Bigred3588

It’s pretty hard to win basketball games when you can’t shoot outside 4 ft smh

The saddest thing is that I knew better than to watch the game. I got home from work and my GF asked if I wanted the game on. I looked at her and said “no, we’re playing @ Wisconsin and I don’t feel like getting pissed tonight.”

There’s nothing wrong with building muscle during the off-season. Hell, most of the former IU players currently in the NBA come back to IU to work out with Marshall during the off-season. It’s only an issue if you continue to make gains during the season, and I highly doubt Marshall is unaware of that. The fact is, players have a ceiling when it comes to shooting. You could teach one player perfect technique and they’ll never be more than a 36-38% shooter regardless of the muscle memory built. Meanwhile, an unconventional shooter like Hulls can maintain 40+ percent. You could put both players through the same strength training program, and that disparity won’t change. IMO, our shooting woes boil down to the fact that Archie doesn’t bother recruiting shooters because he doesn’t view them as a necessity for his offense. I suspect he doesn’t emphasize development in this area for the same reason. His offense is predicated on getting the ball to the rim and generating layups and/or fouls. You aren’t going to accomplish that with players that spend the bulk of their time on mechanics. All he really needs is a couple of guys that are good enough to keep the defense honest. It’s not the prettiest offense and I don’t necessarily like it, but I doubt we’ll see much of a change during his tenure at IU.

Awfully hard to win when you give the other team 2+ shots on every possession

Are they really not gonna give us the 3rd point for Rob’s 3?

This is the first game I’ve been able to watch the season. I see we having solved the scoring drought issue...

I’m pretty optimistic for this year. Lander will have his freshman moments but the reports have been good. A junior Phinisee is solid. Durham as a senior is solid. TJD, no explanation needed. Hunter was a guy that people considered a possible one-n-done that is finally healthy and has some experience under his belt. Race is a banger. Brunk can give us some solid play. Galloway IMO is cleanup guy that will leave everything on the floor. Leal has the IQ and the shot. And I have the same feeling about Geronimo that I had about Oladipo and Anunoby. I think he’ll raise some eyebrows.

Losing Kaufman hurts but I’ve never really seen the appeal with Furst. Maybe it’s because I haven’t seen him in person but the reels on YouTube just don’t impress me...

I’m just going to assume it’s true and be let down tonight. If it turns out it was a hoax and he picks IU, tomorrow will bring a nice surprise. If he does pick Purdue, I won’t have waited all day the be let down. On to the next one

Some people over on HSN are posting pics of him at the studio where the announcement is supposedly being made. Hate to say it but it doesn’t look good...

I started following IU message boards about 15 years ago and the posters on HSN are those from the original scout site I followed (it’s changed domains multiple times). I was very tempted to log back in and set em straight but didn’t feel like starting that argument... The only guy over there that has been somewhat accurate is the one with 0708 at the end of his username.

I think you’re talking about Enes Kanter, who never played because he had been paid as a pro overseas (shocker).

He usually doesn’t speak at all if the player is headed elsewhere and I’m not sure I’ve ever seen him be wrong... Not saying he hasn’t been wrong at some point but he’s been the most accurate poster I’ve seen in the 15 years I’ve followed IU message boards.

Then he’s in pretty good company. Apparently Calipari runs this drill and said Herro was the best he’s seen with 95 in 5 minutes.

Hate to be a naysayer but that sounds like BS to me. You’d have to average 1 made 3 every 3 seconds for a full 5 minutes...

I'd be more concerned if he were promoting to HC somewhere. The fact that its a lateral move has me thinking it wouldn't be too big of a deal.

There’s a shorter version that only has Duncombs highlights on YouTube as well.

Not very often that you see high school players tackle the ball carrier along with anyone else in the general vicinity lol. He got stuck on an island against the option and just tackled the QB along with the RB.

And to think, this dude could jump out of the gym before he doubled the size of his quads...

I think you're probably right. Pretty much all of his comments could be summarized as, "(Insert coach) plans on giving me the ball and letting me do what I want." That's not exactly Archie's style.

Bachelor of Arts in Wakandan Studies?

Well...the fact that he wants to major in physics doesn't exactly help our cause. Our physics program isn't even one of the top 10 programs in our conference.

This is correct. The "one year removed" provision is in addition to the minimum age requirement. He will have met that requirement but will not be eligible for the draft until 2022.

Any Chris007 sightings?

A little OT but this is one of the things that has me psyched for Geronimo. The kid can fly and he’s made comments about wanting to put everyone on a poster if he gets the ball near the basket.