Shooter

Interested to see if we double Martinelli today. He absolutely feasted on single coverage in the post last time. Especially on switches.

Maryland and Iowa early game today. Maryland up to #137 in the NET - if they win today, that likely gives IU another Quad 2 victory.

Getting 3 in BTT would mean beating a rested #2 seed on Friday, while we are playing our third game in three days. Unfortunately I think we're cooked.

Wilkerson is better than Schifino. But I agree sign me up for Haralson

Is Singleton better than Trent Sisley? Both nice prospects, but I feel they'd be a bit redundant. Agree I'd be really interested in Haralson. Just need to surround him with other shooters.

Orme comes from an IU family. But like you said, wing depth is probably our least pressing need.

Agree Bailey might look better playing alongside a true center... but that was never going to happen at IU. Because we already had Tucker who can only guard the 4. I think we just took a guy who was available and the coaches thought was pretty good. Moving forward, with fewer spots to fill, hopefully we can be past that and bring in guys who fit a specific role on the roster.

If we win at Ohio State we'd be projected to move up to #44 in WAB. Subject to change of course depending on what other teams do around us. Feels like at minimum we need to beat Ohio State + avoid bad loss in BTT to get that number into the low 40s.

Predictive metrics loved this one. Big jump from #35 to #26 on Torvik.

That is helpful. Too bad they laid an egg vs Depaul at home over the weekend, or they'd already be top 100.

That performance was much needed. Now the season basically comes down to one game at Ohio State.

In fairness to Galloway, that wasn't on him. He gave a typical senior day speech. Leal was the one who told fans to "chill" because they were going to "run it back" after that awful season. Then Woodson with his "true fans" nonsense.

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?