Final : Indiana 75 - Minnesota 71 | RoJo Career High

[mdn82 25,464]

That is absolutely not correct. It's our 4th win their in 10 years and almost every other game has been extremely close in that time. I know its a weird building and is extremely intimidating but in the last hand full of years we have done better there than at most other places.

What wasn’t correct about what I said? I didn’t say anything about the last ten years?


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[Stuhoo 75,781]

Honestly next year him, Morgan and McRoberts might be the only players getting minutes along with the freshmen. 

Morgan, McBob, Smith, Durham, and hopefully Race should all get minutes next year.



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[Brass Cannon 24,068]

3 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Morgan, McBob, Smith, Durham, and hopefully Race should all get minutes next year.



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I was counting Race with the freshmen. 

Al I am not sure about. Guy has to working on alot

[HoosierAloha 29,900]

Two of our starters with zero points and we still won (Newkirk and McBob). I’ll take it. 

Newkirk had little positive impact for IU. McBob had some rebounds, assists, and no turnovers. I would like to see h score a bit though.


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[IUrocker 2,131]

Looking at the stat sheet, the 3 players with the least amount of minutes in the game were Newkirk, Green, and McSwain, while mostly everyone else was able to shine. Honestly it makes sense to me that we were able to do well and get the W with those 3 getting less time on the court. I surely hope they can contribute more and I will root them on, but the way this season has gone so far and everyone's performances, us getting the win and having Smith be able to play as much as he did while Newkirk, Green, and McSwain spent more time on the bench makes complete sense to me. 

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,120]

Yeah because we all definitely thought a 3 star freshman would be putting up the numbers he has so far. 

This exactly. A lot of revisionism .

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[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,120]

Dakich makes this game almost unwatchable. Most obnoxious human being on the earth. I'd rather listen to Walton.

I don't want to hear either.

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[cthomas 5,931]

Great win! Honestly, I thought we were heading for Wisconsin 2.0 as the second half started. I'll give the game ball to Minnesota for that mess at the end. Greene's bonehead ten second violation was the low light of the game until Minnesota topped it at the end.

[HoosierSadaseci 2,258]

Proud of the team on a good win, if they would have played with the same effort against Wisconsin we would have won that game, too.

[Brass Cannon 24,068]

We're 2-2 in the big ten with 8 home games remaining and 6 road games. 

Would really love to win these next 2. 

[HoosierAloha 29,900]

We're 2-2 in the big ten with 8 home games remaining and 6 road games. 
Would really love to win these next 2. 

If we could somehow win the next two, vs. PSU (2-2) and NW (1-3), we could build a little momentum before we take our beatdown in East Lansing.


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[JimBobJimmyBob 66]

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3) we could end up 2-4 or 4-2. I wouldn't be surprised if we went 0-3 or 3-0 in our next 2 home games

I’ll be completely shocked if we go either 0-3 or 3-0 in our next *2* home games.

[Bailey7878 2,506]

Fine, feel free to criticize.
But what he doesn't deserve after a loss is people questioning if he is the right guy for the job.  It's just way too early for those kind of judgments.

Not sure who ever said that. I saw concern about the team and this year but nobody calling him the wrong guy.

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[Bailey7878 2,506]

If we could somehow win the next two, vs. PSU (2-2) and NW (1-3), we could build a little momentum before we take our beatdown in East Lansing.


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These are games we should win but we all know this team is up and down. But winning both would be huge.

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[HoosierAloha 29,900]

These are games we should win but we all know this team is up and down. But winning both would be huge.

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Lose one, win one..


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[Old Friend 8,389]

7 hours ago, Treesh said:

McRoberts is a top 3 player on this team. Just his basketball IQ alone makes him so.


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He has to score, though.  Otherwise, teams will adjust defenses and he won't be nearly as effective as he has been on occasion.  He was invisible at Wisconsin, and.....we know the result.  0 points combined in 2 games isn't going to cut it.    Yes he does the little things; but if he's not a threat to score, that is an EASY defensive adjustment for any coach.

[Bailey7878 2,506]

He has to score, though.  Otherwise, teams will adjust defenses and he won't be nearly as effective as he has been on occasion.  He was invisible at Wisconsin, and.....we know the result.  0 points combined in 2 games isn't going to cut it.    Yes he does the little things; but if he's not a threat to score, that is an EASY defensive adjustment for any coach.

It may be but hopefully Hartman comes back. He role will be less if he does. The key is keeping morgan healthy cause Davis may not come back this year.

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[Old Friend 8,389]

4 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

Morgan, McBob, Smith, Durham, and hopefully Race should all get minutes next year.



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Durham can red-shirt as I'm concerned.   He is a bad basketball player right now; needs a lot of work, and his minutes haven't been productive.  (Lest anyone think I'm being hard on him, in the last 10 games, he is shooting 12-35 from the floor and has 13 turnovers.)   He is playing because we have nobody else; and I REALLY hope we add a guard to next season's class, whether it's a grad transfer or a freshman.  Phinisee will start immediately (I think) and he'll be terrific, but he needs help.  

 

[Old Friend 8,389]

2 minutes ago, Bailey7878 said:

It may be but hopefully Hartman comes back. He role will be less if he does. The key is keeping morgan healthy cause Davis may not come back this year.

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Davis is out.  I don't know for sure, but if he did anything but strain his achilles tendon, he's done.   I am shocked, seeing what we did from Smith that he hasn't played more.  Davis was very good early, and just awful recently.   I think with Morgan and Smith as our front court, we are as athletic up there as any team in the Big 10 save one or two.    I just wish we had a reliable point guard.  Newkirk has no confidence right now; and he's playing very poorly.

[Josh 12,380]

Fine, feel free to criticize.
But what he doesn't deserve after a loss is people questioning if he is the right guy for the job.  It's just way too early for those kind of judgments.

It's not too early if you didn't think he was the right guy in the first place.

But like I said, he deserves credit for this win.