Maynard

I just read a Facebook thread of Wisconsin fans upset over the "out of control" number of turnovers Bucky has had this year. "This is not Wisconsin basketball" they say. "This carelessness cannot be accepted." Gor perspective, they are averaging just over 10 a game this year. In Crean's tenure IU is averaging 14.26 per game, and has only had more assists than turnovers in 4 of his 9 seasons. Davis had such 4 seasons in his shorter stint. I couldn't find the turnover stats for Knight coached teams, but I'm guessing they had more assists than turnovers in at least 80% of their seasons.

If the Hoosiers win tonight will they cut down the nets?

I was having a discussion with a few friends about CTC and the hopes that his tenure is coming to an end. Some of the classic arguments in favor of Crean came up during the conversation (recruiting, offensive efficiency, etc). This led me to a few questions. 1. Crean's offense has always failed the eye test for me. Even during the 'good years' with VO, CZ, etc the offense was often ugly. Has anyone looked at the combined "in conference" offensive efficiency ratings over his career? 2. Because of my work schedule I don't get to follow teams other than IU as closely as I would like. It seems that IU has had an inordinate amount of injuries over the last 9 years. Are other teams experiencing the heightened number of injuries or could there be something about IU's strength and conditioning program that are leading to this? I hope that this is all over soon.

I typically only watch CTC's postgame. Catch me up a bit, what do other coaches find so difficult?

"When outside shots aren't hot" is the key for me. Two or three years ago I did a little research to see which B1G schools had the best record while shooting a lower % than their competitors. Indiana was at the bottom of the list. I understand that the offensive scheme deserves credit for getting more open shots and thus having a higher percentage, but it has always seemed to me that EVERY offense looks good when shots are falling. Very seldom throughout Crean's tenure have I felt like the execution was good during a game and the shots were just not going down. Far more often I have felt like good shooters have bailed out bad possessions.