realTomCrean

What’s the injury!

Xavier listed as questionable again

IU 86 OSU 78

I saw where Michigan is 1-5 in games decided by 5pts or less. If the sky is falling in Btown then Ann Arbor is down under

Great day for Indiana sports fans. Hope the Hoosiers come out strong and have a definitive win, it could change the perception of the team going forward. With the upcoming schedule and current record a win here isn't a *must* but it's pretty darn close

Agree - worded it wrong because I was angry typing. I meant that filling talent makes winning in year 1 not only feasible but at a powerhouse (basketball) like IU it is expected and now possible thanks to NIL and no transfer limitations

People hate Crean pretty unanimously and I loved ribbing him so much on Twitter the dude blocked me. I wasn’t mean or rude, just clowned him too much. Little did he know I was one of his biggest supporters - Yogi, Hulls, Sheehey, Zeller, Watford, JBJ, R Johnson, OG, Morgan, Ziesloft, Williams, Bielfedt, Hartmann, Bryant, Williams man Crean made it fun to watch IU. They could beat anyone at any given time (or lose to anyone) but the talent was top tier, the effort was top tier, his players had pride in Indiana and it was visible. I loved it. And there was player development!! Crean was a Def. Coordinator away from becoming a powerhouse. Again if IU is serious, they ask Woodson to step down and they have a short list (Beard, May, Stevens, + more) with the biggest checkbook they can muster and say “we want a championship and it doesn’t matter how much we pay to get it” .. In the NIL era, if Cigs has taught us anything we can compete in year 1, look at Beard at Ole Miss. Sucks the realization is here again for a new coach but it is what it is. I’m so damn tired of Purdue, UK, and Sampson being good while IU is run of the mill.

I agree with you. The Allick guy on Nebraska is the offensive equivalent to Zack McRoberts (no joke)… Mgbako closed out leaping at him and he just passed it off to Wilcher for a wide open 3, we guarded Allick 10 ft past the 3pt line in the 2H - at what point does the staff make an adjustment? Ware guarded their C 5ft past the 3 line, why? Does the coaching staff scout, and if they do, do they make a comprehensive plan? If so, maybe it’s just me not seeing any plan or direction for the players. We guard non-shooters, collapse to triple team in the post, don’t box out, don’t get many 50/50 balls, and aside from Reneau Gallo and maybe Cupps we do not get on the ground. The offense is equally disappointing as IU seemingly has the laziest offensive game plan of my fandom life: first play of half we run to get PG or SF a clean look and then after that IU simply dumps to post and stands around perimeter w/ limited cutters. Walker and Gallo cut decently, but when teams have 3-4 defenders touching the paint it ruins the effectiveness of any cutter. I’m just touching on effort intangibles, not mentioning lack of shooting prowess, FT ineffectiveness, speed disparity, and lack of a true playmaker. I’m not a coach, nor do I pretend to be, hell I scored 8 points in my entire basketball career - but I’ve watched every single IU game sans maybe(!) 10 games since 2010 + thousands of other CBB games and the things mentioned above our all easily apparent, even to guys like me. Isn’t IU supposed to have players that have unrelenting effort and basketball IQ, that’s the MO historically that is associated with IU. Isn’t IU supposed to have one of the best X&O coaching staffs? I’m all for 5* 1&Done but if we can’t get some player development out of our 6 year PG and Sr SG what kind of program is being ran in Btown? We have two Sophomore players w/ ++ athletic ability but their basketball skills/IQ make them both unplayable. Some of that is on the player, sure, but more so it screams that there is lack of development by the staff. Woody said he understands IUBB and I’m sure he does, he’s seemingly a great guy and I want him to win but the product that’s been displayed for the most part in the last 2.5 years screams that it is lazy coaching/preparation. It’s like they (players and coaches) have the cool guy mentality - as a HS FB coach the cool guy mentality is something I wanted to break in players asap - it is the antithesis of winning. If you stuck around to read this you’re a trooper. Thanks for letting me vent **Edit: I’m adding more. If Woodson was 10-20 years younger a bad season is tolerable, but with his age and his own set standards (national/B1G championship) is it even possible to get past all of these deficiencies in the next 2 years? My guess is it is not. Style of play will limit IU from getting the best guards out of the portal, we are a forward oriented team. We may be a tourney team this year and next, but being a tourney team and having an actual chance at winning it all are worlds apart. I love Woodson but if I’m a stakeholder in IUBB in any capacity and want to see another banner, the writing is on the wall. I’d love for Woodson to play Armond Hill’s role and be an advisor/ambassador for the program as long as he’d like. In fact I think that’s important for the future, but if IU is serious about hanging a banner there has to be a change.

I've seen several tweets saying the same about Woodson deflecting onto players, which it very well could be and I see your point. At the same time, publicly calling out your two Senior guards who aren't performing and a burger boy who is not performing is justified and maybe meant to send a message to them. Perspective - "I thought Alford played horrible tonight" from Woodson's coach in a post-game presser.

IU was 0-3 first two weeks of Jan last year. No panic button yet for me

Exactly. Like go ahead buddy, be off your rocker but you better be able to draw up some comprehensive X & O’s. There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, “Just win baby”

Actually their best team in a decade or more

If IU is top 15 consistently I do not care if Coach drinks a 1/5 after every win

Chris Beard

Was there no media availability yesterday?

Pretty sure he had a slight injury or soreness. Overall good move by staff imo but don’t get me wrong I was watching #21 on the bench the last 12 minutes of the game exclusively, screaming to put him back in

True. Also true for any team w/ starting PG & 1st Rd draft pick hopeful C Have to go 10-8 remainder of year (OSU, Minn, Iowa, PSU, Nthwestern, Nebraska, @ Minn, @ PSU, MSU/Wiscy, @ NEBRASKA)

Bet Mgbako 15pts/IU Win. Heartbroken

Jacksonian Politics is on my mind. Firing his VP Calhoun midway through term and adding Van Buren (NY) to the role really ignited the long reign of political parties in my opinion. There were tariff disagreements between Calhoun (SC) and Jackson that almost cost America a war between federal powers and the state of SC. I believe Jackson was approved for a military campaign against SC by the War Bill of 1833 (uncertain but something like that). Even with this divide between Calhoun and Jackson, the Democratic Party grew exponentially during the Jacksonian Age. Thanks to Van Buren’s supporters of wealthier East coast individuals and the King of the Populist in Jackson from Tennessee, the party had a firm foundation that the whigs could not compete with. George Washington had distain for political parties, though several notable Founders enjoyed the idea of them, notably Jefferson and Adams. Without parties, common men from the Frontier states like Andrew Jackson would not have the capability to be elected, of course populist voting laws in the 1820’s aided in his election. Though destruction of the National Bank and establishment of Specie Circular were cornerstone achievements for Jackson, it is also important to reflect on Jackson’s initiative toward formally bringing up how to abolish slavery without tearing the infant country apart. Jackson played an integral role in forming a more populist true democracy, as the pillars of the republic constituted by the Founders were decaying in effectiveness some roughly 50 years later.

Providence pretty tough

Providence Butler 3 pt game 5:30 left

Body language in 2H was assessed correctly by NashvilleHoosier - dejected maybe even 'salty'. Gunn and Banks need Santa to raise their spirits before the New Year. They are two + athletes and I want to root for them.

18-0 v unranked Non-con teams under Woody

Come on it's almost Christmas, positive thinking! 2-0 in the B1G. Where's the Christmas joy!

Oh I’m sick