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That's the $60,000 dollar question (and I'm not the one to answer it, lol). In the college BB thread there's a tweet abot Hunter, Durham, and Franklin and their unimpressive 3-pt shooting with their new teams - clearly CAM didn't bring in a array of sharp shooters.

Absolutely agree 100%. I just have doubts that developing/teaching shooting will work. It'll be interesting to see if Woodson alters his offense to accomodate our shooting limitations. The good thing is that guys like Leal, Stewart, and Kopp (& perhaps Geronimo) have shown ability to hit from deep and may improve in the new system.

Woodson post-game: Liked 1st half defense thought we "got comfortable" when up by 20 Said we made plays down the stretch (" made our FTs" ???) Thought we were quick shooting the ball Gives the team a "C" for the game

Doesn't look like that packline garbage....thank God!

How amusing would it be if basketball & football coaches wore uniforms like managers/coaches do in baseball? We thought Crean looked goofy in Maui....lol

I've been disappointed many times, but I think the only time I was really critical of the coach/staff was when Brooks kept delaying then picked uk - I truly believe the staff took their foot off the pedal and quit looking at other players believing he was "in the bag". But yes there will be those types of comments.

Well, yeah. At least we didn't have claims that he was about to sign early and then feel strung along for several months before losing out (Kaufman). These are all reasons why it's silly to get too invested in individual recruiting battles. It's always interesting when the name of a lost recruit comes up a year or two later and they've failed to live up to expectations - it's largely a crap shoot. You want to get your share of ranked recruits but I'm not sure you can know at the time which ones are best or will be the best fit. I DO feel better about recruiting with this staff. Matta alone brings enough experience and savvy to our recruiting strategy to give me that confidence.

This just in: Jerry Meyer makes his prediction of Newton to IU!

I have to admit that I cringed a little bit everytime someone mentioned being a football school in a post. I'm not sure how often it was meant in jest, but the way last season ended it made me uncomfortable.

Good article. I do have one nagging concern and that is, in cases like RT, while it is great that all players have multiple dimensions to their game (i.e. 3-pt shooting) - not all of them will be capable of hitting in game situations. Making that determination could be a bit painful. It's essential that CMW recruit & evaluate capable shooters (HS and transfers) if that is what his system will require. Our returning players haven't shown that they are good shooters so if they can't develop that talent, we might still have some struggles. Hopefully they put my concern to rest.

Boy, you'd like to believe the Notice of Infractions plus new counts against Mack would, but the way the NCAA drags their feet the kid may graduate before anything is done (IF any penalties are ever handed down).

Didn't Ricky Calloway shoot in the basement and that was the explanation as to why his shot was so "flat"?

If a player today could do in his first season what Mac did - the media would crown him greater than Lebron James.

Personally, I've just been a bit off-put because of a certain poster who pimped this kid relentlessly on two different IU message boards. I mean, he nevr got interest frim IU much less an offer so why hundreds (it seems) of combined posts about him?

Going from memory here but I recall channel 4 broadcasting an intersquad game, possibly in Alford's freshman season. Anyway Uwe was open under the bucket and Steve rifled a no-look pass to him - smacked him right in the puss (face, lol). On one of the old forums somewhere there was a poster with the user name: "Hands of Blab". I may have responded previously in this thread, but a guy that rarely gets mentioned who was a solid contributor was Jim Thomas.

Take a look at their free rivals board. They have a thread about how many days it has been since we beat them in basketball. While it burns my butt that it HAS been so long, it's a bit telling that they update the thing very regularly.

That's the thing that cracks me up. Yes, no one will argue that pu hasn't had more success recently, but it's not like they've been dominating the B10 or going on deep tourney runs. IMO, it's a contrast in expectations and standards.

I see what you did there. Bravo!

WTH? Apparently EVERYTHING is made in China now....

Thanks. I've used YT TV for the past 2 seasons (all I use it for is IU BB). Unfortunately they're in a spat with roku and it's not possible to install & use the channel. I've been looking at sling - their pricing and channel lineups are strange, but it would likely be the least expensive option. There's also something called Sterling TV that has tons of channels for less thn $30/mo but there's questions as to how "legit" it is.

Related to that, I'm looking for the cheapest way to stream games this upcoming season. I only need ESPN & BTN, but notice it looks like all of the services I've used in the past (Hulu live, YT TV) and others have increased their price to $65/month. Anyone using a more affordable service? I hate the idea of having to pay that much for just 2 channels.

Beard would have been, perhaps, the only home-run hire of available coaches. That said, nothing is ever guaranteed - a coach who's excelled at one school may not duplicate his success at another. I like the Woodson hire and the obligatory comparisons to Howard kind of irk me. Howard was known for being an outstanding player, but no real background in coaching. Woody, on the other hand, had a nice career as a player but spent most of his NBA time as an assistant and head coach. The fact that he is from Indiana & IU is icing on the cake. The big questions are: will he adapt to the recruiting aspect (doing well this far) & can he tranfer his NBA style to coolege? (TBA). The second question could be a source of failure or great success.

"Archie Miller's lethargic offense" - truer words were never spoken.

Thank you. I was a bit depressed thinking he'd get only 1 more season/opportunity to reach his potential. Like others, I'm pulling for Rob and hoping Woody will be the guy to bring out his best.

Seems like a solid, if not hidden gem level, pickup. I have to say that I occasionally look at a couple of rival B10 basketball free boards (pu & ill) and neither has even a fraction of the information on recruiting as we get here and hsn - I think I usually find out more about their recruits here than I do on their boards. Bravo to all the members that scour the internet and share it with the rest of us!