Shooter

Yea Miles is an excellent rebounder for a wing. Even going back to his time at North Florida. It's probably his best skill. Even so, I see him as a 9th/10th man type given his other limitations. If he's accepting of that role, sure bring him back.

Dorn provides a lot more 3 than D unfortunately. It's not all on him, but our defensive efficiency has absolutely cratered as Dorn's role has expanded.

Jaxon Kohler who lit us up last night was a similar top 100 recruit coming out of high school. Limited minutes his first two seasons at MSU. Blossomed into a starter and key contributor as an upperclassman.

You've got the order backwards. The boos came first, when Bailey went to the scorer's table to check in for the first time. The sub standard performance came after. Also not a "few" boos, a large chunk of the student section, each of the last two games. Not sure how it came across on TV, but it was extremely obvious in person.

Three guys I think could be viable role players on next year's team: Sisley, Dorn, Moody. Otherwise, need the bulk of our rotation to come from the portal again, including 2-3 studs. Easier said than done.

I mean neither team is very good. But this team looks nothing like Woodson's group from last year. Completely different style of ball.

Yep, it's become a complete disaster. We don't force turnovers, we give up a lot of offensive boards, and we foul a lot. Basically we do nothing well defensively. Including only games vs Quad 1 and 2 opponents, our defensive efficiency is not even in the top 100 nationally.

Could not agree less. I just want to win games... do we think booing Reed Bailey makes him play better? His confidence is completely shot. It wasn't just today, and it wasn't just after a bad play. For at least two games, the student section has booed every time Bailey enters the game, and cheered every time he gets subbed out. Today he catches the ball in the post and before he even does anything, the crowd is groaning. It's not helping.

I think it will be a good crowd today. It's still been packed and loud for big games like Purdue. Now if we lose today, the place might be dead on Wednesday night vs Minnesota.

They were both IU managers under Knight, though not at the same time. Don't know if they are close but I'm sure they know lots of the same people.

Someone in his family may feel that way. And we'll never know for sure. But if IU had an opening that offseason, IU graduate Dusty May would have been widely considered the favorite for the job. I don't know what we gain by pretending like he was never an option.

MSU bludgeoned us on the glass last time. 13 O-Rebs to our 5. We aren't likely to outrebound them, but we have to get that closer to have a chance.

You mean other than him being an Indiana native, Indiana University graduate, who considered other similar Midwest programs before ultimately accepting a job in our conference?

I try not to follow recruiting too much until they make it to campus. But this kid looks really good, right? Like a potential day 1 starter?

Agree Reneau would be a huge help offensively, but he wouldn't do much for our defense / rebounding problems. Think about TJD or even Kel'el Ware under Devries on this roster... that would be a fun team.

I'm not sure why someone would decide to be fed up this season, if they weren't already over the last decade. Year 4, late year 3 of Woodson a much darker place for our program IMO. Same with late in the Archie years.

I didn't know there was still a waiting list. How long have you been on it? I'm a season ticket holder, and based on trends this year I bet you get seats next year. A lot more empty seats this season, and resale prices are significantly down from prior years. I thought it was just temporary while football was still going, but it hasn't really changed.

This isn't great. But it's about 10X better than Woodson season 3.

Yea Marquette has a chance to get there. Playing a lot better recently. Up to #99 in Kenpom, from a low of #124.

Sisley is a 4. He got backup minutes as a 3 early in the season when we were short handed. Dorn returning from injury and then earning an expanded role has filled most of those minutes. Not that complicated.

We badly need this one. Despite their record, predictive metrics have Northwestern as more of a Minnesota-level team, a step above the true bottom of the conference teams we've been blowing out. Would love to see a convincing performance to build confidence going into MSU.

I think a lot of us have been relatively happy with Devries from a coaching standpoint, but less so with his year 1 roster building. So hiring a guy like this to help build the roster feels like outstanding news.

Agree. I'd add "fund-raising" to the recruiting concern, since they are so closely connected now. He doesn't have that super charismatic personality. He doesn't have decades-long personal relationships with key donors like Woodson did. So he needs to win to get everyone on board. Making the tourney this year is an important first step.

I assume Tucker and Lamar are occupying the two "big money" NIL slots on this roster. While Tucker is a good player, his athletic limitations make him more of a glue guy type than a star at this level. Hopefully we can find a star with that money next season.

Embarassing loss. Just one of those nights. For most of the season we have run really nice offense against mediocre to bad teams, and been completely overwhelmed by good teams. Have to hope it's a roster limitation issue more than a scheme issue.