HoosierHoopster

I said I couldn’t see this team finishing in the bottom 5 — and they didn’t — they finished in the bottom 6 — suck it!

Hell of an ending to the Ill game

Overall B+ Can't give last night so much emphasis, it was 1 game in the tourney, where we haven't been since 2016. Improved from 12 W's to 21 counting tourney. Met my expectations / hope after a horrible 12 W season under CAM, with essentially the same team. Staff B - Took a team from 12 W's to the tourney, - beat PU, beat UM - won 2 games in the B1G tourney, only lost the semi-final game against Iowa by a half-court banked in 3 with 1 second left, and - got us into and won our first NCAA tourney game. Clearly substantial improvement. - Recruiting has started off well, JHS is going to impact from day 1, kid is a big, physical guard who can play and defend 2-3 positions. Improvement needed - need to work the starters/lineups better, continuing to run with Stew and Kopp as starters no matter how little or poorly they shoot is just not good - related, failing to establish an inside - out game with low shooting numbers from the outside is not good, come on, but in fairness it's also likely at least partly a byproduct of not having shooters who can create their own shot, we need more versatile outside shooters - only recognizing how important Geronimo is to the team towards the end of the season is not good (his play and 'numbers' on a per minute basis were there almost the full season), - and generally Woodson needs to learn to listen to his assistants better/more and stop turning to his former NBA colleagues. Man, you have some really good experience on the bench with you, listen to it better. Players B to B+ - NONE of these guys had ever been in the NCAA tourney, or even moved past the first round in the B1G tourney, they learned how to win, as players, they beat and almost swept PU, they came together and played together without the silly drama or cliques we sometimes saw under CAM. - Some showed real growth, Geronimo stands out above all on improvement and potential, imo, Galloway has become an impact player on both ends, jumper away form really good, needs to slow down his hectic drives but that comes with experience, X turned into a strong point guard in the second half of the season, he was often the difference between W's and L's. - Some didn't really expand their games individually, but not bashing any of them, collectively as a team they grew together and improved, significantly, as a team together

Think @Uspshoosier and @FightFor6 pretty much nailed it above. Yes we got drilled but St M's is both a strong team and a balanced veteran team, starters all average double digit scoring, their experience playing together was clear, that's a good team. And yes no matter who you are, if you play 5 games in 8 days it's going to take its toll, Hell there's a reason why NBA teams generally lose the second night of a back to back, and they don't mess around and play 5 games in 8 days. Then people on here talk about effort -- you guys really think our guys weren't trying last night? Really? Of course they were, but they were gassed, they started making desperation plays, and things went south fast. But hey, we weren't the 2 seed that lost to the 15 seed - lol - THAT is a failure. Our season was not. Our season was, under season 1 for Woody, a 20 win climb back to the tourney. That's where we are today. Where we are next season and going forward is up to Woodson, and his recruiting. And Schifino, Banks, Gunn is a good start - JHS is outstanding, big, strong, physical pg/cg who should bring impact from day 1. We know Woodson/staff will be recruiting for shooting, our clear weakness, and wing depth, and Geronimo is going to be a flat out beast next season. I'm over the bad loss, the season was a success.

Oh F it, we got to 20 W’s and the tourney in Woodson’s year 1, Geronimo is going to be a beast next season, Bates is going to be tough, excellent pg / cg coming in and now we can see how Woodson builds a team with his recruits and actual time to work with for transfers. That game was a disaster but I’m happy we got there in year 1 and I’m looking forward to watching the team build from this and recruiting going forward.

GERONIMO!!

Pretty even so far

Whatever happens tonight, so good to see IU again in the tourney -- Here we go!

Except its light beer lol

Richmond's playing strong

A productive week at the office.... :)

Yeah taxes tend to collapse on me fast :)

Al tying team high for Prov with 13 on 5-12 shooting, 8 boards, 6 assists to 2 TO's -- That's a nice line, and good to see him in the tourney for Prov

UCLA is good. I'll be very happy if we get by St M's, hey, I'm already happy lol

Yeah Mich has this in the bag now

Both teams have been playing out of control, a lot of hectic drives and bad decisions by both teams

Going to be a tough game - let's go Hoosiers!

Trying to edit my bracket, isn't letting me -- how do we edit / change picks before it locks??

I fell asleep, lol

Rutgers - ND double OT

But we did go big with Geronimo, who was clearly an absolute key to our W. Bates wasn't up to guarding Maldanado, Stew was. I don't really understand this argument. No one is arguing Stew is some dynamo defender who will carry us defensively to the title. But he was good on Maldanado, if you're arguing he wasn't you didn't watch the game. Very happy he stepped up when his shots weren't falling and took care of business, that's what it's all about

Lewis could still end up at IU at some point ....

IU - 69 St M - 65

Foot fetish?

He's "Izzo, Light"