IU - Kaulie

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I don’t know about that.

Classy post. Several points I can make, but I’m not going to address this right now.

As a recent IU graduate, and having been to a few other campuses, the ‘game experience’ at IU is severely lacking. It’s almost comical. Those things matter to college students. Have to give them a reason to get into the stadium and actually stay. Winning consistently will certainly help, but more has to be done besides the play on the field. I think as we get into fall and it becomes more tolerable to be outside along with the team doing well, more students will come and more will stay. However, student attendance will not really change until the total game experience changes.

Out.

I tend to agree with you on a lot of topics but not this. Just take the Pacers and who they have played. Edey can’t hold up against Hali/Myles Turner in the pnr game. He can’t go out and guard Brook Lopez on the perimeter. The Knicks playmaking big man would pick him apart on the top of the key with his passing ability. I don’t like Edey one bit, and I will say he has come a long way but this isn’t college. These NBA bigs are on another level. I will enjoy seeing someone like Myles Turner or TJD driving and dunking on his head. In my opinion, Edey is a backup big that you can throw it into that can get buckets, but will be made to look silly by NBA point guards and big men on the defensive end. There are a number of teams I bet that won’t even be interested at all in drafting him.

I have a hard time seeing Edey as anything more than a backup big. He will be able to get buckets but these NBA point guards will make him look silly trying to cover on the other end.

I have a question for you guys. So I haven’t really watched a lot of NBA basketball. Not over the last couple of years anyway. I saw some of the Bucks series and caught the game last night. I was really interested in watching Haliburton because that’s who gets talked about obviously. Is that who he is? I see that he plays with good pace and can pass the ball but all his shots look to be step back 3’s that he doesn’t hit at a high percentage. The game winner against the Bucks was nice but all the other times I have seen him penetrate he always seems to be looking to throw it to someone else even when he seems to have a step and could take a good shot. His backup has looked like the better player to me. For someone that really hasn’t seen him play what am I missing?

You’re one to talk!

Prayers up LCS!

I like getting Goode but really wanted Humrichous.

Again, I agree Ballo is not that type of player. He gets his points on dunks and offensive rebounds. However, Woodson is still going to run his offense through the post. Most of that’s going to be MR, but Ballo will get some touches. I don’t see us putting up 25 threes a game you suggest. I would love it if we did, but Woodson’s track record does not support that. It’s not just the studs like TJD/Ware. We would throw it into Race. Heck, every time Michael Durr was in the game in his one year here we would throw it into him. This is not a personnel thing this is a system thing. When the man himself has repeatedly said that he believes the college game is still run through the post and there has been no evidence to suggest that he doesn’t believe that then I don’t know what else to say.

Gallo had no problem creating for himself and others when he was operating at point guard. I agree with you on Ballo. I have seen him play, and no you don’t force feed him every time down. Where I probably disagree with you is that is exactly what CMW will try to do. Not every time down, but Ballo will get touches that he shouldn’t get. That’s plain and simple the three year track record of CMW. He wants to play through the post, and as recently as this offseason has still said as much. I’m hoping, no I’m begging that changes, but until we see otherwise …..

I wish things could have worked out differently at IU. I hope he kills it.

Newton was very highly regarded before he got injured. He hasn’t played in two years. He needs minutes in live game action. I agree with your top 7 and Cupps is going to play. Leal idk we will see. I’m not saying Newton is going to play a lot of minutes. Who knows what he will look like, but I do think he needs to see the court imo. If he can get back to where he was he will most certainly get minutes, probably a lot of them.