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Exactly right

L.M has fit in great as IU Lady Hoosier. L. M. Was great being efficient, effective and very dependable on both ends showing assertiveness. Did L.M. grow 1 inch? Last year I seen her listed at 6’2” mostly, I thought. Maybe one time at 6’3.” IU Ladies roster has L.M. listed as 6’3.” which to me that extra inch is a great thing

Does Holmes play at 50% 75% or 100% (100% that would be very to unrealistic optimistic) equals great opportunities for 7 or 8 other IU Ladies from Parrish (looking for Parrish to continue stepping up her game to greatness) and the rest of the IU Ladies in game plan adjustment and strategy. Tennessee Tech game: Excellent coaching adjustment game plan and team flexibility in going from a full strength plan A to a plan B game plan even if it’s a 16 seed opponent. I expect Oklahoma State to be opponent Monday and they have played pretty close most all their games close in losses and have some decent wins. Same can be said of Miami. IU Ladies Sweet 16 Champs again.

Don’t forget about Geary. I expect her to play and H.S., L.B., and M.Z.

Afraid of that concerning Mack…. limited is not precautionary….that’s just wishful thinking. (IU Ladies will be a different adjusted) team especially if they can get past sweet 16 and tournament gets more challenging. All IU Ladies need to step up. Great opportunities not only for L.M….but even more so for Parrish, Scalia, Moore-McNeil, and Garzon. Expect Berger to be great. Seems there just can’t be enough depth.

Guard the xxxx three ball

A really interesting player. After reading some things about her it seems she has characteristics as that are consistent with IU Ladies basketball culture….Hard worker….and thoughtful in recruiting process. IU Ladies could really use the depth. Question is would she be willing to come off the bench and playing a lot (20 to 25 minutes…maybe more minutes depending on performance)?? Thinking about (a few teams like UCONN for example) that’s kinda what they have on bench and incoming recruits in their programs. Not that many programs but those at the top every year or most years factoring in injuries and etc. IU Ladies need another big girl from transfer portal as well…6’4” that can play some or a little for next year.

20-21 multiple tears in both knees=3 surgeries.

The Regular Season Big Ten Conference Champ or any Regular Season Conference Champ is about 3 or 4 months, 15 or 16 weeks, 60 to 90 days, and 25 or 26 games more Prestigious than Big Ten Tournament Champ or any Conference Tournament Champ.

IU played in slow motion mentally and physically

Purdue 84 Penn State 69 Z. E. 40 points

IU Midgets struggled to get a defensive rebound

NIT 1979

March 21, 1979 NIT Woodson, Tolbert, Butch Carter hits a 20 footer with 4 seconds left to give IU 53 to 52 win (first shot IU took in like nearly 7 minutes to go in game) over Joe Barry Carroll and Purdue coach Lee Rose. Last 16 seconds of game 6 time outs were called…4 timeouts by IU.

If you search blog archives of IU men’s basketball comments for most of the 21st century (and football as well) the names of coaches and players have changed….but the comments have pretty much remained the same

Actually, if Holmes is playing no one outside program (fans) won’t really know anything until observing her play in game to game and as competition gets more difficult.

Holmes and Berger both 5 star recruits. Parrish was a 5 star at about the 8th best player in the country.

It’s more than just swelling to come down…at very least it impacts practice, confidence, strength, stamina, and in tournament playing with day between games. Even sweet 16 will be tough and then competition level increases. Holmes played well against MSU but OSU even and I am not trained in that area and know nothing…she was kind of skipping around at times very gingerly. In a late season game she looked really tired but she played very well. T. Moren in a pre big ten tournament interview looked exhausted like worrisome (my take), and right before OSU game made statement that IU Ladies were going to have to get a lot more from L.M. (Just my take)…At the very least its just a bummer because of such a high level Holmes was playing. I did see comment about Holmes “gutting it out playing on one leg”…The only reason OSU beat IU and coaching staff was trying face reality right in middle of game to figure or not figure it out.

If Iowa is not a number 1 seed they are rewarding teams for season in total vs tournament. IU drops one spot and Iowa with 6 losses vs VT with 4 losses. A way to create controversy, interest, debate. However, it wouldn’t surprise me if Iowa replaced VT as a number 1 seed. If current brackets were to hold IU Ladies would be in an excellent position. Especially if Holmes were to be at her best. I think it’s a mystery situation with Holmes. Could it be the reason that coaching looked poorly vs Ohio State press…was because coaches and players were trying to cover up for whatever is going on with Holmes while continuing to let her play (rather than going with 5 guards the whole game).

Of course I wanted IU Ladies to win vs Ohio State. However, there is a mystery surrounding Holmes in my opinion. And without her being able to go in typical healthy Holmes fashion though the Ohio State loss was bad and it hurt….playing a Iowa team hitting on all cylinders maybe the Ohio State loss wasn’t such a bad loss in the overall scheme of things.

My take on Clark: Hear all kinds of both, positive and negative on Clark. Yes, she makes mistakes that is overcome by how GREAT a player she is. Clark has not only mastered her basketball skills but has also mastered psychological skills as well (all of her floppy, complaining to refs and everything else she does to compete for any kind of edge she can get just like anything, really…cards, boxing greats, politics etc etc etc) plus I am sure she gets dogged on as well. Overall, it’s worked well for her and Iowa and she has the guts to be the way she is. So if she gets away with so called different things, why not do it. If she is on your team or side you probably love her.

That would be a Ladies Big Ten Basketball Dream.

The argument is who is the best conference in women basketball? Answer: Big Ten Conclusion: Big Ten Regular Season Champs with some really excellent wins = # 1 Seed. Conclusion: Big Ten Tournament Champs back to back on a winning streak with some really good wins over coming earlier losses with a dominant player = # 1 Seed.

The big ten tournament seems to be circling all the way back to pre season predictions with Iowa on top. IU Ladies were pre-season 2nd and/or 3rd pick and great during the regular season with a Big Ten Championship.

I think there is a high probability of a sweet sixteen. There could be more to it rather than off and running. A major concern is Holmes that could linger. Also noted: Ohio State shot 3 ball in first half and hardly any effort to rebound ball and seemed pretty content with that. Then, it became really apparent that Holmes was not her healthy self in a lot of ways… Of course things changed in half number two.