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To say I’m excited for this game would be an understatement. IU vs PSU on Saturday. Colts overseas and playing during breakfast Sunday. And this game afterwards. If PSU were still a top ten ranked football team, I don’t think my liver would make it through the weekend.

I'm a Bucky fan and Mgbako would seem to be a really good fit for Buckyball. But there's a problem for Mgbako and A&M, who likely spent a ton of their NIL budget on Mgbako; he had surgery for a Jones foot fracture in September. The news articles say that he's expected back by late November, but my understanding is that Jones fractures can be extended recovery period injuries. EDIT: Jones fractures with surgery are estimated 3-6 month recovery minimum. Because of the injury Mgbako isn't working on his handle and motor/conditioning, both of which need marked improvement. His tenure at A&M has all the current markings of a very expensive whiff.

In an effort to provide joy and optimism, win or lose, I present the IUBB shot chart thread! Let's start with a baseline of the past; The last game of the Woodson era; a 72-59 loss to Oregon in the B1G tournament: AND NOW.... the first game of the Devries era, a 98-51 win over Alabama A&M: My, how things have changed.

The list of guys who left and were productive in other programs is long. Guys like Banks and Bates are good examples. Woodson was a horrible coach who stifled the development of many young men. But he did pay them well.

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We'd be really scary if this team could've retained Tucker, Mgbako and Reneau IMO. Just as happy with a fresh start. But we're gonna see a lot of these kinds of performances from ex IU players this season. Good for them.

FOX will have its top crew of Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt & Jenny Taft on the call for Big Noon Saturday’s Indiana–Penn State broadcast. It’s IU’s 2nd FOX game and 4th national TV appearance in 5 weeks (CBS twice).

He did at times. He also didn’t get any love from the officials. Got elbowed in the face when a kid created space and no call and when IU was up 40 he got pushed down and got called down the foul. If that’s a closer game that’s an offensive foul every time

Surrounding him with 4 shooters like we have would either lead to him scoring 20ppg or a bunch of open shots on the perimeter (assuming the new staff could teach him to read the double team). Almost every team in the B1G had to double him in the post. I like Reneau and wish a guy like him could’ve stayed, but I fully support the staff getting the guys they wanted in here. Also, until further evidence I’m chalking up any attitude/effort issues with guys like Tucker and Mbako to the lack of coaching from the old staff. Several of us have pointed out all offseason that some of these guys are players and it’s going to be a little bittersweet seeing them succeed other places. Most of those guys weren’t a “Lander situation.”

What was especially annoying about woodys shot charts is we weren’t even good at the shots we shouldn’t have been shooting. The whole “well it went in” mantra didn’t even apply

Maybe. This would be my positive spin: MM can shoot, but he can't defend/put in consistent effort, plus he's a toxic dude. Glad he's gone, he's a culture killer. MR I don't really have an issue with. Though he's not much of a fit for CDD's offense and he may have irreversible Woody-itis after three years here. Fine to see him go. Tucker I honestly don't know. I think Woody's bad program was the worst possible fit for him and he'll probably do well. I know he and his parents were upset last year, but I can't blame them. I saw Kanaan had a pretty good stat line vs. Boston College (6/11 FG, 4/7 3PT, 19 PTS, 1 Asst, 2 Steals, 1 TO). Quite the change here! I'm sure Rice will be pretty good. It's wild how bad our former coach was...

It’s funny/sad people gave Woody the mantra that he ran 80’s NBA ball with personnel and emphasis. Then, He and his Twitter army team ran counter to that notion for an off-season or 2 only to be proven that these claims were 100% correct all along. Everyone around the program not directly within the program discussed this for 2 years hoping and praying for a change. And we got, “Nah, I know better”. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners

And an added plus about Enright's defensive abilities; him and Conerway are constant on-court reminders to the rest of the team to play every possession angry. Enright is a defensive culture-setter if there ever was one, and that positive outweighs his physical limitations.

The good news is... we can watch from afar and see how he does at Texas A&M this year. I am willing to bet he performs quite well for Bucky.

Is that all it took was a change of coaches?

And for the 1,000th time from every long timer…….this is the most surreal feeling every weekend I turn on my TV and a I see IU football being televised nationally, kickoff shows on campus…. This is the most awesome alternate universe ever!

