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Yeah tongue in cheek - it goes too fast, my kids are all in college now

Don’t worry, childhood will end someday… :)

But that Durr vertical, wow! :)

First, among other things this highlights Geronimo's positive impact, he needs to play more - and he did against Nebraska, and capitalized (21 min, 10 pts, 4-4 and 2-2 from stripe, 8 boards, 1 assist, steal and block, 1 TO). The only +/- here that I don't think is really reflective is Bates. Think his +/- will grow with his minutes as he continues his frosh growth, he's an excellent two-way player.

There's nothing unfortunate about seeing Geronimo.

I'm looking forward to seeing how Geronimo defends in this game. Encouraged by his minutes and play against Nebraska, his positioning and awareness has been catching up to his mobility, length and timing.

And it's not like it's some wack idea out of fantasy, Woodson's seen it at every level pro level included, confidence is huge, for shooters, and for the team to get those close W's on the road, it's just another way of saying a team that doesn't have players who have won, has to learn how to win on the road. Teams that close with confidence, vs. teams that dominate the first half and then look like the deer in the headlights down the stretch (sound familiar?). Shooters that shoot with confidence are going to start hitting even when they start out poorly, and CAM reigned in players and limited their offense. I don't know to what extent Rob was affected by his concussions (clearly set him back) or by struggling with confidence, but it's there.

Looks like PU's a -2.5 favorite so far But screw it, not picking with my head, going with my heart IU 74 PU 72

Only quoting you because this is a somewhat popular idea out of frustration of the issues at the point -- thing is, Galloway is just not a pg, and fwiw he has committed 7 TO's in the past 2 games and that's not playing the role leading the team on ball and facing guard pressure on ball. No way Galloway would realistically be able to step into that role, he doesn't have pg experience, or, really, the handle, and even off ball he's shown a tendency to drive (e.g. baseline) with nowhere to go but into traffic. And I really, really like Galloway and his upside -- this is in no way, shape or form some kind of bash on him, he's just in no way a D1-ready point guard, it's not his position. Same goes for Leal (who has driven straight into the teeth of heavy traffic on more than one occasion and thrown the ball away, and is simply inexperienced) and anyone else. X and Rob together are our on ball vets for this season. Both have shown improvement and flashes of strong play this year, both have frustrated everyone this year, it's what it is -- here's to hoping they continue to gel into Woodson's system and settle down.

Crazy that we haven't beaten PU since 2016. 9 straight losses, and with CAM's disappointing tenure. Can Woodson and the new staff get the W on a strong (gag) PU team? It's an uphill battle for sure, but we're all in on protecting home court, and no time like the present

I just lost some brain cells

Couldn’t agree more

^^ And some things that stand out to me from the +/- top lineups: - Of the starters, Only TJD and Race are in both the top by minute and top overall +/- (that lines up for me) - Rob is in the top lineup by minute (X is not), and the 2nd top lineup overall by +/- (that's interesting) - All starters are in both the top lineup by usage and top lineup overall (but not by min) (bet that's not true of a number of other games) - Of subs, Bates, Galloway, and Rob were in top lineup by min and 2nd top lineup overall, Geronimo in the 2nd top lineup by min and 3d top lineup overall

I love these, they help us see how our perceptions during the games match up at least on stats to which lineups were most efficient / productive. Is there a consolidated breakdown completed and available for the season, or conference games?

OK, just no. Anyone on here thinking they're equivalent to a major D1 coach, and but for relationships (??), is living in la la land. Come on now.

jumping with the ball while basically hoping for the best ... Hmm. Reminds me of someone ... a young, dynamic point who ran into traffic with no plan and left his feet ... But he turned out pretty decent ... :)

I love that both Geronimo and Galloway played 20-plus tonight Now, more Bates please

Just imagine Yogi running this show....

Very much agree we could be a much stronger team with top flight point guard play. Rob and X together have played well at times, but yeah our point guard play needs to continue to improve. I love Rob's D, and there are times when he's locked in and we see the kid we saw as a frosh before the concussions. X needs to learn to reign in the fire, avoid the attempts at flashy plays, and run more inside-out, but he does bring it, now if they can just settle down into more consistent, solid play.

Well we won, so ....

You missed the period -- he's saying good performance for Galloway.

14 -- X had 5, Galloway 4, no one else had more than 1

Galloway has to clean up the TO’s though, 4 tonight, 3 at Iowa iirc. Strong otherwise

Geronimo looking good

I predicted 78–67, so pretty close. TJD ok?