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Jay Wright digs SSAH ...

Mike's boy ... Here's little Antoine and Mike way back when (Final Four, maybe?)

Just watched the post game presser with TJD and JG. I'll double down in my statement earlier without reading any replies that this isn't a lost locker room /team. Not by a long shot. Man up. Own the next game. Get X and Race back, and eff the whole league up. Maybe I'm riding high on my daughter's gymnastics competition wins today, but sue me if I'm wrong! Sent from my SM-G986U using BtownBanners mobile app

Had an interesting conversation during the game with the parents of Trentyn Flowers, a top 20ish ‘24 that plays with Passmore, though he didn’t play tonight due to illness.. By blind luck they happened to be sitting next me during the session. Talked about Trentyn’s recruitment for a while. Nice folks, though very, uh, transactional about the process.. At 1 point mom notices my IU hoodie and busts out, “Oh, ‘Kease loves Indiana!”, and says he went on and on about his visit when he got back. Nice to hear. Side note: I did maintain the discipline not to ask why Flowers has played at 4 high schools in 2 years.

I agree with this. I have a few stray thoughts in this vein so here goes: 1. Under Archie Miller, IU could never really raise its station or reverse negative momentum due to some balance of his shortcomings and misfortune. Mike Woodson is not Miller. A lot of our worry is a Miller hangover 2. This may be one way CMW’s NBA experience is helpful. In an 82 game season, every team deals with injuries, DNP (rest), slumps. You need to be willing to ride with the healthy players, identify and address issues within the season, self-scout, motivate out of a lull… 3. After the game I found myself giddy at the idea of X and JHS playing together again after Jalen has the responsibility of playing without X. If and when everyone comes back full-strength, the same benefits may pay off in some measure for Geronimo, Tamar, Trey, Malik, and CJ, too.

Mike Woodson is too proud and too accomplished to allow his alma mater to play embarrassing basketball. I had a strong feeling today would be a good day. So did others. Mike Woodson is an accomplished coach, a prideful guy, and absolutely holds subpar performance accountable, including his own when necessary. A lot of work to do and we’ll continue to miss X a lot, but the trend line was changed today. Let’s grind back to the middle of the pack with a home win against MSU next weekend, and once X and Race are back we will be a very. dangerous. team.

Could have gone anywhere. Good kid.

1. I want the warm up t-shirt 2. The officiating was what it always is 3. My mom might be right on Galloway 4. I don't mind TJD having fun after a dunk but go without the flexing after making the shot 5. My only other complaint is waiting in line for the bathroom in the middle of the concourse

Kenpom adjusted D ranking has gone up 21 spots since the game ended.

99.9%

He has been missing not knowing where he is supposed to be on defense, not realizing he isn’t a three, avoiding touch fouls, the ability to dribble and make decisions in traffic etc, etc. That being said, he did a ton of good things today and will have earned a lot of playing time going forward if he can be consistent. Was great to see how he played today.

With NIL, the line between the two is becoming very blurry. As an NBA coach, Woodson was equal parts coach and talent manager. He is learning. CMW knows basketball at every level. At the end of the day, success or failure often comes down to the talent needed to play a particular way.

Didn't he set that one screen on the lil Chucky doll that layed him flat on the floor. yea.. I liked that one A LOT (not because chucky is a dirty SOB, but because chucky is a bucky).

Other than dribble too much, what did he do wrong? Set several screens, had a steel. I'm not expecting him to be TJD. Just a servicable dude and not kill us when he's in.

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Caught the game on my phone at my daughter's gymnastics competition here in Terre Haute. Not sure on the whole Duncomb's grandma thing, but, that looked to be a unified bench/team. Hopefully they turn the corner after today. Just once I want CMW to get a tech for the All-American never getting a call. It's pitiful to say the least. On to the next one! Sent from my SM-G986U using BtownBanners mobile app

I have thought this all along but have been reluctant to state it in front of the mob. He has a vision for IU basketball and it is an NBA style offense. He doesn't have the players to make it work the way he wants, but he can't stray from the style if he hopes to get the guys he needs. The top kids care most about the style of play. Listen to their interviews and that's what you will hear. IU can't run a play based or motion style offense and attract the kids CMW wants. A free flowing read and react style is what great high school kids are looking for. And their best chance to get to the next level. If he can get the guys he needs, CMW can be great at IU. If not, there will be another coaching search.

