go iu bb

Women in 9th place after Day 1 at the championship meet. https://swimswam.com/2023-ncaa-division-i-womens-championship-day-1-finals-live-recap/

This kid is just totally immersed in basketball and seems to always have something going on. Even more than most players. I'm hoping his gym rat mentality rubs off on other players.

The past couple of seasons 2 of those programs were Nebraska and Arkansas. I wonder if that trend will hold for those 2.

Exactly. The players in the portal already are from bad teams.

Maybe. Duncomb, Race, and Banks look asleep on their feet. lol

That's crazy. He's a good coach. What kind of reasons are they giving? Is he just not a big enough name?

I think so since we now have a ton of 5th year players. Still 2 more years before most of that freshman class are out of eligibility?

He's a freshman but not easily rattled so I doubt they'd have much luck with that. That's one of his strengths.

It says they could be a challenge for IU. That is a far cry from your "unstoppable beast" narrative. Whatever. It appears you feel slighted that IU isn't getting the love you feel they deserve.

Please link some of these national stories that are referring to Kent State as anything close to an "unstoppable beast." I've seen a few, like Bilas, who said that an upset could happen but definitely did not say that it was certain or that that Kent State was this great team. Most of the ones I've seen tend to pick IU to the S16 with a few having them in the E8 and 1 picking them for the FF. Some do pick Kent State to win but from what I've seen that isn't the majority. The consistent criticism of IU I do see is saying that they're inconsistent which is totally fair as they they are. You claim you're being ironically hyperbolic since the media is. From what I've seen, that just isn't true. Just because they say that IU could lose doesn't mean they think Kent State is a super great team.

Kent State forcing a lot of turnovers isn't out of the question. One of their strengths this year has been stealing the ball while one of IU's weaknesses has giving up steals. Even as they've cleaned up their overall turnovers, IU has still been giving up lots of steals. IU should win, and win comfortably. They have an AA big in TJD and a likely NBA first round pick in JHS so they easily out-talent Kent State. But they're also very inconsistent and tend to play to the other team's level.

https://www.si.com/college/indiana/basketball/espn-first-take-stephen-a-smith-picks-indiana-final-four-jay-bilas-likes-kent-state-upset https://www.si.com/college/indiana/basketball/4-indiana-vs-13-kent-state-predictions-picks-odds-for-friday

So hyperbolic. As far as I've seen, not one person is saying, or even implying, that Kent State is "an unstoppable beast." What people are saying is that this isn't a gimme game that IU can just sleepwalk through. If they don't show up to play, Kent State can beat them. Since this IU team is inconsistent and doesn't seem to always show up to play, therein lies the concern.

Just need a few "silent verbal" posts to go along with these "imminent commitment" posts that are immediately refuted by others saying he's nowhere close to committing and it'll be just like the Trey Kaufman recruitment. Hopefully it'll turn out better in both the school chosen and his impact at the college level than that one, though.

Yes!

Just because IU won the game doesn't mean the played great perimeter defense. In fact, they won despite their perimeter defense which simply wasn't very good that game. It's one of the last 4 games that IU has played and the perimeter D wasn't very good in 3 out of the 4. Even in the other (Michigan), they gave up 9 3-pointers. So the trend for the perimeter D leaves a lot to be desired. That's why.

And the farther he has to reach down the more likely it'll be a tech on the defender.

Well, crap. I guess we should just cancel the game.

Purdue's likely tournament:

He averaged 8.1 3PA last year, not 4.

That is certainly the biggest question and the answer to that will have a large effect on the outcome of the game.

I see that now. I was responding to a post talking about recent games which said IU only played poor defense against Iowa and MSU. I was pointing out that in the recent games against Maryland and PSU, they played worst perimeter D than it would appear from just looking at the end of game stats. The key word being "recent." I even gave numbers which could've been used to determine which game I was talking about.

It may have come in spurts but Maryland missed 4 3-pointers in the last minute and ended up 9-24 for the game. That means that entering that final minute they were 9-20 which is 45%. So through 39 minutes of the game Maryland was hitting at a rate of 45% and it just went down because they were jacking 3s to try to come back. That doesn't look like solid perimeter D to me.

For the majority of the games against Maryland and PSU IU was letting them hit well over 40%. The final percentages ended up in the mid 30%s but that doesn't tell the story of how poorly the perimeter defense was for the majority of those two games. Maryland, for example, was 9 of 20 until the last minute or so.

It makes even less sense now with the transfer portal being what it is now. Take a chance in a kid and if it doesn't work out they can be immediately eligible at a new school.