WayneFleekHoosier

I think there is something to it. TJD doesn't draw enough fouls. He gets abused. BUT, Our guards don't dribble drive much at all. I think we'd draw more fouls if our guards were better at the dribble drive and employed it more often. All the handchecking and bump stuff happens with the guards and we don't use our guards in a way to take advantage of that.

This is good stuff Stuhoo. Regardless if we get brontosaurus stomped, this is good stuff. Somehow, someway we will find a way to fly high and shat all over these Purturds.

I’m so jealous of confident, competent guard play. It feels like it’s been a lifetime. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

Purdue might be the most shocking team of my lifetime. Somehow they seem legitimately incredible. Unbelievable. Hopefully their 2nd stumble will finally be Saturday. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners

Reneau is the guy I have the most reliance on to help us going forward. He can be excellent. Its so easy to see. several of the other guys are so wishy washy its hard to have much faith in them or see the fruits of the labor.

sure is, but it's also the minimum bar for this group. They really need to find a way to close out better than minimum. And all that talk leads me into what can we realistically expect next year if this team is minimum bar. Anyway, here's to hoping we close strong and I can worry about that another day.

All that said, if JHS plays a halfway decent game, or Tamar, or anyone stepped up, we were right there. Frustrating.

Yes, our reliance to not attack the press ever is astounding too. These guys want to play faster. Attacking the press is so easy for an experienced, athletic team. Why didn't we ever try to make them pay? They pressed for nearly 40 minutes.

Yeah, as a coach, granted at much lower levels, it was my thought at exactly that time period. I suppose we were probably going to try to set up after a made basket and we just missed shot after shot after shot. But our team energy and effort at that 3 minute mark needed to change defensively. Traps, pressure, whatever we can do to force a TO. At some point, the thought to run an action to get an open 3 would have been nice too.

Yeah, my son, who plays HS ball currently, and I were watching together and we were flabbergasted by the coaching decisions (lack thereof) end of game. The game wasn't over. even with a little over a minute left, they still had a WAY OUTSIDE chance if the pressured well. Strange. Someone on the bench needs to be barking.

Can anyone actually believe we didn’t go to a press and search for 3’s with about 3 minutes left of so. Especially a press or some type of pressure. It blows my mind. It’s like we conceded the game because we played so poorly and we’re just ready to chalk it up to the refs. Unreal to watch in real time.

WTH, Why not Indiana with "talent" 76 Purdue with "whatever the heck you call it" "a giant and a coach I guess" 72

Outside of the OSU game he’s had a lot of bad games recently. This one was the crapper du jour, but he’s been rough a lot. I think he’s looking to get his in a lot of the games. But our team seems to need scorers. I guess he’s trying. Tonight his sloppy passes and lack of playmaking was the tougher pill to swallow. He seemed nervous to me. Lot of pressure on a young guy. Some thrive in that atmosphere. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

So many dumb decisions all game. But the fact we didn’t run plays to shoot 3s or press or foul at the end is the dumbest coaching I’ve seen all year. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners

I’ve been saying this all year. Scary thought Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

The home cooking goes from start to finish. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners

That’s 100% out on Maryland Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners

JHS has zero confidence…… Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners

He’s had some other crappers too. More than he’s had good games. We need X back, although I may regret that too. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

Expected ugly game. Got it. No one on our team was ready. We should have attacked the press and make them pay. But nah.., let’s play right into it and move ball up slowly and the give it to race…. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners

100% Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

Knew all the scouts were there. Got in his head and crapped the bed. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

Not gonna get it from him. Deer in headlights tonight. Bates isn’t playing well or smart either. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

Agreed. Terrible tonight. Was bad the 2 or 3 games before OSU too. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

Last 10 minutes of the half. Garbage Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app