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Despite whatever success Pankowski has had in Looneywood, he gets way out of line for recruits. Goes way overboard and without any class IMO. Its great to be passionate about your fan-dom and all. But his tweets to Garcia were juvenile, at best. He's been able to ingratiate himself somewhat with the coaching staff and the podcast, but my perception is that he thinks he's "on the inside" when in reality, he's just another "media guy" they have to contend with. Seems you either like him a lot, or dislike him a lot. The podcasts are OK in my book, but not some of the other stuff he pulls. Just my 2¢

If the announcement is originating with the Hysterics guys, "major" could mean he got a deal on some cigars. I can't believe Hysterics was told something in confidence about a recruit coming, or other important stuff before it's made public. I suspect its got to do with their NIL foundation they set up.

TJD was talking to Coyle and stated that there is much more emphasis on running and stamina as opposed to just strength. He also stated that the first 30 minutes of practice is essentially all running for conditioning. Personally I'm glad to hear this, as I thought in prior years we lacked the stamina to play more than a 4-5 minutes without getting winded. Far too many guys walking, or slowly jogging up the court. Didn't see any of that in the Bahamas.

I remember a quote from RMK that said: "Everybody wants to win. But not everybody wants to prepare to win". Gotta believe Woody is trying to instill that mindset in the team. The clip showing him saying how everything they do needs to be done with "a sense of urgency" is a step in that direction of preparing to win. Phin was discussing Fife with Jim Coyle at media day today, and stated that Dane is really drilling down into the details of how to play defense. Much more so than Rob had previously experienced. Hope the guys are really taking this stuff to heart. We'll see come Nov-Dec when it gets a little tougher.

Supposedly Woody said it was because too many players were being held out with minor injuries. Evidently, it was planned, but decided to forego it with several guys out.

Hope all you guys going to HH post some pics for the rest of us here. Please !!

Color me "I won't miss him". He knows BBall, but can't stand his personality. (just like some people don't like my personality I assume) "It is what it is"

I just checked BTN guide for next 5 days and there is nothing on there for HH. However...on the secondary BTN channel, it was TBA for everything after 1-2 days, so it MAY get a feed there. I'll try to keep an eye out for it, and post if I find it.

I gotta think that somebody will post a YT video of "highlights" from HH. I refuse to pay extra for BTN+ just for HH. I would imagine we'll have to ante up for a couple-three games in Nov, (unfortunately) but I'll bite the bullet for that. Really excited for this team. Woody's apparently instilled a mindset that he wants to win it all, not just a few games. Time will tell, but I really believe we will be much better than last year, or last several years for that matter. Go Hoosiers!

My dark horse is Leal, but I think Parker will take it if he hits the first 2 or 3.

You may be right, but I just checked BTN+ website, and all they have on their event calendar is soccer and ice hockey on Oct 2nd at 4 pm

The IUBB twitter feed is a joke as well. At the very best. i'ts really old news. I get news faster on this site than any other. Most of the time the twitter feed is 4-5 days behind. Guess it's managed by "twits". While I enjoy the players posts, I have mixed emotions about them even being on social media with all the hate that permeates someone's every move. But, not my call.

What are the "rules" for coaches interaction (& coaching) between now, and the official start of practice? (Nov?) Can coaches work with individual players, just not the whole team? I know the players can have all the "pick up" games they want, but I'm not sure about coaches interaction during this time. Enlighten me please. Thanx.

He was on with Coyle a while ago and evidently is diving head first into the NIL waters to help players. Not sure if he's leading the charge, or just another admin guy, but he sure seemed knowledgeable about it, and that IU was in the forefront of it, and way ahead of other schools (not all, just some)

According to the twitter feed of the HH guys, Woody is supposed to be the guest on their podcast that airs today. Here's a link if you need it. (It's not available yet @ 8:15 EST). Probably after 9 am I would think. https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-hoosier-hysterics-podcast

To GET, not to give unless she graduated from IU too.

Come on, Old Fart (I'm one too), tell us how you REALLY feel. Couldn't agree more with you. I too, want to see the mental toughness we've been lacking for years. My mantra for the team is "Don't compete....dominate".

If we're first or second, we become the benchmark. If we're last, we still blow his doors off. Win-win ! (unless of course, he's all about himself and only looking for the spot light). But one could argue IU's spot light is one of the brightest. He may score more points elsewhere, but won't get the media attention he will at IU.

After watching the video of both games, I'm glad we won. But I'm more impressed with how well the guys played with each other, and used their quickness to negate the huge size advantage of the Mega team. And of course, Woody is right. Defense always travels. You won't win them all, but you can have a chance if you play good defense. There were very few wide open shots that Mega got. Most were contested pretty well. The one thing I did notice on our offense is that we're still not moving all 5 guys at once, or even 4. That will come as Woody installs more offense IMO. And finally, I think the guys are truly having "fun" playing now. Not just words, but smiles and body language as well. Great start guys. Keep working. Go Hoosiers.

Defense is keeping us in it. We're shooting 32%, but we're holding Mega to 29% so far. Go D !! TJD only has 3 pts with 4 min left in half.

Rudan for Mega (off the bench) has come in and hit 3-4 from deep.

TJD 0-2 from FT. Sure hope this isn't going to be our nemesis again this year. Feel bad for Parker. He's like 1-5 from deep so far. Best shooter on the team, and struggling. But plays good D.

Kopp just hit another 3 according to box score. 18 min of 1st half

Bummer...

Just hope the team comes out with the same energy as Friday. "Work on defense....have fun on offense". (love that mantra) Go Hoosiers!