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Meh, I guess he's ok. :)

A game I'd like to see a lot of Ren and JG. We'll see.

IU - 91 Somewhere in Arkansas - 60

If i could score 50 and 17 I might go for some Taiwan Macs too :)

Lol old abd flabby with 50 points and 17 boards, Stu, new glasses?

But Lunardi provides comedy. It's way, way too early but the bracketville site is better (not that that's very difficult), IU and Illini as 3-seeds seems reasonable at this point. I'm not so sure about UNC as a 2 (really interested to see how our game goes), or MSU, or UCLA a 4, etc., but again way early.

I can't get blood from a turnip. :)

https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2023-march-madness-men-field-predictions Lunardi's uber early bracket, has IU a #2 seed (and Xavier a #7) 4- Illini and MSU 5 - Iowa 6- PU 7 - OSU, MD 8 - UM 9 - Wisc 11/Bye - PSU 10 B1G teams? Ok lol

Yep he did, lots of promise in our young frosh

He's a kid I will always pull for. I remember him saying how surreal and amazing it was when he hit that big buzzer beater against Butler and how much he loved IU.

Espn reports the W over Xavier was IU's first true non-conference road win over a KenPom top 40 ranked team in 21 years.

Yes agree. He's pretty solid inside the arc, would expect his FG% to improve, not sure yet on his outside game, it's not a strength but he has shown he can knock some down, hope to see that improve for sure --

I like to follow the players' stats as they develop over the season along with how they're impacting the games on both ends. Some things stand out so far. Still too early imo for real conclusions on some things but some things show well at this stage. (Below do not include Banks, Gunn, Duncomb etc. due to signif few minutes) Per 100 possessions: Defensive rating: #1 JG #2 Ren #3 Race Offensive rating: #1 Gallo #2 TJD #3 JG Steals: #1 JG #2 Ren #3 Bates 3PT% #1 X #2 Kopp #3 Gallo (but missed last game so minute discrep) FG% #1 TJD #2 - tied JG and Ren #3 X Boards #1 TJD #2 Ren #3 Race Blocks #1 JG #2 Race #3 TJD Per 40 Min Points - and FG's #1 TJD #2 Ren #3 JG 2P% #1 JG #2 TJD #3 Ren Boards: #1 TJD #2 Ren #3 Race Steals: #1 JG #2 Ren #3 Bates Advanced Stats Win Shares #1 TJD #2 X #3 Ren Win Shares per 40: #1 TJD #2 JG #3 Ren Defensive win shares: a bunch tied at this point - TJD, X, Ren, JHS, Race, followed by JG, Kopp, Bates Offensive win shares: #1 TJD #2 X #3 Ren, JG and Kopp tied https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/indiana/2023.html So far, Ren and JG appear all over these stats (TJD dominates but hey we expect that). Going to be interesting to see how these develop.

He hasn't yet shown shooting at that level, but he's running the team very well and leading us in assists at that 4.5 to 1.8 assist to TO ratio. (And X has a ratio of 3.8 to 2.3, that's a stark contrast.) He's also averaging 1.3 steals per game, good for 1st on the team (tied with JG and Ren). Scouts aren't watching him just to see how much he scores, they're watching him for his on-ball play and upside as a big lead guard with NBA athleticism. We're undefeated, he's key, and he's very much in mix right now as a player being watched for the next level.

Ohio beating UM 16-12 Zags all over UK 19-8

Does Barrel Rick still have a chance?

and JG 2 blocks

2nd block for JG

Leal in

JHS with 12

Duncomb in

Fixed it for you!

JG doing a good job of drawing fouls

Banks with the 3