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9.5 point underdogs lol. Not sure what anyone was thinking there. That was charity. 

Washington beating Oregon twice is quite the accomplishment. They deserve a little more respect.

Chemistry takes time.  I don't think we can make projections for this kid or that kid yet. Nowhere near our ceiling. Losing to  UCONN early is the best thing that could have happened to us. The kids now know at what level they need to be at to achieve great things in March.  
- The big guys have growth  because they're still figuring out space and positioning relative to each other. Could be scary. Walker and Sparks are still looking at how they fit in the system but I'm not worried.
-Mgbako is slowly figuring it out and if he hits the three consistently that will make us scary.
-Don't know much about conditioning but if Cupps can gain a little muscle and gains experience he could be a problem for other teams who don't have elite guards. 
-Gunn and Banks need playing time. Banks could be a wild card for us in terms of depth and being a good rebounder. Gunn needs to build his confidence to the point where he can knock down jumpers.  
 
Each of our players have growth potential.   Just gotta tolerate the bumps early.   

Yeah I would agree PS is useful for 5-10 mins, a small role... KW needs to stay healthy or the season is shot! 
Sparks looks to me like he sometimes is trying to do way too much and getting outside of himself. Just want to see him slow down and play his game a little more without being as in his head. He was pretty darn good against Louisville. More of that would be great. 
When he's not playing well though, it's ugly... as is the case with most college basketball players I guess! 
It's tough playing 10/11 guys. But they've really all made a solid case to this point. I like this team a lot.

Oh for sure. Simply put, I like him more than Duncomb and Durr as a backup center. 

Sparks has called IU his dream school and I agree that he seems to be pressing a bit (although that doesn’t explain his FT stroke…yikes).
There will be some BT football games, such as Purdue, where Sparks will be helpful.

He’s exactly what I was expecting from him at this point. Every team trying to attack him has to fuel the fire. He’ll grind and get better but his expectations were inflated from our fanbase. He’s playing exactly the way he’s scouted. I think he’s a better shooter than he’s demonstrated, but he wasn’t really a shooter in HS either.




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Deri Queen is so good but tonight wasn’t his night. Fouled out midway through the third. Visibly frustrated with refs, himself, and McNeeley at one point. Fouled out with a tech after composing about his 4th.

But…, his hands are so good. His touch. His passing. Hoping he picks Indiana.


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I really hope we can get Queen. He’s so solid. Him and Reneau would be 2 incredibly gifted bigs to play together.


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He doesn't care for some of our reporter's dumb questions. 

"I'm pretty sure I already answered that question" lmao

IF YOU PREFACE YOUR QUESTION WITH "IT'S PROBABLY UNANSWERABLE" HE PROBABLY WON'T ANSWER IT

"We've been dealing with it for 3 years, we had a collective at JMU".  Vibes of RMK saying 'what a **** question' in a more professional manner.

"Yes we did" 3 seconds into Coyle's question. He is going to make some reporters mad

Seriously. You google "JMU NIL" and it's pretty obvious to see they have a more organized NIL system than Indiana does. We have a lot of reporters but about 3.5 worth anything.

No limit to how good we can be.

The fact that Woody hasn't immediately made a snap decision on this kid, could possibly mean he's a coach doing his due diligence and carefully considering offers instead of a fan overreacting into knee jerk offers. You know, the same kind of desperate,  knee jerk offers that many of us fans complained about previous coaches handing out?
Or
As has been suggested by at least one source, IU is just slow rolling this in public to avoid the appearance of tampering. 

There's no point bringing a guard in just to get a benchwarmer if the coaches don't feel he'll be able to contribute and contribute relatively soon. Especially when we appear likely to only have two or three open schollies and one of those will almost certainly be held open for Queen. IMO, more care and consideration is needed not less. We don't just need a guard, we need a good guard that can contribute right away. I think Davis could very well be that guard but I don't think there is a reason to rush into anything here. 
 

The fact that Woody hasn't immediately made a snap decision on this kid, could possibly mean he's a coach doing his due diligence and carefully considering offers instead of a fan overreacting into knee jerk offers. You know, the same kind of desperate,  knee jerk offers that many of us fans complained about previous coaches handing out?
Or
As has been suggested by at least one source, IU is just slow rolling this in public to avoid the appearance of tampering. 

There's no point bringing a guard in just to get a benchwarmer if the coaches don't feel he'll be able to contribute and contribute relatively soon. Especially when we appear likely to only have two or three open schollies and one of those will almost certainly be held open for Queen. IMO, more care and consideration is needed not less. We don't just need a guard, we need a good guard that can contribute right away. I think Davis could very well be that guard but I don't think there is a reason to rush into anything here. 
 

Montverde has now played 2 teams ranked in the top 10 nationally and flat boat raced both of them. But, yeah, they couldn’t hang with some MEAC team on the road in January. Uh huh 

I feel like the telling stat when questioning whether small point guards can get the job done is rebounding. At 6'0" DaQuan Davis is averaging almost 5 rebounds per game at OTE. To me that means he is a physical 'dog' of a player. Add some good shooting stats and he seems to be an excellent pickup. And if he helps with DQueen? All the better.
Two other things: on his most recent highlight video he easily slams it on an unguarded breakaway and some of his three point makes are waaaay behind the arc (and fairly effortless from long distance).

Hells yeah! I'd say this an A hire for IU. Shout out to[mention=6234]Lebowski[/mention] for bringing his name up quite awhile ago. I dismissed it because I assumed he'd get a bigger/better job. If nothing else this signifies that IU is finally taking football seriously. Now as others have said we need to do a lot more in regards to facilities upgrades and NIL. Happy
 
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If Cig gets us 2 B1G titles like Crean we’ll name the stadium after him 

Joe Lunardi just moved the Hawks to the #1 overall seed in the East.