DChoosier

I’m convinced Smith has incriminating photos of Archie.

A couple of years ago we beat 2 of the final four teams (KS and UNC) and did not make the tourney. I’ll bet that has not happened often.

5 minutes in and Romeo and Morgan each have shot once and each was a last second three (misses).

We definitely need both.

IU 75 OSU 69

It depends on the grad transfer. Should we have brought in someone that averaged 5 points a game in a much less competitive conference? No. Especially when his points per game decreased each of the three years he attended St Mary’s. I do think, however, we might need a grad transfer (if a talented one is available) next year as I cringe to think of this team next year without Romeo and Morgan. Maybe Hunter can pick up somewhat for Romeo and TJD is surely talented but is a freshman TJD better than a senior Morgan? Maybe but I would not bet on it.

Noah was also very young and did not have a good feel as to how to post up. I remember games in which Dicky V would keep yelling “get him the ball” but Noah was standing sideways, did not seal the defender and did not “present” himself with good angles. His age is one of the reasons that it took him a while to develop in the NBA. Not implying Crean was blameless but Noah had a ways to go.

Agree 100%. The Marquette game in particular was a thing of beauty. They way they moved the ball that game really made me excited for the season.

I really admire De’Ron and how he has dealt with, and fought through, all of the injuries. He and Al often seem to be two of the players that care the most and give consistent effort (even though they are dreaded Crean players...sarcasm intended). I hope he comes back next year and has an injury free season. I have somewhat of an understanding what Archie is trying to do defensively but his offensive “system” still eludes me. Even if De’Ron does not fit Archies offense, and I am not sure that is the case, I think posters are crazy to think we don’t need his size next year against MSU, MD, PU, Wiscy, IA etc.

We might be in TODAY but we are tracking towards 6-14 or 7-13 in the conference which will not cut it. Hopefully we will go on a surprising run but I’m not holding my breath.

I also got a little excited and/or thought we might have turned a corner after MSU. The fact is, however, that we did not turn the corner but rather the MSU game was an outlier. The results from the last 8 games back that up.

As much as I want to be in the tourney.....a .4-8 conference team, including 2-3 at HOME, does not cut it.

That’s the most frustrating thing. Most games the team seems to care for 10-15 minutes, I really don’t get it.

Maybe next year.

If only Romeo could have hit that three. We will either be 4-8 or 5-7 in the conference after tonight.....which is a HUGE difference when it comes to getting back to around .500 for our tourney resume.

And we had a few good looks. Just couldn’t knock them down. A couple of stops and we can win this.

Jake and Fitzner should not be in the game at the same time....especially when we are trying to come back.

How could JM blatantly grab that guy with three fouls? I love everything about his game except the needless fouls he commits when he already has two or more.

It is sooooooooo easy to get Smith to jump with a pump fake,

“Good Green” is much better than Anderson. Unfortunately, “Good Green” does not show up very often.

This is obvious but..... we really need to turn this around in the second half. This home win is absolutely crucial if we want to continue to have a chance to get into the tourney.

Yes, and so many of our turnovers are “unforced” rather than being due to good defense.

Well....”Bad Green” showed up so far tonight.

Play hard on D and things turn around. What a concept !

I agree with what DD has said about Romeo tonight