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Like you I expect Scoop in fairly soon, but I'd prefer Stewart early. X already fouls heavily and I don't want him in foul trouble 5 min in. BTW, Geronimo hasn't been playing great, but he has shown he can lock people down, and I'd like to see him get part of the defensive assignment when he comes in. Scoop though prob will be get a real test here. We're going to have to really switch well, in any event, but man that's a bad matchup

Kopp would be a bad call for that defensive assignment. 6'5 scoring machine from deep and inside. Kopp does not have the defense to take on that assignment and we'll almost certainly be in a hole quick if that's it. Would have to think Fife et al will make a call here.

So Guard Johnny Davis leads Wisc in points, rebounds (!), assists and steals. Averages 20.1 ppg. 40% from the arc. Shut. Him. Down. He didn't play in their one loss ag Providence.

It really is mindboggling and just plain hard to comprehend why or how the refs basically suit up for Wisconsin in their house. I have never seen any other team/venue where it's that bad. Why is it? How does this continue year after year after year? It really is pathetic. I don't care where I finish in the prediction league -- I just can't bring myself to give any vote to the cheeseheads. I will predict in blind optimism. I will hope the refs each fall down and sprain their ankles.

Don’t think it’s one player - he says there is always a player shooting after practice and “every guy” he’s seen do it has had it pay off.

uh, Ark Pine Bluff coach has his players running sprints -- MID GAME against ISU lol. Wow.

If only! I would have a grin plastered on my face for a week

1. Coaching staff / Woodson and overall direction of the program - return to IU basketball 2. Lineup rigidity, under-use of depth which impacts having to play from behind, repeated slow starts

Single digits from the arc! Lol

Had to miss the game - dang it Can someone fill me in on a few things — from box X only played 16 min, issues? How did Leal do in his 12? See that Bates was 2d in scoring and played 24, highlights? No Lander at all? What is up with that? So we dominated 2d half, adjustments?

New pick IU red - 79 ugly red - 68

What day is it? Edit, probably sideways bc I haven’t had the coffee yet….

Preface - really like your posting and often agree with you. here, I buy in half way. I understand the statement, and agree - rankings mean only so much. But then a top ranked player, as Lander was, achieved that ranking on demonstrated talent to multiple scouts over an extended period. And the question about coaches? Lander came in as a 17 year old, skinny high school senior, and the first and only coach before this season was that offensive genius, Cam. And now Lander has been starting to get more minutes - under Woodson, and he had clearly played better, while not being fully there, and he’s made mistakes, mistakes that show a lack of experience, which is what Woodson referred to in giving Rob the nod. It’s just not accurate or fair to say that shows Lander isn’t good.Talent and ceiling? They’re there, really think that’s obvious. Decision making and judgment? Not yet

I do think his game has grown this season and he’s showing steady improvement. He isn’t lost on either end (was last season), he’s finding guys better, his shot looks better, he’s clearly stronger. But also think he hasn’t yet had the college game slow down for him, he plays so fast he has missed things because of it like in OT last game — then you have Woody give the nod to Rob noting his experience— Lander basically got 0 experience because of Cam and so that shouldn’t be surprising— but I do want to see Lander getting game experience, his upside is seriously high, and if / when ge gets there we’ll all be very happy

Think you went a bit far here. Lander was a top rated point guard in his class for very well demonstrated reasons. Heck you can just pull up Rabjohns' recent tweet about how Lander's excellent play (at the time) was what he (Rabjohns) saw in Lander for years while he was demonstrating outstanding point guard ability. All discussion above is fair. Lander continues to have weaknesses in his game, and I for one do trust this very experienced staff to play the player who has earned his floor time. However, it's really unfair to Lander to cross-compare him to Leaf. Lander has exceptional talent. He absolutely earned his ranking (to the extent rankings matter). But who plays between him and Rob and when will continue to be the the coaching staff's call and fair discussion.

IU 81 Cornholes 70

Agree on all points. Rob gets bashed here because of the 'pound the ball' thing, and honestly that's been warranted (and I think CAM really hurt his confidence), but he's an excellent defender, and he contributes offensively more in ways that don't show up in the box. But -- Lander is really coming along, and he is so quick with the action and his reads. From what I see, his D is suffering now more because of his being overly aggressive - he reaches and fouls way too much -- than what is was before, when he looked lost. He doesn't look lost much now, and his offense is showing the 5-star talent that he came in with, it's not there yet, but it's really starting to show. I do hope he can continue to get minutes, I think he's going to continue to improve and he has the talent to get us W's.

Why didn't you say this during CAM's tenure???

2 OT against a desperate -- well coached -- team with some very good guards -- ON THE ROAD. Yeah, it was a disappointing L, yeah we came out like we were not ready and got down big, but also yeah, on the road (in that silly football arena ) we were within a basket of the W in double OT.

I think we're going to curb stomp Neb. May be a dog fight at times but I do think our guys will fight this one and finish it strong.

But I thought it was always sunny at IU?

After our poor start against Cuse, then the fight to double OT, and now starting Conf play, I think our guys come out strong and focused. Good W coming

Agree. The slow start though was bad, though, and not sure why we came out of the gate so poorly. Some stat pluses -- we shot 40 percent from deep, our outside shooting is clearly improving, though Bates was an unusual 0-4, after coming into the game over 40 percent, he's going to continue to get better as he adjusts as a frosh. Related, Kopp turned the corner last night, major bounce back game for him. On the very down side, 26 TO's is awful, and 7 of those were by Race and 6 by TJD. Guess they'll be doing some serious running. I was confused as to why X wasn't more involved in the scoring -- 9 assists (to 3 TO's) if fantastic, but only 2 shots? Our offense is improving, but it's still not well balanced, and I think we're going too far in shortening the bench. 3 players playing 45 plus minutes, another with 39 in a double OT game while the bench barely played -- right, our bench had a terrible last game, but before that game it was a plus, and guys like Bates and Geronimo need playing time, Lander too, we're going to need that bench support in the B1G.

This is just crazy

Looks just like Crean. ........ :)