Stuhoo

Yogi is way overdue for one of his "outta his mind" games. Saturday would suit us just fine.

"Is this heaven?" "No, this is Iowa...losing to Penn St."

Pull him before he "Bad Troys" all over the AH floor?

Very good Troy.

Apparently, Penn St fans don't storm the court. They "drizzle-mist the court".

Shavon Shields did not travel with Nebrasketball.

Will Shavon Shields play? If he does it would be a huge emotional lift for Nebraska. It would also be a significant bump to their talent level. If he does not play, Nebraska should be a pretty easy mark.

  He did this:   https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CbIm9hnXIAEUfwi.mp4

  Now THAT was funny.   Would have been funnier if we were playing Oklahoma, though.

Troy is 6'7" and a 3/4 in the college game. Have any of you EVER seen him take a player his size (or a smaller player) down to the post?   EVER?    He had Eron Harris at 6'3" guarding him for a fair amount of time this game. Why not?!? For me, that is a sign of a player that has not worked on a component of his game.

    The problem is, what Brad Stevens MAY want ... is the chance to turn the Boston Celtics into NBA champions.    He has more money than any of us can imagine. Besides; it's taxpayer money. We can't throw twenty gazillion dollars at him (and no, Naples, not even 19 gazillion). If Stevens comes back to college basketball, it will be because he wants his legacy to be like K or Knight, and because he has decided he doesn't want to be the next Greg Popovich. 

 Follow John C. McGinleyVerified account‏@JohnCMcGinley I just went to the loudest, most exciting, most incredible basketball game, in my LIFE! Honest to God. @IUBloomington beats Iowa? Hell YEAH!

Geez Olivia. You sound like you've taken on a new persona as an actuarial analyst. It's Friday...get happy!

COMPLETELY disagree. Niego was fantastic, but he is a freshman walkon guard. Getting him outta there before he faltered was perfect. I think TB came back in with two fouls because Max had gone about twelve straight minutes during a fast paced game, and he didn't want Morgan to have to lean on/have his eyes poked by/be strangled by Woodbury.

There are lots of ways to finely slice and dice the possibilities. That's why it's fun to tune in and to find out!

In my opinion, one of the drastic improvements in the handling of this year's team has been in much clearer definition of roles. For instance:   Yogi: the clear quarterback, and the go-to guy when we need a shot late in the shot clock or late in the game. Nick Z: Leadership, designated shooter. TB: Post feeds and youthful exuberance Colinn and RoJo: steady, multi-faceted glue guys Max: Older leader and first big off bench. Physical bulk on defense. Juwan and OG: Defend hard, get garbage buckets on offense. Troy: Explosive wing - the role has evolved to where he now gets yanked when he tries to do too much Burton and Niego: Team unity guys that get a little run to show the big dogs that they are playing like crap and need to pick it up. MSB: Human victory cigar.   We seem to be getting away from the Jeremy Hollowell/Troy Williams point guard experiment type nonsense, and I am very, very glad.   Discuss!

I read the Iowa board before and after the game last night, and I am reading this board today. I am finding lots of commonalities:   Mainly (no surprise here) fans on message boards are incredibly engaged, and as a result, have some truly unrealistic expectations. The Iowa fans have the #4 team in the country, have very few team chemistry or personnel issues, their players played like an incredibly well-coached team, and played against a talented team in a very difficult environment.   What do you think their reaction was to the loss? You guessed it: "Fran can't coach when it counts", "Gesell sux", "why can't Fran get them to hit free throws when it counts", "Fran will never be a big-time guy on a consistent basis", etc, etc, etc.   By the way, the Kansas and Arizona boards constantly piss and moan about Self having weird hair and mannerisms, and being solely a regular season tiger, the Duke boards fret that K has turned Duke into a UK one and done clone, and the Dayton boards think Archie is a great coach that has lost too many players to off-court issues.   Butler (under Stevens) and MSU fans? Maybe those two schools were/are regularly and almost universally happy with their coaches. I suppose you can sometimes add the idiot fringe at UK, who are largely happy that Cal has turned UK into a team that gets pretty far and is a nice NBA development/cash acquisition squad. Although, they also have a recurring theme that Cal should have won more than one title with the talent he's had, and they also wonder why Cal didn't get his usual level of talent for this year's team (they have six 5* players on their roster).   So, to me, to suggest that if CTC goes to a Final Four this year, has a stacked roster lined up for next year that is pretty much guaranteed to be a contender for the B1G title, and continues pretty good graduation and academic achievement rates, he should still be fired, is, is, IS LUDICROUS! We are having a trouble-free season, tied for the top of one of the top three conferences, and have about as good a chance as any of about 15-20 teams of winning the national championship. We have clearly defined team leaders, players that have very clearly defined roles (have you noticed how well Juwan, Max, and Z have been used?) and a very high ceiling.   In other words, enjoy the heck out of this season, and the job the coaching staff has been doing during it. If you don't believe me, go to the Inside The Hall post-game player interviews from last night. Listen to Hartman, Niego, and Yogi talk about the team's attitude and their coaches. Or don't believe them either! That's okay too, but in my opinion that's your loss.   Having said that, the beauty of message boards, (and this one in particular that is near and dear to me) is the variety and free-expression of firmly held opinions. So, feel fire to fire away in response to this post... it's okay! Oh, and Hova, sorry in advance for a classic "TLDNR post".  :)

By the way...Harrison Niego...WOW! It looked like Mike Gesell was being guarded by his Cream and Crimson clone. Only...our Mike Gesell is a freshman walkon, and he was better than their Mike Gesell!

The story of this game: 1st half: Good Troy Good Troy Troy rests Good Troy 2nd half: Bad Troy Bad Troy Troy gets yanked and sat Good Troy Great Troy Final score: Good Troy and IU win!

Well, sure. #4 is the most likely of the ones you listed! :) But I keep tuning in because of scenarios #5 through infinity; the scenarios that no one has quite imagined yet but are also completely possible!

  There you go again! Abe Froman was terrible at hedging out on ball screens.  Froman smoked more weed than Cheech and Chong combined. Froman never really intended on getting a college degree from IU. My opinion?  You are only  supporting Froman because he's from the Midwest instead of the East Coast. ... ... ... ... ... :biggrin: 

    http://ravenwicreations.com/page-collage-denali.html

  At least Gelon has the potential to be a Roth/Zeisloft/Hornsby role player as a stand still shooter.    Vijay will never be an alpha dog at a high major, and I have a hard time seeing what role he could carve out.

  Lol