BGleas

Awful

He's talking about the defensive glass. We gave up several 2nd chance baskets.

I don't either. I guess they feel it's a bit of splash to get a 2-time all-star point guard.    I agree with you on Vic. He's a good player, but on a really good NBA team he's a good role player.   

It is weird, maybe Atlanta figures Schroeder is ready (probably financial pluses to shedding Teague too if structured right), and then they add a young, defensive guard to replace an aging Sefolosha.   

I'm curious whether that's the lineup you would pick, or the lineup you think Crean would go with?

Simmons? Skal isn't even in the same conversation as Bryant, Stone and Swanigan.   

Absolutely agree with you on consistency, that's the huge question with Crean, and it goes beyond game-to-game and is even more about season-to-season, but in this case I'm going to disagree a bit. The Wisconsin and Minnesota games are going to happen over the course of an 18-game conference schedule. Look at Maryland, they've struggled against some of the bottom-feeders too.    My problem would be if we follow up last night and basically cancel it out with a dud at Penn State. That's the game where we find out if Wisconsin/Minny were just the dog days of the conference season, or if consistency is going to be a big issue. We can't blow what happened yesterday by not showing up ready to play Saturday.   

I'm getting greedy, but not a peep on our game on SportsCenter...

Since I gave Yogi a hard time about his D early in the game thread, I have to say now that after that timeout he was phenomenal!    It's also nice to see us putting it on some teams, but not just because we're hot from 3, but because we're playing really good D, attacking the basket, moving the ball, cutting down on turnovers, etc. 

No foul?

That call was horrendous.

Can we please get back to attacking the basket?

These calls are crazy

This is long from over.

Very important to keep attacking the paint in the opening minutes of the 2nd half and not fall in love with the 3.

Wow

If Troy could ever get under control, and Ro Jo is on, this is our best lineup. Yogi, RoJo, Bryant, OG, Troy

Good things usually happen when OG and Morgan are involved.

Watch Yogi. He's easing up big time on defense. Like he was earlier in the year.

I hope this UK-Tenn game doesn't run into the start of our game.

The worst thing that could happen to IU basketball this year is finishing 5th in the conference, and maybe winning a game in both tournaments. It's either finish 1-3 in the conference and March run, or total collapse and make a change.

I have to disagree a little bit. I agree that Crean made some mistakes (a couple weird lineups, should have played OG on Hayes more, should have doubled the post, etc.), but we are not the same IU that we saw earlier in the year or last year. The team from November, or last years team, would have kept that game around 6-10 most of the second half, and then with about 4 minutes left would have made some boneheaded defensive plays and allowed Koenig, Showwalter, etc. to hit some big 3's and Wisconsin would have won going away by about 12-15.    While we weren't great, the team didn't fold like earlier in the year or last year. While we still made mistakes down the stretch, we also showed some toughness and almost stole the game where half out team didn't even get off the bus.    Agree, guard depth is going to be our undoing. If RoJo is off, Yogi is basically on an island in the backcourt.   

Agree. If Troy leaves we're going to need another long, athletic 3/4 wing.

Right now Iowa Indiana Maryland Purdue End of season: Mich St. (No, I don't think they'll win the conference, too big a hole, but I think they'll be the best team if healthy) Maryland Iowa Indiana

I don't think it's quite as simple as JBJ just being out, obviously other things have changed as well, but I firmly believe that the changes we've seen don't happen if he's still out there. For example, I don't think Yogis renewed focus on D would be as impactful if JBJ was still out there undermining our D constantly. With JBJ out we're clearly a better defensive team. I'm beginning to think a lot of the junk defenses we played previously, which we haven't seen recently, we're an attempt to "hide" JBJ. I also think we're much more balanced offensively without him. The ball movement is better, and our assists are up and turnovers are down. I think we're less explosive offensively, but more consistent. I hate to bash the kid, and that's not what I'm trying to do. I honestly wish we still had him, but I'd rather he be in a Matt Roth type of role, coming off the bench for 10-15 minutes a game when we need offense/3's. Otherwise, yes I think we're better without him than if he were playing 25+ mpg.