KzooHoosier82

I thought dropping 5 spots was a bit extreame for a 6 point loss to Ole Miss. i expected to drop to 10th. Not being able to claim a top 10 finish will hopefully provide our guys with all the locker room material they need this off-season to come back even better next year.

That’s just it. He came into this year a complete unknown. I would have thought by coming back and having preseason All American and trophy watch list recognition (along with a solid season of course) he would develop from a fringe draft pick to a lock in the mid rounds. Teams can’t shy away from Safeties like they can CBs so I wouldn’t expect his numbers to suffer, especially with another year working with our staff.

Best of luck to him. I really thought he had the potential to improve his draft stock by coming back next year. Hopefully he gets drafted.

I think 16 will be the magic number but it’s really hard to tell given where the bulk of the other teams will finish so 15 might do it. Outside of Gonzaga and Baylor, there are really no dominant teams so anyone can lose on any given night. I think selection Sunday will be as crazy and interesting as it’s ever been this year. All that said, I would be very disappointed if we don’t get to 18 wins including the B1G tournament.

I’ll believe it (too much potential) when I see it. I never saw him play in High School but I thought I read comments that he could defend at a high level at his position. His jumpshot isn’t better than his defense and his ability to let the game come to him is what likely gets him pulled as quickly as he does. I hope he can improve but it’s just very jarring to see a 5 star point guard (reclassify or not) perform this poorly.

The other more obvious option is to not play him at all

It feels like he gets an obligatory 3 minutes in the middle of the first half, doesn’t play particularly well (forcing the issue almost as if he knows he only has 3 minutes) and sits the rest of the game. Can’t be good for his confidence. Either play him if he’s good enough or don’t...these random consolation stints aren’t helping him or the team.

You can have games like these when you hang 3 banners. When is the last time we won a conference game convincingly? When is the last time adjustments were made to postively impact the outcome? Archie is a mediocre coach until he proves otherwise

Situational basketball. Freshman with very little game time are prone to foul late in games when it’s the last thing we want. A good coach would know better

What is Leal doing in the game here? Damn it man.

46% as a team from the line. Unacceptable

Rob is not guarding anyone and bricking everything. If you’re hurt, you’re hurt. Sit down regardless. Archie doesn’t make adjustments to make his team better.

He’s forcing it. If they are this committed to taking him away the guards have to make them pay. Worked well in the first half, now not so much.

Archie is gonna lose his sh*t if these guys don’t start getting back on defense. They’re getting way too many easy baskets to stay in this game.

Reich does this all the time. Chasing the two point conversion was also a huge mistake that Rivers/Doyle had to bail him out of later by picking it back up. I’m getting a little tired of hearing about the genius of Reich when he’s aggressiveness hurts the team more than it helps. You also can’t afford to blow a TO with a hail mary challenge in the second half.

This is why our recruiting class remains so small. The Ole Miss transfer will also not count toward our 85. I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw a couple other senior transfers fo even further bolster the roster before the end of winter.

Gotta say, I’m pretty surprised by this but in a very very good way. Keep em comin!

We had our chances despite playing 5 on 6 but what an awful sequence to end the first OT and even worse 2OT. We need more bench depth if we’re gonna play a team like Wisconsin into double OT. Have to imagine TJD, Al and Rob were absolutely gassed. Lots to be optimistic about going forward. Let’s get at it against Nebraska

These refs are a joke

If our guards drive to the bucket there will be no help defense. They just have to do it

I love that Al isn’t settling for long jumpers. With TJD playing like this the lane will be open the rest of this game.

He’s old for his grade so it’s more accurate to say he “could” be a senior in high school. I’d be less harsh if he came in and played within himself and tried to get others the ball. From my vantage point, when he does get minutes he jacks up a couple bad shots, forces a pass or two that don’t work and gets benched. If he wasn’t a 5 star recruit he wouldn’t see the floor.

I just can’t figure out what everyone who rated/recruited him saw in his game. He’s very quick with a decent handle but he can’t guard a trash can and his scoring ability is beyond horrible. Maybe it’s a confidence/lack of playing time issue but I don’t know if I’ve seen a scholarship guard play worse then him at IU in this small sample size. We have walk ons who are better than him

Getting really sick of the wasted possessions at the end halfs/games. Waiting until 7 seconds to get into a “play” is beyond dumb. So far it’s got a 3% success ratio and that’s only because even though I don’t remember it ever working this season, I’m sure it’s worked at least once

Not sure what his weight has to do with the fact that he can’t shoot the ball. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a worse jumper from a guard at this level