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Yeah, hope not, don’t see this team of having a realistic shot at that

Yeah I remember that, fair point. But the way this season is going and how the team looks so far, it may be our best chance (unless we get some good signature W’s in conference).

Closer than I would’ve thought

Gallo’s not a point. There, not so crazy times again. :)

They have some fantastic 3-point shooters and Moren runs great sets for them - let’s go!

So I am behind the times here, don’t know why Clark is such a media darling and doesn’t get called for fouls, what’s the deal?

What a complete a$$

This may be a year where we need to show well in the B1G tourney

Bako came in an outstanding shooter. Some questioned that early on, bc he wasn’t connecting well early on. Now that it’s clear he’s found his shot in college game speed, hopefully Woodson and staff will build on this by running more plays for him which in turn will help open the lane, create space weak side, and give Malik and Ware more room to work with. And repeating myself to death (I know), run plays for MORE outside shots, yes we do have guys who can shoot, take advantage of it

Bako’s best 2-way game

Yeah I called that an L for KenPom lol

Never doubted we’d get this W but it was nice to see the strong start followed by a strong finish

He’s finding his mojo

Starters have scored 33 of our points. Play them heavy and get Bako more shots

I guess this is a pretty good start

Just one game and way outside the norm. I hope it continues, shots will begin to drop.(and it was actually 7-26 fwiw) previous 4 in reverse order total outside shots 12 18 9 9

We see things differently. I see multiple open shots passed up, and the lack of inside-out play (we saw it one game and we lit it up), the lack of p&p, and guys who look like they’re worried about whether they have the right to take the shot. Hulls, of course, had a big green light (as he should have) to shoot. How many outside shots a game do you think those Crean teams had? Crean had problems on yhe defensive end, but shooting? We were a top scoring team repeatedly. Our problem on this team is not a lack of movement, it’s a lack of shooting - volume. However, I agree somewhat with people questioning how Gallo is being used offensively. He’s more a playmaker, don’t know what happened to his shooting confidence but he creates really well, would like to see him driving and kicking out more.

But there are plenty of guys who put up hundreds of shots. Regardless, the point is we're barely taking any outside shots, and yes we do have guys who can hit, but they can't hit if we're taking like 12-14 outside shots a game. Volume matters.

First, we do have guys who can shoot. Second, no one said "quick shots" -- what I'm (very clearly) talking about is volume. Do you really think it's OK that we're at bottom of the NCAA in outside shot attempts? If so you're living in the past, this isn't the 80's, you have to have a 3-point game to make it far. If by "dump it into the post, then push it back out" you mean an inside-out game, absolutely. But then you go on with "reset back to the post" and our post guys get it. So I don't know if you're really saying play to the post, play the front court game. If so, I disagree, unless you have Frankenstein (PU) up front, you're just going to add up L's, and even with Frankenstein, you're not running deep in March anyway. We need a legit 3-point game.

Wait -- WHAT -- Leal?? @Loaded Chicken Sandwich is going to have a heart attack!

Well, that's kind of a cop out. Yeah, he worked his azz off. So do most IU players. Can't just disregard what encouraging shooting does by saying but Vic worked his azz off. What we have is a team that shoots by volume at the FREAKING BOTTOM of the NCAA. That's ridiculous. We have guys who can shoot, encourage shooting, encourage spreading the offense, work the ball inside out - that we don't is one reason we lose.

I think we're saying the same thing Chicken. I want the staff encouraging shooting, that's one of my biggest concerns right now.

Dipo shot in the 20's his soph year. His form was there, he continued to be encouraged to shoot, and he shot in the 40's his jr year. Encourage shooting.