YOU SHALL ALL BOW DOWN BEFORE ME FACING FORWARD

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He acquitted himself much better vs Baylor so I’m not worried yet. Honestly games like that are tough for a player like Enright. It’s tough on the “hustle guys” when the game is a glorified track meet full of alley-oops and quick 3’s. Enright will make his bones annoying tougher opponents and night to night in conferences. Hopefully.

Finally got to watch. Been on the road. That was a fun game. I know it’s Alabama AM but the defensive intensity was so refreshing. Hearing AH excited again makes me excited again.

Ethan Taylor, the No. 2-ranked big man in the class of 2026, will announce his college decision on Friday, November 14, at 4:00 PM ET on the CBS Sports YouTube channel. I don't recommend holding your breath for his announcement. Indiana Kansas Michigan State Oklahoma Oregon

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana women's basketball is back in action on Friday night when it hosts UIC in a 7 p.m. ET tipoff at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. GAME DAY INFO Indiana (1-0) vs. UIC (0-1) Friday, November 7, 2025 • 7 p.m. ET Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall • Bloomington, Ind. Broadcast: B1G+ Radio: B97 (Austin Render) Live Stats: Statbroadcast Social Media: Facebook | X | Instagram ABOUT THE COACHES Indiana UIC Teri Moren Ashleen Bracey Career Record: 446-242 (23rd Season) Career Record: 52-52 (Fifth Season) Indiana Record: 247-242 (12th Season) UIC Record: Same ABOUT THE FLAMES UIC opened the season at home on Monday in a 78-63 loss to Robert Morris. Their team features 10 newcomers and five returners on its roster as senior Jessica Carrothers led the Flames with 28 points in the opener. Senior Amelia Strong turned in 13 points and junior guard Julia Coleman had seven points. SERIES HISTORY Indiana leads 4-1 LAST MEETING 12/31/12 – W, 81-59 (Bloomington, Ind.) NOTES The season opened up for the Cream and Crimson on Tuesday night in an 80-46 triumph over Lipscomb. Senior guard Shay Ciezki led the way with 22 points while sophomore forward Zania Socka-Nguemen added a career-high 19 points in her debut. In Tuesday's win, 56 of IU's 80 points were scored inside the paint thanks to Socka-Nguemen's career high and Freshman guard Nevaeh Caffey joined an elite rookie club as she made her first career start in her first game in an IU uniform. She becomes just the sixth freshman to enter the starting lineup in the season opener under head coach Teri Moren. The Warrenton, Mo. native scored nine points and had five rebounds in her debut. Friday's game is the second of a three-game homestand to kick off the 2025-26 season. The Hoosiers will host Marshall on Tuesday, Nov. 11 before heading out for its first true road game at ACC foe Florida State. UP NEXT IU's homestand continues Tuesday, Nov. 11 in a matchup with Marshall at 7 p.m. ET.

Absolutely. It comes down to coaching ability. For many years, RMK did well with less talent in the pre-NIL era. Sure, he had talent but he proved that he didn't need 5-star talent to win. Cig is doing more with less even in the NIL era. Woodson (and Fickell) appear to have done less with more. NIL allows mediocre coaches to lurk in the shadows for just a bit longer.

Yeah, it's a real shame.

No problem not seeing eye to eye on MM. Just passing along some things I've heard from people around the program. Stuhoo's description is probably better than mine ("toxic" might be a bit much). The right coach and team can probably get him on track. It will be a bit annoying we'll have fairly constant discussion on former players doing well, plus "analysis" of all the coaches we "could" have hired. Good news is I'm pretty confident CDD won't care about any of that and I think he's a good coach who will ultimately succeed here.

I very much disagree with the "toxic" narrative about MM. Agree on everything else. I think they'd all do better with a real coach. So we will just get more evidence throughout the year exactly how awful Mike Woodson was. Thank goodness he is gone!

And neither is an outlier. I'll bet you could overlay the Woody era shot charts and they'd all look about the same. And going forward, I'll bet the DDV era shot charts will look about the same.

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https://www.si.com/nfl/how-the-colts-jets-cowboys-reshaped-their-futures “Do you want to band-aid this thing or fix it long-term? Carlie Irsay has been objectively awesome so far.

No no please don't prompt @Class of '66 Old Fartto post a forward facing pic!

