HoosierAloha

Are you projecting that XJ and JHS would be All Big 1.o and possible AA? I believe JHS was Big 1.o FOTY and 2nd/3rd All conference? I could definitely see him contending for First team should by some miracle he returns. First Team AA? Possible but not probable. XJ was a Big 1.o honorable mention (if he made a team) about a year ago before he suffered an injury that kept him out for the majority of this season. First Team AA? Highly doubtful. He was playing his best basketball down the stretch last season but think he was still turning it over too much and not shooting great inside the arc. He was playing aggressive though. Somewhat related note - JG was playing well down the stretch and that carried over to a very inconsistent season when given the opportunity. I get that we want to be in that contender conversation but we're just not there yet. JHS and XJ being the starting backcourt could help with that. We would need to figure out something on the wings with 3 and D players along with several bigs. Reneau is solid and has potential but not sure he's the answer for another undersized "big" who only operates within 5' of the rim.

I never stated we didn't compete at times this year. We did overcome a 1-4 start of our own making to finish a few games above .500 in the Big 1.o which was competing. IU has done some really nice things this season while falling flat in other areas. I've been discussing both throughout the season. If you're good with everything IU has done that's awesome for you. When there are plenty of examples to "rules" that people believe exist and identifying those examples hurt your feelings you don't have to read them or respond to them. It's really your choice. I believe the saying is something like "life is 10% your actions and 90% your reactions."

It would be interesting to see the data on this. Giving up threes isn't the only reason for losses but a piece to it. I would guess giving up offensive rebounds from either threes or attempting to block shots which results in quick and easy 2s along with fouling the **** out of teams had a lot more to do with it. It didn't seem our lineup matched our results. We had a "big" lineup but struggled to rebound and get to the line enough for that "big" lineup. The modern offensive you mentioned at the end also has a lot to do with reaching our potential on that end of the floor.

Like having a pass thrown to you that is deflected and that leader kind of trots down the court for an excellent view of another 3 dropping on us?

Heck of a finish, can't believe Tyger missed that FT but they still got a great shot to win it at the end

What a shot by Ramey!!!

Close game with 5 minutes left in the PAC 12 Championship. Crazy UCLA is competing with the injuries they've had

Obviously Miller and Scheyer didn't get the first year coach limitations memo. Miller finished third (?) int he Big East and Scheyer won the damn conference tourney. What are they thinking?

I didn't like the shot with that much time still left without running something. The problem with that is the two guys shooting 40+% might not have gotten the shot off in time as evidenced by passing it around for a shot clock violation earlier in the game. Kopp has to be the leader in shot fakes for a "shooter" or not shooting when open. I believe part of it is his slow release and fear of getting blocked.

It's difficult to compete all the time. We have early games that we're not awake for and sometimes those late games we'd rather be other places. Sometimes we have a quicker turnaround than other teams. We're the only team that has had injuries this season. Sometimes teams continue to hit circus shots against us and it messes with our feels. We're confused how teams can shoot so well from deep against us while also getting to the line and outrebounding us. All in all I'd say competing 60% of the time is quite excellent. If we were playing baseball we'd have a half a billion dollar contract.

Hopefully our three 22+ year old starters won't be scared. If they are we could probably say the other team has had more success in one and done tourneys or something.

I'm thinking something like Back-2-Back Big 1.o Tourney Semi-Finalist also competed (most of the time unless we really didn't want to but def in the last couple of minutes in several games)

so .500 against almost half the league. We did sweep Nebrasketball, Minny, Wiscy, and O$U!

Just unlucky bounces on those rebounds and just bad calls that put them on the line to shoot like ~15 more than us. (Please ignore the previous occurrences of this happening throughout the year)

I saw Woody adjust from the stare, to the scratching of his head, to the shake of the head as we continued to look lost on defense. Has it regressed from last seasons simple high ball screen to just forgetting we have to defend. Can’t believe we still have issues with Crean’s players on this team.

Back to back semifinals, baby!! Let’s get that banner up somewhere.

Some might call that a balanced schedule…?

TJD did get his today 24 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists. Definitely one of the best stat stuffers in IU history.

With unbalanced schedules it's difficult to really determine who the "true champion" is these days. There are pros and cons for both regular season and tourney champions.

If we're playing in it we need to play to win. We've been too cool for school for far too long. Let's ******* win something, anything!

A bigger issue is having two 6-8/6-9 guys clogging the lane and not cutting hard then not dominating the boards on the other end. If we're playing that style we need to force our will on our opponents instead of being so reactionary.

According to who or what? We're missing a lot more than just a really good PG or CG.

Who is Kopp guarding if not Pickett? Funk would run around the entire arc before Kopp realizes he's moved. Wynter would have been at the rim while Kopp was sitting on his backside on the arc. This was identified as a weakness 25 games ago but..

We just have to go through the steps to build a program like other programs with new head coaches cruising into the tourney and/or advancing in their conference tourneys.