RaceToTheTop

Reneau, Ballo, and Hatton played 58 combined minutes. That would mean that there was 22 minutes where MM or someone else was playing the 4. That would be a positive in that we are seeing multiple looks including a smaller quicker lineup. That also aligns with the first game where they combined for 59 minutes.

North Florida maybe a candidate for this year's Florida Atlantic? 3-0 now with road wins at South Carolina and Georgia Tech. Will also play road games at Georgia, Nebraska, and Florida.

Will Berg is.....not good. I know that Painter loves to play his seven footers but if Caleb Furst can't start now, I have no idea why he stayed there four years. Might be worth mentioning that Will Berg has now played in 66 minutes of college ball and at 7'2", he hasn't blocked a single shot.

Nobody played more than 27 minutes so it's not like anyone got overly taxed.

Eastern Illinois shot 60% in the first half, 17% in the second.

The only thing you can do after a brutal first half is to correct it in the second half.

That's not something you would know until the end of the season. You just want to be in some general spread where you envision it being what a tournament team would be.

EIU out of timeouts now.

20-2 run.

Needed to play like this from the opening tip.

Mgbako right now is our only three point shooting

The truth before our eyes is that with Carlyle's lack of shooting, we are a better team with Galloway on the floor.

I would more likely say he gets a pass from a contingent of those pulling the strings and providing $ because he's a former player. I wouldn't say fans in general do not or there would be a 23000 post thread here. Bottom line is he doesn't do himself any favors with the way he has treated the media who have asked fair questions of him but statements about him 'not needing to answer them'. His self-actualization is lacking. Last year certainly would have gotten more of a break from fans if he was someone that they personally liked.

Tom Allen loved Indiana University.

Please cite examples. I'm not sure why we are debating whether players that have played for him haven't liked him in general. There are lots of things to fault him for, not sure why people want to choose that hill to die on.

NCAA must have given him a second redshirt year on top of the 2021-22 free Covid year. 2018-19: redshirt 2019-2O IU 2020-21 IU 2021-22 Xavier 2022-23 Xavier 2023-24 missed the full year (believe the same health concerns he had as a freshman)…NCAA must have given him a second redshirt 2024-25 Xavier He turns 25 in December.

You do realize that there are coaches that isn't the case for every coach. By all accounts, Woodson is true to his word to players coming into the program. That is important to players. I haven't really heard him air team business to the press nor call a player out to the media. There are plenty of things that you can be critical of him about, but there are a lot of snake salesman out there that will lie to kids to get them into the program and you will hear grumblings in the background while they are with the team and then when they leave you will hear the complaints. You can argue about team construction and style of play that he's put out, but he has treated players fairly.

Georgetown's home opener against Lehigh drew 2,0008 fans.....and we know schools often inflate those numbers. Even DePaul drew 3000 fans for their opener.

It wasn't a one off thing -- I believe he had liked a post/tweet last spring about Woodson not paying enough attention to recruits during last year's sectional. That obviously didn't stop IU recruiting him. I'm just saying that didn't stop IU from recruiting him. Can interfering parents effect the team? Sure. Logan Duncomb grandmother and CJ Gunn's father (I believe) seem to do talking on social media/in the background when their kids weren't playing. It probably does hurt more if it's a parent whose kid is an integral part of the team. I think Bronny being at USC hurt them last year.

Well, I don't think his parents would've needed access to a private jet if he played in Bloomington. Anywho, there are two players in college basketball: players who play at IU and players who don't. Focus on the ones at IU and wish the others well unless they are playing IU. I would say that parents asking that their 18 year highly talented kid gets a ton of compensation (maybe more than they are worth) is the norm and not the exception. Ke'lel Wares are always going to be out there -- kids who asked and got the world (at Oregon) and it didn't pan out and they move on.

He played with too wide of a base --- dribbled way away from his body and stance was way too wide to move successfully. It's something that Troy Williams did as a freshman, but Williams was more talented and stance got better as he got older.

Logan Duncomb left IU after the 22-23 season and transferred to Xavier. In October of 2023 he stated he was stepping away from basketball to focus on his physical and mental health. He appears on Winthrop's roster now but did not play in their opener.

C.J. Gunn (DePaul): DNP in DePaul's opening 80-78 win over Southern Indiana due to an undisclosed injury. Also sat out their last exhibition game due to injury. Kaleb Banks (Tulane): Played 27 minutes in Tulane's opening 76-42 win against D2 Louisiana College. Score 14 points on 4-8 shooting (including 4-6 from three) and had 13 rebounds. Payton Sparks (Ball State): Poor start for Sparks in his return to Ball State. 1 point and 7 rebounds in 20 minutes in Ball State's 71-66 loss to Georgia State. Khristian Lander (Western Kentucky): Played 24 minutes in WKU's opening 91-84 loss to Wichita State. Had 7 points, 2 rebounds, and 2 assists. 4-11 from the field including 0-4 from three. Jordan Geronimo (Maryland): Payed 12 minutes in Maryland's opening 79-49 win over Manhattan. Scored 2 points and had 3 rebounds.

Yeah, there are fair shots and there are unfair shots. DD is the master of unfair shots. It's why he isn't on ESPN anymore.

Seems like a lot of long faces over a 19 point win. Would you have more comfortable with the Pom prediction of a 24 point win? The bottom line is that you can't just eke out wins like IU did last year. 19 point wins v 24 point wins.....kind of meh difference. Anyway, the positives and negatives I saw: The defense -- especially the on ball perimeter defense -- was outstanding. I'm used to hearing about us getting burnt by 'some unknown player' from deep. SIUE shot 19% from deep and just 35% overall. IU seemed to have found something with the PNR in the second half. I know it's SIUE, but the PNR was working regardless of who IU was running it with. Carlyle defense is outstanding. Free throws: 82% at 14 of 17. Obviously MM's performance. And his shot looked so smooth tonight. The negatives -- Defensive rebounding was poor. 16 offensive boards is waaayyyyy too many. Have to a better job of corralling those. Way too many turnovers. Luke Goode's shot. Not sure what is up with that. You can certainly blame Woodson for our shooting woes, but Goode had two really good looks and missed them. Looks like it's a little in his head right now. Carlyle needs to get started offensively. IMO we need to get him moving to the bucket more. ----------------- One final note: it does take time for new players to asymalate. Worth noting the returning players (Mgbako, Reneau, and Galloway) were a combined 20 of 28 from the floor (5 of 7 from three) while the new players were 10 of 29 and 1 of 9 from three.