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I think it’s better for Cig and the boys if they keep the ever so slightest chip on their shoulder.

Their AD is a moron. They are standing pat for next season.

Great d by enright on final possession.

Our offense got real stagnant these last few mins

He is struggling today with the increased athleticism. Nothing that he can’t work through, but he looks more like a freshman

You’ve been banging this drum and I think I’m a believer. He’ll get beat athletically from time to time but he makes it hard on the guy he is guarding. Need him to be a knock down spot up shooter on the other end.

Whole bench unit struggled. Lack of depth with injuries I think

Woodys aversion to shooting 3s was ridiculous. I’m not defending that. I’m just saying shooting threes isn’t some magic the elixir. We’ve been at our best today on offense getting behind their pressure. also, our defense is starting to show a little cohesion. With our athleticism, we need to play team defense and when we do, we’ve gotten some stops.

Also, quick positive thing in the Coach DD column: you counter a team like Baylor with back cuts and that’s exactly what you’re seeing.

Yep. It’s kind of “their thing.” Not many B1G teams are gonna be able to press our weaknesses like this. But it’s still a good benchmark. Also, everyone wanted a 3 point shooting team. This is what it looks like when you’re not hitting them.

Tucker is our “4”

lol…Bailey is the best athlete of the starting 5 so far.

Tucker destroyed on a screen. No recover.

He’s got potential. Him and Wilkerson are gonna have a little learning curve with the athleticism. He’s been beat to the rim twice. Tucker probably had the worst defensive possession of the group, though.

They’re getting a lesson in how far they’ve run the brand into the ground. There was a time when IU basketball could draw plenty of fans even head to head with the NFL/college football. Even for throwaway games. Not anymore. With that said, ticket prices for IU/ Lville still seem solid. Of course Lville drives half that demand.

Great….now Wilkerson limping

The problem with wanting a coach gone early is you spend several years in anticipation of a new team. We’re almost there. I’ll probably watch this over the Colts game. It helps they’re playing Tennessee.

Not that these ESPN stats mean much but that ‘18 Clemson team was probably one of the best, most dominate football teams of the past 10-20 years and better than most of Saban’s championship squads. So…not bad company to be in.

I’m more interested in getting the defensive backups in. We can’t lose any more people on that side of the ball.

Fernando “Duel Threat” Mendoza

I was hoping the Kansas/Self era would go out with a whimper…

Yea, that would be fairly likely the way the FBI has framed this as one giant conspiracy. They wanted to do the press conference today but didn’t have enough to charge him. I’m guessing they’re working on that. Damon Jones is already indicted on both ends of the scheme.

The thing that gives me some hope was when I was looking back at his statistical profile to get a read on him when he was first hired there wasn’t much of a trend. Some years (like last year at WVU) he had good defensive teams, other years he had teams that were led by their offense. I’m left to assume (hope) he can coach ‘em up at both ends of the floor.

I honestly had not even seen that news when I posted. Unsurprising. The NBA has had a huge issue with betting and they magically made the Doneghay stuff go away a decade-plus ago. With the integration of gambling and fantasy they’ve had several more incidents. I also just think it will be bad for the game in general. Lots of NFL/NBA fans now kind of grumble at how integrated the betting apps are with viewing experience from constant commercials to coverage that focuses on betting lines non-stop. I know I get bored by it and I’ve been gambling on sports for a long time.

Same. But mainly because it should be an easy thing to do for any competent B1G coach. Generally speaking. It’s hard to take much from the exhibition other than that I think we’llhave to be sound fundamentally on defense because I don’t think we’ll swarm teams athletically.