go iu bb

Probably, but in IU's favor this is their second to IU. I don't know if they're making a second visit to any other schools.

It'd be so great if just once one of these possible package deals works out in IU's favor.

Finishes eighth. No medals but 2 events and 2 finals is really good. Great international experience for him and something to build on since he's still young. Hopefully, he can use this to have a really good upcoming season for IU although LCM is quite different than SCY. He may just be a much better LCM swimmer than SCY. Finnerty was the opposite.

You mean we're not going to land Leal's backup?

Matheny qualified for the finals in the 200 breast at #6.

This is likely Leal's final year (I doubt he uses his 5th season of eligibility) so it looks like Woodson is trying to bring in his replacement a year early.

Hafnaoui takes gold in the 800. #3 all-time in that event. https://swimswam.com/2023-world-championships-day-4-finals-live-recap/

Matheny places 7th with a time of 59.45. Lilly King is the #2 qualifier in the 100 breast finals.

https://swimswam.com/2023-world-championships-day-1-finals-live-recap/ Ahmed Hafnaoui takes silver in the 400m free (0.02 seconds from gold). This swim set a new African record and is #5 all time, less than 1 second from the WR. He'll be really good for IU (yes, I like to state the obvious). If he has a good transition to SCY (he does have a year of practice already) he can challenge for NCAA titles. I'm excited to see how he does. Josh Matheny moves on to the finals of the 100m breast as the #6 qualifier.

I was also able to read it. It's not behind a paywall. Does the Indy Star limit the number of free reads per month? If so, you may have hit that limit, Scott.

Effectiveness of freshmen is always a question mark before the season for me. I think they'll be good but you just don't know until the games start. I wouldn't have expected someone like Ware to have such mediocre numbers last season, for example. The improvement of Reneau will be a factor. Can he stay on the floor or will he continue to be prone to fouling? Will anyone make a jump in 3-point shooting? Can Galloway maintain close to that percentage from last year or increase his volume while still maintaining a decent percentage? Lots of new faces on the team. How well will they mesh and how long will that take? I think the floor is a decent to pretty good team with the potential to be a great team. Where on that spectrum they end up falling depends on the answer to these and your questions.

I've been thinking Ware is the X-factor that will determine how good IU is next year. If he makes the big jump that he's capable of, it would be the difference between a pretty decent to good team and a really good to great team. This team has lots of question marks but tons of potential. As a freshman, Mgbako is one those questions but he's so good that I am not worried he'll produce.

He's been on campus for like a month and a half. There might be some improvement in that time but nothing drastic. There are lots of tricks that can be used in photography to show results like that other than just angle. Some of them are on display here: - Flexing - Lighting - Before vs after workout - Sweat/oil or not He's definitely ripped but he already was when he got to IU.

He's not that good. We didn't want him anyway. ;) Disappointing but not surprising. Fortunately, this coaching staff is recruiting several other quality centers who are good enough that I wouldn't even consider them (at least Queen) as "backup" options to Bidunga. What a refreshing change from the last 20+ years where the coaches seemed to focus on a single player for a position then scramble when he chose another school.

Good showing. https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2023/7/13/mens-swimming-and-diving-indiana-swimming-and-diving-sends-15-participants-to-world-championships

And then IF the NCAA actually wins that court battle, they'd likely have another one from any NY school they tried to punish for following a state law.

I'm never upset when IU is the first school out of a recruit's mouth. Doesn't mean he'll choose IU but it shows they're on his mind and have a chance.

I doubt it.

A rough couple of years continues for Dukie V. He announced he has vocal cord cancer. I hope he can recover. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/38002463/espn-analyst-dick-vitale-says-vocal-cord-cancer

Lol. Not a very good list

I'm guessing UConn is the team to beat here. He does say good things about the IU coaching staff and assembly hall but it might be hard to beat the in-state team which just won the NC.

Josh Matheny finished 2nd in the 50m breast to make the world championships team.

Before his senior year or senior season? I haven't seen any quotes but are you sure it's year and not season?

https://247sports.com/college/indiana/article/video-qa-calbert-cheaney-details-return-to-indiana-respect-for-m-212493457/

Yep, almost 7 fouls per 40 minutes. He did improve some over the course of the season in this aspect but still fouled a lot. He's said he's working on defense a lot during the offseason so being able to defend without fouling is quite likely something he and the coaching staff are concentrating on improving.