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I'm curious who the older white haired gentleman is that sits next to Jakai Newton every game?

I just don't like booing our own players, personally

Bardo saying Woodson would like to see more free throw time and less (phone) screen time from his guys? Just shut up dude.

Cupps reluctance to shoot is impossible to ignore. Crowd wants him to so badly, kinda feel bad for the kid.

i wish we could've taken 10 of these points and put them toward the Rutgers game. Lol

Reneau is sooo skilled

Great D by Trey

What the hell was that KW?!?! TO please.

Passing is... not Ware's strength lol

I really do feel sorry for you that you feel this way man

I know some people are resistant to the idea and some may think this is a reactionary take based on his RU incident, but I tend to agree. Since Cupps also refuses to make himself a scoring threat, the ball moves better with him on the first unit IMO. If Mgbako's defense continues to get better, CG starting with the rest of the group is doable for a short stretch before you bring in XJ. Gunn getting more run too... I just think XJ leading that second unit gives them a much clearer identity on the court and everyone plays their role more. At the end of the game you can go with your best 5 that given night.

Banks I agree needs to work on his handles some. Don't get me wrong, Gunn could definitely have a tighter handle too, but I feel like most of his ball handling mistakes are a result of his mind moving faster than his body, feel like we're still seeing him figure out the speed of the game at this level.

CJ overthinking loses the dribble, don't get a shot off. 10 point lead going into halftime. Fairly pleased overall, not going to get too up or down based on this game. Hope they close it out strong! Big stretch ahead! Nice to get some momentum behind us for them.

Really weird lineup to close this half.

Wow nice handle from Mgbako, gotta finish the layup! Good cleanup by Ware and Banks.

An overly aggressive closeout that got called for a ticky tack foul and resulted in 1 point? His defense is still not good, but it's gotten better. That was an effort foul. I can live with that compared to earlier this year. Add in the offensive threat he provides, and lack of competition at his position, ... getting progressively tougher to keep him off the court.

I hate the move where you bat the ball as far out as you can instead of grabbing it or getting better positioning.

I just wish they played this hard outside of SSAH.

If we blow this game look no further than FTs.

OMG Cupps didn't even look at the basket on that drive.

Another highlight of today's game? The new IU commercial... the last one was getting really old!

The staff needs to get to the root cause of these FT challenges and figure out how to improve things ASAP. We are leaving points on the table that will be the difference against better competition in the B10.

Mgbako showing some handle, passing, shooting... solid D so far AND?... a couple of box outs! Great game from him so far. Love seeing this team play well. Trey's defense has been great too. Everyone's contributing. Keep it up!

IU 76 Minnesota 68

We've talked about this team lacking leadership a bit... I get that everyone has a different temperament/their own style and way of doing things... we sort of see X trying to fill that void (whether effective is an entirely different conversation... I don't much care for his style, most of the time... time and place...). But why is Gallo, a senior and coach's kid, not comfortable being more vocal/getting in guys faces? Leal doesn't really get minutes and the other guys are young/new. Malik could probably handle that role but its a lot on a sophomore who is still developing. Sad because had high hopes for Trey this year, but last year definitely looks like an anomaly now. Rooting for him.