That might be the worst looking court I've ever seen.

Chi Chi’s

Glad we got the win. Hopefully we have turned a corner. Gotta wonder if Trayce is willing to stay another year to be with his brother

That’s different :)

@incrediboy went double wise, picking IU and the under and wins the Wisconsin game. @BottomLine vaults the idiots that picked Wisconsin and takes the overall lead. Overall Game 17 Rank 2022-23 IUBB Points Rank IU/Wisconsin Points 1 BottomLine 1624 1 incrediboy 109 2 Class of '66 Old Fart 1602 2 choosierred1 104 3 LIHoosier 1585 3 IU Scott 103 4 Redcamaro 1581 4 Redcamaro 101 5 LamarCheeks 1577 5 Stuhoo 100 6 rcs29 1572 6 Naturalhoosier 98 7 muttcs66 1563 7 BottomLine 97 8 Rico 1563 8 hper50 96 9 HoosierHoopster 1555 9 HoosierHoopster 95 10 Stuhoo 1553 10 johnsoniu 95 11 johnsoniu 1545 11 Rico 95 12 WayneFleekHoosier 1536 12 Demo 94 13 Naturalhoosier 1534 13 Joe_hoopsier 94 14 RaceToTheTop 1526 14 WayneFleekHoosier 94 15 tkbbn 1514 15 IU - Kaulie 91 16 DWB 1507 16 mamasa 88 17 HoosierHoops1 1505 17 Dave from Dayton 87 18 Josh 1502 18 HoosierHoops1 87 19 craigyv88 1499 19 RaceToTheTop 86 20 HoosierCoop 1497 20 DChoosier 85 21 Henryville Hoosier 1497 21 tkbbn 72 22 Napleshoosier 1496 22 ALASKA HOOSIER 58 23 IU - Kaulie 1485 23 muttcs66 52 24 IU Scott 1479 24 Class of '66 Old Fart 50 25 DChoosier 1465 25 thebigweave 50 26 Demo 1459 26 monskisprodigy 48 27 choosierred1 1451 27 Henryville Hoosier 47 28 Joe_hoopsier 1432 28 Josh 46 29 incrediboy 1416 29 Napleshoosier 46 30 Dave from Dayton 1405 30 HoosierCoop 44 31 mamasa 1393 31 DWB 41 32 Crazy About IU 1378 32 LIHoosier 41 33 thebigweave 1374 33 rcs29 37 34 coonhounds 1372 34 craigyv88 36 35 Honkyman 1368 35 LamarCheeks 36 36 hper50 1362 36 coonhounds 29 37 Hovadipo 1341 38 BGVille Hoosierfan 1306 39 IUc2016 1305 40 killerbeezer 1246 41 Schreckbagger 1088 42 ALASKA HOOSIER 1081 43 HoosierTrav 845 44 Old Friend 838 45 HoosierFan1994 728 46 Tasmanian Devil 649 47 Loaded Chicken Sandwich 616 48 Str8Hoosiers 469 49 patrickmorriso9 453 50 realTomCrean 429 51 Hoosierfan1901 422 52 monskisprodigy 286 53 IUsafety 217 54 OGIUAndy 207 55 AKHoosier 147 56 Southside 113 57 Woodson1980 107 58 bmitch 104 59 jepwatso 104 60 hoosierrebel1620 101 61 cthomas 100 62 TTT 96 63 Hoosierfanyuh 93 64 IUFootballEndlessMisery 51 65 ray 51 66 bigrod 29 67 Barrel Rick -18

I wanna see a lockerroom video of Woody busting in the door, Screaming, thats how you play with F'n effort! Way to turn it around for this game guys, now MAINTAIN this intensity!

What an unbelievable change in the tone of a game thread and notice there are several posters who have been noticeably silent today.

If they played defense like this maybe they would've won a couple more.