleston) bring his 2-1 Louisville Cardinals to the Bahamas to Battle our Hoosiers in the opening Game of The Battle 4 Atlantis. Louisville does have a game this Friday against Kelsey's old school, Winthrop. The Cardinals are currently #59 in KenPom Rankings Louisville is led in scoring by 6'10 5th year senior big man Kesean Pryor, a USF transfer who also had a stop at one of my old alma maters, Northwest Florida State (NJCAA). Pryor comes off the bench shooting a high volume of 3s but has only connected on 19% so far. The starting lineup consists of 5th year senior and 2024 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year (James Madison) Terrance Edwards Jr. (38% from 3), Colorado transfer and 5th year senior, J'Vonne Hadley (44% from 3), 6'11 sophomore transfer (College of Charleston) James Scott (7 pts 6 boards per game), 6th year senior and BYU transfer 6'11 Noah Waterman (31% from 3) and former Bucky Badger senior Chucky Hepburn (3 steals, 4 APG). 6'2 Senior transfer (College of Charleston) Reyne Smith comes off the bench and also shoots a high volume of 3s (10 per game) while connecting on 38%. Guards Koren Johnson, Aboubcar Traore, and 4 start freshman Khani Rooths provide additional bench depth. Louisville averages the most 3 point attempts in D1 right now at 37 per game, although they only shoot 30% from distance. They've beaten Morehead State (KenPom 285) and Bellarmine (KenPom) 336, while losing to Tennessee by 22. Should be another good test for us. Another program that has a high volume of transfers trying to fit together. GO HOOSIERS! Funny that he was at CoC last year and Chris Mack is at CoC now haha 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybergates Posted November 25 Report Share Posted November 25 On 11/22/2024 at 11:05 AM, IUfaninIllinois said: Funny that he was at CoC last year and Chris Mack is at CoC now haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted November 25 Author Report Share Posted November 25 (edited) Watched the Tennessee-Louisville game from November 9th since that was the only P5 game they've played so far...At Louisville, and the Cards were never in the game. Fell behind 8-0, lead grew to 20, and they never got closer than 12 again. Final 77-55 Louisville plays a lot of 5 out, and love the 3 pointer...Against the Vols they shot 26% from 3 on 39 attempts, and only 27% overall...And if Pryor or Smith get the ball, it's going up... I don't see an answer for Ballo or Reneau, and they're kinda slow closing out on the perimeter... Edited November 25 by IUFLA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Paye32 Posted November 26 Report Share Posted November 26 Hope they don't catch fire on their 3's. I'm a little nervous about that, as we give up alot of open looks from deep. Go Hoosiers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted November 26 Report Share Posted November 26 2 hours ago, IUFLA said: Great 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUskim Posted November 26 Report Share Posted November 26 2 hours ago, IUFLA said: Ironically they did the women’s game today. Hopefully the men have better luck… 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierfan1901 Posted November 26 Report Share Posted November 26 UL’s HC grew up as an IU fan according to him 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fkfootball Posted November 26 Report Share Posted November 26 Pat Kelsey is a good dude. I hope he does well, just not against us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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13th&Jackson Posted November 27 Report Share Posted November 27 IU -2.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadToZion Posted November 27 Report Share Posted November 27 We should kill them in the paint. The only chance Louisville has is if they hit 15+ 3s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCHoosier32 Posted November 27 Report Share Posted November 27 1 minute ago, RoadToZion said: We should kill them in the paint. The only chance Louisville has is if they hit 15+ 3s. Absolutely gotta win this one. Then Gonzaga will expose us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted November 27 Report Share Posted November 27 I’m surprised it’s only 2.5. We will win by double digits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted November 27 Report Share Posted November 27 Imperial “Arena” is strange venue, with a very low ceiling. “Although the ballroom opened in November 2007, it didn't undergo transformation until November 2011 when the inaugural Battle 4 Atlantis was played.[1] The Ballroom is 50,000 sq ft (4,600 m2) , has dimensions of 289 ft × 165 ft (88 m × 50 m) and has a 26 ft (7.9 m) ceiling, making it one of the lowest ceilings for a college basketball venue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kdug Posted November 27 Report Share Posted November 27 Louisville is #2 in the country in 3 point rate but #281 in 3 point %. They shoot a lot of threes but miss a lot. But I think they’re probably a better shooting team than that number would indicate. They have one guy, Reyne Smith, shooting above 30% from 3, and he’s at 42% (career 37%). They have 4 other guys who have attempted 15 or more threes but are all making them at a 30% or lower clip. The thing that scares me is that of those 4 guys, all but one are shooting better than 36% from 3 in their career. If we have lapses around the perimeter like we have in recent years, they could light us up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted November 27 Author Report Share Posted November 27 Newton out, Cupps ready to play today... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledies22 Posted November 27 Report Share Posted November 27 38 minutes ago, Kdug said: Louisville is #2 in the country in 3 point rate but #281 in 3 point %. They shoot a lot of threes but miss a lot. But I think they’re probably a better shooting team than that number would indicate. They have one guy, Reyne Smith, shooting above 30% from 3, and he’s at 42% (career 37%). They have 4 other guys who have attempted 15 or more threes but are all making them at a 30% or lower clip. The thing that scares me is that of those 4 guys, all but one are shooting better than 36% from 3 in their career. If we have lapses around the perimeter like we have in recent years, they could light us up. need to play small and gobble up those long boards and not give them 2-3 opportunities on possessions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted November 27 Report Share Posted November 27 12 minutes ago, ledies22 said: need to play small and gobble up those long boards and not give them 2-3 opportunities on possessions. Exactly, those second chance threes are deadly. They are averaging nearly 12 ORs/game. They also have four regular rotation guys shooting 90% FTs. Can't put them on the line. IU has a big size advantage, but defensively, I'm not sure IU can play Ballo, Reneau and Mgbako against their four guard lineup. Too many wide open threes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoyeCowbell Posted November 27 Report Share Posted November 27 Oh, that's right. We play today! Being that we're such a prominent football school, I forgot about our other sport. As always, hook 3s are our keys to success. IU by 20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JW75 Posted November 27 Report Share Posted November 27 1 hour ago, IUFLA said: Newton out, Cupps ready to play today... Poor Newton.... Have to feel for the kid! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted November 27 Report Share Posted November 27 Line moved to 3.5, I like that, but... I'm skeptical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUskim Posted November 27 Report Share Posted November 27 2 hours ago, IUFLA said: Newton out, Cupps ready to play today... Did you hear that on the pre game or something? The availability report lists him as questionable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted November 27 Report Share Posted November 27 Those two look like sisters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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