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Love the correction mid-game. You know it's bad when you can tell they're bad and not in the bag. The games where refs bet on different teams are the best.

Even the one with the lazy looking eye saw that

Excellent leadership on display by the senior. He was showing the young players how to relax and get a little rest in between getting blown past on straight dribble drives. That has shades of Troy Williams getting straight up bored during games.

IU was his slump buster!

Then again Geronimo was defending TJD so we'd actually be back down to 5 defenders. If Geronimo set an illegal screen on TJD while defending would a Big 1.o official give Woody a tech for being out of the coaches box?

I'm not sure I'd put my money on them to cover, on defense or the spread.

Slight hyperbole, road teams are 5 - 1 the last few days in the Big 1.o.

Probably just trying out his lazy eye comment on a coach before posting it to social media

Excellent win! Keep working and winning Hoosiers!

Big 1.o road wins seem to be coming much easier in the last few days

That's a bad loss for O$U

I didn't watch the game but what I saw PSU was playing "around the world" while IU was playing "spin the Geronimo" to see who would leave their man WIDE OPEN.

My rant - I've been stuck on the mainland for too many years. I shall hopefully find myself over there sometime soon-ish too. Best of luck, I'd advise to make friends with locals through clubs, church, gatherings, etc. as quick as you can. It's awesome to visit places but even better to experience the local life and culture.

Move as fast as you can! I don't think I've ever heard anyone upset from their move over the pond.

Yes, it's because we're missing XJ and Race...............

I've been yelling about that for some time. He's slow of foot, indecisive, over helps without the ability to recover, and for some reason can't hold onto a basketball on rebounds or just isn't in position. I thought Kopp was your boy for some time on offense. Typically teams take on the personality of their coach and to some degree the older/better/more experienced players. What you described there (in bold) is exactly what I've been saying for years. When it is the overwhelming majority of players that have that the new/younger players aren't going to change it overnight. I'd disagree with attitude and resolve being strictly innate. I never played or coached college ball. I have spent a good portion of my life around highly competitive people. Our unit at work played intramural sports (yes I know, it's a completely different level way below college). We had a majority of players that hated to lose, not just at sports but in training, in card games, in work knowledge, in anything really, but had a few that were more passive or newer to the team trying to find their way. We always used to joke when we saw the switch flip and they went full dog against another team. "Yup, we can count on such and such in the field now." It was a way to measure whether we could trust them in other life situations. I don't see any of that with this team. I see an older player that doesn't really want to be a leader but wants to be accepted and liked. That attitude has trickled over to other players as they've come in and has been a team attitude for awhile. Two coaches haven't been able to change it. It's good talent has lead to great individual talent but that talent doesn't have leadership. Give me the dogs every day of the week and twice on whatever day we need a win.

Just an FYI, we're 1-7 against Iowa (0-3), Northwestern (0-2), and Penn State (1-2) last season and this season. I guess we need everything to go right and for us not to be idiots breaking rules and such to win games against these Big 1.o powers.

That didn't touch rim. Cold

Names? IU shouldn't be a difficult place to win but it's the situation the administration has put us in. As USPS has mentioned several times, you need either a system or talent to win. To win at an elite level, you need talented players that fit your system. We currently don't have the foundation conducive for elite talent. There are many reasons for that. I would focus on a coach with a system that can win at a high major who develops players and teams. The development isn't just in individual basketball skills but focuses on hard work (actual hard work not the BS talk about it), leadership, and identifies players with the right mindset. That carries over to bring together the right pieces and building a team with the same work ethic and mindset. We supposedly shot our shot with Stevens and now it has come out he used us. We're not going after any questionable character proven winners and proven winners with good character aren't giving IU a chance to talk. I believe it was Stevens or maybe another elite level coach who said they wouldn't work for or were warned about the IU administration.

Because they hear Woody and aren't listening? They don't truly respect or believe in him? They don't have enough pride? Or... Woody and staff aren't using the correct means to get through to the team? They're not teaching or instructing proper techniques? They're scout and game plan is off? Edit: they're not reinforcing what they are instructing/teaching i.e. using the bench/playing time as a reminder

You're telling me that an AA, two frosh that played for one of the elite prep schools winning two national championships, and a coaches son don't understand the game? There are some on this team that I would buy not understanding the game. I don't think we have a team full of players who are just not basketball players or don't understand the game. Jerome Hunter struggled here. He's been contributing to a winning effort lately when Sean Miller told him he was done shooting threes. When do we get a coach that sets roles and players execute those roles in a winning cause? When do we get players that are put in position to succeed by the coach?

Are we all on the same page now? Having XJ and Race out hurts this team but the attitude, e and e, leadership, basketball IQ, etc. remains the same. The reason this team lashed out on social media? They want to be liked and that comes straight from our best player and "leader." The same mistakes we were making against the cupcakes were always going to be magnified in the Big 1.o with or without XJ and Race. Where is the player development? Where is the basketball IQ (it's ******* IU!!!)? Where is the give a damn? Where is the leadership? Where is the coaching? Where is the pride from anyone associated with this program? Is your team struggling? Come play the Hoosiers to get right. How many points does Kopp give up to the dude with a lazy eye he was calling out on social media? (this was a major issue in the noncon too, nothing changed)

Why don't we get to the FT line more often? Watch TJD taking it to the rim there. He went away instead of going at the bucket.

Really thought Kopp was going to get that block

There was a long discussion about this earlier in the season. I'm sure you can figure out how that went.