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Rapid Reaction: IU vs UConn


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  • Indiana battled hard, but in the end it wasn't quite enough to come away with a victory vs UConn.

Well, losing sucks. There is no way around that. I could hear Herm Edwards ringing through my head as I find myself not as mad as I should be. Noah Vonleh was 0-1 with 2 rebounds, 4 turnovers, and 4 fouls. We had a shot to win. Yogi Ferrell was our best player on the court in the money time and went 6-19 and we had a chance to win. How did we have a chance to win against a legit top 25 team on a night where our 2 best players were struggling this bad? Depth and defense. UConn did things you would expect a team to do of that caliber at times. However, we made them look human offensively. In the past, under Crean we lose this game by 20+.

As a team it isn't pretty, but it isn't as bad as you would think for how we started. The good guys ended up with 17 turnovers. We ended up shooting 40.8% from the field as a team which is pretty decent considering the level of defense we were up against. From the line, IU was 15-22. Far fewer than previous games, but you would expect that. The true test for IU would be on the boards. On a night where Vonleh was non-existent we still ended up flush on the boards with 34 apiece which is astonishing. Props to Devin Davis for his 7 boards in the game. He had his issues down the stretch with 2 costly turnovers, but that is what you get with freshman.

Individually, it was downright ugly. If you look across the list of every player, is there any player who you can say honestly had a good game? Tom Sheehey was decent with 12 points and 4 boards. Yogi was as inefficient as you will ever see. Evan Gordon went 3-3 for 6 points. Devin Davis got 7 and 7. Jeremy had 7, but was really hit and miss no more and no less than Yogi and Noah. Troy was especially quiet after a fantastic game on Thursday. If someone can look at the stats, and explain to me how we had a shot to win, I would be grateful. I can't even comprehend how this was a 1 point game.

What to take away from this game? Well, I think this game will be the game where these kids at some point in their career point back to as a point where they realize they can be pretty good. Shooting can be improved by work during the summer. You can't teach that heart, defense, and athleticism that carried us in that game. No way should we have been in that game. Crean hates losing more than anyone of us, but he will put that tape in and show them how they stayed in that game. A loss sucks. No way around that. We will lose games this year, but we learned a lot about the heart this team will carry all year and beyond. There will be bumps along the road, but win or lose this team is exciting and easy to cheer on.

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I think CTC has made some strides. I was one of the many ripping him for poor in game adjustments last year but when you have the players he did last year you almost have to rely on the leaders to make those adjustments and adapt to the game. This year, at least in the last two games, I thought CTC has done a much better job being an in game coach which will be necessary with this younger team.


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Exactly.  Coach drew up a great play to end the first half, but people ripped him for it.  The play was designed for get JH an open look, and it was right there.  Unfortunately JH missed it.  Coach Crean has gotten better, and it helps because this team is more his style.  Last year had no true depth outside of Sheehey.  This year, we have Gordon, Davis, Hanner (improved greatly since last year), Fischer, Hartman, Robinson, and Etherington (sorry if I missed someone).  Coach can be more creative with his line-ups with what's working and what's not.  It was difficult to do that last year. 

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I was really impressed with IU's effort. Yogi was obviously playing on tired legs after playing so many minutes the night before. His spring in his jump shot just wasn't quite the same. Vonleh had zero contribution. And yet we played a top 20 team to one point in Madison Square Garden with a bunch of freshmen and sophomores, none of whom were really at the tops of their games. I look at this as a positive. If we can push UConn to the wire with a chance to win, we can play with anybody. For a rebuilding year, that's a heck of a statement. And as this team gets better, and it will, it could be in the hunt for something good in March.

 

Davis reminded me of Adrian Dantley with his "always in the right place to score in the middle of a mess." He was in Vonleh's shoes with fouls the night before. Williams followed a brilliant night with an off night. Guess what? Freshmen do that. But once they have 20 games under their belts, they won't be those green kids they are now, particularly when the competition toughens.

 

Yeah, losing sucks, but I found a LOT of cause for optimism in the loss as well as the impressive W over Washington.

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Why did Remy leave?

Backup point is a serious need for this team.


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I think he wanted to start. No way he'd do that here.


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I think he wanted to start. No way he'd do that here.


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In all seriousness I would like him over Jeremy.


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Why did Remy leave?

Backup point is a serious need for this team.


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He was passed out in the street after a frat party. CTC didn't take that to well...

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He was passed out in the street after a frat party. CTC didn't take that to well...

 

 

hey! that was super top secret squirrel stuff there you're divulging! 

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He was passed out in the street after a frat party. CTC didn't take that to well...


Oh. Never heard that news. If true, I'm glad he left.


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Oh. Never heard that news. If true, I'm glad he left.


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Yeah, it is true.  They stewed on it and came to the decision.  Remy's mom tried talking the staff out of it with no luck.  Crean didn't drag Remy through the mud on this one.  It was a bad mistake, but after everything this program went through we have to be somewhat superficial.  Completely agree with you.  

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In all seriousness I would like him over Jeremy.


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You can but I'm taking hollowell over him any day. Back up pg was Remy's actual position and he made the exact same plays hollowell does. By the end of the season you will be glad to have hollowell as the back up point.


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