go iu bb

I missed most of the game so some help would be welcome. I'm looking at the box score and see Mgbako played only 18 minutes. Was he ineffective (not much in the way of stats in that time) or did he get injured?

At least he's not in The Boot.

Pays to cheat as an NCAA coach.

Nothing new: https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-where-things-stand-with-derik-queen/

I'm happy I was wrong. Screw MSU. Screw Izzo.

They were down 4 at the half but I doubt they lose.

Rutgers loses. Screw them.

Kansas is in a close one with NC Central (is that a HS?). Only up 41 at the half.

@Lebowski, is your argument that IU has historically sucked so we can't do better than Tom Allen? That we should be satisfied with Allen as coach because even though he has a terrible record and fields a terrible team, he's the best of the bad by win percentage? That seems to be what you're arguing so if it's not, I'm not getting what you're saying.

I don't know. I just assume the worst since it's a very bad contract from IU's perspective.

Oh, is it winning a bowl game that triggers the automatic extension? That makes me feel much better since I thought it was just making a bowl game that did. I don't know about the financial aspect but I'm assuming the worst since it's a terrible contract already. I know it drops from 100% remaining salary to something like 50% but I don't know if that is a set date or x-many years from the end of the contract. Again, I assume the worst which would be the latter.

I don't really see anyone that would conflict with Ngongba so maybe if Edgecombe commits one of the wings, especially since they also have Flagg and and are trying to get Harper.

If we made a bowl game, Allen would automatically get a 1 year extension so the buyout would be even more. I would guess that it would be about $25-26M now then $20M through the end of next season like it is now. So even just making the bowl game eliminates the chance that Allen would lose his job purely from a financial aspect. Even if they just get close to a bowl game I can see Dolson not firing him this year, saying some crap like, "It was a tough season but there was improvement which gives us confidence next year will be better."

Even that is probably high considering 2 of the 3 are on the road so I doubt the odds in those are are as high as 50%.

Yes. Winning the next 3 games against bad teams won't change my mind that Tom Allen is a bad coach. Even if IU somehow finds a way to make a bowl, this win will likely be the only win against a good team. If IU makes a bowl, I very much doubt they win. If they somehow defy that expectation, that means it was likely a crappy bowl against another bad team.

It looks like Eric Bossi's evaluation of "just enough of a shot maker to keep defenders honest" is pretty accurate.

The one that was maybe 1 step inside the 3-point line? His shot selection certainly still needs work.

Automatic extension if they make a bowl.

I read it as IU is a bad team who plays ugly football, so for IU to have a chance to win the other team would have to be playing just as bad or worse.

"It was a tough season but we saw improvement. We think Coach Allen can build on that."

Some IU fans while following recruiting:

A player can be a very good college player who's game doesn't translate well to the pros. One and done players don't actually need to have great college seasons because they are drafted on potential rather than their college production. So a very good transfer can certainly have more impact than a one and done. One advantage of a portal player versus a high school player is that the portal player has college experience and is more of a known quantity with less chance of being a miss. Even highly ranked high school kids can take time to get used to the college game and might never get there.

Whatever the reason, I'm happy he's part of the team. if he wants to get into coaching, having another coach on the floor can only help.

19 of those split as evenly as possible between 3 players: Johnson, Galloway, and Cupps. Those players didn't have either TO. I'm not concerned about PG at this time.

Reneau with 4 fouls in an exhibition game against a small team. Sigh Good thing we have Walker. He did hit 2-3 on 3s, though.