RaceToTheTop

It's not in my nature to root for IU to lose. Not judging anyone else, just am still going to root for IU to win every game left. Who the coach is in the future is beyond my pay grade. Regardless of what happens the rest of the year and wanting this program to get better. Hope that the right decisions are made based on results. I'll be at the last game of the year and know that with the current trajectory that the team could be met with some boo birds. Can't personally do it.

"everyone" is a big term to throw around. And the truth is the one person who should be taking the booing most personally is Woody. It's his product on the floor.

Switch "Trey" and "Woody" and it reads "Woody has a choice. He can step up and block out all the things making him upset, be the leader or not but his frustration is not because Trey done this or that". And THAT makes more sense than the reverse. Woody is in scapegoat mode right now and it's very bothersome.

100% doesn't matter what Fife's opinion was. Assistant coaches that defy the head coach on scholarship offers won't -- and shouldn't -- stay around a program for long. And FWIW I had heard about this before Woodson's first season had even started. This wasn't a 'panic because there is only one recruit signed' time.

The ones that do it that are successful don't do it to the press. The one thing I will give Archie Miller credit for was he kept things in house for the most part.

In proper context, the board SHOULD have been extremely happy about him enrolling at IU. That was 2021 with an extremely different in what the portal was. Johnson was rated as the 18th best transfer in that class.

That, in a nutshell, is the biggest issue. I could somewhat stomach the team stumbling if the head coach acknowledged that there are issues that have been identified and they are trying to fix. At this I feel like at some point during the year he has thrown Ware ('if he decides to play'), Reneua ('he played awful'), Cupps ('he's just a freshman') all under the bus. And he's thrown Banks, Sparks, and now Walker under the bus by burying them on the bench. Only guy I've seen him defend is Mgbako and that was early on when he was struggling. At what point does a coach start to realize that if the players/system isn't jelling, it's not a player issue but rather a coaching one? The truth is this is the exact same system IU ran last year. Only difference is TJD and JHS covered up a lot of warts. But the talent IU has individually is good enough to win now. Collectively, there are issues in the roster construction but losing at home to Penn State, Northwestern, and Nebraska wasn't a talent issue.

The issue wasn't the value of players Woodson brought into the program in the offseason. A five star and two four star freshmen, a top ten portal transfer, and a couple of rotational pieces. The issue was the whole unevenness of it. We replaced JHS with two guards -- one who wouldn't play a minute due to an injury that was already known and the other who really shouldn't have been expected to shoulder the load as a freshman. MM hasn't had the year I thought he would so I'm not going to cry about that -- think he was expected to do more. Also not going to cry about adding Walker late because we had two scholarships open but to see the need for guard to be addressed and just sit on an open scholly ...... wow. The fact is that Miller Kopp was probably a better player than we knew because he shot 40% from three in this system.

Probably the worst sign for the program would be Galloway transferring. Losing a guy who committed to the Archie, never entered the portal despite not knowing who the new coach would be and stayed committed after Woodson was hired and who has always been 100% Indiana would be very, very telling. I know that there is a lot of people who say that Galloway isn't a starter on a good power five team, but the bigger issue to me is that he has been put into a role where he is asked to do things that are too heavy of a load.

I would agree. If it's Pearl's orbit making whispers, it's more likely to be about a raise at Auburn.

UCLA was 11, 12, and 21st in offensive efficiency the last three full seasons. He runs a slower tempo and is known more for defense but when he's had the right personnel the offense has been solid.

I like May but Cronin is a good coach as well. I don't know about him leaving UCLA, though.

C USA was solid in its last year. FAU went to the final four and the NIT championship was between two CUSA teams. You also aren't mentioning that while the defensive efficiency dropped, the offensive efficiency rose. It seems to me that you are using Florida Atlantic's overachievement in 2022-23 against May. Regression was to be expected even with everyone back. Fact remains that this year's FAU numbers would have the Owls as the third best offensive team in the Big Ten and there would still be five worse defensive teams. Overall efficiency would put them fifth in the Big Ten this year and solidly in the tournament despite not having the talent of some teams that are ahead of.

Yes, which is why if you are looking at up and comers you should probably look at the regular season and not the tournament. Going to need luck to advance far with a team that is less talented than P5 teams. In those terms, May has succeeded so far. No guarantees but he does check that box.

Free basketball in Tempe -- Washington at Arizona State.

Personally, I wouldn't. People like to remember last year's Northwestern team and give Buie a ton of credit, but for the first three years of his career at Northwestern the Wildcats were 32-54 overall and 16-33 in conference. Even after last season the Wildcats were 12 games under .500 overall with Buie and 13 games under .500 in conference with Buie. As a junior, Eschmeyer was second in the Big Ten in scoring, first in rebounding, and third in field goal percentage. As a senior he repeated his rebounding crown and was third in scoring.

If anyone knew that for sure, then that would be a settled issue. But he is certainly going to be able to get better talent with better resources as well. We do know that in games against P5 competition over the past two years that FAU has: lost 80-67 to Ole Miss on the road beat Florida 76-74 on the road NCAA tourney beat Tennessee 62-55 NCAA tourney beat Kansas State 79-76 beat Butler 91-86 on a neutral court beat Texas A&M 96-89 on a neutral court beat Virginia Tech 84-50 on a neutral court lost 98-89 to Illinois on a neutral court beat Arizona 96-95 in 2OT on a neutral court That's 7-2 against power 5 competition -- all on the road or neutral courts.

Don't see the 'took herself out'. They were down 15 and coach pulled her. That's the right move, no need to risk injury in that situation.

Conference games left: Indiana: at Northwestern, Maryland. Northwestern 3-12 in conference, Maryland 8-7. Ohio State: Maryland, Wisconsin, at Iowa. Maryland 8-7 in conference, Wisconsin 6-9, Iowa 12-3 Iowa: Illinois, at Minnesota, Ohio State. Illinois 7-8, Minnesota 5-10, Ohio State 13-1. --------------------------------------------------------- If IU, Illinois, and Ohio State win out up until the Iowa/Ohio State matchup and Iowa wins, IU will be the three seed in the BTT.

If the Illinois game moved IU off the 4 line for the dance, the Iowa win should put them back on it.

What did she do?

Fox Sports talking head said at halftime as if it were a matter of fact that "Boo Buie is the best player in the history of the program". I immediately thought no.......that's Evan Eschmeyer. Went back and looked at the stats Eschmeyer put up while surrounded by putrid talent and I think could confirm that. John Shurna on that list as well.

Bargesser getting a lot of time in Parrish's absence is going to pay off in the long run. Gives IU a nice option off of the bench now. She'll need to add a perimeter game in the offseason, but she's pretty steady right now.

Caityln Clark 8 of 26 from the field, 3 of 16 from three. Outscored by Scalia who only took 14 shots and equaled by Holmes who took 16.

LOL at these refs.