Agree to disagree. Watch him on Miami this year. Watch him at Montverde on loaded teams. He’s been mislabeled because he was trying to carry the load on poor constructed teams with awful spacing. I also think he’s a coachable kid. Consider what the prior staff was trying to do. Not a fair judgement. And a good kid. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

I even think he ran counter to analytics to prove his point. However TJD was Him. Go to him early and often and reap rewards. Imagine Wilkerson and DeVries surrounding TJD on the kick outs…..

Three D2 teams have beaten D1 opponents this season. Those 3 D2 teams have combined for 1 D2 tournament appearance all time (they're really, really bad). Hawaii Pacific (qualified in 2017) beat Boise State by 1. Northwood beat WMU by 4 Wilmington beat Delaware by 9. Wild stuff!

Our current team with Reneau and Tucker would have such a higher ceiling. Bummer it wasn’t the vision. But new culture means something and you just never know how things would go. Reneau was always so underrated by Indiana fans. Similar to how TJD was treated until his breakout. Say for example, sub them for Ristic/Ancimovic. Oh well. We roll. Let’s see what happpens. Ristic might be something eventually. Idk. Maybe DeVries will eventually “Moren” me. With IUWBB I’m a “Trust in Moren”. I haven’t been that way with an Indiana basketball coach ever in my adult lifetime. I want that kinda faith back.

Should be early evening.

I guess it depends on what you mean by "more with less" as far as Cignetti is concerned. As far as ratings out of HS and even the transfer portal are concerned? Absolutely. As far as actual talent? Not really, this team has multiple All American players and NFL prospects on it, probably the most of any IU time in a long time, maybe ever. Cignetti and the staff seem to be very good at evaluating and developing the players, as well as using them in ways that takes advantages of their strengths while masking their weaknesses.

It doesn't help that there isn't a whole lot of blood movement from what I was told by an Ortho Dr when I cracked a bone in my foot 4 years ago. I still feel that bone sometimes when it gets cold. Youth is their friend when it comes that injury.

I don't hold any ill will towards him and hope he does have a solid year. But I don't think he'd be a fit with the culture DDV clearly wants on his roster. There were enough red flags at IU.

I'm with Pagoda. Malik, Myles Rice, and Tucker are super-nice kids. They'll be an asset to any program and were unimaginably misused at IU. Mgbako? To me he's not a 'nasty' kid, but he is kinda weird and immature with very questionable judgment, and it would take a really good leader and even better locker room to get him to be a positive asset to a team. Toxic? Maybe. A negative? Yup.

Coach Moren is so good; she found a way to get Garzon opportunities at her one elite skill; three point shooting, and managed to hide the major flaws in her game.

Just a small observation, not a complaint, but it appeared Enright got beat off the dribble and physically outmatched, more than a few times. Love his fire, but can't wait to see how things shake out, once everyone's healthy. This will be a fun, well coached GROUP to root for.

Just bought 2 tickets row 2 midcourt for a total of 14$ with fees I’ll be there. Section k

And I watched the first half and the player is the same. I’m surprised they are so committed at a full court press, she adds little value to it, she’s made several turnovers. Still runs like a potted plant. A few of the turnovers weren’t all on her, could have been a good play maybe, teammate wasn’t quite ready. 0-4 3s first half. Still runs like the knees don’t bend and just really slow. I’m with you in that coach moren actually got a lot out of her vs what is really there.

Since refs have to work 4 trillion times a year, DJ Painter Carstensen (big bald) is reffing high flying IU Indy, I hope they go so fast he passes out. Edit: They're catching their breath by taking a 10 minute review for a ball that might've gone off a fingernail. I kid you not, they had the review screen inside a giant metal briefcase that the nuclear button would be in. Sorry for the blurry pic, I couldn't do a screen capture of an ESPN+ game for some reason.

Exciting start to the season. Defensive intensity, ball movement, playing for each other all make me hopeful. fun to watch!

The walk-ons didn't score in almost 3 minutes at the end of the game. We're doomed. The CDD experiment is a failure, it was fun while it lasted.

Tremendous sizable coaching advantage for IU vs Penn State. That’s the difference in a head coach and staff making the big money based on elite winning tradition vs a program in disarray led by assistant coach/coaches….Expecting a Penn State team in disarray to be exploited into a solid to big IU take no prisoners win.

A few things I saw last night that I haven't seen in a long time, and not even sure are legal. Back cuts Made free throws. (Got rid of Cliff :-) Sharing the basketball and great passes Shooting 3's and not giving up 3's. Just very fun to watch and can't wait till Sunday.